Table US-22. Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers) 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

2.3

1.0

1.6

0.9

0.9

1.5

1.3

0.7

0.1

1.4

Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

4.5

0.2

6.5

1.4

2.0

6.6

0.2

0.2

1.8

1.5

Lumber & Wood MFG

3.7

0.4

5.6

0.9

0.7

13.0

0.3

0.2

0.2

1.2

Oil and Gas Extraction

4.8

0.3

6.6

1.4

1.8

1.2

0.5

0.2

2.1

1.0

Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

17.7

0.8

0.9

0.4

0.4

0.8

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.3

Ag Production

3.8

0.5

8.4

0.8

1.0

1.1

0.2

0.5

0.2

1.2

Construction

2.5

0.4

1.9

3.7

1.9

1.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

Other Transportation

1.4

1.9

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.2

2.5

0.2

0.1

0.2

Ag Services

1.8

0.4

1.1

1.5

1.3

0.9

1.1

0.3

0.1

0.4

Primary Metals MFG

0.9

0.4

2.2

1.1

0.5

0.8

< 0.1

0.2

0.6

0.3

Electric Light and Power

0.9

0.2

0.5

0.9

5.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

Other Utility/Sanitary Service

3.5

0.4

0.8

0.4

0.8

0.4

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.2

Automobile and Repair Services

1.7

1.1

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.9

< 0.1

0.7

0.5

0.2

Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

2.6

3.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.1

Stone/Clay/Concrete MFG

1.2

0.3

1.2

0.6

0.6

0.5

< 0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

* The selected groupings had the highest rates per 100,000 workers.

 

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