Total fatalities, 1995–99:
1,230
Average fatalities per year:
246
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.3
Pennsylvania
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
5
300
282
250
A N D
259
4.5
233
235
4.9
4.5
4.2
4.2
4
221
3.9
3.5
200
3
150
2.5
2
100
1.5
1
50
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
246
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
921
Male
Self-employed
309
Female
1997
1,136
94
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
4.3
AGE
RACE
32
White
1,058
20 to 34
293
Black/African American
35 to 54
584
Hispanic/Latino
26
55 and older
321
Other races/Not reported
29
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
146
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
117
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
5%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
40%
(23% 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
171
Mining
27
(14%)
(2%)
Construction
Falls
13%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
18%
15%
(10% Struck by object)
(10% Homicides)
217
Manufacturing
171
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
41
(3%)
131
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
MOST
26
Services
151 (12%)
93
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(11%)
(2%)
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
(14%)
202 (16%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(18%)
264 (21%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
141 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Farming operators and managers
117 (10%)
Construction trades
108 (9%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
107 (9%)
50
100
(8%)
150
200
State Profiles
250
147