Total fatalities, 1995–99:
277
Average fatalities per year:
55
Five-year average fatality rate:
17.0
Alaska
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
25
150
21.5
22.5
125
20
18.2
17.6
17.5
100
15
78
75
14.4
13.7
1998
1999
12.5
63
51
50
43
10
42
7.5
5
25
2.5
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
59
Male
Female
1996
1997
State average:
GENDER
218
1995
55
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
0
1999
AGE
269
8
Under 20
RACE
11
113
Black/African American
35 to 54
132
Hispanic/Latino
21
*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
70
17.0
Other races/Not reported
233
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35
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
Other
2%
3%
Transportation
incidents
77%
(33% Aircraft,
32% Water vehicle)
W O R K - R E L AT E D FATA L I T I E S
BY MAJOR INDUSTRY
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing
88 (32%)
Mining
6 (2%)
Construction
Falls
2%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
7%
9%
18
Manufacturing
24 (9%)
Transportation and
public utilities
64 (23%)
NP
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
7 (3%)
Finance, insurance,
and real estate
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O C C U PAT I O N
NUMBER (%)
Fishers, hunters, and trappers
(6%)
NP
21 (8%)
Services
44 (16%)
Government
80 (29%)
0
Technicians and related support occupations
48 (17%)
Number of fatalities
Transportation and material moving occupations
32 (12%)
NP indicates no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Executive, administrative, and managerial
15 (5%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
12 (4%)
20
40
60
80
State Profiles
100
71