Total fatalities, 1995–99:
803
Average fatalities per year:
161
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.1
Tennessee
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
180
179
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
168
152
150
150
9
154
8
7
120
5.5
6
90
6.5
7.0
5.7
5.7
1998
1999
5
4
60
3
2
30
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
161
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
584
Male
Self-employed
219
Female
1997
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
AGE
755
48
Under 20
RACE
31
State Profiles
White
689
20 to 34
208
Black/African American
80
35 to 54
357
Hispanic/Latino
20
55 and older
206
Other races/Not reported
14
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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6.1
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
10%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
45%
(25% Highway,
11% Nonhighway—
farm, industrial)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
132
Mining
12
(1%)
Construction
Falls
9%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
19%
14%
(10% Struck by object)
(12% Homicides)
167 (21%)
Manufacturing
99
Transportation and
public utilities
35
Wholesale trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
6
Services
Executive, administrative, and managerial
48 (6%)
78
(10%)
85
106 (13%)
82 (10%)
(9%)
Government
Number of fatalities
Farming operators and managers
72
(1%)
0
83 (10%)
(15%)
(4%)
179 (22%)
Construction trades
(12%)
117
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(16%)
40
80
(11%)
120
160
State Profiles
200
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