CHART 14
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In addition to having fewer fatal
work injuries than men relative to
their share of employment, women
experienced, for the most part,
different types of fatal events
than men.
Women had a higher percentage
of fatal work injuries resulting from
homicides and highway incidents.
Men had a higher percentage of fatal work injuries resulting from falls,
contact with objects and equipment,
and fires and explosions.
Fatal injury events, by gender
of worker, 2006
23
Highway incidents
30
8
Homicides
Falls
27
15
9
Exposure to
harmful substances
and environments
10
8
Contact with objects
and equipment
18
5
Fires and
explosions
0
0
 Men = 5,396
 Women = 444
4
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Percent of fatalities within gender
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
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