Number of fatalities, 1995–99:
3,751
Average fatalities per year:
750
Five-year average fatality rate:
2.1
Services
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
780
2.4
776
2.3
763
2.2
760
749
736
1996
1997
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
Self-employed
3,016
735
1998
1.8
1999
GENDER
Male
Female
Industry Profiles
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.9
1995
1996
AGE
3,099
652
Under 20
1997
1998
1999
RACE
103
White
2,679
20 to 34
1,099
Black/African American
433
35 to 54
1,714
Hispanic/Latino
400
Other races/Not reported
239
55 and older
58
2.2
2.0
727
730
1995
2.2
2.1
740
720
R A T E S
Rate per 100,000 workers
770
750
A N D
831
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
41%
(23% Highway)
S E R V I C E 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
10%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
10%
27%
(19% Homicides)
Managers and
administrators, not
elsewhere classified
248
62
Homicides
ACTIVITIES OF FATALLY INJURED WORKERS
Guards and police,
except public service
239
134
Homicides
Physical activity,
not elsewhere
classified
All other activities
24%
Vehicular and
transportation
operations
39%
8%
Truck drivers
239
Highway incidents
136
Laborers,
except construction
202
33
Highway incidents
Auto mechanics
and apprentices
158
46
Struck by object
0
30
60
90
120
150
180
210
240
270
Number of fatalities
Materials
handling
operations
Constructing,
repairing,
cleaning
3%
18%
Protective
services
4%
Using or
operating tools,
machinery
4%
Occupation
Leading event
Industry Profiles
59