Total fatalities, 1995–99:
408
Average fatalities per year:
82
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.2
Minnesota
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
120
4.5
100
84
92
3.5
80
72
3.7
4
88
72
3.2
3.4
60
2.7
2.8
3
2.5
2
40
1.5
1
20
0.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
82
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
288
Male
Self-employed
120
Female
1997
383
25
State Profiles
1999
3.2
AGE
RACE
Under 20
14
White
20 to 34
92
Black/African American
6
35 to 54
181
Hispanic/Latino
6
55 and older
120
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
114
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
378
18
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
47%
(27% 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
116
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
24%
9%
(12% Struck by objects)
75
Manufacturing
48
(12%)
Transportation and
public utilities
50
(12%)
Wholesale trade
20
(5%)
Retail trade
24
(6%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
THE
MOST
6
(18%)
(1%)
Services
36
Government
O C C U PAT I O N
(28%)
27
(9%)
(7%)
NUMBER (%)
Farming operators and managers
85 (21%)
0
Transportation and material moving occupations
67 (16%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
44 (11%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
39 (10%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
33 (8%)
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50
75
100
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115