CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL8 94 OCCNAT Table 8. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and selected nature of injury, 1994 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............... 6,588 16.1 4.4 3.1 5.3 2.7 2.9 Managerial and professional specialty.......... 768 19.9 3.8 1.7 2.1 1.3 3.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial... 486 24.9 4.5 - 2.5 1.4 3.7 Financial managers 14 28.6 - - - - - Managers, food serving and lodging establishments. 74 60.8 - - - - - Managers, properties and real estate.... 20 50.0 - - - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......... 251 18.3 5.2 - 2.8 1.6 5.6 Management related occupations.... 57 15.8 - - - - - Professional specialty........ 282 11.3 2.5 3.5 1.4 - 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 70 8.6 - - - - - Engineers....... 64 9.4 - - - - - Health diagnosing occupations.... 15 33.3 - - - - - Teachers, except postsecondary.. 17 23.5 - - - - - Lawyers and judges 18 27.8 - - - - - Lawyers......... 16 25.0 - - - - - Technical, sales, and administrative support............ 943 41.1 2.1 .8 1.0 2.0 1.7 Technicians and related support occupations...... 209 4.8 2.9 2.9 - 5.3 2.4 Engineering and related technologists and technicians 26 23.1 - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians.. 14 42.9 - - - - - Technicians, except health, engineering, and science.... 150 - 3.3 2.7 - 6.0 2.7 Airplane pilots and navigators... 131 - - 3.1 - 6.1 - Sales occupations... 588 57.8 2.0 - .9 1.2 1.7 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.... 249 65.5 2.4 - - 2.0 - Sales representative- s, finance and business services....... 40 20.0 - - - - - Sales workers, retail and personal services....... 252 65.5 1.6 - - - 2.4 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........ 17 47.1 - - - - - Sales counter clerks....... 27 77.8 - - - - - Cashiers........ 110 85.5 - - - - - Street and door-to-door sales workers 13 61.5 - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical......... 146 26.0 - - - - - Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.... 13 30.8 - - - - - Secretaries..... 12 33.3 - - - - - Information clerks 19 57.9 - - - - - Financial records processing occupations.... 15 40.0 - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks....... 11 36.4 - - - - - Mail and message distributing occupations.... 37 10.8 - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks......... 28 28.6 - - - - - Dispatchers..... 6 66.7 - - - - - Miscellaneous administrative support........ 20 25.0 - - - - - Service occupations... 601 39.9 3.8 2.2 1.8 2.7 5.5 Protective service occupations...... 332 46.7 5.7 1.5 - 3.6 3.9 Firefighting and fire prevention occupations, including supervisors.... 56 - 30.4 - - 17.9 17.9 Firefighting occupations.. 50 - 32.0 - - 20.0 20.0 Police and detectives, including supervisors.... 149 51.7 - - - - - Police and detectives, public services..... 102 52.0 - - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers..... 28 50.0 - - - - - Guards............ 127 59.8 - - - - - Guards and police, except public service...... 113 64.6 - - - - - Service occupations, except protective and household.... 259 32.4 1.5 2.7 3.5 1.5 6.9 Food preparation and service occupations.... 81 56.8 - - - - - Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations.. 8 87.5 - - - - - Bartenders...... 19 63.2 - - - - - Waiters and waitresses... 16 62.5 - - - - - Cooks........... 18 33.3 - - - - - Food counter, fountain and related occupations.. 7 71.4 - - - - - Health service occupations.... 27 14.8 - - - - 14.8 Cleaning and building service occupations, except household...... 94 14.9 - 5.3 5.3 - 9.6 Janitors and cleaners..... 79 16.5 - 6.3 6.3 - 8.9 Personal service occupations.... 57 35.1 - - - - - Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities... 17 23.5 - - - - - Farming, forestry, and fishing............ 944 3.1 7.7 7.4 5.1 .8 2.3 Farming operators and managers..... 382 3.4 9.7 1.6 3.1 1.0 1.6 Farmers, except horticultural.. 264 1.5 9.5 1.9 2.7 1.5 - Managers, farms, except horticultural.. 102 7.8 11.8 - 3.9 - - Other agricultural and related occupations...... 360 3.6 7.8 4.4 8.6 - 2.8 Farm occupations, except managerial..... 263 3.8 8.7 3.8 6.1 - 3.4 Farm workers.... 252 2.8 9.1 4.0 5.2 - 3.2 Related agricultural occupations.... 97 - 5.2 6.2 15.5 - - Supervisors, related agricultural occupations.. 10 - - - 40.0 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm.. 78 - 6.4 7.7 12.8 - - Forestry and logging occupations...... 137 - 5.1 - - - - Timber cutting and logging occupations.... 112 - 5.4 - - - - Fishers, hunters, and trappers..... 65 - - 73.8 - - 7.7 Fishers........... 55 - - 70.9 - - 7.3 Precision production, craft, and repair.. 1,090 4.5 3.7 1.9 16.9 3.0 2.8 Mechanics and repairers........ 294 7.1 4.8 1.4 11.9 5.1 3.7 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers, and supervisors.... 160 8.8 5.6 - 7.5 5.6 4.4 Automobile mechanics and aprentices... 49 14.3 12.2 - - - 10.2 Automobile body and related repairers.... 11 63.6 - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers...... 16 - - - 25.0 - - Electrical and electronic equipment repairers...... 37 - - - 24.3 - - Electronic repairers, communicatio- ns and industrial equipment.... 18 - - - 38.9 - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics...... 13 - - - 30.8 - - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers...... 84 8.3 - - 11.9 - - Construction trades. 614 2.3 2.9 1.5 22.6 1.8 2.1 Supervisors, construction occupations.... 111 5.4 7.2 - 9.9 - 4.5 Supervisors, n.e.c........ 87 5.7 5.7 - 10.3 - 5.7 Construction trades, except supervisors.... 503 1.6 2.0 1.4 25.4 1.8 1.6 Carpenters and apprentices.. 87 - - - 16.1 - - Electricians and apprentices.. 99 - - - 51.5 - - Electrical power installers and repairers 35 - - - 68.6 - - Painters, construction and maintenance.. 40 - - - 22.5 - - Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices.. 39 - 10.3 - - - - Drillers, earth. 7 - - - 85.7 - - Extractive occupations...... 76 - - - 6.6 - - Precision production occupations...... 106 10.4 4.7 5.7 4.7 5.7 3.8 Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 2,055 8.4 4.7 3.3 3.8 3.9 2.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 256 4.3 5.1 2.0 8.6 7.4 4.7 Machine operators, assorted materials...... 114 - 8.8 - 7.0 9.6 8.8 Furnace, kiln, and oven operators except food.. 8 - - - - 50.0 - Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.... 85 5.9 - - 10.6 5.9 - Welders and cutters...... 67 - - - 10.4 7.5 - Transportation and material moving occupations...... 1,169 10.1 3.6 3.9 1.4 4.3 2.2 Motor vehicle operators...... 925 12.3 3.0 1.2 1.5 4.1 1.7 Truck drivers... 762 3.0 3.5 1.4 1.7 5.0 2.0 Driver-sales workers...... 29 24.1 - - - - - Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs... 113 73.5 - - - - - Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles....... 72 - 5.6 31.9 - - 6.9 Water transportati- on occupations.. 42 - - 52.4 - - 9.5 Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats...... 13 - - 30.8 - - - Sailors and deckhands.. 25 - - 68.0 - - - Material moving equipment operators...... 172 - 5.8 7.0 - 6.4 2.9 Operating engineers.... 41 - - - - 9.8 - Excavating and loading machine operators.... 22 - 27.3 - - - - Grader, dozer, and scraper operators.... 23 - - - - 17.4 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 630 7.0 6.7 2.7 6.5 1.9 3.0 Construction laborers....... 247 - 6.9 2.4 8.9 2.0 1.6 Freight, stock, and material handlers....... 75 14.7 6.7 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.. 17 41.2 - - - - - Garage and service station related occupations.... 23 69.6 - - - - - Laborers, except construction... 229 5.7 7.9 4.4 5.7 2.2 3.9 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, 1994.