Total fatalities, 1995–99:
444
Average fatalities per year:
89
Five-year average fatality rate:
7.5
Arkansas
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
Rate per 100,000 workers
10
150
8.9
9
125
8
102
100
R A T E S*
92
7.4
7.8
7.3
7
88
86
75
6.3
6
76
5
4
50
3
2
25
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
54
Male
Female
1996
1997
404
40
Under 20
RACE
15
White
364
20 to 34
140
Black/African American
52
35 to 54
198
Hispanic/Latino
17
Other races/Not reported
11
89
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
7.5
AGE
55 and older
74
1998
State average:
GENDER
390
1995
89
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
10%
Fires/
explosions
5%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
50%
(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
54
NP
Mining
Falls
7%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
16%
11%
(10% Struck by object)
(11% Homicides)
Construction
68
Manufacturing
63 (14%)
91
14
Wholesale trade
THE
O C C U PAT I O N
MOST
NUMBER (%)
Transportation and material moving occupations
119 (27%)
9
(20%)
(3%)
42
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
WITH
(15%)
Transportation and
public utilities
Retail trade
O C C U PAT I O N S
FATA L I T I E S
(12%)
(9%)
(2%)
35 (8%)
Services
58
Government
0
20
40
60
(13%)
80
100
Construction trades
40 (9%)
Number of fatalities
Sales occupations
32 (7%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
31 (7%)
Protective service occupations
26 (6%)
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