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

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
DETAILED INDUSTRY	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.