Total fatalities, 1995–99:
278
Average fatalities per year:
56
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.3
Nebraska
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
10
90
9
75
8
66
7.3
7
60
54
56
56
6
46
45
6.2
6.3
6.3
5.2
5
4
30
3
2
15
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
56
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
172
Male
Self-employed
106
Female
1997
258
20
Under 20
RACE
5
20 to 34
54
35 to 54
127
92
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
6.3
AGE
55 and older
122
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
White
Black/African American
259
6
Hispanic/Latino
11
Other races/Not reported
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WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
50%
(23% Highway,
14% Nonhighway—
farm, industrial)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
93
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
9%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
23%
8%
38
Manufacturing
20
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Farming operators and managers
(14%)
(7%)
Transportation and
public utilities
46
Wholesale trade
15
(5%)
Retail trade
17
(6%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(33%)
(17%)
NP
Services
22
(8%)
23 (8%)
Government
66 (24%)
0
Transportation and material moving occupations
52 (19%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
26 (9%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
25 (9%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
25 (9%)
20
40
60
80
State Profiles
100
123