Total fatalities, 1995–99:
324
Average fatalities per year:
65
Five-year average fatality rate:
2.1
Massachusetts
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
4
83
3.5
80
66
69
3
62
60
2.5
44
2.0
2
40
2.5
2.2
2.2
1.4
1.5
1
20
0.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
46
Male
Female
1996
1997
306
18
Under 20
RACE
7
20 to 34
85
35 to 54
161
71
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
2.1
AGE
55 and older
110
1998
State average:
GENDER
278
1995
65
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
White
275
Black/African American
15
Hispanic/Latino
21
Other races/Not reported
13
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
6%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
32%
(13% 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
42
Mining
(13%)
NP
Construction
Falls
24%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
14%
81
Manufacturing
29
Transportation and
public utilities
14
26
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Construction trades
(12%)
(4%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(9%)
38
Wholesale trade
(25%)
(8%)
5 (2%)
53
Services
Government
36
(16%)
(11%)
55 (17%)
0
Transportation and material moving occupations
43 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
33 (10%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Fishers, hunters, and trappers
22 (7%)
Professional specialty
21 (6%)
20
40
60
80
State Profiles
100
111