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O ccupations
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Number and rate of fatal occupational
injuries, by major civilian occupation
group, 2008
Among major occupation groups,
transportation and material moving
occupations recorded the highest
number of fatal injuries in 2008,
followed by construction and extraction
occupations.
Occupational group
The fatal injury rate for farming, fishing,
and forestry occupations, the highest
of any occupational group, was more
than 7 times the overall rate of 3.7 fatal
work injuries per 100,000 full-time
equivalent workers.
Transportation and
material moving
1,376
Construction and
extraction
977
681
In 2008, the Bureau implemented
a new methodology, using hours
worked, rather than employment, for
fatal work injury rate calculations.
Rates are expressed per 100,000
full-time equivalent workers. Additional
information on changes in the fatal
work injury rate methodology is found
on the Internet at http://www.bls.
gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
Total fatal work injuries = 5,214
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.7
1,250
1,000
750
500
2.5
Installation, maintenance,
and repair
6.7
286
Farming, fishing,
and forestry
275
Sales and related
267
Production
267
Professional and related
0.9
Office and administrative
support
0.5
89
1,500
3.2
Management, business,
and financial
354
2,000
11.8
Service
577
16.1
250
0
Number of fatal work injuries
28.4
1.8
3.0
0
5
10
15
20
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, April 2010.
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