Total fatalities, 1995–99:
1,176
Average fatalities per year:
235
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.9
Illinois
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
5
300
250
A N D
250
262
4.5
240
216
4.3
4.5
4.0
4
208
3.6
3.4
1998
1999
3.5
200
3
150
2.5
2
100
1.5
1
50
0.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
235
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
898
Male
Self-employed
278
Female
1997
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
AGE
1,107
69
Under 20
RACE
30
State Profiles
White
934
126
20 to 34
265
Black/African American
35 to 54
581
Hispanic/Latino
97
55 and older
300
Other races/Not reported
19
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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3.9
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
11%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
35%
(14% 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
153 (13%)
Mining
17 (1%)
Construction
Falls
15%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
19%
(13% Homicides)
232 (20%)
Manufacturing
141 (12%)
Transportation and
public utilities
220
48
Wholesale trade
(4%)
Retail trade
111 (9%)
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
21
(2%)
Services
138 (12%)
92
Government
238 (20%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
154 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
139 (12%)
Farming operators and managers
117 (10%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
(19%)
50
100
(8%)
150
200
250
96 (8%)
State Profiles
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