CF TB TABLE A-8. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry division, 2000 TABLE A-8. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry division, 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Private industry(2) | | (percent) ________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Event or exposure(1) | Total | Agri- | | | | Trans- | | |Finance,| | |culture,| | Con- | Man- | porta- | Whole- | | insur- | | | forest-| Mining | struc- | ufac- |tion and| sale | Retail | ance, |Services | | ry, and| | tion | turing | public | trade | trade |and real| | | fishing| | | | util- | | | estate | | | | | | | ities | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total...........| 5,915 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 19.5 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 3.9 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 13.0 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation | | | | | | | | | | incidents............| 2,571 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 11.4 | 8.1 | 26.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 12.8 Highway.............| 1,363 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 33.7 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 12.0 Collision between | | | | | | | | | | vehicles, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment........| 694 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 27.2 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 14.6 Re-entrant | | | | | | | | | | collision......| 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Moving in same | | | | | | | | | | direction......| 136 | 7.4 | - | 9.6 | 7.4 | 33.8 | 9.6 | 8.8 | - | 12.5 Moving in | | | | | | | | | | opposite | | | | | | | | | | directions, | | | | | | | | | | oncoming.......| 243 | 3.3 | - | 12.8 | 9.1 | 26.7 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 14.0 Moving in | | | | | | | | | | intersection...| 153 | 7.8 | - | 8.5 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 5.2 | 11.8 | - | 17.6 Moving and | | | | | | | | | | standing | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment-in | | | | | | | | | | roadway........| 50 | - | - | - | 10.0 | 50.0 | - | 10.0 | - | 10.0 Moving and | | | | | | | | | | standing | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment-side | | | | | | | | | | of road........| 21 | - | - | - | - | 47.6 | - | - | - | - Vehicle struck | | | | | | | | | | stationary object| | | | | | | | | | or equipment in | | | | | | | | | | roadway..........| 24 | - | - | 20.8 | - | 45.8 | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Vehicle struck | | | | | | | | | | stationary object| | | | | | | | | | or equipment on | | | | | | | | | | side of road.....| 255 | 2.7 | - | 6.3 | 9.0 | 41.6 | 7.1 | 9.8 | - | 11.4 Noncollision......| 356 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 39.9 | 7.3 | 7.0 | - | 7.3 Jack-knifed or | | | | | | | | | | overturned--no | | | | | | | | | | collision......| 304 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 39.8 | 8.2 | 6.6 | - | 7.9 Ran off | | | | | | | | | | highway--no | | | | | | | | | | collision......| 30 | - | - | - | - | 46.7 | - | 16.7 | - | - Sudden start or | | | | | | | | | | stop, n.e.c....| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Nonhighway (farm, | | | | | | | | | | industrial | | | | | | | | | | premises)..........| 399 | 45.4 | 2.3 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 2.8 | - | 9.3 Collision between | | | | | | | | | | vehicles or | | | | | | | | | | mobile equipment.| 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment struck | | | | | | | | | | stationary object| 50 | 38.0 | - | - | 16.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 22.0 Noncollision | | | | | | | | | | accident.........| 326 | 49.7 | 2.1 | 14.1 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | - | 7.1 Fall from moving| | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment......| 23 | 30.4 | - | 21.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fell from and | | | | | | | | | | struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment......| 72 | 51.4 | - | 16.7 | 8.3 | - | - | - | - | - Overturned......| 213 | 52.6 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | - | 6.6 Aircraft............| 280 | 9.3 | - | - | 2.9 | 26.4 | 2.9 | - | 1.8 | 25.7 | | | | | | | | | | Worker struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment..........| 370 | 10.0 | - | 23.5 | 9.5 | 21.4 | - | 4.1 | - | 12.2 Worker struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment in | | | | | | | | | | roadway..........| 122 | - | - | 30.3 | - | 19.7 | - | 4.1 | - | 13.1 Worker struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment on side| | | | | | | | | | of road..........| 70 | 8.6 | - | 24.3 | - | 21.4 | - | - | - | 10.0 Worker struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment in | | | | | | | | | | parking lot or | | | | | | | | | | non-road area....| 169 | 15.4 | - | 18.9 | 18.9 | 21.9 | - | 4.1 | - | 11.2 Water vehicle.......| 84 | 47.6 | - | - | - | 16.7 | - | - | - | 13.1 Fall from ship or | | | | | | | | | | boat, n.e.c......| 38 | 44.7 | - | - | - | 18.4 | - | - | - | - Sinking, capsized | | | | | | | | | | water vehicle....| 25 | 72.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Railway.............| 71 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 36.6 | - | - | - | - Collision between | | | | | | | | | | railway vehicles.| 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Collision between | | | | | | | | | | railway vehicle | | | | | | | | | | and other vehicle| 54 | 14.8 | - | 11.1 | 14.8 | 31.5 | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Assaults and violent | | | | | | | | | | acts.................| 929 | 5.3 | - | 4.4 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 37.9 | 2.8 | 19.7 Homicides...........| 677 | 1.8 | - | 3.1 | 3.7 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 45.8 | 3.1 | 18.8 Hitting, kicking, | | | | | | | | | | beating..........| 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29.7 | - | 32.4 Shooting..........| 533 | 1.5 | - | 2.4 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 49.2 | 1.9 | 16.5 Stabbing..........| 66 | - | - | - | - | 16.7 | - | 39.4 | - | 22.7 | | | | | | | | | | Assaults and | | | | | | | | | | violent acts by | | | | | | | | | | person(s), n.e.c.| 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28.9 | - | 28.9 Suicide, | | | | | | | | | | self-inflicted | | | | | | | | | | injury.............| 220 | 6.8 | - | 9.1 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 23.2 Assaults by animals.| 31 | 71.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.1 | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects | | | | | | | | | | and equipment........| 1,005 | 17.8 | 5.8 | 24.1 | 25.4 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 1.9 | .5 | 7.3 Struck by object....| 570 | 18.6 | 4.9 | 19.8 | 26.0 | 9.5 | 4.2 | 2.1 | - | 9.1 Struck by falling | | | | | | | | | | object...........| 357 | 15.7 | 4.5 | 22.4 | 28.3 | 9.8 | 5.0 | 2.2 | - | 8.4 Struck by flying | | | | | | | | | | object...........| 61 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 19.7 | 29.5 | - | - | - | - | 13.1 Struck by | | | | | | | | | | discharged | | | | | | | | | | object or | | | | | | | | | | substance......| 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Struck by swinging| | | | | | | | | | or slipping | | | | | | | | | | object...........| 31 | 19.4 | - | 22.6 | 32.3 | - | - | - | - | - Struck by rolling,| | | | | | | | | | sliding objects | | | | | | | | | | on floor or | | | | | | | | | | ground level.....| 91 | 38.5 | - | 12.1 | 13.2 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 Caught in or | | | | | | | | | | compressed by | | | | | | | | | | equipment or | | | | | | | | | | objects............| 294 | 19.0 | 7.1 | 14.6 | 33.3 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 1.7 | - | 4.8 Caught in running | | | | | | | | | | equipment or | | | | | | | | | | machinery........| 157 | 24.8 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 42.0 | 4.5 | - | - | - | 3.8 | | | | | | | | | | Compressed or | | | | | | | | | | pinched by | | | | | | | | | | rolling, sliding,| | | | | | | | | | or shifting | | | | | | | | | | objects..........| 46 | - | - | 26.1 | 21.7 | 21.7 | - | - | - | - Caught in or crushed| | | | | | | | | | in collapsing | | | | | | | | | | materials..........| 123 | 13.0 | 7.3 | 63.4 | 4.9 | - | - | - | - | - Excavation or | | | | | | | | | | trenching cave-in| 40 | - | - | 95.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - Other cave-in.....| 6 | - | 83.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Caught in or | | | | | | | | | | crushed in | | | | | | | | | | collapsing | | | | | | | | | | structure........| 45 | - | - | 82.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Falls.................| 734 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 51.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 10.9 Fall to lower level.| 659 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 55.7 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.4 Fall down stairs | | | | | | | | | | or steps.........| 22 | - | - | 22.7 | - | - | - | - | - | 31.8 Fall from floor, | | | | | | | | | | dock, or ground | | | | | | | | | | level............| 46 | - | - | 67.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall through | | | | | | | | | | existing floor | | | | | | | | | | opening........| 25 | - | - | 80.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall throught | | | | | | | | | | floor surface..| 6 | - | - | 83.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall from ground| | | | | | | | | | level to lower | | | | | | | | | | level..........| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall from ladder..| 110 | 10.0 | - | 50.9 | 7.3 | - | - | 9.1 | - | 13.6 Fall from roof....| 150 | - | - | 82.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.3 | | | | | | | | | | Fall through | | | | | | | | | | existing roof | | | | | | | | | | opening........| 15 | - | - | 86.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall through | | | | | | | | | | roof surface...| 12 | - | - | 66.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall through | | | | | | | | | | skylight.......| 16 | - | - | 75.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall from roof | | | | | | | | | | edge...........| 69 | - | - | 81.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10.1 Fall from | | | | | | | | | | scaffold, staging| 85 | - | - | 75.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 8.2 Fall from building| | | | | | | | | | girders or other | | | | | | | | | | structural steel.| 44 | - | 13.6 | 72.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall from | | | | | | | | | | nonmoving vehicle| 61 | 19.7 | - | 14.8 | 14.8 | 19.7 | - | 9.8 | - | - Fall to lower | | | | | | | | | | level, n.e.c.....| 123 | 23.6 | - | 32.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 5.7 | - | - | 9.8 Fall on same level..| 56 | - | - | - | 10.7 | 8.9 | - | 21.4 | - | 26.8 Fall to floor, | | | | | | | | | | walkway, or other| | | | | | | | | | surface..........| 44 | - | - | - | - | 11.4 | - | 22.7 | - | 29.5 Fall onto or | | | | | | | | | | against objects..| 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | substances or | | | | | | | | | | environments.........| 480 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 35.6 | 14.4 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 13.3 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | electric current...| 256 | 9.8 | - | 52.3 | 11.3 | 7.8 | - | 2.3 | - | 7.0 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | electric current | | | | | | | | | | of machine, tool,| | | | | | | | | | appliance, light | | | | | | | | | | fixture..........| 42 | - | - | 26.2 | 31.0 | 11.9 | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Contact with | | | | | | | | | | wiring, | | | | | | | | | | transformers, or | | | | | | | | | | other electrical | | | | | | | | | | component........| 67 | - | - | 58.2 | 14.9 | 7.5 | - | - | - | 10.4 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | overhead power | | | | | | | | | | lines............| 128 | 14.8 | - | 59.4 | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | 4.7 Struck by | | | | | | | | | | lightning........| 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Contact with | | | | | | | | | | temperature | | | | | | | | | | extremes...........| 29 | 24.1 | - | 17.2 | 27.6 | - | - | - | - | - Exposure to | | | | | | | | | | environmental | | | | | | | | | | heat.............| 21 | 33.3 | - | 23.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - Contact with hot | | | | | | | | | | objects or | | | | | | | | | | substances.......| 7 | - | - | - | 85.7 | - | - | - | - | - Exposure to caustic,| | | | | | | | | | noxious, or | | | | | | | | | | allergenic | | | | | | | | | | substances.........| 100 | 10.0 | - | 14.0 | 23.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | - | 21.0 Inhalation of | | | | | | | | | | substance........| 48 | - | - | 14.6 | 31.2 | 12.5 | - | - | - | 20.8 Inhalation in | | | | | | | | | | enclosed, | | | | | | | | | | restricted, or | | | | | | | | | | confined | | | | | | | | | | space(3).......| 22 | - | - | - | 27.3 | 22.7 | - | - | - | 31.8 Inhalation in | | | | | | | | | | open or | | | | | | | | | | nonconfined | | | | | | | | | | space..........| 20 | - | - | - | 30.0 | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Contact with skin | | | | | | | | | | or other exposed | | | | | | | | | | tissue...........| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Injections, | | | | | | | | | | stings, venomous | | | | | | | | | | bites............| 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Bee, wasp, | | | | | | | | | | hornet sting...| 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Ingestion of | | | | | | | | | | substance........| 24 | - | - | - | - | 20.8 | - | - | - | 20.8 Oxygen deficiency...| 93 | 12.9 | 6.5 | 19.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | - | - | - | 23.7 Drowning, | | | | | | | | | | submersion.......| 74 | 16.2 | 8.1 | 18.9 | 6.8 | 12.2 | - | - | - | 20.3 Depletion of | | | | | | | | | | oxygen in other | | | | | | | | | | enclosed, | | | | | | | | | | restricted, or | | | | | | | | | | confined space(3)| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Fires and explosions..| 177 | 3.4 | 9.6 | 16.9 | 22.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 6.2 | - | 20.3 Fires--unintended or| | | | | | | | | | uncontrolled.......| 100 | - | 8.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.0 | - | 5.0 | - | 23.0 Fires, unspecified| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Fire in residence,| | | | | | | | | | building, or | | | | | | | | | | other structure..| 56 | - | - | 17.9 | 25.0 | - | - | - | - | 25.0 Forest, brush, or | | | | | | | | | | other outdoor | | | | | | | | | | fire.............| 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Explosion...........| 76 | - | 11.8 | 14.5 | 23.7 | - | 6.6 | 7.9 | - | 17.1 Explosion of | | | | | | | | | | pressure vessel | | | | | | | | | | or piping........| 30 | - | - | 16.7 | 16.7 | - | - | - | - | 23.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other events or | | | | | | | | | | exposures(4).........| 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. 2 Classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987. 3 Includes fatalities that occurred in structures that do not meet the definition of permit required confined spaces as defined by Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations. 4 Includes the category "Bodily reaction and exertion." 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. n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries