Table US-20. Rate (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Selected Detailed Industry Groupings* and Year, US, 1983-1995.

DETAILED INDUSTRY

YEAR OF DEATH

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Forestry & Fisheries

41.3

49.5

58.6

35.2

38.2

49.8

68.3

48.3

54.1

52.1

43.9

44.2

37.8

Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

33.0

46.7

26.4

32.8

26.6

21.3

26.2

29.1

31.7

29.8

30.8

24.9

30.2

Lumber & Wood MFG

35.9

33.5

35.6

36.2

34.7

32.0

31.6

28.5

29.4

29.4

22.8

21.4

19.2

Oil and Gas Extraction

30.1

32.5

31.2

19.4

17.4

21.7

27.4

30.8

17.9

15.9

20.6

25.5

21.7

Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

31.1

32.2

31.1

26.9

24.4

27.2

25.0

20.2

18.3

17.9

18.6

18.3

19.0

Ag Production

19.0

20.5

23.7

20.9

22.8

21.5

19.8

19.0

18.9

19.1

20.5

17.2

16.5

Construction

16.7

16.6

17.0

15.1

16.0

14.4

14.3

13.8

12.5

12.5

12.1

12.9

13.0

Other Transportation

11.6

11.5

12.1

10.1

9.9

9.0

9.7

9.3

11.0

10.3

11.2

9.4

8.8

Ag Services

10.4

14.3

10.4

11.1

10.4

8.5

11.7

9.6

9.7

7.5

9.7

10.1

10.0

Primary Metals MFG

11.6

11.1

10.8

11.9

11.2

11.2

9.0

8.6

7.9

8.0

9.3

7.3

8.2

Electric Light and Power

11.6

12.0

13.3

12.1

9.4

11.0

11.8

8.8

5.5

7.4

6.5

5.8

7.9

Other Utility/Sanitary Service

9.7

10.8

12.4

8.1

8.4

7.0

10.6

7.5

8.6

7.4

9.2

9.5

8.5

Automobile and Repair Services

10.1

7.9

8.7

7.9

8.2

9.2

8.1

7.8

7.5

6.0

8.2

5.8

8.5

Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

9.5

8.5

9.2

8.9

8.6

9.5

8.7

6.0

5.9

7.0

7.7

6.7

7.7

Stone/Clay/Concrete MFG

8.7

9.2

10.2

6.6

7.0

4.7

4.1

4.0

5.2

5.5

5.6

3.8

4.1

* The selected groupings had the highest rates per 100,000 workers.

 

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