Total fatalities, 1995–99:
302
Average fatalities per year:
60
Five-year average fatality rate:
5.9
Utah
W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
N U M B E R S
Number of fatalities
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
90
9
75
64
8
67
66
6.6
7
60
54
51
6
45
6.4
6.3
5.3
5.1
5
4
30
3
2
15
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
38
Male
Female
1996
1997
281
21
RACE
Under 20
23
White
20 to 34
92
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
139
Hispanic/Latino
24
48
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
5.9
AGE
55 and older
158
1998
State average:
GENDER
264
1995
60
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Other races/Not reported
267
7
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Fires/
explosions
Exposure to
harmful
substances and
environments
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
50%
(34% Highway)
8%
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
19
(6%)
Mining
18
(6%)
Construction
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
22%
8%
(11% Struck by object)
70
Manufacturing
24
Transportation and
public utilities
61
14
Wholesale trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
5
(20%)
(5%)
20
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(8%)
(7%)
(2%)
43
Services
28
Government
82 (27%)
0
Construction trades
34 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
28 (9%)
Mechanics and repairers
21 (7%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
20 (7%)
15
30
(14%)
(9%)
45
60
State Profiles
75
159
(23%)