Number of fatalities, 1995–99:
3,598
Average fatalities per year:
720
Five-year average fatality rate:
3.5
Manufacturing
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
3.8
750
744
3.7
740
730
722
3.5
720
710
709
698
1995
1996
1997
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
Self-employed
3,257
341
1998
3.2
1999
GENDER
Male
Female
Industry Profiles
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
1995
1996
AGE
3,389
209
Under 20
1997
1998
1999
RACE
84
20 to 34
996
35 to 54
1,775
55 and older
52
3.5
3.4
700
690
3.6
3.6
725
737
White
2,688
Black/African American
439
Hispanic/Latino
327
Other races/Not reported
144
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
9%
Fires/
explosions
7%
Other
1%
Transportation
incidents
29%
(16% Highway)
M A N U F A C T U R I N G 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
9%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
37%
9%
(23% Struck by object,
12% Caught in or compressed
by equipment or objects)
All other activities
11%
Vehicular and
transportation
operations
28%
9%
529
392
Struck by object
ACTIVITIES OF FATALLY INJURED WORKERS
Physical activity,
not elsewhere
classified
Forestry and
logging occupations
399
Truck drivers
Highway incidents
241
Laborers,
except construction
314
Caught/compressed by
equipment or objects
68
Managers and
administrators, not
elsewhere classified 37
Highway incidents
Miscellaneous machine
operators, not
elsewhere classified
205
140
51
Caught/compressed by
equipment or objects
0
60
120
180
240
300
360
420
480
540
Number of fatalities
Materials handling
operations
8%
Constructing,
repairing,
cleaning
Using or
operating tools,
machinery
18%
26%
Occupation
Leading event
Industry Profiles
53