Total fatalities, 1995–99:
83
Average fatalities per year:
17
Five-year average fatality rate:
2.7
New Hampshire
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
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
5
30
4.5
23
23
25
4
3.7
3.6
3.5
20
3
14
15
12
2.5
11
2
10
2.0
1.8
1995
1996
2.2
1.5
1
5
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
17
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
72
Male
Self-employed
11
Female
77
6
State Profiles
1999
2.7
AGE
RACE
Under 20
—
White
81
20 to 34
25
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
39
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
18
Other races/Not reported
—
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1997
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Transportation
incidents
Other
4%
39%
7%
(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
5
(6%)
Mining NP
Construction
Falls
12%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
23%
(10% Struck by object)
(12% Homicides,
11% Self-inflicted
injury)
15
Manufacturing
19
Transportation and
public utilities
5
6
Wholesale trade
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
Transportation and material moving occupations
MOST
NUMBER (%)
(7%)
9
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
(23%)
(6%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(18%)
(11%)
NP
Services
11 (13%)
Government
10
(12%)
14 (17%)
0
Construction trades
11 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
11 (13%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Professional specialty
8 (10%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
7 (8%)
5
10
15
20
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