Total fatalities, 1995–99:
815
Average fatalities per year:
163
Five-year average fatality rate:
5.5
Indiana
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
300
9
250
8
190
200
156
150
7
171
155
143
6.3
5.7
6
5
5.2
4.8
1995
1996
5.1
4
100
3
2
50
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
163
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
650
Male
Self-employed
165
Female
740
75
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
5.5
AGE
RACE
26
White
729
20 to 34
208
Black/African American
49
35 to 54
362
Hispanic/Latino
18
55 and older
219
Other races/Not reported
19
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
96
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1997
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
46%
(28% 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
119
Mining
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
15%
17%
(13% Homicides)
NP
Construction
136
(17%)
Manufacturing
137
(17%)
Transportation and
public utilities
129
(16%)
29
Wholesale trade
(4%)
Retail trade
81 (10%)
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
186 (23%)
(15%)
21 (3%)
85 (10%)
Services
69 (8%)
Government
0
30
60
90
120
150
Farming operators and managers
90 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Executive, administrative, and managerial
77 (9%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Construction trades
75 (9%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
73 (9%)
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