cf tb 8/7/97 Supp tbl 4 EVE x SIC 1996 Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry, 1996 Private industry(2) (percent) Total Event or fataliti- exposure(1) es Agricul- Transpor- Finance, (number) ture, Construc- Manufac- tation Wholesale Retail insur- forestry Mining tion turing and pub- trade trade ance, and Services and lic real fishing utilities estate Total............. 6,112 13.1 2.5 17.0 11.7 15.5 4.4 11.0 1.9 12.5 Transportation incidents........ 2,556 14.6 2.0 10.3 8.3 26.2 5.4 5.5 1.4 12.4 Highway........... 1,324 5.9 1.8 10.0 7.9 30.8 7.1 7.5 2.0 14.6 Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment.... 656 6.4 1.8 8.1 8.1 23.8 7.2 9.9 2.6 17.7 Re-entrant collision.. 19 - - - 15.8 - - - - 21.1 Moving in same direction.. 95 10.5 - 7.4 7.4 44.2 - 8.4 - 10.5 Moving in opposite directions, oncoming... 214 2.3 3.7 5.1 9.3 24.8 10.3 9.8 - 19.6 Moving in intersecti- on......... 153 9.8 - 13.7 9.2 11.1 5.9 8.5 3.9 20.3 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment- in roadway. 35 - - - - 22.9 11.4 - - 22.9 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment- side of road....... 17 - - - - 29.4 - - - - Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment in roadway...... 29 - - - 13.8 27.6 10.3 - - 13.8 Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment on side of road. 211 2.4 2.4 8.1 7.6 43.6 5.2 4.7 1.9 13.7 Noncollision.... 348 8.0 2.0 15.2 8.0 34.8 7.8 5.2 - 8.9 Jack-knifed or overturned- -no collision.. 264 8.0 2.3 13.3 6.4 35.6 8.3 6.4 - 9.1 Ran off highway--no collision.. 41 - - 12.2 17.1 39.0 7.3 - - - Struck by shifting load....... 3 - - - - - - - - - Sudden start or stop, n.e.c...... 12 - - 41.7 - - - - - - Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises)...... 369 51.5 3.5 12.2 9.5 3.8 3.3 3.8 - 7.3 Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment.... 10 - - - 50.0 - - - - - Vehicle, mobile equipment struck stationary object....... 36 19.4 - - - 11.1 - 13.9 - 36.1 Noncollision accident..... 313 57.2 3.2 13.4 8.6 3.2 3.2 2.2 - 3.8 Fall from moving vehicle, mobile equipment.. 20 40.0 - - 25.0 - - - - 15.0 Fell from and struck by vehicle, mobile equipment.. 59 61.0 - 16.9 8.5 - - - - - Overturned.... 204 57.4 3.9 12.3 8.3 4.4 2.9 2.0 - 2.5 Loss of control.... 6 66.7 - - - - - - - - Aircraft.......... 320 5.0 0.9 - 8.4 35.6 2.2 2.2 2.5 13.8 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment...... 349 7.7 1.1 21.2 8.3 19.8 5.4 5.4 - 11.5 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in roadway...... 124 3.2 - 33.1 3.2 16.1 4.0 2.4 - 11.3 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment on side of road. 51 - - 17.6 - 23.5 - 7.8 - 15.7 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in parking lot or non-road area......... 160 13.1 1.9 12.5 13.8 21.2 7.5 7.5 - 10.6 Water vehicle..... 107 51.4 - 2.8 3.7 30.8 - - - 5.6 Collision....... 4 - - - - 75.0 - - - - Explosion, fire, n.e.c........ 9 44.4 - - - 55.6 - - - - Fall from ship or boat, n.e.c........ 33 48.5 - 9.1 - 33.3 - - - - Fall on ship, boat......... 7 - - - - 71.4 - - - - Sinking, capsized water vehicle 40 67.5 - - 7.5 7.5 - - - 15.0 Railway........... 75 8.0 5.3 4.0 16.0 36.0 5.3 - - 6.7 Collision between railway vehicles..... 10 - - - - 50.0 - - - - Collision between railway vehicle and other vehicle 52 11.5 - 5.8 17.3 26.9 7.7 - - 9.6 Collision between railway vehicle and other object. 4 - - - - - - - - - Derailment...... 4 - - - - 100.0 - - - - Assaults and violent acts............. 1,144 6.1 - 1.9 5.6 7.5 3.1 39.9 4.5 19.6 Homicides......... 912 2.0 - 1.3 4.3 8.2 2.6 47.0 4.4 18.2 Hitting, kicking, beating...... 47 - - - 12.8 6.4 6.4 40.4 - 25.5 Shooting........ 751 2.1 - 1.2 4.1 9.2 2.4 47.0 3.6 17.0 Stabbing........ 79 - - - - - 3.8 57.0 3.8 22.8 Assaults and violent acts by person(s), n.e.c........ 28 - - - - - - 39.3 28.6 10.7 Self-inflicted injury......... 199 13.1 - 4.5 12.1 5.5 5.5 13.6 5.5 27.1 Assaults by animals........ 31 83.9 - - - - - - - 9.7 Contact with objects and equipment.... 1,005 18.9 6.2 21.5 27.7 7.4 4.3 2.9 0.4 6.2 Struck by object.. 579 17.6 4.7 19.0 32.1 8.3 4.0 2.9 0.7 5.4 Struck by falling object....... 402 17.9 3.2 19.4 35.8 6.7 4.0 2.5 0.7 5.0 Struck by flying object....... 58 13.8 8.6 13.8 31.0 5.2 - 8.6 - 6.9 Struck by discharged object or substance.. 24 16.7 - - 16.7 - - 12.5 - 12.5 Struck by swinging or slipping object....... 36 13.9 11.1 25.0 22.2 8.3 - - - - Struck by rolling, sliding objects on floor or ground level. 54 25.9 5.6 14.8 14.8 18.5 7.4 - - 9.3 Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects........ 283 25.1 6.7 13.1 27.9 7.4 4.9 2.8 - 8.1 Caught in running equipment or machinery.... 146 32.2 6.8 7.5 35.6 4.1 6.8 - - 4.1 Compressed or pinched by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects...... 67 20.9 9.0 11.9 13.4 10.4 4.5 6.0 - 13.4 Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials...... 130 12.3 10.8 53.1 8.5 - 3.8 2.3 - 4.6 Excavation or trenching cave-in...... 55 - - 81.8 - - - - - - Other cave-in... 13 - 92.3 - - - - - - - Landslide....... 3 - - - - - - - - 100.0 Caught in or crushed in collapsing structure.... 34 - - 64.7 11.8 - - - - - Falls............... 684 10.8 1.3 49.3 7.7 5.3 3.9 2.8 1.9 11.3 Fall to lower level.......... 607 10.9 1.2 54.4 7.7 4.8 4.0 1.6 1.6 9.6 Fall down stairs or steps..... 15 - - - - - - - - 60.0 Fall from floor, dock, or ground level. 27 - - 48.1 - - - - - 11.1 Fall from ladder 95 10.5 - 50.5 6.3 5.3 - 5.3 3.2 12.6 Fall from piled or stacked material..... 4 - - - - - - - - - Fall from roof.. 148 3.4 - 82.4 4.1 - - - 2.7 2.7 Fall from scaffold, staging...... 88 - - 75.0 5.7 - - - - 9.1 Fall from building girders or other structural steel........ 38 - 7.9 78.9 - - - - - - Fall from nonmoving vehicle...... 55 14.5 - 18.2 25.5 20.0 14.5 - - - Jump to lower level.......... 12 - - - - - - - - 50.0 Fall on same level 49 6.1 - 12.2 10.2 6.1 - 14.3 - 20.4 Exposure to harmful substances or environments..... 523 14.9 2.1 32.3 10.7 13.0 2.7 3.1 1.5 12.0 Contact with electric current........ 279 12.5 1.4 45.2 9.0 14.0 1.1 2.5 - 7.9 Contact with electric current of machine, tool, appliance, light fixture 45 11.1 - 28.9 20.0 - - - - 24.4 Contact with wiring, transformers, or other electrical component.... 69 - - 53.6 14.5 18.8 - - - 4.3 Contact with overhead power lines.. 116 13.8 - 50.0 2.6 16.4 - 2.6 - 3.4 Contact with underground, buried power lines........ 5 - - - - - - - - - Struck by lightning.... 18 33.3 - 27.8 - - - - - - Contact with temperature extremes....... 32 12.5 - 34.4 15.6 12.5 - - - 9.4 Exposure to environmental heat......... 18 16.7 - 44.4 - - - - - - Contact with hot objects or substances... 12 - - 25.0 33.3 - - - - - Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances..... 119 13.4 5.0 10.9 13.4 14.3 7.6 5.9 3.4 19.3 Inhalation of substance.... 75 16.0 8.0 14.7 13.3 13.3 10.7 - 4.0 14.7 Inhalation in open or nonconfined space...... 12 - - - 25.0 - - - - 25.0 Contact with skin or other exposed tissue....... 5 - - - 60.0 - - - - - Injections, stings, venomous bites........ 14 21.4 - - - - - - - 35.7 Needle sticks. 3 - - - - - - - - 100.0 Bee, wasp, hornet sting...... 5 60.0 - - - - - - - - Ingestion of substance.... 19 - - - - 26.3 - 26.3 - 26.3 Oxygen deficiency. 92 23.9 - 20.7 10.9 8.7 - - - 16.3 Drowning, submersion... 67 26.9 - 25.4 4.5 10.4 - - - 16.4 Depletion of oxygen in other enclosed, restricted, or confined space........ 12 - - - 41.7 - - - - - Fires and explosions 184 7.6 9.2 15.8 26.1 7.1 4.9 6.0 - 12.5 Fires--unintended or uncontrolled 97 12.4 8.2 12.4 24.7 6.2 3.1 8.2 - 11.3 Fires, unspecified.. 5 - - - - - - - - - Fire in residence, building, or other structure.... 64 4.7 7.8 10.9 28.1 - - 9.4 - 14.1 Forest, brush, or other outdoor fire. 9 66.7 - - - - - - - - Explosion......... 85 - 10.6 20.0 28.2 5.9 7.1 3.5 - 14.1 Explosion, unspecified.. 4 - - - - - - - - - Explosion of pressure vessel or piping....... 45 - 13.3 15.6 33.3 6.7 6.7 - - 13.3 Other events or exposures(3)..... 16 - - 18.8 31.2 - - - - - 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. 2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 3 Includes the category "Bodily reaction and exertion." 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.