Table 3.  Number, percent, and rate of fatal occupational injuries by industry, 1994.  The rates are experimental measures using CPS employment.


Industry1                      Fatalities        Employed2       Fatalities per
                           Number    Percent   (in thousands)  100,000 employed3

    Total                  6,588      100.0       124,469             5

  Private industry         5,923       89.9       104,754             6

Agriculture, forestry, 
and fishing                  847       12.9         3,496            24

    Agricultural production,
    crops                    441        6.7         1,008            43

    Agricultural production,
    livestock                172        2.6         1,316            12

    Agricultural services    162        2.5         1,070            15


Mining                       180        2.7           668            27

    Coal mining               41         .6           115            36

    Oil and gas extraction    99        1.5           387            26


Construction               1,027       15.6         6,948            15


Manufacturing                787       11.9        20,050             4

    Food and kindred 
    products                  78        1.2         1,749             4

    Lumber and wood 
    products                 199        3.0           731            27


Transportation and public 
utilities                    944       14.3         7,069            13

    Local and interurban 
    passenger 
    transportation           114        1.7           520            22

    Trucking and warehousing 502        7.6         2,326            22

    Air transportation        98        1.5           755            13

    Electric, gas, and 
    sanitary services         88        1.3         1,096             8


Wholesale trade              269        4.1         4,702             6


Retail trade                 797       12.1        20,909             4

    Food stores              235        3.6         3,474             7

    Automotive dealers 
    and service stations     120        1.8         2,019             6

    Eating and drinking 
    places                   181        2.7         6,316             3


Finance, insurance, and 
Real estate                  112        1.7         7,900             1


Services                     844       12.8        33,012             3

    Business services        253        3.8         4,999             5

    Automotive repair, 
    services, and parking     89        1.4         1,537             6


Government                   665       10.1        19,715             3

    Federal                  209        3.2         4,901             4

    State                    112        1.7         5,163             2

    Local                    333        5.1         9,650             3


1  Based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
2  The employment figures are annual average estimates of employed civilians 16 
years of age and older, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population 
Survey (CPS), 1994.  A resident military figure, derived from resident and 
civilian population data from the Bureau of the Census, was added to the CPS 
employment total and figures for government and federal government.  CPS data 
for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years 
because of the introduction of a major redesign of the survey questionnaire and 
collection methodology, and the introduction of 1990 census-based population 
controls adjusted for the estimated undercount.  For additional information, see 
"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1994," in the 
February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
3  The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 
employed workers and was calculated as follows:  (N/W) x 100,000, where N = the 
number of fatal work injuries, and W = the number of employed workers, as 
described in the previous footnote.  There were 25 fatally injured workers under 
the age of 16 years that were not included in the rate calculations to maintain 
consistency with the CPS employment.

NOTE:  Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown 
separately.  Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.  There were 124 
fatalities for which there was insufficient information to determine an industry 
classification.
SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal 
Occupational Injuries, 1994.