Total fatalities, 1995–99:
2,439
Average fatalities per year:
488
Five-year average fatality rate:
5.1
Texas
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
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
600
500
A N D
475
523
514
9
468
8
459
7
400
5.6
6
300
5
5.4
5.1
4.8
4.7
4
200
3
2
100
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
1,917
522
1995
488
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Female
1997
2,259
180
Under 20
RACE
82
20 to 34
775
35 to 54
1,101
481
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
5.1
AGE
55 and older
156
1998
State average:
GENDER
Male
1996
White
1,349
Black/African American
247
Hispanic/Latino
732
Other races/Not reported
111
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
12%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
42%
(25% Highway)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
211
Mining
151
(9%)
(6%)
Construction
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
15%
16%
(13% Homicides)
554
Manufacturing
239
Transportation and
public utilities
381
118
Wholesale trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
47
(16%)
(5%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(10%)
249
(10%)
312
(13%)
(2%)
Services
176
Government
557 (23%)
0
Construction trades
311 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
254 (10%)
Sales occupations
209 (9%)
Mechanics and repairers
164 (7%)
120
(7%)
240
360
480
State Profiles
600
157
(23%)