Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and selected event or exposure, 2007
Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and selected event or exposure, 2007
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| |
| Fatalities | Selected event or exposure(2)
| | (percent of total for occupation)
Occupation(1) |___________________|________________________________________
| | | | | |
| Number | Percent | Highway |Homicides| Falls |Struck by
| | | (3) | | | object
________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
| | | | | |
Total.........................| 5,488 | 100 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 9
| | | | | |
Management occupations..........| 511 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11
Top executives................| 29 | 1 | 14 | - | 10 | -
Operations specialties | | | | | |
managers.....................| 24 | (4) | 17 | 38 | - | -
Other management occupations..| 448 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12
Business and financial | | | | | |
operations occupations.........| 30 | 1 | 47 | 10 | - | -
Computer and mathematical | | | | | |
occupations....................| 3 | (4) | - | - | - | -
Architecture and engineering | | | | | |
occupations....................| 49 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 12 | -
Engineers.....................| 28 | 1 | 25 | - | 11 | -
Life, physical, and social | | | | | |
science occupations............| 20 | (4) | 40 | - | 15 | 15
Community and social services | | | | | |
occupations....................| 28 | 1 | 54 | 25 | - | -
Legal occupations...............| 11 | (4) | - | 27 | - | -
Education, training, and library| | | | | |
occupations....................| 21 | (4) | 19 | 33 | 19 | -
Arts, design, entertainment, | | | | | |
sports, and media occupations..| 51 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 10
Entertainers and performers, | | | | | |
sports and related workers...| 29 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 17
Healthcare practitioners and | | | | | |
technical occupations..........| 65 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 9 | -
Health diagnosing and treating| | | | | |
practitioners................| 43 | 1 | 30 | - | 14 | -
Health technologists and | | | | | |
technicians..................| 20 | (4) | 40 | - | - | -
Healthcare support occupations..| 14 | (4) | 29 | 36 | - | -
Protective service occupations..| 337 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 4 | 3
Fire fighting and prevention | | | | | |
workers......................| 50 | 1 | 36 | - | 6 | -
Law enforcement workers.......| 165 | 3 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 2
Other protective service | | | | | |
workers......................| 103 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 5 | 3
Food preparation and serving | | | | | |
related occupations............| 61 | 1 | - | 79 | 7 | -
Supervisors, food preparation | | | | | |
and serving workers..........| 24 | (4) | - | 83 | - | -
Building and grounds cleaning | | | | | |
and maintenance occupations....| 250 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 15
Building cleaning and pest | | | | | |
control workers..............| 62 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 52 | -
Grounds maintenance workers...| 156 | 3 | 7 | - | 28 | 19
Personal care and service | | | | | |
occupations....................| 61 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 5
Sales and related occupations...| 311 | 6 | 17 | 54 | 9 | 2
Supervisors, sales workers....| 148 | 3 | 14 | 63 | 6 | 3
Retail sales workers..........| 94 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 11 | -
Sales representatives, | | | | | |
services.....................| 14 | (4) | 64 | 29 | - | -
Sales representatives, | | | | | |
wholesale and manufacturing..| 26 | (4) | 58 | - | 12 | -
Office and administrative | | | | | |
support occupations............| 132 | 2 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 5
Material recording, | | | | | |
scheduling, dispatching, and | | | | | |
distributing workers.........| 63 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 6
Farming, fishing, and forestry | | | | | |
occupations....................| 256 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29
Agricultural workers..........| 123 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9
Fishing and hunting workers...| 39 | 1 | - | - | - | -
Forest, conservation, and | | | | | |
logging workers..............| 78 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 76
Construction and extraction | | | | | |
occupations....................| 1,152 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 10
Supervisors, construction and | | | | | |
extraction workers...........| 118 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 6
Construction trades workers...| 877 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 9
Extraction workers............| 102 | 2 | 22 | - | 8 | 19
Installation, maintenance, and | | | | | |
repair occupations.............| 373 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 15
Vehicle and mobile equipment | | | | | |
mechanics, installers, and | | | | | |
repairers....................| 116 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 29
Other installation, | | | | | |
maintenance, and repair | | | | | |
occupations..................| 214 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 9
Production occupations..........| 264 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15
Supervisors, production | | | | | |
workers......................| 30 | 1 | - | 13 | 13 | -
Metal workers and plastic | | | | | |
workers......................| 86 | 2 | - | 3 | 13 | 20
Transportation and material | | | | | |
moving occupations.............| 1,423 | 26 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 6
Air transportation workers....| 82 | 1 | - | - | - | -
Motor vehicle operators.......| 1,020 | 19 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 5
Water transportation workers..| 34 | 1 | - | - | - | 12
Material moving workers.......| 255 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15
Military occupations............| 62 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 6
________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1 Based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system.
2 The figure shown is the percent of the total fatalities for that occupation group.
3 "Highway" includes deaths to vehicle occupants resulting from traffic incidents that
occur on the public roadway, shoulder, or surrounding area. It excludes incidents occurring
entirely off the roadway, such as in parking lots and on farms; incidents involving trains;
and deaths to pedestrians or other non passengers.
4 Less than or equal to 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Totals for 2007 are preliminary. Totals for major categories may include subcat-
egories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
There were 3 fatalities for which there was insufficient information to determine a specific
occupation classification.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State,
New York City, District of Columbia, and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational
Injuries
Last Modified Date: August 20, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
