NIOSH/Document/Fatal Injuries to Civilian Workers in the United States, 1980-1995 (National Profile) - 83

Table US-15. Number^*† of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Cause of Death and Industry Division, US, 1980-1995.

CAUSE OF DEATH	INDUSTRY DIVISION
CAUSE OF DEATH	AG/FOR/FISH	MINING	CONSTRUCTION	MANUFACTURING	TRANS/ COMM/ PU	WHOLESALE TRADE	RETAIL TRADE	FINANCE/ INSUR/RE	SERVICES	PUBLIC ADMIN
Motor Vehicle	1,767	664	2,846	2,100	7,268	1,061	1,302	277	2,009	1,350
Homicide	281	36	493	887	1,258	232	4,917	429	2,329	1,193
Machine	3,625	952	2,272	2,616	747	327	319	65	641	194
Fall	573	227	4,456	1,115	583	178	311	108	913	198
Electrocution	655	276	2,293	813	1,018	126	142	32	481	111
Struck by Falling Object	597	539	1,261	2,043	449	140	147	13	474	95
Air Transport	287	81	116	312	1,327	68	90	76	451	321
Suicide	241	24	263	391	251	119	526	133	815	186
Nature/Environment	584	173	434	461	217	47	74	13	207	55
Explosion	87	312	354	719	209	103	118	11	274	45
Flying Object/Caught In	176	173	428	654	286	70	71	14	151	34
Water Transport	728	63	115	107	557	14	35	---	83	37
Suffocation	220	102	672	214	96	84	53	7	122	37
Fire	125	93	220	446	104	45	104	12	197	150
Poisoning	135	101	209	306	160	31	86	13	269	36
Drowning	325	76	212	115	203	16	27	17	201	61
Rail Transport	12	15	24	64	490	13	8	---	21	7
Other	262	67	408	596	285	55	227	34	331	186

^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths.
^†Numbers not reported for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

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