Total fatalities, 1995–99:
255
Average fatalities per year:
51
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.4
New Mexico
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
60
58
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
60
50
50
A N D
9
48
7.5
8
39
40
7
7.0
6.6
6.0
6
30
5.1
5
4
20
3
2
10
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
49
Male
Female
1996
1997
237
18
Under 20
RACE
6
20 to 34
71
35 to 54
136
41
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
6.4
AGE
55 and older
130
1998
State average:
GENDER
206
1995
51
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
White
Black/African American
142
7
Hispanic/Latino
93
Other races/Not reported
13
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
13%
Fires/
explosions
7%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
43%
(24% 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
26
(10%)
Mining
32 (13%)
Construction
Falls
9%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
13%
14%
47
Manufacturing
11
(4%)
Transportation and
public utilities
41
8
Wholesale trade
(3%)
Retail trade
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
(16%)
25
(10%)
26
(10%)
NP
Services
35
Government
(14%)
59 (23%)
0
Construction trades
28 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
22 (9%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Sales occupations
19 (7%)
Mechanics and repairers
14 (5%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
14 (5%)
10
20
30
40
State Profiles
50
131
(18%)