Table US-21. Number of Traumatic
Occupational Fatalities
by Selected Detailed Industry Groupings*
and Cause of Death, US, 1983-1995.
DETAILED INDUSTRY |
CAUSE OF DEATH |
||||||||||
MOTOR VEHICLE |
HOMICIDE |
MACHINE |
FALL |
ELECTROCUTION |
STRUCK BY FALLING |
AIR TRANSPORT |
SUICIDE |
EXPLOSION |
NATURE/ ENVIRON |
||
Forestry & Fisheries |
51 |
22 |
36 |
20 |
20 |
33 |
28 |
16 |
3 |
30 |
|
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining |
191 |
10 |
271 |
57 |
85 |
279 |
9 |
9 |
77 |
61 |
|
Lumber & Wood MFG |
355 |
38 |
535 |
87 |
65 |
1,236 |
25 |
20 |
18 |
118 |
|
Oil and Gas Extraction |
280 |
17 |
388 |
85 |
104 |
70 |
32 |
13 |
125 |
56 |
|
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage |
4,532 |
204 |
224 |
114 |
98 |
213 |
19 |
69 |
65 |
67 |
|
Ag Production |
1,164 |
141 |
2,568 |
259 |
305 |
340 |
52 |
150 |
58 |
381 |
|
Construction |
2,352 |
374 |
1,784 |
3,543 |
1,754 |
970 |
85 |
226 |
272 |
354 |
|
Other Transportation |
539 |
734 |
186 |
145 |
51 |
73 |
962 |
80 |
31 |
59 |
|
Ag Services |
213 |
47 |
133 |
176 |
153 |
103 |
131 |
34 |
6 |
50 |
|
Primary Metals MFG |
95 |
41 |
233 |
112 |
56 |
88 |
5 |
16 |
60 |
35 |
|
Electric Light and Power |
80 |
15 |
40 |
74 |
445 |
20 |
12 |
9 |
24 |
13 |
|
Other Utility/Sanitary Service |
390 |
45 |
96 |
48 |
90 |
47 |
10 |
32 |
42 |
27 |
|
Automobile and Repair Services |
447 |
282 |
174 |
105 |
126 |
232 |
13 |
187 |
133 |
45 |
|
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety |
665 |
746 |
21 |
56 |
22 |
18 |
97 |
93 |
16 |
13 |
|
Stone/Clay/Concrete MFG |
94 |
20 |
93 |
45 |
46 |
38 |
3 |
18 |
12 |
13 |
* The selected groupings had the highest rates per 100,000 workers.