Total fatalities, 1995–99:
615
Average fatalities per year:
123
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.0
New York City
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
180
150
A N D
144
4.5
148
4.9
4.9
3.7
4
120
120
3.5
3.5
109
3.0
3
94
90
2.5
2
60
1.5
1
30
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
City average:
1998
Self-employed
83
Male
Female
1996
1997
582
33
Under 20
RACE
13
White
242
20 to 34
200
Black/African American
131
35 to 54
315
Hispanic/Latino
172
87
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
4.0
AGE
55 and older
134
1998
City average:
GENDER
532
1995
123
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Other races/Not reported
70
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
6%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
11%
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
NP
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
19%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
8%
51%
(46% Homicides)
129
Manufacturing
16
(3%)
Transportation and
public utilities
114
23
Wholesale trade
(21%)
(19%)
(4%)
Retail trade
146
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
Sales occupations
22
(4%)
Services
97
Government
57
126 (20%)
0
104 (17%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
91 (15%)
Construction trades
52 (8%)
Protective service occupations
50 (8%)
30
60
(16%)
(9%)
90
120
150
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
State Profiles
135
(24%)