Total fatalities, 1995–99:
72
Average fatalities per year:
14
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.8
Delaware
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
5
24
4.6
5.0
4.5
20
18
4
17
3.5
16
14
12
3
11
12
3.5
3.3
2.6
2.5
2
8
1.5
1
4
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
14
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
61
Male
Self-employed
11
Female
1997
65
7
State Profiles
1999
3.8
AGE
RACE
Under 20
—
White
20 to 34
20
Black/African American
35 to 54
27
Hispanic/Latino
55 and older
24
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
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1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
56
7
—
5
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Transportation
incidents
Other
7%
42%
(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
7
Mining
(10%)
NP
Construction
Falls
13%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
18%
21%
(15% Struck by object)
(18% Homicides)
20
Manufacturing
NP
Transportation and
public utilities
13
Wholesale trade
10
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Construction trades
Transportation and material moving occupations
10 (14%)
Services
5
Government
(7%)
0
11 (15%)
Number of fatalities
9 (13%)
Mechanics and repairers
7 (10%)
Sales occupations
5 (7%)
(14%)
NP
12 (17%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
(18%)
NP
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(28%)
5
10
15
20
25
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
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