Total fatalities, 1995–99:
710
Average fatalities per year:
142
Five-year average fatality rate:
7.4
Louisiana
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
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
180
159
150
A N D
139
134
9
141
137
8
7
120
8.1
7.4
7.1
7.2
1996
1997
7.2
6
90
5
4
60
3
2
30
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
53
Male
Female
655
55
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
7.4
AGE
RACE
27
White
459
188
20 to 34
250
Black/African American
35 to 54
320
Hispanic/Latino
55 and older
113
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
104
1998
State average:
GENDER
657
1995
142
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
9
54
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
13%
Fires/
explosions
5%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
41%
(19% 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
52 (7%)
Mining
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
19%
12%
(13% Struck by object)
(11% Homicides)
75 (11%)
Construction
102
(14%)
Manufacturing
96
(14%)
Transportation and
public utilities
159
23
Wholesale trade
(3%)
Retail trade
57 (8%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
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
189 (27%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
85 (12%)
Construction trades
67 (9%)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
39 (5%)
Protective service occupations
35 (5%)
(22%)
5 (1%)
Services
73 (10%)
67
Government
0
40
(9%)
80
120
160
200
Number of fatalities
State Profiles
105