CF TB 8/23/96 NR SUPP TBL3 OCC X EVE Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, 1995 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............... 6,210 41.2 20.3 14.7 10.4 9.6 3.3 Managerial and professional specialty.......... 699 42.5 38.3 5.3 7.2 5.0 1.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial... 467 37.5 43.3 6.2 7.5 3.9 1.3 Administrators and officials, public administration. 23 - 82.6 - - - - Financial managers 14 42.9 50.0 - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 16 62.5 31.2 - - - - Administrators, education and related fields. 6 66.7 - - - - - Managers, medicine and health..... 5 100.0 - - - - - Managers, food serving and lodging establishments. 58 10.3 84.5 - - - - Managers, properties and real estate.... 20 20.0 80.0 - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.......... 11 36.4 45.5 - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......... 244 41.8 27.0 10.2 12.3 5.3 2.5 Management related occupations.... 60 41.7 50.0 - - - - Accountants and auditors..... 13 30.8 69.2 - - - - Other financial officers..... 9 - 88.9 - - - - Construction inspectors... 8 75.0 - - - - - Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction. 10 50.0 50.0 - - - - Professional specialty........ 232 52.6 28.4 3.4 6.5 7.3 - Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 65 56.9 18.5 - 12.3 7.7 - Engineers....... 61 55.7 18.0 - 13.1 8.2 - Civil engineers.. 18 50.0 22.2 - - 22.2 - Industrial.... 6 66.7 - - - - - Mechanical.... 8 62.5 - - - - - Natural scientists 9 66.7 - - - - - Health diagnosing occupations.... 17 29.4 47.1 - - - - Physicians...... 10 - 40.0 - - - - Health assessment and treating occupations.... 17 64.7 - - - - - Registered nurses....... 12 66.7 - - - - - Teachers, postsecondary.. 6 - 66.7 - - - - Teachers, except postsecondary.. 20 75.0 - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers........ 21 52.4 19.0 - - 19.0 - Clergy.......... 12 58.3 - - - - - Lawyers and judges 15 26.7 73.3 - - - - Lawyers......... 15 26.7 73.3 - - - - Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes... 50 52.0 28.0 8.0 - 8.0 - Photographers... 9 77.8 - - - - - Athletes........ 14 50.0 - - - - - Technical, sales, and administrative support............ 815 39.4 49.3 3.3 3.7 2.7 1.1 Technicians and related support occupations...... 189 79.4 9.5 2.1 3.7 3.7 - Health technologists and technicians 15 46.7 33.3 - - - - Engineering and related technologists and technicians 30 63.3 16.7 - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.. 13 69.2 - - - - - Technicians, except health, engineering, and science.... 137 87.6 5.1 - - 2.9 - Airplane pilots and navigators... 111 98.2 - - - - - Sales occupations... 492 25.4 65.0 3.7 2.2 2.2 1.0 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.... 212 18.4 70.3 5.2 - 1.9 2.4 Sales representative- s, finance and business services....... 33 54.5 24.2 - - - - Real estate sales occupations.. 12 33.3 33.3 - - - - Sales representative- s, commodities except retail.. 32 84.4 - - - - - Sales representati- ves, mining, manufacturin- g, and wholesale.... 29 82.8 - - - - - Sales workers, retail and personal services....... 213 18.8 74.6 - 2.8 2.3 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........ 11 36.4 45.5 - - - - Sales counter clerks....... 10 - 100.0 - - - - Cashiers........ 116 4.3 92.2 - 3.4 - - Street and door-to-door sales workers 7 - 57.1 - - - - News vendors.... 21 76.2 19.0 - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical......... 134 34.3 47.8 3.7 9.0 3.0 - Supervisors, administrative support occupations.... 7 - 57.1 - - - - Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.... 21 - 71.4 - - - - Secretaries..... 21 - 71.4 - - - - Information clerks 13 - 76.9 - - - - Records processing occupations, except financial...... 6 - 83.3 - - - - Mail and message distributing occupations.... 25 72.0 - - - - - Mail carriers, postal service...... 11 81.8 - - - - - Messengers...... 8 87.5 - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks......... 22 45.5 31.8 - 18.2 - - Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks....... 6 66.7 - - - - - Adjusters and investigators.. 9 55.6 - - - - - Miscellaneous administrative support........ 22 22.7 68.2 - - - - General office clerks....... 13 - 69.2 - - - - Service occupations... 533 30.6 43.9 2.8 8.8 8.3 4.7 Protective service occupations...... 314 36.0 50.0 - 2.2 5.1 5.1 Firefighting and fire prevention occupations, including supervisors.... 39 41.0 - - - 12.8 41.0 Firefighting occupations.. 35 45.7 - - - 11.4 37.1 Police and detectives, including supervisors.... 174 41.4 51.1 - 2.3 2.3 - Police and detectives, public services..... 119 39.5 53.8 - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers..... 37 43.2 45.9 - - - - Correctional institution officers..... 12 50.0 41.7 - - - - Guards............ 101 24.8 65.3 - - 6.9 - Crossing guards. 5 100.0 - - - - - Guards and police, except public service...... 91 22.0 68.1 - - 6.6 - Service occupations, except protective and household.... 214 22.9 34.6 6.1 18.2 13.1 4.2 Food preparation and service occupations.... 72 12.5 62.5 - 8.3 11.1 - Bartenders...... 14 - 85.7 - - - - Waiters and waitresses... 8 - 87.5 - - - - Cooks........... 24 16.7 50.0 - - - - Food counter, fountain and related occupations.. 7 - 71.4 - - - - Miscellaneous food preparation occupations.. 7 - 71.4 - - - - Health service occupations.... 32 56.2 - - 18.8 - - Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants... 25 56.0 - - 16.0 - - Cleaning and building service occupations, except household...... 75 17.3 17.3 10.7 33.3 16.0 5.3 Janitors and cleaners..... 66 16.7 10.6 12.1 36.4 18.2 6.1 Personal service occupations.... 35 25.7 42.9 - - 14.3 - Hairdressers and cosmetologis- ts........... 6 - 83.3 - - - - Farming, forestry, and fishing............ 864 46.8 6.1 29.1 7.1 9.4 1.5 Farming operators and managers..... 332 52.7 6.0 24.4 8.4 6.6 1.8 Farmers, except horticultural.. 244 54.9 5.3 23.4 8.2 6.1 2.0 Horticultural specialty farmers........ 15 46.7 - 33.3 - - - Managers, farms, except horticultural.. 73 46.6 8.2 26.0 9.6 8.2 - Other agricultural and related occupations...... 359 45.1 8.9 21.7 7.8 14.2 1.9 Farm occupations, except managerial..... 268 49.6 7.8 22.4 5.6 11.9 2.2 Supervisors, farm workers. 18 38.9 - 27.8 - - - Farm workers.... 244 50.8 7.4 22.5 5.3 11.5 2.0 Related agricultural occupations.... 91 31.9 12.1 19.8 14.3 20.9 - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm.. 77 31.2 7.8 19.5 16.9 23.4 - Animal caretakers, except farm.. 8 - 62.5 - - - - Forestry and logging occupations...... 116 18.1 - 75.9 4.3 - - Supervisors, forestry, and logging workers 12 50.0 - 50.0 - - - Timber cutting and logging occupations.... 98 12.2 - 82.7 - - - Fishers, hunters, and trappers..... 57 80.7 - 7.0 - 10.5 - Captains and other officers, fishing vessels 7 85.7 - - - - - Fishers........... 48 79.2 - - - 12.5 - Precision production, craft, and repair.. 1,041 19.4 7.8 17.4 25.9 23.1 6.1 Mechanics and repairers........ 265 25.7 12.8 23.8 10.6 18.9 8.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers...... 25 16.0 28.0 16.0 - 20.0 16.0 Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors.... 240 26.7 11.2 24.6 11.2 18.8 7.5 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers.... 114 30.7 18.4 27.2 4.4 8.8 10.5 Automobile mechanics and aprentices. 47 29.8 31.9 27.7 - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.. 21 28.6 - 28.6 - - - Automobile body and related repairers.. 10 - 40.0 - - - - Heavy equipment mechanics.. 24 33.3 - 29.2 - 16.7 20.8 Industrial machinery repairers.... 16 - - 50.0 25.0 - - Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.... 31 29.0 - - 25.8 38.7 - Electronic repairers, communicat- ions and industrial equipment.. 13 - - - 30.8 38.5 - Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers.. 5 - - - - 80.0 - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics.... 17 23.5 - - - 41.2 - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.... 56 19.6 7.1 28.6 12.5 25.0 7.1 Millwrights... 11 - - 36.4 - - - Construction trades. 607 16.6 4.0 11.2 36.4 28.8 3.0 Supervisors, construction occupations.... 88 25.0 8.0 15.9 26.1 25.0 - Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers... 6 - - - - 100.0 - Supervisors, n.e.c........ 73 28.8 8.2 16.4 27.4 19.2 - Construction trades, except supervisors.... 519 15.2 3.3 10.4 38.2 29.5 3.5 Brickmasons, stonemasons, and apprentices.. 23 - - 26.1 52.2 - - Carpenters and apprentices.. 96 13.5 6.2 20.8 42.7 15.6 - Drywall installers... 8 - - - 62.5 - - Electricians and apprentices.. 117 11.1 - 4.3 17.1 59.0 6.8 Electrical power installers and repairers 35 14.3 - - 17.1 60.0 - Painters, construction and maintenance.. 45 11.1 - - 40.0 33.3 8.9 Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices.. 33 18.2 - 18.2 24.2 21.2 12.1 Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators.... 4 100.0 - - - - - Roofers......... 60 - - - 75.0 15.0 - Structural metal workers...... 38 - - 10.5 68.4 18.4 - Extractive occupations...... 67 20.9 - 50.7 6.0 10.4 10.4 Drillers, oil wells.......... 17 - - 52.9 - - - Mining machine operators...... 28 17.9 - 60.7 - 14.3 - Precision production occupations...... 102 18.6 22.5 15.7 16.7 7.8 16.7 Precision metal working occupations.... 26 19.2 - 26.9 34.6 - - Boilermakers.... 6 - - - 66.7 - - Sheet metal workers...... 7 - - - 57.1 - - Plant and system operators...... 25 - - 16.0 - - 36.0 Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 2,051 51.4 9.2 18.7 8.5 7.8 4.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 238 11.3 8.4 38.7 12.6 14.7 13.9 Metal working and plastic working machine operators...... 12 - - 41.7 - - - Metal and plastic processing machine operators...... 10 - - 50.0 - - - Woodworking machine operators...... 10 - - 90.0 - - - Sawing machine operators.... 7 - - 85.7 - - - Printing machine operators...... 7 - 57.1 - - - - Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators...... 13 - - 46.2 - - - Machine operators, assorted materials...... 92 10.9 8.7 43.5 8.7 14.1 14.1 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators except food.. 7 - - - - - 57.1 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.... 87 11.5 - 28.7 19.5 19.5 17.2 Welders and cutters...... 72 13.9 - 25.0 22.2 19.4 18.1 Assemblers...... 10 - - 70.0 - - - Transportation and material moving occupations...... 1,148 71.1 11.0 10.2 2.5 3.1 1.9 Motor vehicle operators...... 918 74.7 13.1 6.1 2.0 2.7 1.2 Truck drivers... 749 82.9 3.9 6.9 2.1 2.8 1.1 Driver-sales workers...... 33 45.5 39.4 - - - - Bus drivers..... 17 76.5 - - - - - Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs... 99 24.2 71.7 - - - - Parking lot attendants... 8 - 50.0 - - - - Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles....... 63 69.8 6.3 12.7 - 7.9 - Rail transportati- on occupations.. 25 88.0 - - - - - Railroad conductors and yardmasters 16 87.5 - - - - - Locomotive operating occupations 6 100.0 - - - - - Water transportati- on occupations.. 38 57.9 - 15.8 - 13.2 - Sailors and deckhands.. 30 60.0 - 16.7 - 13.3 - Material moving equipment operators...... 167 51.5 - 31.7 6.0 3.6 6.0 Operating engineers.... 44 54.5 - 29.5 - - - Hoist and winch operators.... 12 - - 33.3 - - - Crane and tower operators.... 15 33.3 - 33.3 - - - Excavating and loading machine operators.... 16 25.0 - 68.8 - - - Grader, dozer, and scraper operators.... 23 82.6 - 17.4 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators.... 33 57.6 - 30.3 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 665 31.9 6.5 26.2 17.4 13.2 4.8 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations.... 10 - - - - 40.0 - Helpers, construction trades....... 7 - - - - 57.1 - Construction laborers....... 309 28.2 1.9 26.5 27.5 13.9 1.9 Freight, stock, and material handlers....... 75 46.7 14.7 26.7 - 6.7 - Garbage collectors... 29 79.3 - 17.2 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.. 13 - 76.9 - - - - Machine feeders and offbearers... 5 - - 80.0 - - - Garage and service station related occupations.... 28 14.3 28.6 17.9 - - 28.6 Laborers, except construction... 212 35.8 6.6 27.8 10.4 14.2 5.2 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.