Table 1.  Number, percent, and rate of fatal occupational injuries by
selected worker characteristics, 1994. The rates are experimental measures
using CPS employment.


Characteristic          Fatalities         Employed1       Fatalities per
                                         (in thousands)        100,000
                                                              employed2
                      Number  Percent   

Total                 6,588    100.0        124,469               5


Employee status

Wage and salary       5,336     81.0        113,641               5
Self-employed3        1,252     19.0         10,828              11


Gender

Men                   6,067     92.1         67,690               9
Women                   521      7.9         56,779               1


Age

Under 16 years           25       .4            --                --
16 to 17 years           42       .6          2,511                2
18 to 19 years          112      1.7          3,749                3
20 to 24 years          545      8.3         13,204                4
25 to 34 years        1,558     23.6         32,829                5
35 to 44 years        1,608     24.4         33,882                5
45 to 54 years        1,304     19.8         23,383                6
55 to 64 years          858     13.0         11,229                8
65 years and over       517      7.8          3,681               14


Race


White                 5,420     82.3        106,285                5
Black                   702     10.7         13,102                5
Asian or
  Pacific Islander      181      2.7           --                  --
American Indian,
  Aleut, Eskimo          40       .6           --                  --
Other                   245      3.7           --                  --


Hispanic origin

Hispanic4               611      9.3         10,867                 6


1  The employment figures are annual average estimates of employed civilians
16 years of age and older, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current
Population Survey (CPS), 1994.  Resident military figures, derived from
resident and civilian population data from the Bureau of the Census, were
added to most of the CPS employment figures.  CPS data for 1994 are not
directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the
introduction of a major redesign of the survey questionnaire and collection
methodology, and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls
adjusted for the estimated undercount.  For additional information, see
"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1994," in the
February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
2  The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000
employed workers and was calculated as follows:  (N/W) x 100,000,
where N = the number of fatal work injuries, and W = the number of employed
workers, as described in the previous footnote.  There were 25 fatally
injured workers under the age of 16 years that were not included in the rate
calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment.
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.

NOTE:  Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown
separately.  Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.  Dashes
indicate data that are not available.

SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of
Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1994.



1994 CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES

Experimental Fatality Rates