Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 2-18 Number of fatal occupational injuries by State, 2002. BLS reported a low of 8 fatal occupational injuries in Rhode Island and a high of 478 in California for 2002. High fatality counts were also reported for Texas (417), Florida (354), New York (238), and Ohio (202). (Source: BLS [2003].)
2		Figure 3-16 Rates of nonfatal occupational farming injuries by State, 1993-1995. Mississippi had the highest rate of nonfatal occupational farming injury (14.5 per 100 full-time workers), followed by Alaska and Washington (combined injury rate of 14.3), Arizona (13.7), Ohio (13.1), and Colorado (11.3). (Note: For reporting purposes, the following States were combined: Alaska and Washington; Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; Delaware and Maryland; Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; Montana and Wyoming; and Nevada and Utah.) (Sources: BLS [2002b]; NIOSH [2001b]; Myers [2001c].)

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