Table 3-7,,,,,,, Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalitiesa,,,,,,, ,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 Fatalities,,,,,,, Highwayb,"1,158","1,243","1,343","1,346","1,346","R1,393","1,431" Nonhighwayc,436,392,409,387,374,377,384 Aircraft,353,282,426,283,324,261,223 Worker struck by vehicled,346,R365,391,388,353,367,413 Water vehiclee,109,120,94,87,119,109,112 Railwayf,65,86,81,82,74,93,60 Transportation-relatedg,"2,484","2,501","2,762","2,587","2,601","R2,605","2,630" Total occupational fatalities,"6,217","6,331","6,632","6,275","6,202","R6,238","6,026" ,,,,,,, % of total occupational fatalities,,,,,,, Highway,19,20,20,21,22,22,24 Nonhighway,7,6,6,6,6,6,6 Aircraft,6,4,6,5,5,4,4 Worker struck by vehicle,6,6,6,6,6,6,7 Water vehicle,2,2,1,1,2,2,2 Railway,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 Transportation-related,40,40,42,41,42,42,44 "a Based on the 1992 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.",,,,,,, "b Includes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment moving in the same or opposite directions, such as in an ",,,,,,, intersection; between moving and standing vehicles/mobile equipment at the side of a roadway; or a vehicle striking ,,,,,,, "a stationary object. Also includes noncollisions, e.g., jack-knifed or overturned vehicle/mobile equipment--no ",,,,,,, "collision; ran off highway--no collision; struck by shifting load; sudden start or stop, not elsewhere classified.",,,,,,, c Refers to farms and industrial premises. Includes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment; vehicles/mobile ,,,,,,, equipment striking a stationary object. Also includes noncollisions such as a fall from a moving vehicle/mobile ,,,,,,, "equipment, fall from and struck by vehicle/mobile equipment, overturned vehicle/mobile equipment, and loss of ",,,,,,, control of vehicle/mobile equipment.,,,,,,, "d Includes worker struck by vehicle/mobile equipment in roadway, on side of road, in a parking lot, or nonroad area.",,,,,,, "e Includes collisions, explosions, fires, fall from or on ship/boat, and sinking/capsized water vehicles involved in ",,,,,,, transportation. Does not include fishing boats.,,,,,,, "f Includes collisions between railway vehicles, railway vehicle and other vehicle, railway vehicle and other object, ",,,,,,, and derailment.,,,,,,, g Numbers may not add to totals because transportation categories may include subcategories not shown separately.,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, NOTES: ,,,,,,, Percents may not add to totals due to rounding.,,,,,,, "The above categories do not define the types of jobs people had, nor the industries",,,,,,, in which they worked. The categories define the ways in which they died. For,,,,,,, "example, a representative traveling for business reasons who is killed in a rail accident ",,,,,,, would be listed under rail.,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, News: National Census of Fatal Occupational ",,,,,,, "Injuries. Internet site www.bls.gov/oshhome.htm, as of May 8, 2000. This document is based on the U.S. Department of Labor, ",,,,,,, "Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 1.",,,,,,,