Number of fatalities, 1995–99:
4,798
Average fatalities per year:
960
Five-year average fatality rate:
12.7
Transportation and public utilities
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
13.4
1,025
1,008
A N D
13.4
1,008
13.3
13.1
1,000
970
975
12.8
12.7
12.6
12.5
950
12.2
925
911
900
875
901
1995
1996
1997
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
Self-employed
4,298
500
1998
11.6
1999
GENDER
Male
Female
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1995
1996
AGE
4,574
224
Under 20
1997
1998
1999
RACE
47
White
3,487
20 to 34
1,192
Black/African American
698
35 to 54
2,598
Hispanic/Latino
389
Other races/Not reported
224
55 and older
60
11.8
11.9
953
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
6%
Fires/
explosions
2%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
71%
(46% Highway)
T R A N S P O R TAT I O N A N D P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S
O C C U PAT I O N S A N D L E A D I N G FATA L E V E N T
Falls
3%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
8%
10%
2,548
Truck drivers
Highway incidents
ACTIVITIES OF FATALLY INJURED WORKERS
1,859
Taxicab drivers
and chauffeurs
397
292
Homicides
Physical activity,
not elsewhere
classified
All other activities
5%
Vehicular and
transportation
operations
74%
5%
Airplane pilots
and navigators
268
Aircraft incidents 266
Laborers,
except construction
121
Struck by vehicle,
mobile equipment
31
116
Sailors and deckhands
Water vehicle incidents
76
0
300
600
900
1,200
1,500
1,800
2,100
2,400
2,700
Number of fatalities
Materials
handling
operations
Using or
operating tools,
machinery
5%
2%
Protective
services
<1%
Constructing,
repairing,
cleaning
8%
Occupation
Leading event
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