Total fatalities, 1995–99:
1,038
Average fatalities per year:
208
Five-year average fatality rate:
5.3
North 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
240
200
187
191
228
210
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
222
9
8
7
160
6
120
5
5.0
4.7
5.1
1995
1996
1997
6.0
5.6
1998
1999
4
80
3
2
40
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
208
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
793
Male
Self-employed
245
Female
AGE
973
65
Under 20
RACE
30
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White
765
180
20 to 34
336
Black/African American
35 to 54
412
Hispanic/Latino
65
55 and older
259
Other races/Not reported
28
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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5.3
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
1%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
46%
(25% 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
161 (16%)
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
17%
17%
(11% Struck by object)
(14% Homicides)
195
Manufacturing
154 (15%)
Transportation and
public utilities
144
Wholesale trade
39
(4%)
Retail trade
97
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
THE
MOST
(9%)
10 (1%)
Services
81
(8%)
151 (15%)
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
236 (23%)
0
117 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Sales occupations
90 (9%)
Construction trades
87 (8%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
75 (7%)
(14%)
40
80
120
160
200
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
State Profiles
137
(19%)