Table 3. Number, percent, and rate of fatal occupational injuries by industry, 1995. The rates are experimental measures using CPS employment. Industry(1) Fatalities Employed(2) Fatalities per Number Percent (in thousands) 100,000 employed(3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,210 100.0 126,248 5 Private industry 5,483 87.6 106,522 5 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 793 12.8 3,515 22 Agricultural production, crops 362 5.8 1,042 34 Agricultural production, livestock 161 2.6 1,301 12 Agricultural services 155 2.5 1,082 14 Mining 156 2.5 625 25 Coal mining 43 .7 114 38 Oil and gas extraction 77 1.2 336 23 Construction 1,048 16.9 7,153 15 Manufacturing 702 11.3 20,389 3 Food and kindred products 74 1.2 1,700 4 Lumber and wood products 182 2.9 815 22 Transportation and public utilities 880 14.2 7,138 12 Local and interurban passenger transportation 116 1.9 523 22 Trucking and warehousing 462 7.4 2,323 20 Air transportation 75 1.2 792 9 Electric, gas, and sanitary services 91 1.5 1,094 8 Wholesale trade 254 4.1 4,973 5 Retail trade 675 10.9 20,999 3 Food stores 188 3.0 3,428 5 Automotive dealers and service stations 122 2.0 2,087 6 Eating and drinking places 164 2.6 6,266 3 Finance, insurance, and real estate 124 2.0 7,761 2 Services 737 11.9 33,970 2 Business services 211 3.4 5,282 4 Automotive repair, services, and parking 114 1.8 1,454 8 Government 772 12.4 19,726 4 Federal 299 4.8 4,790 6 State 124 2.0 5,185 2 Local 338 5.4 9,751 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 2 The employment figures are annual average estimates of employed civilians 16 years of age and older, from the Current Population Survey (CPS), 1995. A resident military figure, derived from resident and civilian population data from the Bureau of the Census, was added to the CPS employment total and figures for government and federal government. 3 The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 employed workers and was calculated as follows: (N/W) x 100,000, where N = the number of fatal work injuries, and W = the number of employed workers, as described in the previous footnote. There were 26 fatally injured workers under the age of 16 years that were not included in the rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Figures may not add to totals because of rounding. There were 69 fatalities for which there was insufficient information to determine an industry classification. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1995.