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Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic
or Latino workers increased in 2006,
reaching 990, the highest ever
recorded for these workers. Fatalities
suffered by foreign-born Hispanics or
Latinos rose 4.5 percent, while those
suffered by native-born Hispanics or
Latinos rose 13 percent.
At the beginning of the census, fatal
work injuries to Hispanic or Latino
workers were divided almost equally
between native and foreign-born
workers. In 2006, more than two-thirds
of fatal work injuries to Hispanics or
Latinos involved foreign-born workers.
Although work-related fatalities
to foreign-born Hispanic or Latino
workers increased 143 percent from
1992 to 2006, fatalities to native-born
Hispanic or Latino workers increased
by 25 percent.
The rate of fatal work injuries to civilian
native-born Hispanic workers in 2006
was 3.6 fatalities per 100,000 workers,
compared with the fatality rate of 4.0 for
all U.S. workers. However, the fatality
rate for civilian foreign-born Hispanic
workers in 2006 was 6.0, or 50 percent
higher than the rate for all workers.
Number of fatal work injuries
involving Hispanic or Latino
workers, 1992–2006
Number of fatalities
990
1,000
895
900
815
800
700
600
634
619
638
658
533
500
400
624
314
288
258
277
267
279
707
302
300
200
100
0
275
320
336
342
1992
1993
1994
1995
371
379
405
1996
1997
1998
 Foreign born
730
262
468
1999
323
321
902
841
263
494
572
578
2000
2001
2002
794
306
923
285
323
275
519
2003
596
638
2004
2005
667
2006
 Native born
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
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