Table US-26. Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Cause of Death and Occupation Division, US, 1980-1995.

CAUSE OF DEATH

OCCUPATION DIVISION

EXEC/ ADM/MGR

PROF/SPEC

TECH/ SUPPORT

SALES

CLERICAL

SERVICE

FARM/ FOR/FISH

CRAFTS

MACH OPERATORS

TRANSPORT

LABORERS

Motor Vehicle

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.2

0.6

3.1

1.1

0.3

12.4

2.3

Homicide

0.8

0.3

0.2

1.5

0.2

1.0

0.5

0.4

0.2

1.4

1.5

Machine

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

< 0.1

0.1

7.0

1.1

0.7

2.3

2.0

Fall

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

1.1

1.9

0.4

0.5

1.9

Electrocution

0.1

0.1

0.2

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.1

1.2

1.4

0.2

0.6

1.1

Struck by Falling Object

0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

3.2

0.8

0.3

0.8

1.2

Air Transport

0.2

0.2

2.5

0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

Suicide

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

< 0.1

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

Nature/Environment

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

1.2

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.4

Explosion

0.1

< 0.1

0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

Flying Object/Caught In

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.5

Water Transport

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

1.2

0.1

< 0.1

0.7

0.2

Suffocation

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.7

Fire

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

Poisoning

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

Drowning

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.6

0.1

< 0.1

0.2

0.3

Rail Transport

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.5

0.1

Other

0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.1

< 0.1

0.1

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.4

 

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