Total fatalities, 1995–99:
114
Average fatalities per year:
23
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.8
Hawaii
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
60
9
50
8
7
40
27
30
4.5
5
24
4
19
20
5.7
6
32
3.7
3.2
3
12
2.0
2
10
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
23
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
97
Male
Self-employed
17
Female
1997
110
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1999
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AGE
RACE
Under 20
—
White
40
20 to 34
31
Black/African American
—
35 to 54
58
Hispanic/Latino
—
55 and older
25
Other races/Not reported
71
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
90
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
11%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
42%
(11% Highway,
17% Aircraft)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
15
Mining
NP
Construction
Falls
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
6%
26%
(19% Homicides)
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
Mechanics and repairers
MOST
NUMBER (%)
(13%)
18
Manufacturing
(16%)
NP
Transportation and
public utilities
16
Wholesale trade
9
Retail trade
NP
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
NP
(14%)
(8%)
Services
19 (17%)
28
Government
(25%)
16 (14%)
0
Construction trades
12 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Technicians and related support occupations
11 (10%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Executive, administrative, and managerial
10 (9%)
Fishers, hunters, and trappers
10 (9%)
10
20
30
40
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