Total fatalities, 1995–99:
155
Average fatalities per year:
31
Five-year average fatality rate:
8.1
South Dakota
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
15
60
13.5
50
10.5
40
8.4
9
32
30
11.6
12
46
28
7.5
26
23
6.9
7.3
6.1
6
20
4.5
3
10
1.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
55
Male
Female
1996
1997
141
14
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
8.1
AGE
RACE
7
White
147
20 to 34
41
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
62
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
45
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
152
1998
State average:
GENDER
100
1995
31
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
6
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Transportation
incidents
Other
2%
51%
12%
(26% Highway,
11% Worker struck
by vehicle, mobile
equipment)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
51
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
24%
3%
(10% Struck by object)
38
Manufacturing
12
Transportation and
public utilities
8
Retail trade
6
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
THE
MOST
(5%)
(4%)
Services
11 (7%)
8
NUMBER (%)
Farming operators and managers
(10%)
NP
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
(8%)
15
Wholesale trade
(25%)
(5%)
41 (26%)
0
Transportation and material moving occupations
24 (15%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
19 (12%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Construction trades
14 (9%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
11 (7%)
10
20
30
40
State Profiles
50
153
(33%)