Total fatalities, 1995–99:
1,367
Average fatalities per year:
273
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.3
New York
W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
(including New York City)
N U M B E R S
Number of fatalities
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
5
360
300
A N D
302
317
4.5
4
264
243
240
241
3.8
3.9
3.5
3.2
3
180
2.8
2.8
1998
1999
2.5
2
120
1.5
1
60
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
1,102
265
1995
273
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Female
1997
State average:
GENDER
Male
1996
AGE
1,262
105
Under 20
RACE
39
State Profiles
White
845
20 to 34
363
Black/African American
188
35 to 54
654
Hispanic/Latino
219
55 and older
284
Other races/Not reported
115
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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3.3
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
7%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
30%
(13% 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
130
Mining
(10%)
NP
Construction
Falls
15%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
13%
30%
(25% Homicides)
Manufacturing
102
40
213
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
33
265
(19%)
(3%)
Retail trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
(19%)
(7%)
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
262
(16%)
(2%)
Services
169
139
Government
(12%)
(10%)
247 (18%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
219 (16%)
Number of fatalities
Sales occupations
145 (11%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Construction trades
106 (8%)
Service occupations, except protective and household
60
120
180
240
300
90 (7%)
State Profiles
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