Total fatalities, 1995–99:
194
Average fatalities per year:
39
Five-year average fatality rate:
2.4
Connecticut
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
60
A N D
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
5
57
4.5
50
4
38
40
35
32
3.4
3.5
3
32
30
2.5
2
20
2.0
2.2
2.0
1995
1996
1997
2.3
1.5
1
10
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
39
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
Self-employed
0
1999
State average:
GENDER
165
29
Male
Female
179
15
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
2.4
AGE
RACE
7
White
153
20 to 34
54
Black/African American
16
35 to 54
91
Hispanic/Latino
17
55 and older
42
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
80
1998
8
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
4%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
38%
(19% Highway,
10% Worker struck by
vehicle, mobile equipment)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
12
Mining
(6%)
NP
Construction
Falls
15%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
12%
24%
(19% Homicides)
49
Manufacturing
15
(8%)
Transportation and
public utilities
29
(15%)
30
(15%)
8 (4%)
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Finance, insurance, NP
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
Services
25 (13%)
22
Government
(11%)
41 (21%)
0
Construction trades
39 (20%)
Number of fatalities
Executive, administrative, and managerial
16 (8%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
14 (7%)
Protective service occupations
13 (7%)
10
20
30
40
State Profiles
50
81
(25%)