Figure 3-2. Annual rates of fatal occupational injury in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry and the private sector, 1992-2002.Annual rates of fatal occupational injury in agriculture, forestry, and fishing ranged from 26.5 per 100,000 employed workers in 1993 to 21.3 in 2000. The rates during 1992-2002 were 3.9 to 5.4 times the private-sector rates. Both agriculture, forestry, and fishing and the private sector show declining rates of fatal occupational injuries since 1993.
(Sources: BLS [2003]; Myers [2003].)
