Total fatalities, 1995–99:
352
Average fatalities per year:
70
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.6
Iowa
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
10
90
80
80
70
75
9
8
68
7
60
54
6
45
4
30
5.2
4.5
5
4.4
5.2
3.5
3
2
15
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
70
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
209
Male
Self-employed
143
Female
1997
328
24
State Profiles
1999
4.6
AGE
RACE
Under 20
13
White
20 to 34
70
Black/African American
35 to 54
154
Hispanic/Latino
6
55 and older
115
Other races/Not reported
6
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
98
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
336
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WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
10%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
47%
(21% Highway,
14% 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
124
Mining
5 (1%)
Construction
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
25%
3%
(10% Struck by object,
10% Caught in or compressed
by equipment or objects)
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
WITH
65
Manufacturing
27
Transportation and
public utilities
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Farming operators and managers
102 (29%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
69 (20%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
48 (14%)
Construction trades
37 (11%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
19 (5%)
(8%)
42
26
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
11
(3%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
10
(3%)
Services
(18%)
(12%)
(7%)
25 (7%)
17
Government
0
(5%)
25
50
75
100
125
Number of fatalities
State Profiles
99
(35%)