Total fatalities, 1995–99:
118
Average fatalities per year:
24
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.8
Maine
W O R K - R E L A T E D
F A T A L I T Y
Number of fatalities
N U M B E R S
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
32
5
30
25
5.0
4.5
26
20
A N D
4.2
4
23
19
3.6
3.5
18
3
15
3.0
3.0
2.5
2
10
1.5
1
5
0.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
24
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
96
Male
Self-employed
22
Female
1997
108
10
State Profiles
1999
3.8
AGE
RACE
Under 20
—
White
20 to 34
34
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
56
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
24
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
106
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
110
5
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Transportation
incidents
NP
46%
9%
(27% Highway,
11% Water vehicle)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
22
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
14%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
22%
8%
(14% Struck by object)
15 (13%)
Manufacturing
20
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(17%)
Transportation and
public utilities
24
Wholesale trade
5 (4%)
Retail trade
5 (4%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(19%)
NP
Services
16 (14%)
10
Government
(8%)
18 (15%)
0
Fishers, hunters, and trappers
15 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
13 (11%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Forestry and logging occupations
13 (11%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
12 (10%)
5
10
15
20
State Profiles
25
107
(20%)