Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 2-23 Annual rates of fatal occupational injuries by leading cause, 1980-1998. (All data for 1998 exclude New York State.) During 1980-1998, fatal occupational injury rates declined for the six leading causes of death, though not always consistently. During this period, deaths due to motor vehicle incidents had the highest rates. Deaths due to machines had the second highest rate until 1990, when they were surpassed by deaths due to homicides. For 1998, the rates of death for homicides and falls were second highest, followed closely by the rate for machine-related deaths. (Source: NIOSH [2001].)
2		Figure 2-28 Numbers of fatal occupational injuries associated with the three most frequent fatal occupational events, 1992-2002. In 2002, fatal occupational highway injuries declined slightly from 2001 (2.6% or 37 cases), accounting for 1,372 fatal injuries. Falls showed the greatest decline from 2001 (11.9% or 96 cases). Fatal occupational highway injuries and fatal falls increased 19% during 1992-2002. Job-related homicides decreased 42% during the same period. (Source: BLS [2003].)
3		Figure 3-7 Leading causes of fatal occupational injuries in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry, 1992-1997. During 1992-1997, machinery caused 1,021 fatal occupational injuries and was the leading cause of these deaths in agriculture, forestry, and fishing as reported on death certificates. The next leading causes of these deaths were motor vehicles (624 fatalities) and falls (235 fatalities). (Sources: NIOSH [2001a]; Myers [2001a].)

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