Table US-8. Number* of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Cause of Death and Year, US, 1980-1995.
CAUSE OF DEATH |
YEAR OF DEATH |
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1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
|
Motor Vehicle |
1,639 |
1,544 |
1,326 |
1,333 |
1,523 |
1,426 |
1,246 |
1,350 |
1,407 |
1,463 |
1,300 |
1,104 |
1,129 |
1,268 |
1,338 |
1,319 |
Homicide |
913 |
935 |
854 |
719 |
657 |
750 |
681 |
674 |
714 |
696 |
735 |
901 |
888 |
951 |
928 |
867 |
Machine |
979 |
1,025 |
956 |
798 |
815 |
837 |
772 |
826 |
739 |
745 |
699 |
678 |
664 |
623 |
580 |
598 |
Fall |
702 |
699 |
608 |
545 |
570 |
635 |
523 |
576 |
570 |
553 |
587 |
491 |
446 |
476 |
553 |
536 |
Electrocution |
575 |
509 |
498 |
439 |
484 |
399 |
440 |
406 |
381 |
329 |
320 |
311 |
270 |
274 |
294 |
304 |
Struck by Falling Object |
476 |
442 |
426 |
383 |
407 |
431 |
428 |
420 |
350 |
371 |
355 |
341 |
286 |
295 |
310 |
263 |
Air Transport |
283 |
262 |
251 |
199 |
236 |
232 |
201 |
224 |
163 |
191 |
141 |
162 |
180 |
188 |
179 |
169 |
Suicide |
151 |
164 |
197 |
167 |
182 |
223 |
189 |
242 |
212 |
206 |
185 |
198 |
197 |
208 |
205 |
229 |
Nature/Environment |
174 |
174 |
159 |
152 |
143 |
120 |
136 |
162 |
157 |
140 |
123 |
126 |
157 |
161 |
156 |
154 |
Explosion |
201 |
254 |
162 |
166 |
159 |
199 |
134 |
111 |
133 |
159 |
143 |
112 |
105 |
102 |
99 |
105 |
Flying Object/Caught In |
203 |
187 |
141 |
151 |
155 |
139 |
140 |
137 |
152 |
134 |
128 |
99 |
100 |
91 |
115 |
100 |
Water Transport |
153 |
135 |
124 |
140 |
115 |
137 |
93 |
89 |
120 |
137 |
125 |
108 |
101 |
100 |
69 |
67 |
Suffocation |
149 |
140 |
131 |
100 |
115 |
134 |
118 |
122 |
110 |
86 |
101 |
75 |
79 |
81 |
82 |
92 |
Fire |
161 |
113 |
123 |
85 |
156 |
136 |
93 |
78 |
109 |
87 |
87 |
118 |
53 |
46 |
77 |
69 |
Poisoning |
119 |
121 |
92 |
80 |
110 |
101 |
84 |
89 |
97 |
111 |
77 |
61 |
80 |
74 |
90 |
69 |
Drowning |
109 |
88 |
98 |
99 |
102 |
76 |
77 |
86 |
66 |
93 |
77 |
96 |
66 |
82 |
79 |
64 |
Rail Transport |
74 |
43 |
46 |
45 |
45 |
34 |
44 |
56 |
35 |
45 |
29 |
29 |
25 |
46 |
36 |
29 |
Other† |
226 |
159 |
129 |
143 |
115 |
164 |
151 |
140 |
167 |
107 |
137 |
179 |
181 |
190 |
190 |
244 |
*Numbers not reported for
"unknown" or "not classified" categories. †For the purpose of cross-classification, the “Other” category contains 47 cases coded as E970-E978 and 45 in E990-E999. |