Total fatalities, 1995–99:
3,166
Average fatalities per year:
633
Five-year average fatality rate:
4.1
California
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
750
646
641
651
626
625
4.5
602
4.4
4.2
4.2
1996
1997
4
3.9
3.7
1998
1999
3.5
500
3
375
2.5
2
250
1.5
1
125
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
2,611
555
1995
633
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
State average:
GENDER
Male
Female
AGE
2,908
258
Under 20
RACE
86
1,632
1,032
Black/African American
169
35 to 54
1,426
Hispanic/Latino
940
Other races/Not reported
425
611
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
White
20 to 34
55 and older
76
4.1
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
8%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
41%
(23% 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
374
Mining
33 (1%)
Construction
Falls
11%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
11%
26%
(20% Homicides)
437
Manufacturing
Transportation and
public utilities
467
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(15%)
125 (4%)
Wholesale trade
386 (12%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
(14%)
267 (8%)
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(12%)
74
(2%)
Services
533
426
Government
576 (18%)
0
Sales occupations
295 (9%)
Number of fatalities
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
273 (9%)
Other agricultural and related occupations
269 (8%)
Construction trades
261 (8%)
125
250
375
(17%)
(13%)
500
State Profiles
625
77