Total fatalities, 1995–99:
526
Average fatalities per year:
105
Five-year average fatality rate:
2.7
New Jersey
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
120
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
118
5
100
100
A N D
103
101
104
4.5
4
3.5
80
3
60
3.1
2.6
2.5
2.6
2.6
1996
1997
1998
1999
2.5
2
40
1.5
1
20
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
State average:
GENDER
467
59
1995
105
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Male
Female
AGE
488
38
Under 20
RACE
8
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White
346
20 to 34
146
Black/African American
85
35 to 54
267
Hispanic/Latino
66
55 and older
105
Other races/Not reported
29
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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2.7
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
11%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
37%
(17% Highway,
10% Worker struck by
vehicle, mobile equipment)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
35
(7%)
Mining NP
Construction
Falls
14%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
18%
(15% Homicides)
Manufacturing
47
29
65
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
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
5
Services
56 (11%)
Government
64
0
104 (20%)
Number of fatalities
63 (12%)
Mechanics and repairers
32 (6%)
Protective service occupations
32 (6%)
(21%)
(12%)
(1%)
113 (21%)
Construction trades
110
(6%)
Retail trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
(21%)
(9%)
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
110
25
50
(12%)
75
100
125
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
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