Total fatalities, 1995–99:
132
Average fatalities per year:
26
Five-year average fatality rate:
7.5
North 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
10
60
10.3
9
50
8
7
40
30
7.7
35
6.6
6.8
1998
1999
6.3
6
28
5
24
23
22
4
20
3
2
10
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
26
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
59
Male
Self-employed
73
Female
1997
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
AGE
129
—
Under 20
RACE
7
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White
127
20 to 34
22
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
53
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
50
Other races/Not reported
—
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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7.5
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Transportation
incidents
Other
3%
45%
5%
(17% Highway,
11% Nonhighway—farm,
industrial premises)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
64
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
31%
5%
(17% Struck by object,
10% Caught in or compressed
by equipment or objects)
16
Manufacturing
8
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
7
(5%)
Services
6
(5%)
Government
10
(8%)
NP
NUMBER (%)
Farming operators and managers
(6%)
NP
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
(12%)
11 (8%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
47 (36%)
0
Transportation and material moving occupations
18 (14%)
Number of fatalities
Other agricultural and related occupations
17 (13%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
11 (8%)
Technicians and related support occupations
(48%)
15
30
45
60
75
7 (5%)
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