Total fatalities, 1995–99:
1,123
Average fatalities per year:
225
Five-year average fatality rate:
5.9
Georgia
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
300
250
A N D
9
242
237
8
229
213
202
7
200
6.7
5.7
5.9
6
150
6.4
5.1
5
4
100
3
2
50
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
225
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
988
Male
Self-employed
135
Female
1997
1,050
73
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
5.9
AGE
RACE
40
White
760
226
20 to 34
350
Black/African American
35 to 54
517
Hispanic/Latino
61
55 and older
215
Other races/Not reported
76
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
88
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
45%
(29% 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
83
Mining
(7%)
NP
Construction
Falls
12%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
15%
18%
(14% Homicides)
231
Manufacturing
162
Transportation and
public utilities
148 (13%)
38 (3%)
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
120
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
(14%)
40
(11%)
(4%)
Services
160 (14%)
129
Government
(11%)
231 (21%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
132 (12%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
121 (11%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Sales occupations
104 (9%)
Mechanics and repairers
50
100
150
200
250
75 (7%)
State Profiles
89
(21%)