CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL15 94 EVESIC Table 15. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry, 1994 Private industry (percent) Event or exposure(1) Number Agricul- Trans- Finance, ture, Con- Manufac- portation Wholesale Retail insuranc- forestry Mining struction turing and pub- trade trade e, and Services and lic u- real fishing tilities estate Total.................. 6,588 12.9 2.7 15.6 11.9 14.3 4.1 12.1 1.7 12.8 Transportation incidents. 2,740 16.6 2.0 9.7 9.0 23.2 5.0 5.5 1.6 12.9 Highway................ 1,336 8.8 2.3 9.7 6.7 29.1 7.2 7.5 2.0 13.2 Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment......... 650 8.5 1.8 9.7 8.5 19.8 8.5 8.0 2.8 17.7 Moving in same direction....... 117 13.7 3.4 8.5 5.1 31.6 11.1 - - 11.1 Moving in opposite directions, oncoming........ 229 6.6 - 8.3 9.6 17.0 8.3 7.9 3.5 22.3 Moving in intersection.... 143 10.5 - 7.7 11.2 11.9 10.5 7.7 - 20.3 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment-in roadway......... 21 - - 19.0 - 23.8 - 19.0 - 23.8 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment-side of road......... 19 - - 21.1 - - - - - 21.1 Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment in roadway........... 27 - - - - 40.7 - - - - Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment on side of road...... 228 5.3 2.2 9.6 3.9 45.6 3.5 5.7 2.2 8.8 Noncollision......... 370 11.9 3.8 11.6 6.5 34.3 7.0 6.8 - 7.0 Jack-knifed or overturned--no collision....... 272 12.5 4.4 12.5 7.0 33.5 8.5 6.2 - 7.0 Ran off highway--no collision....... 58 - - 6.9 6.9 48.3 - 8.6 - 10.3 Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises) 407 55.3 3.2 10.8 9.1 5.4 1.5 - - 6.6 Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment......... 17 - - 29.4 23.5 - - - - - Vehicle, mobile equipment struck stationary object. 27 40.7 - - - - - - - 29.6 Noncollision accident 351 58.4 2.8 10.8 8.5 5.1 1.7 - - 4.6 Fall from moving vehicle, mobile equipment....... 22 22.7 - 22.7 - - - - - - Fell from and struck by vehicle, mobile equipment....... 71 50.7 - 12.7 11.3 8.5 - - - 5.6 Overturned......... 225 68.4 2.7 9.3 7.1 - 2.2 - - 3.6 Aircraft............... 424 5.0 - 2.4 16.3 23.6 3.8 2.6 3.1 18.9 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment........... 383 9.9 1.6 18.0 9.1 19.3 2.9 6.8 - 14.1 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in roadway........... 135 3.0 - 23.7 5.9 13.3 - 11.9 - 15.6 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment on side of road........... 65 - - 13.8 - 26.2 - 6.2 - 15.4 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in parking lot or non-road area..... 145 20.7 2.8 13.8 13.8 22.1 5.5 3.4 - 13.1 Water vehicle.......... 92 40.2 - 6.5 4.3 26.1 4.3 - - 5.4 Fall from ship or boat, n.e.c....... 39 23.1 - - - 38.5 - - - - Fall on ship, boat... 7 - - - - 57.1 - - - - Sinking, capsized water vehicle..... 32 75.0 - - - - - - - - Railway................ 81 18.5 - - 11.1 32.1 - 11.1 - 11.1 Collision between railway vehicles.. 12 - - - - 75.0 - - - - Collision between railway vehicle and other vehicle. 62 24.2 - - 12.9 21.0 - 14.5 - 11.3 Assaults and violent acts 1,308 4.3 - 2.1 4.2 9.9 2.0 42.6 3.1 19.0 Homicides.............. 1,071 1.7 - 1.4 3.1 11.0 1.9 49.0 2.9 17.7 Hitting, kicking, beating........... 47 - - - - - - 46.8 - 23.4 Shooting............. 925 1.5 - 1.4 2.6 12.0 1.7 49.1 3.0 16.8 Stabbing............. 60 - - - 6.7 - - 53.3 - 25.0 Self-inflicted injury.. 210 9.5 - 5.7 10.5 5.7 2.4 15.2 4.8 25.2 Assaults by animals.... 27 66.7 - - - - - - - 22.2 Contact with objects and equipment............. 1,015 16.6 6.0 18.0 30.0 8.1 5.4 3.4 .6 5.9 Struck by object....... 589 14.8 4.9 14.6 34.0 9.0 5.4 4.4 - 6.1 Struck by falling object............ 371 11.9 4.6 14.6 39.1 8.4 6.2 5.1 - 5.4 Struck by flying object............ 67 9.0 9.0 10.4 31.3 13.4 - 6.0 - 6.0 Struck by discharged object or substance....... 20 - - - 20.0 - - - - - Struck by swinging or slipping object... 31 19.4 - 35.5 16.1 - - - - - Struck by rolling, sliding objects on floor or ground level............. 60 40.0 - 10.0 16.7 11.7 - - - - Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects............. 280 22.5 6.4 11.8 31.4 7.9 6.8 2.9 - 6.1 Caught in running equipment or machinery......... 147 27.9 5.4 7.5 41.5 3.4 6.8 - - - Compressed or pinched by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects.. 56 23.2 - 14.3 14.3 14.3 7.1 7.1 - 12.5 Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials 132 12.1 9.8 47.7 10.6 4.5 3.0 - - 3.8 Excavation or trenching cave-in. 49 - - 79.6 - - - - - - Other cave-in........ 12 - 50.0 - - - - - - - Caught in or crushed in collapsing structure......... 31 - - 67.7 - - - - - - Falls.................... 661 9.2 1.7 49.9 7.9 4.2 3.3 3.5 1.4 11.5 Fall to lower level.... 577 10.1 1.7 54.8 7.1 3.6 3.1 2.8 1.4 10.4 Fall down stairs or steps............. 18 - - - 22.2 - - - - - Fall from floor, dock, or ground level............. 27 18.5 - 40.7 - - - - - 18.5 Fall from ladder..... 85 - - 55.3 9.4 4.7 5.9 5.9 - 7.1 Fall from roof....... 129 3.9 - 82.2 - - - - - 6.2 Fall from scaffold, staging........... 89 - - 76.4 4.5 4.5 - - - 11.2 Fall from building girders or other structural steel.. 34 - - 73.5 - - - - - - Fall from nonmoving vehicle........... 48 16.7 - 18.8 - 16.7 18.8 - - 10.4 Fall on same level..... 62 - - 16.1 16.1 8.1 6.5 - - 19.4 Exposure to harmful substances or environments.......... 638 15.0 4.2 28.8 12.7 9.2 3.1 3.3 1.6 13.2 Contact with electric current............. 346 12.7 2.9 40.5 12.4 8.4 2.9 3.2 - 11.3 Contact with electric current of machine, tool, appliance, light fixture........... 63 12.7 - 20.6 30.2 - - 9.5 - 15.9 Contact with wiring, transformers, or other electrical component......... 97 5.2 - 46.4 14.4 7.2 - - - 14.4 Contact with overhead power lines....... 132 15.2 3.8 46.2 3.0 11.4 4.5 - - 6.8 Contact with underground, buried power lines 6 - - 66.7 - - - - - - Struck by lightning.. 15 46.7 - - - - - - - - Contact with temperature extremes 50 12.0 - 26.0 30.0 - - - - - Exposure to environmental heat 28 14.3 - 35.7 17.9 - - - - - Contact with hot objects or substances........ 15 - - - 66.7 - - - - - Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances.......... 131 13.0 8.4 11.5 12.2 13.0 3.8 5.3 - 21.4 Inhalation of substance......... 84 13.1 10.7 10.7 14.3 10.7 - 6.0 - 16.7 Inhalation in open or nonconfined space........... 24 - - 16.7 - - - - - 25.0 Injections, stings, venomous bites.... 11 45.5 - - - - - - - - Bee, wasp, hornet sting........... 8 62.5 - - - - - - - - Ingestion of substance......... 10 - - - - 50.0 - - - - Oxygen deficiency...... 110 26.4 4.5 13.6 6.4 10.0 3.6 - 3.6 13.6 Drowning, submersion. 90 28.9 4.4 10.0 5.6 8.9 - - 4.4 14.4 Fires and explosions..... 202 4.0 10.4 16.8 21.8 3.5 5.0 5.4 - 9.9 Fires--unintended or uncontrolled........ 105 - - 15.2 20.0 3.8 4.8 3.8 - 7.6 Fire in residence, building, or other structure......... 51 - - 9.8 27.5 - - - - 11.8 Explosion.............. 97 5.2 18.6 18.6 23.7 - 5.2 7.2 - 12.4 Explosion of pressure vessel or piping.. 32 - 15.6 25.0 25.0 - - - - 15.6 Other events or exposures 24 - - - 20.8 - - - - - 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. 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, 1994.