Total fatalities, 1995–99:
702
Average fatalities per year:
140
Five-year average fatality rate:
6.6
Alabama
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
200
9
175
150
8
150
155
135
139
7.7
7.8
6.6
7
123
6.5
6.0
6
100
5
4
75
3
2
50
1
0
1995
1996
1997
State average:
1998
Self-employed
90
Male
Female
1996
1997
651
51
Under 20
State Profiles
1999
6.6
AGE
RACE
11
White
541
144
20 to 34
221
Black/African American
35 to 54
330
Hispanic/Latino
8
55 and older
140
Other races/Not reported
9
*Please see caveats regarding the calculation of State rates in the State Profiles section introduction page and appendix II.
68
1998
State average:
GENDER
612
1995
140
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
3%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
42%
(24% 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
44
Mining
Falls
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
18%
17%
(11% Struck by object)
(16% Homicides)
14
(6%)
(2%)
Construction
132
(19%)
Manufacturing
130
(19%)
Transportation and
public utilities
85
38 (5%)
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
88 (13%)
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
156 (22%)
Sales occupations
72 (10%)
Construction trades
67 (10%)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
60 (9%)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
49 (7%)
(12%)
9
(1%)
65 (9%)
Services
64
Government
0
30
60
(9%)
90
120
150
Number of fatalities
State Profiles
69