Total fatalities, 1995–99:
661
Average fatalities per year:
132
Five-year average fatality rate:
7.1
Kentucky
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
150
A N D
140
141
9
143
8
117
120
120
7.9
7.7
7.8
7
6.2
5.8
1998
1999
6
90
5
4
60
3
2
30
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
132
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
428
Male
Self-employed
233
Female
1997
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
AGE
618
43
Under 20
RACE
17
State Profiles
White
20 to 34
161
Black/African American
35 to 54
300
Hispanic/Latino
55 and older
183
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
102
7.1
631
21
7
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WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
7%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
48%
(25% Highway,
16% Nonhighway—farm,
industrial premises)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
174
Mining
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
21%
12%
(12% Struck by object)
51 (8%)
Construction
87 (13%)
Manufacturing
87 (13%)
Transportation and
public utilities
107
13
Wholesale trade
40 (6%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
142 (21%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
90 (14%)
Farming operators and managers
82 (12%)
Construction trades
45 (7%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
45 (7%)
(16%)
(2%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(26%)
6
Services
(1%)
38 (6%)
58
Government
0
40
(9%)
80
120
160
200
Number of fatalities
State Profiles
103