cf tb 8/7/97 Supp tbl 2 OCC x Event 1996 Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, 1996 Event or exposure(2) (percent) Total Occupation(1) fataliti- Exposure to es Transpor- Assaults Contact harmful (number) tation and violent with Falls substances Fires and in- acts(4) objects and or explosions cidents(3) equipment environ- ments Total............. 6,112 41.8 18.7 16.4 11.2 8.6 3.0 Managerial and professional specialty........ 711 42.6 33.6 7.2 9.3 5.8 1.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial. 437 34.8 39.6 9.6 9.4 5.0 1.6 Administrators and officials, public administrati- on........... 9 66.7 - - - - - Administrators, protective services..... 7 - 57.1 - - - - Financial managers..... 10 - 70.0 - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations.... 9 100.0 - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields....... 5 80.0 - - - - - Managers, food serving and lodging establishmen- ts........... 75 6.7 88.0 - - - - Managers, properties and real estate....... 21 - 42.9 - 19.0 19.0 - Managers, service organization- s, n.e.c..... 10 80.0 - - - - - Managers and administrato- rs, n.e.c.... 223 36.8 30.0 15.2 11.7 4.9 - Management related occupations.. 52 42.3 19.2 13.5 15.4 7.7 - Accountants and auditors... 13 53.8 38.5 - - - - Professional specialty...... 274 55.1 24.1 3.3 9.1 6.9 1.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors 52 67.3 - - 11.5 11.5 - Engineers..... 50 66.0 - - 12.0 12.0 - Electrical and electron- ic....... 13 61.5 - - - - - Mechanical.. 6 83.3 - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists... 6 100.0 - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists. 5 100.0 - - - - - Natural scientists... 17 52.9 23.5 - - - - Health diagnosing occupations.. 19 42.1 42.1 - - - - Physicians.... 14 42.9 35.7 - - - - Health assessment and treating occupations.. 27 66.7 18.5 - - - - Registered nurses..... 15 66.7 - - - - - Teachers, postsecondary 11 63.6 36.4 - - - - Teachers, except postsecondary 24 54.2 16.7 - 20.8 - - Social, recreation, and religious workers...... 41 48.8 36.6 - 9.8 - - Social workers 19 36.8 52.6 - - - - Clergy........ 13 46.2 - - - - - Lawyers and judges....... 16 37.5 56.2 - - - - Lawyers....... 16 37.5 56.2 - - - - Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes. 54 48.1 24.1 7.4 13.0 7.4 - Photographers. 5 80.0 - - - - - Artists, performers, and related workers.... 5 - - - 80.0 - - Athletes...... 23 47.8 17.4 - - 17.4 - Technical, sales, and administrative support.......... 761 41.8 46.4 3.7 3.2 3.2 1.4 Technicians and related support occupations.... 163 81.0 - 4.9 - 6.1 3.7 Health technologists and technicians.. 20 75.0 - - - - - Engineering and related technologists and technicians.. 23 47.8 - - - 26.1 - Electrical and electronic technicians 11 36.4 - - - - - Technicians, except health, engineering, and science.. 110 94.5 - - - - - Airplane pilots and navigators. 100 100.0 - - - - - Sales occupations. 503 28.0 62.8 2.6 3.4 2.2 - Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.. 225 22.7 69.3 3.6 2.2 - - Sales representati- ves, finance and business services..... 51 52.9 37.3 - - - - Real estate sales occupations 12 33.3 50.0 - - - - Sales representati- ves, commodities except retail 35 77.1 - - - - - Sales representa- tives, mining, manufactur- ing, and wholesale.. 33 78.8 - - - - - Sales workers, retail and personal services..... 192 18.8 72.4 2.1 3.1 2.6 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats.. 19 52.6 42.1 - - - - Sales counter clerks..... 14 - 92.9 - - - - Cashiers...... 94 - 91.5 - - - - News vendors.. 10 80.0 - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical....... 95 47.4 35.8 7.4 4.2 - - Secretaries, stenographer- s, and typists...... 10 40.0 - - - - - Secretaries... 10 40.0 - - - - - Financial records processing occupations.. 6 - 83.3 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks..... 5 - 80.0 - - - - Mail and message distributing occupations.. 18 72.2 22.2 - - - - Mail carriers, postal service.... 8 75.0 - - - - - Messengers.... 8 75.0 - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks....... 21 28.6 33.3 28.6 - - - Adjusters and investigators 14 85.7 - - - - - Miscellaneous administrati- ve support... 17 29.4 58.8 - - - - General office clerks..... 11 - 63.6 - - - - Service occupations. 492 34.1 44.3 4.1 7.9 6.1 3.3 Private household occupations.... 10 - 60.0 - - - - Private household cleaners and servants..... 6 - 66.7 - - - - Protective service occupations.... 248 36.3 49.2 2.0 3.6 3.2 5.6 Firefighting and fire prevention occupations, including supervisors.. 37 48.6 - - - 10.8 32.4 Firefighting occupations 35 51.4 - - - 11.4 34.3 Police and detectives, including supervisors.. 114 42.1 51.8 - 3.5 - - Police and detectives, public services... 77 40.3 55.8 - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers... 29 48.3 41.4 - - - - Guards, including supervisors.. 97 24.7 62.9 4.1 4.1 - - Crossing guards..... 5 80.0 - - - - - Guards and police, except public service.... 81 17.3 72.8 - - - - Service occupations, except protective and household...... 234 33.3 38.5 6.4 12.4 8.1 - Food preparation and service occupations.. 53 - 81.1 - - - - Bartenders.... 11 - 100.0 - - - - Waiters and waitresses. 11 - 90.9 - - - - Cooks......... 11 - 72.7 - - - - Food counter, fountain and related occupations 5 - 100.0 - - - - Health service occupations.. 28 53.6 32.1 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants. 23 56.5 30.4 - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations, except household.... 77 15.6 27.3 10.4 27.3 15.6 - Janitors and cleaners... 63 9.5 30.2 12.7 28.6 15.9 - Personal service occupations.. 76 63.2 22.4 5.3 5.3 - - Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities. 10 - 40.0 - - - - Public transporta- tion attendants. 38 100.0 - - - - - Farming, forestry, and fishing...... 883 41.0 8.2 32.2 8.3 8.7 1.7 Farming operators and managers... 376 47.3 8.0 28.2 8.5 6.4 1.6 Farmers, except horticultural 304 48.0 8.2 28.6 7.9 5.9 1.3 Horticultural specialty farmers...... 9 55.6 - - - - - Managers, farms, except horticultural 59 42.4 8.5 30.5 6.8 8.5 - Other agricultural and related occupations.... 301 36.5 13.0 24.3 10.6 13.3 2.3 Farm occupations, except managerial... 193 42.5 14.5 23.3 5.2 10.9 3.6 Supervisors, farm workers.... 22 50.0 - 31.8 - - - Farm workers.. 168 41.7 16.1 22.0 5.4 11.9 3.0 Related agricultural occupations.. 108 25.9 10.2 25.9 20.4 17.6 - Supervisors, related agricultur- al occupations 13 38.5 - - - - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm 90 25.6 7.8 27.8 23.3 15.6 - Forestry and logging occupations.... 134 14.9 - 76.1 6.0 - - Supervisors, forestry, and logging workers...... 10 - - 80.0 - - - Timber cutting and logging occupations.. 118 14.4 - 78.0 4.2 - - Fishers, hunters, and trappers... 72 75.0 - - - 16.7 - Captains and other officers, fishing vessels...... 6 83.3 - - - - - Fishers......... 66 74.2 - - - 16.7 - Precision production, craft, and repair 1,072 21.4 6.0 20.4 27.3 18.7 6.0 Mechanics and repairers...... 282 30.1 9.2 25.2 11.3 15.6 8.2 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 14 - - - - 28.6 - Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors.. 268 30.6 9.0 26.1 11.2 14.9 7.8 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers.. 132 28.8 12.9 32.6 6.8 6.8 12.1 Automobile mechanics and apprenti- ces...... 35 20.0 25.7 37.1 - - - Bus, truck, and stationa- ry engine mechanics 34 23.5 - 35.3 11.8 11.8 17.6 Aircraft engine mechanics 7 57.1 - - - - - Automobile body and related repairers 11 - 54.5 - - - - Heavy equipment mechanics 38 39.5 - 34.2 - - 15.8 Industrial machinery repairers.. 20 - - 45.0 20.0 20.0 - Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.. 31 54.8 - - - 32.3 - Electronic repairer- s, communic- ations and industri- al equipment 14 42.9 - - - 42.9 - Telephone installe- rs and repairers 7 71.4 - - - - - Heating, air conditioni- ng, and refrigerat- ion mechanics.. 21 28.6 - - 23.8 33.3 - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.. 59 30.5 6.8 28.8 15.3 15.3 - Millwrights. 12 33.3 - 41.7 - - - Construction trades......... 592 16.9 3.0 14.4 39.7 22.8 2.9 Supervisors, construction occupations.. 85 43.5 4.7 17.6 23.5 7.1 - Supervisors, n.e.c...... 68 45.6 - 22.1 20.6 5.9 - Construction trades, except supervisors.. 507 12.4 2.8 13.8 42.4 25.4 3.2 Brickmasons, stonemason- s, and apprentices 12 41.7 - - 33.3 - - Carpenters and apprentices 87 9.2 - 18.4 57.5 10.3 - Drywall installers. 8 - - - 75.0 - - Electricians and apprentices 98 12.2 - 10.2 18.4 51.0 6.1 Electrical power installers and repairers.. 38 10.5 - 10.5 15.8 60.5 - Painters, constructi- on and maintenance 45 8.9 - - 57.8 20.0 - Plumbers, pipefitter- s, steamfitte- rs, and apprentices 32 - - 28.1 18.8 40.6 - Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators.. 4 100.0 - - - - - Roofers....... 61 6.6 - 8.2 67.2 18.0 - Structural metal workers.... 52 - - 9.6 78.8 7.7 - Drillers, earth...... 8 - - 62.5 - - - Extractive occupations.... 87 26.4 - 43.7 8.0 9.2 12.6 Supervisors, extractive occupations.. 10 - - 40.0 - - - Drillers, oil wells........ 22 22.7 - 27.3 - 22.7 - Mining machine operators.... 28 28.6 - 60.7 - - - Precision production occupations.... 111 18.9 18.0 22.5 17.1 11.7 11.7 Precision metal working occupations.. 30 - 13.3 33.3 26.7 - 13.3 Machinists.... 9 - - 66.7 - - - Sheet metal workers.... 8 - - - 75.0 - - Precision food production occupations.. 8 - - 62.5 - - - Plant and system operators.... 20 35.0 - - - 30.0 - Operators, fabricators, and laborers......... 2,006 52.3 8.7 19.5 8.9 7.1 3.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..... 218 15.1 6.9 39.9 15.1 8.3 12.4 Metal working and plastic working machine operators.... 18 - - 77.8 - - 22.2 Woodworking machine operators.... 10 - - 60.0 - - - Sawing machine operators.. 8 - - 75.0 - - - Machine operators, assorted materials.... 96 22.9 8.3 37.5 8.3 7.3 12.5 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.. 73 5.5 - 38.4 27.4 11.0 13.7 Welders and cutters.... 62 6.5 - 38.7 27.4 8.1 16.1 Assemblers.... 8 - - 50.0 - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.... 1,154 70.4 8.7 11.9 3.9 3.9 1.3 Motor vehicle operators.... 913 74.0 10.4 7.9 4.1 2.8 0.8 Truck drivers. 785 78.5 4.3 8.8 4.3 3.2 0.9 Driver-sales workers.... 35 65.7 22.9 - - - - Bus drivers... 10 70.0 - - - - - Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs. 65 27.7 72.3 - - - - Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles..... 64 82.8 - 6.2 - 7.8 - Rail transporta- tion occupations 22 86.4 - - - - - Locomotive operating occupati- ons...... 11 90.9 - - - - - Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators 7 85.7 - - - - - Water transporta- tion occupations 42 81.0 - - - 9.5 - Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats.... 7 85.7 - - - - - Sailors and deckhands 33 81.8 - - - 12.1 - Material moving equipment operators.... 177 46.9 2.8 34.5 3.4 7.9 4.5 Operating engineers.. 38 55.3 - 23.7 - 10.5 - Hoist and winch operators.. 12 - - 50.0 - - - Crane and tower operators.. 14 - - 64.3 - - - Excavating and loading machine operators.. 26 38.5 - 38.5 - 23.1 - Grader, dozer, and scraper operators.. 18 77.8 - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators.. 46 54.3 - 37.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 634 32.3 9.3 26.5 15.9 12.6 3.0 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations.. 14 - - - 28.6 42.9 - Helpers, constructi- on trades.. 12 - - - 33.3 41.7 - Construction laborers..... 291 30.6 2.4 29.6 22.3 13.4 1.4 Freight, stock, and material handlers..... 70 45.7 21.4 14.3 - 7.1 5.7 Garbage collectors. 21 81.0 - - - - - Stevedores.... 6 66.7 - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers 22 - 59.1 - - - - Garage and service station related occupations.. 17 23.5 47.1 - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners..... 12 58.3 - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.... 5 - - 80.0 - - - Laborers, except construction. 213 30.0 12.2 29.6 13.1 11.3 3.8 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. Includes other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately. 3 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatalities. 4 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and assaults by animals. 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, 1996.