Total fatalities, 1995–99:
410
Average fatalities per year:
82
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.1
Maryland
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
86
4
82
82
78
80
82
3.5
3.3
3.1
3.1
2.9
3.1
1996
1997
1998
1999
3
60
2.5
2
40
1.5
1
20
0.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
State average:
GENDER
327
83
1995
82
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Male
Female
AGE
374
36
Under 20
RACE
10
270
113
Black/African American
96
35 to 54
204
Hispanic/Latino
15
Other races/Not reported
29
83
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
White
20 to 34
55 and older
108
3.1
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
38%
(21% 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
32
(8%)
Mining NP
Construction
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
13%
29%
(25% Homicides)
Manufacturing
33
14
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
77
(19%)
(3%)
Retail trade
70
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
(19%)
(8%)
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
76
(17%)
8 (2%)
Services
52
(13%)
Government
46
(11%)
87 (21%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
50 (12%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
43 (10%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Executive, administrative, and managerial
37 (9%)
Sales occupations
37 (9%)
20
40
60
80
State Profiles
100
109