Total fatalities, 1995–99:
276
Average fatalities per year:
55
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.2
Nevada
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
50
60
55
51
52
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
58
9
8
7
40
6.6
6.5
6.4
6.3
6
30
5.2
5
4
20
3
2
10
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
28
Male
Female
1996
1997
258
18
RACE
Under 20
—
White
20 to 34
96
Black/African American
15
35 to 54
126
Hispanic/Latino
36
50
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
6.2
AGE
55 and older
124
1998
State average:
GENDER
248
1995
55
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Other races/Not reported
217
8
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
5%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
39%
(17% 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
12
(4%)
Mining
24
(9%)
Construction
Falls
14%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
14%
23%
(20% Homicides)
59
Manufacturing
18
(7%)
Transportation and
public utilities
40
9
Wholesale trade
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
(14%)
(3%)
Retail trade
34
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
(21%)
(12%)
NP
Services
41
(15%)
Government
37
(13%)
56 (20%)
0
Construction trades
43 (16%)
Number of fatalities
Mechanics and repairers
19 (7%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
18 (7%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
17 (6%)
15
30
45
60
State Profiles
75
125