Total fatalities, 1995–99:
458
Average fatalities per year:
92
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.7
Kansas
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
120
100
A N D
95
9
98
93
8
87
85
7
80
7.0
7.0
6.9
6.3
6.2
6
60
5
4
40
3
2
20
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
92
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
318
Male
Self-employed
140
Female
1997
431
27
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
6.7
AGE
RACE
23
White
399
20 to 34
131
Black/African American
21
35 to 54
163
Hispanic/Latino
35
55 and older
141
Other races/Not reported
—
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
100
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
5%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
52%
(31% 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
102 (22%)
Mining
18 (4%)
Construction
Falls
9%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
10%
83
Manufacturing
41
61
29
Retail trade
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(13%)
(6%)
20 (4%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(9%)
Transportation and
public utilities
Wholesale trade
(18%)
6 (1%)
Services
49
(11%)
Government
47
(10%)
86 (19%)
0
Farming operators and managers
78 (17%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
56 (12%)
Construction trades
39 (9%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
36 (8%)
25
50
75
100
State Profiles
125
101