Total fatalities, 1995–99:
368
Average fatalities per year:
74
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.4
Arizona
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
R A T E S*
Rate per 100,000 workers
5
150
4.5
125
100
A N D
4.1
4
3.4
3.5
86
3.4
77
74
75
70
3.1
2.9
3
2.5
61
2
50
1.5
1
25
.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
33
Male
Female
1996
1997
329
39
Under 20
RACE
10
White
233
20 to 34
127
Black/African American
11
35 to 54
170
Hispanic/Latino
94
Other races/Not reported
30
60
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
State Profiles
1999
3.4
AGE
55 and older
72
1998
State average:
GENDER
335
1995
74
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
11%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
43%
(22% Highway,
10% Aircraft)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
30 (8%)
Mining
16
(4%)
Construction
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
15%
20%
(11% Struck by object)
(18% Homicides)
73
Manufacturing
30 (8%)
Transportation and
public utilities
47
15
Wholesale trade
(4%)
Retail trade
44
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
9
(13%)
(12%)
(2%)
Services
51 (14%)
46
Government
59 (16%)
0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
46 (13%)
Number of fatalities
Construction trades
45 (12%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
37 (10%)
Protective service occupations
25 (7%)
15
30
45
(13%)
60
State Profiles
75
73
(20%)