cf tb 8/7/97 Supp tbl 3 DEM x Event 1996

Table 3.  Fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics and event or
exposure, 1996
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                   Event or exposure(1)                   
                                                        (percent)                         
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                       Total                                            Exposure          
       Worker        fataliti-   Trans-             Contact                to             
  characteristics        es    portation  Assaults    with               harmful Fires and
                      (number)     in-      and     objects    Falls    substan- explosio-
                               cidents(-  violent     and                 ces        ns   
                                   2)     acts(3)  equipment               or             
                                                                        environ-          
                                                                         ments            
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
  Total.............   6,112      41.8      18.7      16.4      11.2       8.6       3.0  
                                                                                          
  Employee status                                                                         
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Wage and salary                                                                           
   workers(4).......   4,905      43.9      16.4      15.7      11.6       9.0       3.2  
Self-employed(5)....   1,207      33.4      28.2      19.4       9.6       7.0       2.4  
                                                                                          
        Sex                                                                               
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Men.................   5,605      41.5      17.1      17.5      11.7       8.9       3.1  
Women...............     507      45.6      36.7       4.7       5.5       4.3       2.6  
                                                                                          
        Age                                                                               
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
  Under 20 years....     194      39.2      20.1      25.8       5.2       8.8       -    
  20 to 24 years....     440      37.3      20.9      18.2       7.3      12.3       3.9  
  25 to 34 years....   1,336      39.4      18.7      16.2      10.6      12.1       2.8  
  35 to 44 years....   1,563      42.7      17.6      15.9       9.7       9.6       4.1  
  45 to 54 years....   1,226      42.9      20.1      14.3      12.2       7.7       2.6  
  55 to 64 years....     847      44.0      18.5      16.3      15.2       3.5       1.9  
  65 years and over.     492      43.9      17.1      19.3      14.2       2.8       2.6  
  Unknown...........      14      50.0       -         -         -         -         -    
                                                                                          
        Race                                                                              
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
White...............   5,047      42.9      16.0      17.3      11.9       8.7       3.1  
Black...............     617      38.1      30.6      13.8       6.0       8.4       2.9  
Asian or Pacific                                                                          
   Islander.........     163      23.3      59.5       6.1       5.5       3.7       -    
American Indian,                                                                          
   Aleut, Eskimo....      35      51.4      17.1       -        11.4      11.4       -    
Other...............     250      39.6      18.4      14.4      14.0       9.6       3.2  
                                                                                          
  Hispanic origin                                                                         
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Hispanic(6).........     626      32.6      24.1      15.5      14.5       9.3       3.8  

  1 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.
  2 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatalities.
  3 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and assaults by animals.
  4 May include volunteers and other workers receiving compensation.
  5 Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated
businesses, or members of partnerships.
  6 Persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race.
  
  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.