CF TB 8/23.96 NR SUPP TBL15 EVE X IND Table 15. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry, 1995 Private industry(2) (percent) Total fataliti- Event or exposure(1) es Agricul- Transpor- Finance, (number) ture, Construc- Manufac- tation Wholesale Retail insur- forestry Mining tion turing and pub- trade trade ance, and Services and lic real fishing utilities estate Total............... 6,210 12.8 2.5 16.9 11.3 14.2 4.1 10.9 2.0 11.9 Transportation incidents.......... 2,560 16.3 2.1 10.3 8.2 23.6 4.8 5.8 1.6 11.3 Highway............. 1,329 6.6 2.0 9.0 8.3 28.4 6.5 8.7 1.7 12.5 Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment...... 634 6.5 1.9 9.3 7.9 23.2 6.6 10.3 1.9 15.1 Re-entrant collision.... 9 11.1 - 22.2 11.1 11.1 - 11.1 - 22.2 Moving in same direction.... 125 14.4 4.8 9.6 10.4 29.6 8.8 6.4 .8 7.2 Moving in opposite directions, oncoming..... 244 4.5 1.2 9.0 7.4 21.3 5.7 10.2 2.5 18.9 Moving in intersection. 97 5.2 3.1 10.3 9.3 12.4 10.3 10.3 1.0 17.5 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment-in roadway...... 31 - - 6.5 12.9 48.4 6.5 3.2 6.5 6.5 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment-si- de of road... 13 7.7 - - - 7.7 7.7 23.1 - - Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment in roadway........ 19 5.3 - 5.3 10.5 31.6 10.5 5.3 - 5.3 Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment on side of road... 249 2.0 1.2 8.4 5.6 34.9 8.4 12.0 1.6 14.1 Noncollision...... 350 10.9 2.9 8.0 11.7 31.7 5.7 4.6 .9 6.9 Jack-knifed or overturned-- no collision. 260 13.1 3.1 7.3 10.0 31.2 5.4 4.2 .8 7.3 Ran off highway--no collision.... 57 5.3 3.5 10.5 15.8 38.6 7.0 3.5 - 5.3 Struck by shifting load 2 - - - 100.0 - - - - - Sudden start or stop, n.e.c.. 11 - - 9.1 18.2 27.3 - - - 9.1 Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises)........ 388 53.4 3.9 10.8 9.8 5.7 2.3 2.1 .5 5.4 Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment...... 4 - 25.0 - 25.0 - 25.0 - - - Vehicle, mobile equipment struck stationary object......... 23 39.1 4.3 4.3 13.0 8.7 8.7 4.3 - 13.0 Noncollision accident....... 357 55.2 3.4 11.2 9.5 5.6 1.4 2.0 .6 5.0 Fall from moving vehicle, mobile equipment.... 37 37.8 2.7 13.5 10.8 8.1 2.7 5.4 2.7 8.1 Fell from and struck by vehicle, mobile equipment.... 71 57.7 4.2 11.3 12.7 5.6 - 1.4 - 2.8 Overturned...... 210 61.9 2.4 10.5 8.6 4.3 1.4 1.4 .5 3.3 Loss of control. 6 - 33.3 - 16.7 - - - - 16.7 Sudden start or stop, n.e.c.. 5 40.0 - - - 20.0 - 20.0 - 20.0 Aircraft............ 278 8.3 1.1 2.5 6.5 24.1 2.9 1.8 3.6 18.7 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment........ 385 12.2 1.6 21.0 7.8 19.2 4.7 3.4 1.0 11.2 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in roadway........ 122 .8 .8 28.7 5.7 15.6 4.1 4.1 - 10.7 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment on side of road... 60 3.3 - 25.0 3.3 20.0 3.3 3.3 1.7 18.3 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in parking lot or non-road area.. 173 23.7 2.9 14.5 9.8 22.0 5.8 2.3 1.2 8.7 Water vehicle....... 84 54.8 2.4 3.6 7.1 23.8 - - - 2.4 Collision......... 2 50.0 - - - 50.0 - - - - Explosion, fire, n.e.c.......... 2 50.0 - - - 50.0 - - - - Fall from ship or boat, n.e.c.... 31 41.9 3.2 9.7 9.7 25.8 - - - 3.2 Fall on ship, boat 6 - - - - 100.0 - - - - Sinking, capsized water vehicle.. 28 82.1 - - 7.1 3.6 - - - 3.6 Railway............. 82 7.3 1.2 7.3 7.3 50.0 1.2 6.1 1.2 7.3 Collision between railway vehicles....... 10 - - - - 90.0 - - - - Collision between railway vehicle and other vehicle........ 60 10.0 - 10.0 8.3 38.3 - 8.3 1.7 10.0 Collision between railway vehicle and other object......... 1 - - - - 100.0 - - - - Fell from and struck by railway vehicle 4 - - - - 100.0 - - - - Derailment........ 1 - - - - 100.0 - - - - Assaults and violent acts............... 1,262 3.9 .1 2.5 5.5 9.2 2.7 35.0 4.8 15.9 Homicides........... 1,024 1.9 .1 1.5 4.3 9.5 2.4 40.6 5.2 13.4 Hitting, kicking, beating........ 44 2.3 - - 6.8 15.9 4.5 29.5 2.3 27.3 Shooting.......... 754 2.0 .1 1.2 5.2 11.1 2.9 46.7 3.3 13.7 Stabbing.......... 67 4.5 - 6.0 1.5 6.0 1.5 46.3 9.0 17.9 Assaults and violent acts by person(s), n.e.c.......... 152 - - 1.3 .7 1.3 - 11.8 12.5 5.3 Self-inflicted injury........... 215 5.6 - 7.9 11.6 8.8 3.7 11.6 3.7 28.8 Assaults by animals. 20 90.0 - - - - 5.0 - - 5.0 Contact with objects and equipment...... 915 18.9 5.7 20.9 27.3 7.1 4.8 2.3 .8 7.1 Struck by object.... 546 16.8 5.7 19.2 30.0 8.6 4.0 1.8 .7 7.9 Struck by falling object......... 340 16.8 5.6 18.2 35.3 5.9 5.6 1.5 .9 7.6 Struck by flying object......... 63 7.9 11.1 17.5 30.2 6.3 1.6 3.2 - 6.3 Struck by discharged object or substance.... 23 8.7 4.3 17.4 26.1 4.3 - 4.3 - 4.3 Struck by swinging or slipping object......... 44 11.4 6.8 36.4 15.9 13.6 2.3 - - 6.8 Struck by rolling, sliding objects on floor or ground level... 60 36.7 - 11.7 15.0 21.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 5.0 Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects.......... 255 26.3 3.5 12.9 29.0 6.3 5.9 3.1 .8 6.7 Caught in running equipment or machinery...... 131 29.0 3.8 9.9 37.4 5.3 3.8 3.1 - 3.8 Compressed or pinched by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects........ 56 26.8 3.6 12.5 17.9 7.1 8.9 5.4 - 10.7 Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials........ 99 12.1 11.1 52.5 8.1 2.0 7.1 2.0 1.0 2.0 Excavation or trenching cave-in........ 33 3.0 - 90.9 - - 3.0 - - - Other cave-in..... 5 - 100.0 - - - - - - - Landslide......... 4 - 50.0 25.0 - - - - - - Caught in or crushed in collapsing structure...... 32 6.2 9.4 56.2 6.2 3.1 3.1 6.2 3.1 6.2 Falls................. 643 9.8 1.6 52.1 9.6 4.0 2.2 4.0 1.1 11.0 Fall to lower level. 573 9.6 1.6 57.2 9.1 4.0 1.9 1.9 1.0 9.6 Fall down stairs or steps....... 16 - - 31.2 - 12.5 - 12.5 - 37.5 Fall from floor, dock, or ground level.......... 33 6.1 3.0 51.5 18.2 - 3.0 - - 9.1 Fall from ladder.. 97 7.2 - 53.6 10.3 2.1 4.1 3.1 2.1 12.4 Fall from piled or stacked material....... 2 - - 50.0 50.0 - - - - - Fall from roof.... 142 4.9 - 84.5 2.1 .7 2.1 - 2.1 2.8 Fall from scaffold, staging........ 82 2.4 - 69.5 9.8 2.4 2.4 1.2 1.2 11.0 Fall from building girders or other structural steel.......... 33 3.0 9.1 75.8 3.0 - - - - 9.1 Fall from nonmoving vehicle........ 32 21.9 3.1 15.6 18.8 21.9 3.1 9.4 - - Jump to lower level. 3 - - - 33.3 33.3 - - 33.3 - Fall on same level.. 50 10.0 2.0 8.0 10.0 4.0 6.0 22.0 - 30.0 Exposure to harmful substances or environments....... 598 13.0 3.5 34.3 9.4 8.7 3.0 4.2 1.0 12.9 Contact with electric current. 347 9.5 3.5 47.8 6.6 8.1 2.9 3.2 .9 10.1 Contact with electric current of machine, tool, appliance, light fixture.. 55 7.3 5.5 38.2 7.3 1.8 3.6 7.3 - 16.4 Contact with wiring, transformers, or other electrical component...... 94 3.2 6.4 50.0 5.3 14.9 2.1 2.1 1.1 5.3 Contact with overhead power lines.......... 139 11.5 .7 51.8 7.9 8.6 3.6 2.2 1.4 9.4 Contact with underground, buried power lines.......... 5 - 20.0 40.0 - - - - - - Struck by lightning...... 17 41.2 - 23.5 - 5.9 - 5.9 - 11.8 Contact with temperature extremes......... 55 23.6 1.8 16.4 10.9 14.5 5.5 7.3 - 5.5 Exposure to environmental heat........... 34 32.4 2.9 26.5 8.8 5.9 8.8 5.9 - - Exposure to environmental cold........... 8 12.5 - - - 12.5 - 12.5 - - Contact with hot objects or substances..... 13 7.7 - - 23.1 38.5 - 7.7 - 23.1 Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances....... 101 11.9 5.9 12.9 15.8 8.9 2.0 7.9 - 25.7 Inhalation of substance...... 62 16.1 8.1 17.7 17.7 6.5 3.2 11.3 - 11.3 Inhalation in open or nonconfined space........ 21 23.8 4.8 9.5 9.5 9.5 4.8 14.3 - 19.0 Contact with skin or other exposed tissue. 3 - - - 33.3 - - - - 33.3 Injections, stings, venomous bites. 6 16.7 - 16.7 - - - - - 66.7 Needle sticks... 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 Bee, wasp, hornet sting. 3 - - 33.3 - - - - - 66.7 Other stings or venomous bites........ 2 50.0 - - - - - - - 50.0 Ingestion of substance...... 16 6.2 - 6.2 12.5 18.8 - - - 50.0 Oxygen deficiency... 94 21.3 2.1 17.0 11.7 7.4 3.2 2.1 3.2 13.8 Drowning, submersion..... 74 25.7 1.4 18.9 6.8 4.1 2.7 1.4 4.1 12.2 Depletion of oxygen in other enclosed, restricted, or confined space. 10 - - 20.0 40.0 30.0 - - - 10.0 Fires and explosions.. 208 5.8 7.7 10.1 25.5 5.8 9.1 5.8 1.0 13.5 Fires--unintended or uncontrolled..... 98 8.2 4.1 10.2 27.6 3.1 6.1 5.1 1.0 13.3 Fire in residence, building, or other structure 58 3.4 3.4 6.9 29.3 5.2 5.2 6.9 - 10.3 Forest, brush, or other outdoor fire........... 9 44.4 - - - - - 11.1 - - Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source......... 3 33.3 - 33.3 - - - - 33.3 - Explosion........... 107 3.7 11.2 9.3 24.3 8.4 11.2 6.5 .9 14.0 Explosion of pressure vessel or piping...... 42 7.1 23.8 4.8 11.9 9.5 7.1 11.9 - 14.3 Other events or exposures(3)....... 24 4.2 4.2 4.2 8.3 16.7 4.2 4.2 4.2 20.8 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. 2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1995.