Total fatalities, 1995–99:
1,819
Average fatalities per year:
364
Five-year average fatality rate:
5.3
Florida
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
450
391
384
366
375
9
345
333
8
7
300
6
225
5.4
5.9
5.4
5.0
5
4.8
4
150
3
2
75
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
1,667
152
1995
364
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
Female
1997
1,666
153
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
5.3
AGE
RACE
50
White
1,136
20 to 34
526
Black/African American
226
35 to 54
849
Hispanic/Latino
345
55 and older
385
Other races/Not reported
112
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
86
1998
State average:
GENDER
Male
1996
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
11%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
40%
(22% 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
184
Mining
(10%)
10 (1%)
Construction
Falls
15%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
11%
21%
(16% Homicides)
407 (22%)
Manufacturing
141 (8%)
Transportation and
public utilities
282
Wholesale trade
78 (4%)
Retail trade
242
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
(16%)
34
(13%)
(2%)
299 (16%)
Services
136
Government
330 (18%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
267 (15%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
222 (12%)
Sales occupations
174 (10%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
137 (8%)
100
(7%)
200
300
400
State Profiles
500
87