Table 1. Construction fatalities by event, 2003–04
Event 2003 2004

Total fatalities

1,131 1,234

Falls

364 445

Transportation incidents

290 287

Highway incidents

145 148

Nonhighway incidents

48 45

Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment

84 78

Contact with objects & equipment

231 267

Struck by object

111 150

Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials

78 71

Exposure to harmful substances and environments

179 170

Contact with electric current

132 122