Total fatalities, 1995–99:
505
Average fatalities per year:
101
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.6
Colorado
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
150
9
120
125
8
112
106
90
100
7
6
77
75
5.4
5.3
5
4
50
4.7
4.2
3.5
3
2
25
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
0
1999
1995
101
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
400
Male
Self-employed
105
Female
1997
460
45
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
4.6
AGE
RACE
15
White
393
20 to 34
135
Black/African American
18
35 to 54
244
Hispanic/Latino
85
55 and older
111
Other races/Not reported
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
78
1998
State average:
GENDER
Wage/Salary worker
1996
9
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
7%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
46%
(26% 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
73
Mining
(14%)
13 (3%)
Construction
Falls
12%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
15%
18%
100
Manufacturing
25 (5%)
Transportation and
public utilities
73
13 (3%)
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
46 (9%)
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%)
9 (2%)
81 (16%)
Services
70
Government
97 (19%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
58 (11%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
46 (9%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
40 (8%)
Farming operators and managers
35 (7%)
20
40
60
(14%)
80
State Profiles
100
79
(20%)