Total fatalities, 1995–99:
605
Average fatalities per year:
121
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.5
South Carolina
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
150
125
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
139
131
A N D
9
115
7.4
8
111
109
7
100
6.9
6.3
6.1
1995
1996
6
75
5.9
5
4
50
3
2
25
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
121
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
475
Male
Self-employed
130
Female
1997
534
71
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
6.5
AGE
RACE
16
White
418
155
20 to 34
190
Black/African American
35 to 54
265
Hispanic/Latino
20
55 and older
133
Other races/Not reported
12
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
150
1998
State average:
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
44%
(28% 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
47
Mining
(8%)
NP
Construction
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
12%
23%
(19% Homicides)
111
Manufacturing
90
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
25
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
THE
MOST
Services
124 (20%)
(13%)
86
(14%)
90
66
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
80
NP
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
(15%)
(4%)
Retail trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
(18%)
0
25
50
(15%)
(11%)
75
100
125
Sales occupations
70 (12%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
66 (11%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Construction trades
58 (10%)
Protective service occupations
35 (6%)
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