CF TB 8/23/95 NR SUPP TBL6 PART X EVE


Table 6.  Fatal occupational injuries by part of body affected by event or exposure, 1995
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                                                     Event or exposure(2)                   
                                                          (percent)                         
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                         Total                                            Exposure          
   Part of body(1)     fataliti-                      Contact                to             
                           es      Trans-   Assaults    with              harmful  Fires and
                        (number) portation    and     objects    Falls      sub-   explosio-
                                     in-    violent     and               stances      ns   
                                  cidents     acts   equipment               or             
                                                                          environ-          
                                                                           ments            
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
  Total...............   6,210      41.2      20.3      14.7      10.4       9.6       3.3  
                                                                                            
Head..................   1,498      31.5      29.1      16.4      21.0       -         1.8  
                                                                                            
Trunk.................   1,226      43.8      25.0      22.8       7.0       -          .3  
  Chest, including                                                                          
     ribs, internal                                                                         
     organs...........     530      36.8      32.6      23.0       5.8       -         -    
  Back, including                                                                           
     spine, spinal                                                                          
     cord.............      71      23.9      43.7       7.0      22.5       -         -    
  Abdomen.............      95      28.4      38.9      24.2       6.3       -         -    
  Pelvic region.......      33      30.3       -        36.4      30.3       -         -    
  Multiple trunk                                                                            
     locations........     364      57.1      14.0      23.4       4.7       -         -    
                                                                                            
Neck, including throat     137      40.1      25.5      20.4      12.4       -         -    
                                                                                            
Lower extremities.....      51      15.7       -        31.4      37.3       -         -    
                                                                                            
Upper extremities.....      12       -         -        41.7       -         -         -    
                                                                                            
Body systems..........   1,023      19.6      10.5      10.0       -        56.2       3.4  
                                                                                            
Multiple body parts...   2,198      57.0      16.0      10.8       9.0        .9       6.3  
                                                                                            
Nonclassifiable.......      65      52.3      30.8       -         6.2       -         -    

  1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.  The
part of body affected identifies the part affected by the nature of injury.
  2 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. 
Includes other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown
separately.
  
  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, 1995.