CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL3 94 OCCEVE Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, 1994 Event or exposure(2) (percent) Total Exposure Occupation(1) fataliti- Contact to es Trans- Assaults with harmful Fires and (number) portation and objects Falls sub- explosio- in- violent and stances ns cidents acts equipment or environ- ments Total............... 6,588 41.6 19.9 15.4 10.0 9.7 3.1 Managerial and professional specialty.......... 768 51.3 27.6 5.1 8.5 5.3 2.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial... 486 45.7 31.3 5.1 9.7 5.8 2.3 Administrators and officials, public administration. 11 54.5 - - - - - Financial managers 14 64.3 28.6 - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 29 86.2 - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields. 6 83.3 - - - - - Managers, food serving and lodging establishments. 74 12.2 75.7 - 5.4 5.4 - Managers, properties and real estate.... 20 - 55.0 - 20.0 - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.......... 9 66.7 - - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......... 251 45.4 24.7 7.6 11.6 6.8 3.6 Management related occupations.... 57 64.9 17.5 - 7.0 - - Accountants and auditors..... 13 76.9 - - - - - Other financial officers..... 5 80.0 - - - - - Management analysts..... 7 85.7 - - - - - Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction. 10 80.0 - - - - - Professional specialty........ 282 61.0 21.3 5.0 6.4 4.6 1.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 70 70.0 10.0 7.1 7.1 - - Engineers....... 64 67.2 10.9 7.8 7.8 - - Civil engineers.. 6 83.3 - - - - - Electrical and electronic. 15 60.0 - - - - - Industrial.... 10 70.0 - - - - - Surveyors and mapping scientists... 4 100.0 - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists..... 15 93.3 - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists... 11 100.0 - - - - - Natural scientists 17 76.5 - - - - - Biological and life scientists... 6 83.3 - - - - - Health diagnosing occupations.... 15 33.3 60.0 - - - - Physicians...... 10 40.0 50.0 - - - - Dentists........ 4 - 100.0 - - - - Health assessment and treating occupations.... 28 64.3 14.3 - - - - Registered nurses....... 23 65.2 - - - - - Teachers, postsecondary.. 9 66.7 - - - - - Teachers, except postsecondary.. 17 52.9 29.4 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers........ 32 53.1 28.1 - - - - Social workers.. 10 50.0 40.0 - - - - Clergy.......... 16 50.0 25.0 - - - - Lawyers and judges 18 50.0 33.3 - - - - Lawyers......... 16 56.2 31.2 - - - - Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes... 55 50.9 23.6 9.1 - 7.3 - Artists, performers, and related workers...... 11 45.5 - - - - - Athletes........ 19 42.1 21.1 - - - - Technical, sales, and administrative support............ 943 42.0 48.0 2.8 3.1 2.5 1.5 Technicians and related support occupations...... 209 80.9 7.2 - 3.8 2.9 3.8 Health technologists and technicians 19 63.2 - - - - - Engineering and related technologists and technicians 26 53.8 23.1 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.. 14 28.6 42.9 - - - - Technicians, except health, engineering, and science.... 150 91.3 3.3 - - - - Airplane pilots and navigators... 131 100.0 - - - - - Sales occupations... 588 26.2 66.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.0 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.... 249 14.1 75.9 3.6 2.8 1.6 2.0 Sales representative- s, finance and business services....... 40 72.5 22.5 - - - - Real estate sales occupations.. 7 57.1 - - - - - Securities and financial services sales occupations.. 4 100.0 - - - - - Sales representative- s, commodities except retail.. 45 86.7 8.9 - - - - Sales representati- ves, mining, manufacturin- g, and wholesale.... 44 86.4 9.1 - - - - Sales workers, retail and personal services....... 252 20.2 75.4 - 1.6 1.6 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........ 17 35.3 64.7 - - - - Sales counter clerks....... 27 - 88.9 - - - - Cashiers........ 110 - 97.3 - - - - Street and door-to-door sales workers 13 30.8 61.5 - - - - News vendors.... 23 82.6 17.4 - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical......... 146 50.0 30.8 7.5 6.2 4.8 - Supervisors, administrative support occupations.... 5 80.0 - - - - - Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.... 13 30.8 38.5 - - - - Secretaries..... 12 - 41.7 - - - - Information clerks 19 26.3 68.4 - - - - Financial records processing occupations.... 15 33.3 46.7 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks....... 11 36.4 45.5 - - - - Mail and message distributing occupations.... 37 75.7 13.5 - - - - Mail carriers, postal service...... 7 85.7 - - - - - Messengers...... 25 84.0 16.0 - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks......... 28 39.3 28.6 25.0 - - - Dispatchers..... 6 - 66.7 - - - - Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks....... 7 - - 57.1 - - - Adjusters and investigators.. 5 100.0 - - - - - Miscellaneous administrative support........ 20 50.0 35.0 - - - - General office clerks....... 8 - 50.0 - - - - Service occupations... 601 27.8 46.1 3.3 8.2 7.0 6.7 Private household occupations...... 10 - 40.0 - - - - Protective service occupations...... 332 31.0 49.4 1.8 2.7 3.0 10.5 Firefighting and fire prevention occupations, including supervisors.... 56 16.1 - - - - 60.7 Firefighting occupations.. 50 14.0 - - - - 66.0 Police and detectives, including supervisors.... 149 44.3 53.0 - - - - Police and detectives, public services..... 102 46.1 52.0 - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers..... 28 50.0 50.0 - - - - Guards............ 127 22.0 64.6 3.1 4.7 4.7 - Crossing guards. 7 71.4 - - - - - Guards and police, except public service...... 113 20.4 69.9 - 3.5 - - Service occupations, except protective and household.... 259 23.9 42.1 5.4 15.1 11.2 1.9 Food preparation and service occupations.... 81 8.6 72.8 - 7.4 - - Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations.. 8 - 87.5 - - - - Bartenders...... 19 - 89.5 - - - - Waiters and waitresses... 16 - 81.2 - - - - Cooks........... 18 - 50.0 - 22.2 - - Food counter, fountain and related occupations.. 7 - 85.7 - - - - Miscellaneous food preparation occupations.. 9 - 44.4 - - - - Health service occupations.... 27 59.3 25.9 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants... 21 57.1 23.8 - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations, except household...... 94 19.1 22.3 7.4 27.7 22.3 - Supervisors, cleaning and building services workers...... 8 62.5 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners..... 79 13.9 22.8 8.9 30.4 22.8 - Personal service occupations.... 57 36.8 38.6 7.0 8.8 7.0 - Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities... 17 23.5 23.5 - - - - Public transportati- on attendants 8 100.0 - - - - - Farming, forestry, and fishing............ 944 46.7 6.1 28.6 6.7 10.5 1.1 Farming operators and managers..... 382 55.2 6.5 23.8 7.3 5.8 - Farmers, except horticultural.. 264 59.5 4.2 20.8 8.3 5.7 - Horticultural specialty farmers........ 12 50.0 - - - - - Managers, farms, except horticultural.. 102 46.1 12.7 31.4 3.9 5.9 - Other agricultural and related occupations...... 360 47.8 7.5 19.2 9.4 14.7 1.1 Farm occupations, except managerial..... 263 54.0 7.6 19.8 4.6 12.5 - Farm workers.... 252 54.8 6.7 20.6 4.8 11.5 - Related agricultural occupations.... 97 30.9 7.2 17.5 22.7 20.6 - Supervisors, related agricultural occupations.. 10 - - - - 40.0 - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm.. 78 30.8 - 19.2 25.6 19.2 - Forestry and logging occupations...... 137 13.9 - 78.8 - 3.6 - Supervisors, forestry, and logging workers 19 - - 84.2 - - - Timber cutting and logging occupations.... 112 14.3 - 81.2 - - - Fishers, hunters, and trappers..... 65 60.0 6.2 - - 29.2 - Fishers........... 55 56.4 7.3 - - 30.9 - Precision production, craft, and repair.. 1,090 19.9 6.1 21.6 25.6 21.6 4.9 Mechanics and repairers........ 294 24.8 8.8 32.7 9.9 16.3 7.1 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers, and supervisors.... 160 24.4 11.9 36.9 8.1 10.0 8.8 Automobile mechanics and aprentices... 49 16.3 18.4 44.9 - 10.2 8.2 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.... 17 41.2 - 47.1 - - - Aircraft engine mechanics.... 6 66.7 - - - - - Automobile body and related repairers.... 11 - 72.7 - - - - Heavy equipment mechanics.... 24 25.0 - 50.0 20.8 - - Industrial machinery repairers...... 16 25.0 - 25.0 - 25.0 - Machinery maintenance occupations.... 11 - - - - - 36.4 Electrical and electronic equipment repairers...... 37 32.4 - 16.2 16.2 27.0 - Electronic repairers, communicatio- ns and industrial equipment.... 18 - - 22.2 - 38.9 - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics...... 13 - - - - 38.5 - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers...... 84 22.6 7.1 34.5 10.7 20.2 - Elevator installers and repairers 7 - - - 71.4 - - Millwrights..... 14 - - 78.6 - - - Construction trades. 614 16.9 3.4 12.4 37.5 26.2 3.1 Supervisors, construction occupations.... 111 32.4 5.4 19.8 23.4 16.2 - Supervisors, carpenters and related workers...... 5 - - - 80.0 - - Supervisors, n.e.c........ 87 34.5 5.7 21.8 17.2 17.2 - Construction trades, except supervisors.... 503 13.5 3.0 10.7 40.6 28.4 3.2 Brickmasons, stonemasons, and apprentices.. 12 - - - 58.3 - - Carpenters and apprentices.. 87 11.5 4.6 18.4 49.4 16.1 - Drywall installers... 9 - - - 55.6 - - Electricians and apprentices.. 99 11.1 4.0 5.1 20.2 56.6 - Electrical power installers and repairers 35 - - - 28.6 68.6 - Painters, construction and maintenance.. 40 - - 10.0 50.0 27.5 - Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices.. 39 23.1 - 25.6 15.4 - 17.9 Insulation workers...... 7 - - - 57.1 - - Roofers......... 53 9.4 - - 71.7 9.4 - Structural metal workers...... 48 8.3 - 16.7 62.5 8.3 - Drillers, earth. 7 - - - - 71.4 - Extractive occupations...... 76 17.1 - 52.6 - 10.5 11.8 Drillers, oil wells.......... 22 36.4 - 36.4 - - - Mining machine operators...... 29 - - 69.0 - - - Precision production occupations...... 106 25.5 15.1 21.7 16.0 17.0 3.8 Precision metal working occupations.... 34 - - 32.4 32.4 17.6 - Machinists...... 14 - - 71.4 - - - Sheet metal workers...... 7 - - - 71.4 - - Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers 7 57.1 - - - - - Plant and system operators...... 19 21.1 - - - 36.8 - Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 2,055 49.6 10.1 19.7 8.1 9.1 3.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 256 13.7 6.6 39.5 11.3 16.0 11.7 Metal working and plastic working machine operators...... 18 - - 61.1 - - - Woodworking machine operators...... 15 - - 80.0 - - - Sawing machine operators.... 10 - - 80.0 - - - Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators...... 10 - - 50.0 - - - Machine operators, assorted materials...... 114 15.8 6.1 40.4 7.9 17.5 11.4 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators except food.. 8 - - - - 50.0 - Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.... 85 12.9 7.1 27.1 15.3 18.8 16.5 Welders and cutters...... 67 11.9 - 29.9 14.9 16.4 20.9 Assemblers...... 11 - - - - 36.4 - Transportation and material moving occupations...... 1,169 68.5 11.2 11.5 2.7 4.8 1.3 Motor vehicle operators...... 925 72.6 13.3 8.0 2.2 3.2 .5 Truck drivers... 762 80.7 3.4 9.1 2.4 3.7 .7 Driver-sales workers...... 29 65.5 27.6 - - - - Bus drivers..... 11 72.7 - - - - - Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs... 113 19.5 77.0 - - - - Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles....... 72 66.7 - 9.7 - 19.4 - Rail transportati- on occupations.. 30 80.0 - - - - - Railroad conductors and yardmasters 8 75.0 - - - - - Locomotive operating occupations 7 85.7 - - - - - Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators.. 11 81.8 - - - - - Water transportati- on occupations.. 42 57.1 - 11.9 - 28.6 - Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats...... 13 30.8 - - - 46.2 - Sailors and deckhands.. 25 72.0 - - - 16.0 - Material moving equipment operators...... 172 47.1 3.5 30.8 5.8 7.0 5.8 Operating engineers.... 41 43.9 - 36.6 - - - Hoist and winch operators.... 12 - - - 41.7 33.3 - Excavating and loading machine operators.... 22 45.5 - 45.5 - - - Grader, dozer, and scraper operators.... 23 56.5 - 17.4 - - 17.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators.... 39 66.7 - 23.1 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 630 29.0 9.4 27.0 17.0 14.4 3.2 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations.... 22 45.5 - - 27.3 - - Helpers, construction trades....... 16 37.5 - - 37.5 - - Helpers, surveyor..... 4 100.0 - - - - - Construction laborers....... 247 30.0 1.6 22.7 25.9 16.6 3.2 Production helpers 12 - - 33.3 - 33.3 - Freight, stock, and material handlers....... 75 38.7 18.7 24.0 13.3 - - Garbage collectors... 22 77.3 - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.. 17 - 58.8 - 29.4 - - Garage and service station related occupations.... 23 - 82.6 - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners....... 14 35.7 - - - - - Laborers, except construction... 229 24.5 8.3 36.7 10.9 16.2 3.5 1 Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification System developed by the Bureau of the Census. 2 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. NOTE: 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1994.