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Table 1.  Fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics and event or exposure, 1995
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                            Fatalities                              Event or exposure(2)                        
                                                                         (percent)                              
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                              Exposure          
    Occupation(1)                                                         Contact                to             
                                                       Trans-   Assaults    with              harmful  Fires and
                         Number   Percent    Total   portation    and     objects    Falls      sub-   explosio-
                                                         in-    violent     and               stances      ns   
                                                      cidents     acts   equipment               or             
                                                                                              environ-          
                                                                                               ments            
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
  Total...............   6,210     100.0     100.0      41.2      20.3      14.7      10.4       9.6       3.3  
                                                                                                                
   Employee status                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
Wage and salary                                                                                                 
   workers............   5,024      80.9     100.0      41.5      19.7      14.0      10.5      10.2       3.7  
Self-employed(3)......   1,186      19.1     100.0      40.2      23.1      17.7       9.5       7.4       1.8  
                                                                                                                
     Sex and age                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
Men...................   5,676      91.4     100.0      41.7      17.7      15.6      10.9      10.3       3.5  
Women.................     534       8.6     100.0      36.3      48.1       5.8       4.9       2.2       1.9  
                                                                                                                
Both sexes:                                                                                                     
  Under 20 years......     194       3.1     100.0      43.3      19.1      17.0       4.1      12.4       3.6  
  20 to 24 years......     484       7.8     100.0      42.8      19.8      13.4       8.7      12.2       2.9  
  25 to 34 years......   1,395      22.5     100.0      37.7      22.1      15.4       8.7      12.4       3.4  
  35 to 44 years......   1,555      25.0     100.0      37.9      20.9      15.2      10.1      11.5       4.0  
  45 to 54 years......   1,242      20.0     100.0      42.5      20.6      13.8      12.2       7.4       3.0  
  55 to 64 years......     811      13.1     100.0      46.1      18.9      14.1      11.8       5.9       2.7  
  65 years and over...     514       8.3     100.0      47.5      16.3      15.2      12.8       4.3       3.5  
  Unknown.............      15        .2     100.0      53.3       -         -         -         -         -    
                                                                                                                
         Race                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
White.................   5,061      81.5     100.0      42.5      17.3      15.7      10.8       9.8       3.4  
Black.................     689      11.1     100.0      35.1      31.6      12.5       8.7       8.1       3.5  
Asian or Pacific                                                                                                
   Islander...........     161       2.6     100.0      21.7      62.7       4.3       6.2       3.1       -    
American Indian,                                                                                                
   Aleut, Eskimo......      27        .4     100.0      51.9      18.5      14.8       -         -         -    
Other.................     272       4.4     100.0      43.8      22.1       9.2       8.8      13.6       2.6  
                                                                                                                
   Hispanic origin                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
Hispanic(4)...........     610       9.8     100.0      33.8      24.3      14.9      12.6      10.8       3.4  

  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.  Includes other events and
exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately.
  
  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, 1995.
  3 Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of
partnerships.
  4 Persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race.