| Event or Exposure1 | United States | Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Total |
5,488 | 100 | 38 | 100 | 21 | 100 | 74 | 100 | 14 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 10 | 100 |
Transportation accidents |
2,234 | 42 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 52 | 27 | 36 | 4 | 29 | -- | -- | 4 | 40 |
Highway |
1,311 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises) |
292 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Water vehicle |
69 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Worker struck by a vehicle |
342 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Assaults and violent acts |
788 | 13 | 9 | 24 | -- | -- | 11 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 60 | -- | -- |
Homicides |
540 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -- | -- | 6 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Self-inflicted injuries |
208 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -- | -- | 5 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Contact with objects and equipment |
993 | 17 | -- | -- | 3 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 29 | -- | -- | 3 | 30 |
Struck by object |
589 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 21 | -- | -- | 3 | 30 |
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
283 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Falls |
827 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Fall to lower level |
738 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Exposure to harmful substances or environment |
547 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -- | -- | 7 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Contact with electrical current |
250 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -- | -- | 4 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Fires and explosions |
202 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
1 Based on the 2007 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. Includes other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately.
Note: Totals for 2007 are preliminary. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Last Modified Date: December 1, 2008
