Total fatalities, 1995–99:
576
Average fatalities per year:
115
Five-year average fatality rate:
9.5
Mississippi
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
10
128
103
100
10.5
9
125
8.6
8.7
1996
1997
9.3
10.6
8
113
104
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
150
128
A N D
7
6
75
5
4
50
3
2
25
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
115
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
448
Male
Self-employed
128
Female
526
50
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
9.5
AGE
RACE
22
White
383
169
20 to 34
158
Black/African American
35 to 54
261
Hispanic/Latino
12
55 and older
135
Other races/Not reported
12
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
116
1998
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
46%
(25% 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
66
Mining
(11%)
11 (2%)
Construction
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
17%
(11% Struck by objects)
(16% Homicides)
90
Manufacturing
125
Transportation and
public utilities
86
15
Wholesale trade
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
145 (25%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
59 (10%)
Construction trades
51 (9%)
Sales occupations
50 (9%)
Forestry and logging occupations
46 (8%)
(15%)
(3%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(16%)
66
(11%)
66
(11%)
11 (2%)
40
Services
(7%)
Government
0
25
50
75
100
125
Number of fatalities
State Profiles
117
(22%)