Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by State and event or exposure, 2007
Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by state and event or exposure, 2006-2007 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |Total fatalities(1)| Event or exposure(4) | | 2007 |___________________|___________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Exposure| State of injury | | | | | Contact | | to | | | |Transpor-| Assaults| with | | harmful |Fires and | 2006(2) | 2007(3) | tation | and | objects | Falls | sub- |explosio- |(revised)| |incident-| violent | and | | stances | ns | | | s(5) | acts(6) |equipment| | or | | | | | | | | environ-| | | | | | | | ments | _________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ | | | | | | | | Total..................| 5,840 | 5,488 | 2,234 | 839 | 916 | 835 | 488 | 151 Alabama..................| 100 | 99 | 42 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 Alaska...................| 45 | 30 | 17 | - | 4 | - | 5 | - Arizona..................| 112 | 88 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 10 | - Arkansas.................| 78 | 87 | 42 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 California...............| 537 | 407 | 148 | 78 | 58 | 66 | 37 | 17 Colorado.................| 137 | 119 | 58 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 11 | - Connecticut..............| 38 | 38 | 8 | 9 | - | 10 | 6 | - Delaware.................| 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - District of Columbia.....| 7 | 13 | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - Florida..................| 360 | 362 | 136 | 70 | 45 | 62 | 42 | 5 Georgia..................| 201 | 171 | 68 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 8 Hawaii...................| 30 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | - Idaho....................| 38 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - Illinois.................| 207 | 182 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 34 | 32 | 6 Indiana..................| 148 | 127 | 62 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 4 Iowa.....................| 71 | 88 | 51 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 3 | - Kansas...................| 85 | 100 | 47 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 9 | - Kentucky.................| 147 | 112 | 57 | 10 | 21 | 19 | - | 4 Louisiana................| 118 | 134 | 70 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 17 | - Maine....................| 20 | 21 | 11 | - | 3 | 5 | - | - Maryland.................| 106 | 82 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 7 | - Massachusetts............| 66 | 74 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 6 Michigan.................| 157 | 120 | 35 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 11 | - Minnesota................| 78 | 72 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 5 Mississippi..............| 96 | 92 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | - Missouri.................| 167 | 155 | 73 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 Montana..................| 45 | 54 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - Nebraska.................| 57 | 63 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 6 | - | - Nevada...................| 49 | 68 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | - New Hampshire............| 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - New Jersey...............| 88 | 106 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 10 | - New Mexico...............| 59 | 43 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | - New York (including | | | | | | | | N.Y.C.).................| 234 | 219 | 71 | 43 | 35 | 53 | 12 | 5 New York City..........| 99 | 81 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 23 | 5 | - North Carolina...........| 168 | 158 | 72 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 9 | - North Dakota.............| 31 | 23 | 10 | - | 7 | 4 | - | - Ohio.....................| 193 | 164 | 57 | 23 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 4 Oklahoma.................| 91 | 104 | 50 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | - Oregon...................| 87 | 69 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 4 | - Pennsylvania.............| 240 | 220 | 93 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 6 Rhode Island.............| 10 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - South Carolina...........| 95 | 114 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 10 South Dakota.............| 37 | 21 | 12 | - | 3 | 6 | - | - Tennessee................| 153 | 147 | 66 | 18 | 32 | 25 | 4 | - Texas....................| 489 | 527 | 192 | 86 | 85 | 78 | 66 | 17 Utah.....................| 60 | 78 | 38 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 Vermont..................| 14 | 10 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - Virginia.................| 165 | 141 | 53 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 16 | - Washington...............| 87 | 88 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 4 | - West Virginia............| 79 | 61 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 Wisconsin................| 91 | 103 | 45 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 10 | - Wyoming..................| 36 | 48 | 34 | - | 7 | - | 3 | - _________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1 State totals include other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately. 2 The BLS news release issued August 9, 2007, reported a total of 5,703 fatal work injuries for calendar year 2006. Since then, an additional 137 job-related fatalities were identified, bringing the total job-related fatality count for 2006 to 5,840. Includes 5 fatalities that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of incident could not be determined. 3 Includes 4 fatalities that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of incident could not be determined. 4 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. 5 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, rail fatalities, and fatalities resulting from being struck by a vehicle. 6 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injuries, and attacks by animals. NOTE: Totals for 2007 are preliminary. Totals for 2006 are revised and final. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State, New York City, District of Columbia, and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
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