Table US-17. Number*† and Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Industry Division and Age Group, US, 1983-1995.

INDUSTRY DIVISION

AGE GROUP (IN YEARS)

16-17

18-19

20-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Ag/For/Fish

No.

48

196

734

1,609

1,362

1,201

1,329

1,884

Rate

2.8

10.5

14.7

15.1

15.2

18.1

22.8

48.0

Mining

No.

6

39

321

939

651

428

230

91

Rate

28.0

35.5

42.5

29.0

21.1

23.9

24.8

59.5

Construction

No.

51

349

1,559

3,895

3,113

2,275

1,694

608

Rate

6.2

12.9

13.3

12.7

13.0

15.5

19.9

36.4

Manufacturing

No.

17

202

1,011

2,750

2,548

2,006

1,671

651

Rate

1.2

4.0

3.7

3.4

3.5

4.0

5.8

16.0

Trans/Comm/PU

No.

8

125

872

3,327

3,295

2,451

1,618

460

Rate

2.4

10.0

10.4

10.9

10.4

12.0

16.0

30.9

Wholesale Trade

No.

5

56

193

593

512

395

287

144

Rate

1.2

4.7

3.1

3.2

3.3

4.0

4.7

8.2

Retail Trade

No.

35

215

762

1,624

1,500

1,171

931

574

Rate

0.2

0.9

1.7

2.6

3.4

4.0

4.8

8.0

Finance/Insur/RE

No.

---

9

59

231

220

223

185

107

Rate

---

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.9

1.3

1.9

3.2

Services

No.

21

152

778

2,075

1,838

1,434

1,121

632

Rate

0.3

1.1

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.7

2.2

3.8

Public Admin

No.

---

33

238

1,021

929

625

421

157

Rate

---

5.6

5.4

5.3

4.3

4.2

5.6

9.4

*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths.
Numbers not reported for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.
Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

 

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