CF TB 8/23/95 NR SUPP TBL8 OCC X NAT Table 8. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and selected nature of injury, 1995 Nature(2) (percent) Total Occupation(1) fataliti- Asphyxi- Poison- es ations, ings and (number) Gunshot strangu- Drownings Electro- Burns(4) toxic wounds lations, cutions ef- suffoca- fects(5) tions(3) Total............... 6,210 14.3 4.3 3.0 5.6 2.9 2.6 Managerial and professional specialty.......... 699 21.2 3.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial... 467 25.7 4.3 - 2.1 2.4 1.7 Financial managers 14 35.7 - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 16 25.0 - - - - - Managers, food serving and lodging establishments. 58 62.1 - - - - - Managers, properties and real estate.... 20 50.0 - - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......... 244 20.9 4.9 - 3.7 3.7 1.6 Management related occupations.... 60 13.3 - - - - - Professional specialty........ 232 12.1 3.0 5.6 1.7 1.7 5.2 Natural scientists 9 - - 44.4 - - - Health diagnosing occupations.... 17 - - - - - 23.5 Lawyers and judges 15 33.3 - - - - - Lawyers......... 15 33.3 - - - - - Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes... 50 22.0 - 8.0 - - - Technical, sales, and administrative support............ 815 37.7 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.7 2.5 Technicians and related support occupations...... 189 2.1 2.1 3.7 - 4.2 3.2 Technicians, except health, engineering, and science.... 137 - - 5.1 - 3.6 3.6 Airplane pilots and navigators... 111 - - 5.4 - 4.5 - Sales occupations... 492 56.1 2.2 1.0 1.4 1.0 2.8 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.... 212 60.4 3.8 - - - 2.4 Sales representative- s, finance and business services....... 33 24.2 - - - - - Real estate sales occupations.. 12 33.3 - - - - - Sales workers, retail and personal services....... 213 65.3 - - - - 3.8 Sales counter clerks....... 10 90.0 - - - - - Cashiers........ 116 80.2 - - - - - Street and door-to-door sales workers 7 57.1 - - - - - News vendors.... 21 19.0 - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical......... 134 20.1 - - - - - Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.... 21 33.3 - - - - - Secretaries..... 21 33.3 - - - - - Information clerks 13 61.5 - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks......... 22 22.7 - - - - - Service occupations... 533 33.6 3.8 2.4 1.9 1.7 6.0 Protective service occupations...... 314 39.8 2.2 2.9 - 1.3 6.4 Firefighting and fire prevention occupations, including supervisors.... 39 - - 10.3 - - 28.2 Firefighting occupations.. 35 - - 11.4 - - 22.9 Police and detectives, including supervisors.... 174 40.8 - - - - 2.3 Police and detectives, public services..... 119 38.7 - - - - 3.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers..... 37 45.9 - - - - - Correctional institution officers..... 12 41.7 - - - - - Guards............ 101 53.5 - - - - 5.0 Guards and police, except public service...... 91 58.2 - - - - 4.4 Service occupations, except protective and household.... 214 24.3 6.1 1.9 3.7 2.3 5.6 Food preparation and service occupations.... 72 50.0 - - - - - Bartenders...... 14 50.0 - - - - - Waiters and waitresses... 8 87.5 - - - - - Cooks........... 24 41.7 - - - - - Food counter, fountain and related occupations.. 7 71.4 - - - - - Miscellaneous food preparation occupations.. 7 57.1 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations, except household...... 75 6.7 8.0 - 6.7 - 9.3 Janitors and cleaners..... 66 - 7.6 - 7.6 - 10.6 Personal service occupations.... 35 31.4 - - - - - Hairdressers and cosmetologis- ts........... 6 66.7 - - - - - Farming, forestry, and fishing............ 864 2.5 6.2 7.8 4.2 .8 1.9 Farming operators and managers..... 332 3.0 9.0 1.2 2.7 - 1.8 Farmers, except horticultural.. 244 2.5 7.8 - 2.0 - 2.0 Managers, farms, except horticultural.. 73 - 11.0 - - - - Other agricultural and related occupations...... 359 3.1 6.1 5.0 7.2 1.4 2.2 Farm occupations, except managerial..... 268 2.6 6.0 4.9 6.0 1.5 2.6 Farm workers.... 244 2.5 6.1 4.9 5.7 - 2.5 Related agricultural occupations.... 91 4.4 6.6 5.5 11.0 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm.. 77 - 7.8 6.5 13.0 - - Fishers, hunters, and trappers..... 57 - - 78.9 - - - Captains and other officers, fishing vessels 7 - - 57.1 - - - Fishers........... 48 - - 81.2 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair.. 1,041 4.8 5.1 1.8 18.8 3.7 2.5 Mechanics and repairers........ 265 6.8 8.3 1.9 12.5 4.5 4.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers...... 25 24.0 - - - 16.0 - Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors.... 240 5.0 8.8 2.1 12.9 3.3 4.2 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers.... 114 8.8 8.8 - - 4.4 6.1 Automobile mechanics and aprentices. 47 14.9 10.6 - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.... 31 - - - 35.5 - - Electronic repairers, communicat- ions and industrial equipment.. 13 - - - 30.8 - - Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers.. 5 - - - 80.0 - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics.... 17 - - - 41.2 - - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.... 56 - 14.3 - 16.1 - - Construction trades. 607 2.8 3.1 1.5 26.0 2.8 1.2 Supervisors, construction occupations.... 88 6.8 8.0 - 20.5 - - Supervisors, electricians and power transmission installers... 6 - - - 100.0 - - Supervisors, n.e.c........ 73 8.2 6.8 - 13.7 - - Construction trades, except supervisors.... 519 2.1 2.3 1.3 27.0 3.3 1.2 Carpenters and apprentices.. 96 4.2 5.2 - 11.5 - - Electricians and apprentices.. 117 - - - 58.1 6.0 - Electrical power installers and repairers 35 - - - 62.9 - - Painters, construction and maintenance.. 45 - - - 28.9 8.9 - Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices.. 33 - - - 18.2 - - Roofers......... 60 - - - 13.3 - - Structural metal workers...... 38 - - - 13.2 - - Extractive occupations...... 67 - 7.5 - - - - Mining machine operators...... 28 - 14.3 - - - - Precision production occupations...... 102 14.7 6.9 - - 5.9 4.9 Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 2,051 7.4 4.3 2.5 3.7 4.6 2.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 238 7.6 7.1 3.4 5.5 11.3 2.5 Printing machine operators...... 7 57.1 - - - - - Machine operators, assorted materials...... 92 7.6 7.6 - 4.3 13.0 - Furnace, kiln, and oven operators except food.. 7 - - - - 57.1 - Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.... 87 - 4.6 5.7 8.0 12.6 - Welders and cutters...... 72 - 5.6 6.9 6.9 13.9 - Transportation and material moving occupations...... 1,148 9.3 2.9 2.0 2.1 3.9 2.1 Motor vehicle operators...... 918 11.4 2.6 .8 1.7 4.6 2.4 Truck drivers... 749 3.2 3.2 .7 2.0 5.3 2.5 Driver-sales workers...... 33 33.3 - - - - - Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs... 99 63.6 - - - - - Parking lot attendants... 8 50.0 - - - - - Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles....... 63 - - 17.5 - - - Water transportati- on occupations.. 38 - - 28.9 - - - Sailors and deckhands.. 30 - - 33.3 - - - Material moving equipment operators...... 167 - 4.2 3.0 3.6 - - Operating engineers.... 44 - - 9.1 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 665 3.9 5.7 3.0 5.9 3.3 2.0 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations.... 10 - - - 40.0 - - Helpers, construction trades....... 7 - - - 57.1 - - Construction laborers....... 309 - 6.5 2.9 7.4 1.3 1.9 Freight, stock, and material handlers....... 75 13.3 - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.. 13 69.2 - - - - - Garage and service station related occupations.... 28 17.9 - - - - - Laborers, except construction... 212 2.8 6.6 5.2 3.3 4.7 3.3 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. The nature of injury identifies the principal physical characteristics of the injury. 3 May include some asphyxiations due to chest compressions. 4 Includes chemical and heat burns. 5 Includes poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning; asphyxia and other toxic effects from gas, fumes, and chemical vapors; and reactions to venomous animal or insect bites. 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.