Number of fatalities, 1995–99:
5,574
Average fatalities per year:
1,115
Five-year average fatality rate:
14.3
Construction
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
14.8
1,250
1,191
1,200
A N D
14.7
14.6
14.6
1,174
14.4
1,150
1,107
14.2
1,100
1,055
1,050
1,047
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1995
1996
1997
E M P L O Y E E S TAT U S
Wage/Salary worker
Self-employed
4,730
844
1998
13.6
1999
GENDER
Male
Female
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1995
1996
AGE
5,497
77
Under 20
1997
1998
1999
RACE
196
White
4,072
20 to 34
1,909
Black/African American
429
35 to 54
2,626
Hispanic/Latino
876
Other races/Not reported
197
55 and older
46
14.0
13.8
1,000
950
14.1
14.0
833
WORK-RELATED FATALITIES BY EVENT
Exposure to harmful
substances and
environments
17%
Fires/
explosions
3%
Other
<1%
Transportation
incidents
26%
(12% Highway)
(13% Contact with
electric current)
C O N S T R U C T I O N 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
33%
Contact with objects
and equipment
Assaults and
violent acts
19%
3%
ACTIVITIES OF FATALLY INJURED WORKERS
Construction laborers
1,548
Fall to lower level
429
Carpenters
and apprentices
434
216
Fall to lower level
Physical activity,
not elsewhere
classified
All other activities
4%
Vehicular and
transportation
operations
21%
6%
Electricians and
apprentices
359
199
Contact with electric current
Supervisors–
construction trades, not
elsewhere classified 80
299
Fall to lower level
Managers and
administrators, not
elsewhere classified 75
295
Fall to lower level
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
Number of fatalities
Materials
handling
operations
Constructing,
repairing,
cleaning
4%
54%
Protective
services
1%
Using or
operating tools,
machinery
10%
Occupation
Leading event
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