Table US-18. Number and Average Annual Rate* (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Detailed Industry Groupings, US, 1983-1995.

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Ag/For/Fish

 

 

     Ag Production

6,139

20.0

     Ag Services

1,183

10.1

     Forestry & Fisheries

1,056

47.7

Mining

 

 

     Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

1,262

30.0

     Oil and Gas Extraction

1,446

24.6

     Construction

13,552

14.3

Manufacturing

 

 

     Food & Kindred Prod

1,015

4.5

     Textile Mill Prod

227

2.5

     Apparel & Other Textile Pr

84

0.6

     Paper & Allied Products

319

3.5

     Printing/Publishing/Allied

347

1.5

     Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber

1,099

3.9

     Lumber & Wood

2,843

29.8

     Furniture

141

1.7

     Stone/Clay/Concrete

459

6.0

     Primary Metals

1,006

9.7

     Fabricated Metals

453

2.7

     Mach, Ex Elect

640

2.0

     Elect Mach, Equip Supplies

346

1.3

     Motor Vehicles Equip

332

2.2

     Aircraft & Parts

153

2.0

     Other Transport Equip

337

3.6

     Prof & Photo Equip/Watches

50

0.5

     Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods

15

0.8

     Misc & NEC Industries

992

12.1

Trans/Comm/PU

 

 

     Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

5,966

23.3

     Other Transportation

3,936

10.2

     Telephone Communications

222

1.5

     Other Communications

204

3.5

     Electric Light and Power

814

9.4

     Other Utility/Sanitary Service

1,022

9.0

     Wholesale Trade

2,188

3.7

 

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Retail Trade

 

 

     Food Stores

1,771

4.3

     Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer

1,138

4.2

     Apparel & Accessory Stores

126

1.0

     Eating & Drinking Places

1,482

2.0

     Other Retail Trade

2,304

2.4

Finance/Insur/RE

 

 

     Banking and Other Finance

288

0.7

     Insurance and Real Estate

746

1.3

Services

 

 

     Business Services

1,583

2.6

     Automobile and Repair Services

2,086

7.9

     Private Household Services

162

1.1

     Pers Serv Exc Priv Household

912

2.1

     Entertainment & Rec Services

684

3.3

     Hospitals

390

0.6

     Health Services, Exc Hosp

405

0.7

     Educational Services

823

0.7

     Other Professional Services

1,006

1.1

Public Admin

 

 

     Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

1,990

7.9

     Admin of Hum Res Programs

47

0.5

     National Sec/Internal Affairs

311

2.9

     Other Pub Admin

1,035

4.1

     Not Classified

3,419

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* Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified"
categories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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