CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL5 94 OCCCONOBJEQU Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries due to contact with objects and equipment by occupation, 1994 Contact with objects and equipment(2) (percent) Total fataliti- Caught in Caught in Occupation(1) es or com- or (number) Struck by pressed crushed Total object by e- in col- quipment lapsing or ob- materials jects Total............... 6,588 15.4 8.9 4.3 2.0 Managerial and professional specialty.......... 768 5.1 2.5 1.2 1.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial... 486 5.1 1.6 1.6 1.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......... 251 7.6 2.4 2.4 2.8 Professional specialty........ 282 5.0 3.9 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 70 7.1 7.1 - - Engineers....... 64 7.8 7.8 - - Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes... 55 9.1 9.1 - - Technical, sales, and administrative support............ 943 2.8 1.9 .6 - Sales occupations... 588 2.0 1.5 - - Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.... 249 3.6 2.8 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical......... 146 7.5 5.5 - - Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks......... 28 25.0 14.3 - - Service occupations... 601 3.3 2.3 - - Protective service occupations...... 332 1.8 1.2 - - Service occupations, except protective and household.... 259 5.4 3.9 - - Cleaning and building service occupations, except household...... 94 7.4 5.3 - - Janitors and cleaners..... 79 8.9 6.3 - - Farming, forestry, and fishing............ 944 28.6 19.3 7.0 2.0 Farming operators and managers..... 382 23.8 13.1 8.1 2.6 Farmers, except horticultural.. 264 20.8 12.5 6.8 1.5 Managers, farms, except horticultural.. 102 31.4 15.7 10.8 4.9 Other agricultural and related occupations...... 360 19.2 8.6 7.5 2.2 Farm occupations, except managerial..... 263 19.8 8.0 9.1 2.3 Farm workers.... 252 20.6 8.3 9.5 2.4 Related agricultural occupations.... 97 17.5 10.3 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm.. 78 19.2 12.8 - - Forestry and logging occupations...... 137 78.8 73.7 4.4 - Supervisors, forestry, and logging workers 19 84.2 84.2 - - Timber cutting and logging occupations.... 112 81.2 75.0 5.4 - Precision production, craft, and repair.. 1,090 21.6 12.0 5.9 3.3 Mechanics and repairers........ 294 32.7 21.4 9.5 - Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers, and supervisors.... 160 36.9 23.1 13.8 - Automobile mechanics and aprentices... 49 44.9 34.7 10.2 - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.... 17 47.1 35.3 - - Heavy equipment mechanics.... 24 50.0 16.7 33.3 - Industrial machinery repairers...... 16 25.0 - 25.0 - Electrical and electronic equipment repairers...... 37 16.2 13.5 - - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers...... 84 34.5 23.8 7.1 - Millwrights..... 14 78.6 57.1 - - Construction trades. 614 12.4 6.2 2.6 3.4 Supervisors, construction occupations.... 111 19.8 9.9 4.5 5.4 Supervisors, n.e.c........ 87 21.8 11.5 5.7 4.6 Construction trades, except supervisors.... 503 10.7 5.4 2.2 3.0 Carpenters and apprentices.. 87 18.4 11.5 - 4.6 Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices.. 39 25.6 - - 12.8 Structural metal workers...... 48 16.7 14.6 - - Extractive occupations...... 76 52.6 22.4 15.8 13.2 Drillers, oil wells.......... 22 36.4 27.3 - - Mining machine operators...... 29 69.0 13.8 31.0 24.1 Precision production occupations...... 106 21.7 12.3 7.5 - Precision metal working occupations.... 34 32.4 23.5 - - Machinists...... 14 71.4 50.0 - - Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 2,055 19.7 10.2 6.4 3.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 256 39.5 17.2 19.1 2.7 Metal working and plastic working machine operators...... 18 61.1 22.2 38.9 - Woodworking machine operators...... 15 80.0 73.3 - - Sawing machine operators.... 10 80.0 70.0 - - Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators...... 10 50.0 - 50.0 - Machine operators, assorted materials...... 114 40.4 13.2 22.8 4.4 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.... 85 27.1 14.1 10.6 - Welders and cutters...... 67 29.9 14.9 11.9 - Transportation and material moving occupations...... 1,169 11.5 7.2 3.0 1.3 Motor vehicle operators...... 925 8.0 5.5 1.9 .5 Truck drivers... 762 9.1 6.3 2.1 .7 Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles....... 72 9.7 6.9 - - Water transportati- on occupations.. 42 11.9 9.5 - - Material moving equipment operators...... 172 30.8 16.3 8.7 5.8 Operating engineers.... 41 36.6 24.4 9.8 - Excavating and loading machine operators.... 22 45.5 - 18.2 27.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators.... 39 23.1 17.9 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 630 27.0 12.9 7.6 6.3 Construction laborers....... 247 22.7 10.5 2.8 9.3 Freight, stock, and material handlers....... 75 24.0 10.7 10.7 - Laborers, except construction... 229 36.7 19.2 11.8 5.2 1 Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification System developed by the Bureau of the Census. 2 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1994.