CF TB TABLE A-8. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry division, 1997 TABLE A-8. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and major private industry division, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Private industry(2) | | (percent) ________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Event or | Total | Agri- | | | | Trans- | | |Finance,| exposure(1) | |culture,| | Con- | Man- | porta- | Whole- | | insur- | | | forest-| Mining | struc- | ufac- |tion and| sale | Retail | ance, |Services | | ry, and| | tion | turing | public | trade | trade |and real| | | fishing| | | | util- | | | estate | | | | | | | ities | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total.........| 6,218 | 13.3 | 2.5 | 17.8 | 11.9 | 16.1 | 3.9 | 10.7 | 1.6 | 11.6 | | | | | | | | | | Transportation | | | | | | | | | | incidents..........| 2,599 | 15.7 | 1.8 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 26.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 11.3 Highway...........| 1,387 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 33.3 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 11.7 Collision | | | | | | | | | | between | | | | | | | | | | vehicles, | | | | | | | | | | mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment......| 639 | 6.4 | .6 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 25.0 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 13.9 Re-entrant | | | | | | | | | | collision....| 8 | - | - | - | - | 50.0 | - | - | - | - Moving in same| | | | | | | | | | direction....| 103 | 13.6 | - | 3.9 | 5.8 | 31.1 | 7.8 | 13.6 | - | 6.8 Moving in | | | | | | | | | | opposite | | | | | | | | | | directions, | | | | | | | | | | oncoming.....| 229 | 2.6 | - | 11.8 | 9.2 | 22.7 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 5.7 | 17.0 Moving in | | | | | | | | | | intersection.| 142 | 11.3 | - | 11.3 | 11.3 | 15.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 14.1 Moving and | | | | | | | | | | standing | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, | | | | | | | | | | mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment-in | | | | | | | | | | roadway......| 24 | - | - | 16.7 | - | 37.5 | 16.7 | 12.5 | - | - Moving and | | | | | | | | | | standing | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, | | | | | | | | | | mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment-si-| | | | | | | | | | de of road...| 21 | - | - | 19.0 | - | 38.1 | - | - | - | 14.3 Vehicle struck | | | | | | | | | | stationary | | | | | | | | | | object or | | | | | | | | | | equipment in | | | | | | | | | | roadway........| 22 | - | - | - | - | 45.5 | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Vehicle struck | | | | | | | | | | stationary | | | | | | | | | | object or | | | | | | | | | | equipment on | | | | | | | | | | side of road...| 258 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 43.8 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 8.9 Noncollision....| 384 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 39.1 | 6.8 | 4.2 | - | 9.9 Jack-knifed or| | | | | | | | | | overturned-- | | | | | | | | | | no collision.| 295 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 37.3 | 7.1 | 4.4 | - | 9.5 Ran off | | | | | | | | | | highway--no | | | | | | | | | | collision....| 48 | 8.3 | - | - | - | 50.0 | - | - | - | 12.5 Struck by | | | | | | | | | | shifting load| 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Sudden start | | | | | | | | | | or stop, | | | | | | | | | | n.e.c........| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Nonhighway (farm, | | | | | | | | | | industrial | | | | | | | | | | premises)........| 377 | 56.5 | 3.4 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | - | 6.4 Collision | | | | | | | | | | between | | | | | | | | | | vehicles or | | | | | | | | | | mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment......| 15 | 26.7 | - | - | 20.0 | 20.0 | - | - | - | 20.0 Vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment | | | | | | | | | | struck | | | | | | | | | | stationary | | | | | | | | | | object.........| 24 | 20.8 | - | - | 20.8 | 12.5 | - | 12.5 | - | - Noncollision | | | | | | | | | | accident.......| 328 | 61.6 | 3.7 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.0 | .9 | - | 4.3 Fall from | | | | | | | | | | moving | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, | | | | | | | | | | mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment....| 17 | 47.1 | - | 23.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Fell from and | | | | | | | | | | struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, | | | | | | | | | | mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment....| 71 | 73.2 | - | 8.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - Overturned....| 216 | 62.0 | 2.3 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | - | - | 4.6 Loss of | | | | | | | | | | control......| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Struck by | | | | | | | | | | shifting load| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Aircraft..........| 261 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 23.8 | 1.1 | - | 1.9 | 19.5 Worker struck by | | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile | | | | | | | | | | equipment........| 367 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 23.4 | 9.8 | 19.3 | 2.2 | 4.9 | .8 | 11.4 Worker struck by| | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment in | | | | | | | | | | roadway........| 128 | 4.7 | - | 27.3 | 6.2 | 16.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | - | 11.7 Worker struck by| | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment on | | | | | | | | | | side of road...| 57 | 5.3 | - | 22.8 | - | 8.8 | - | 7.0 | - | 17.5 Worker struck by| | | | | | | | | | vehicle, mobile| | | | | | | | | | equipment in | | | | | | | | | | parking lot or | | | | | | | | | | non-road area..| 160 | 13.1 | 2.5 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 22.5 | 1.9 | 4.4 | - | 10.6 Water vehicle.....| 109 | 39.4 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 33.0 | - | - | - | 8.3 Collision.......| 8 | - | - | - | - | 62.5 | - | - | - | - Explosion, fire,| | | | | | | | | | n.e.c..........| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75.0 Fall from ship | | | | | | | | | | or boat, n.e.c.| 37 | 27.0 | 8.1 | 13.5 | - | 37.8 | - | - | - | - Fall on ship, | | | | | | | | | | boat...........| 7 | - | - | - | - | 57.1 | - | - | - | - Sinking, | | | | | | | | | | capsized water | | | | | | | | | | vehicle........| 37 | 70.3 | - | - | - | 10.8 | - | - | - | - Railway...........| 93 | 3.2 | - | 9.7 | 10.8 | 45.2 | 7.5 | 4.3 | - | 5.4 | | | | | | | | | | Collision | | | | | | | | | | between railway| | | | | | | | | | vehicles.......| 7 | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | - | - | - | - Collision | | | | | | | | | | between railway| | | | | | | | | | vehicle and | | | | | | | | | | other vehicle..| 72 | 4.2 | - | 11.1 | 9.7 | 37.5 | 8.3 | 5.6 | - | 5.6 Fell from and | | | | | | | | | | struck by | | | | | | | | | | railway vehicle| 6 | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Assaults and violent| | | | | | | | | | acts...............| 1,103 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 2.7 | 38.5 | 3.2 | 17.8 Homicides.........| 856 | 1.1 | - | 1.6 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 45.7 | 3.3 | 16.8 Hitting, | | | | | | | | | | kicking, | | | | | | | | | | beating........| 47 | - | - | - | - | 8.5 | - | 42.6 | - | 23.4 Shooting........| 705 | 1.0 | - | 1.4 | 4.7 | 13.9 | 2.3 | 46.7 | 3.4 | 14.9 Stabbing........| 73 | - | - | - | 6.8 | 11.0 | - | 39.7 | - | 26.0 Assaults and | | | | | | | | | | violent acts by| | | | | | | | | | person(s), | | | | | | | | | | n.e.c..........| 26 | - | - | - | 11.5 | - | - | 42.3 | - | 26.9 Self-inflicted | | | | | | | | | | injury...........| 212 | 11.8 | - | 8.0 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 22.6 Assaults by | | | | | | | | | | animals..........| 33 | 81.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.1 | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects| | | | | | | | | | and equipment......| 1,034 | 20.0 | 5.9 | 19.3 | 28.5 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | .4 | 8.0 Struck by object..| 578 | 18.7 | 5.7 | 18.0 | 30.1 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | .5 | 8.7 Struck by | | | | | | | | | | falling object.| 384 | 17.2 | 4.7 | 16.9 | 32.8 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | - | 9.6 Struck by flying| | | | | | | | | | object.........| 53 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 24.5 | 32.1 | - | - | - | - | 9.4 Struck by | | | | | | | | | | discharged | | | | | | | | | | object or | | | | | | | | | | substance....| 22 | 18.2 | - | - | 27.3 | - | - | - | - | 18.2 | | | | | | | | | | Struck by | | | | | | | | | | swinging or | | | | | | | | | | slipping object| 43 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 27.9 | 23.3 | - | - | - | - | - Struck by | | | | | | | | | | rolling, | | | | | | | | | | sliding objects| | | | | | | | | | on floor or | | | | | | | | | | ground level...| 68 | 35.3 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 8.8 | - | - | - | 7.4 Caught in or | | | | | | | | | | compressed by | | | | | | | | | | equipment or | | | | | | | | | | objects..........| 320 | 24.1 | 4.4 | 11.9 | 34.4 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 2.8 | - | 7.2 Caught in | | | | | | | | | | running | | | | | | | | | | equipment or | | | | | | | | | | machinery......| 189 | 26.5 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 41.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | - | - | 3.7 Compressed or | | | | | | | | | | pinched by | | | | | | | | | | rolling, | | | | | | | | | | sliding, or | | | | | | | | | | shifting | | | | | | | | | | objects........| 55 | 21.8 | - | 12.7 | 21.8 | 14.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | - | 7.3 Caught in or | | | | | | | | | | crushed in | | | | | | | | | | collapsing | | | | | | | | | | materials........| 118 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 47.5 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | - | 3.4 Excavation or | | | | | | | | | | trenching | | | | | | | | | | cave-in........| 35 | - | 8.6 | 74.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - Other cave-in...| 9 | - | 100.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Landslide.......| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Caught in or | | | | | | | | | | crushed in | | | | | | | | | | collapsing | | | | | | | | | | structure......| 38 | 7.9 | - | 73.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Falls...............| 715 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 52.7 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 9.5 Fall to lower | | | | | | | | | | level............| 652 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 56.9 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 7.2 Fall down stairs| | | | | | | | | | or steps.......| 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.1 | 30.8 | - | | | | | | | | | | Fall from floor,| | | | | | | | | | dock, or ground| | | | | | | | | | level..........| 40 | - | 7.5 | 55.0 | - | 12.5 | - | - | - | 10.0 Fall from ladder| 116 | 2.6 | - | 54.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | - | 5.2 | 6.9 | 10.3 Fall from piled | | | | | | | | | | or stacked | | | | | | | | | | material.......| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall from roof..| 154 | 3.2 | - | 83.8 | 2.6 | - | - | 1.9 | - | 3.2 Fall from | | | | | | | | | | scaffold, | | | | | | | | | | staging........| 87 | 3.4 | - | 72.4 | 5.7 | - | - | - | - | 11.5 Fall from | | | | | | | | | | building | | | | | | | | | | girders or | | | | | | | | | | other | | | | | | | | | | structural | | | | | | | | | | steel..........| 48 | - | 10.4 | 79.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - Fall from | | | | | | | | | | nonmoving | | | | | | | | | | vehicle........| 53 | 15.1 | - | 24.5 | 15.1 | 22.6 | 11.3 | - | - | - Jump to lower | | | | | | | | | | level............| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 Fall on same level| 44 | 9.1 | - | - | 31.8 | - | - | 15.9 | - | 25.0 | | | | | | | | | | Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | substances or | | | | | | | | | | environments.......| 550 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 33.8 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 3.1 | 5.6 | .7 | 10.4 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | electric current.| 297 | 10.4 | 3.0 | 47.1 | 7.7 | 12.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | - | 7.1 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | electric | | | | | | | | | | current of | | | | | | | | | | machine, tool, | | | | | | | | | | appliance, | | | | | | | | | | light fixture..| 41 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 31.7 | 12.2 | 9.8 | - | - | - | 17.1 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | wiring, | | | | | | | | | | transformers, | | | | | | | | | | or other | | | | | | | | | | electrical | | | | | | | | | | component......| 71 | - | 5.6 | 46.5 | 9.9 | 15.5 | 4.2 | - | - | 8.5 | | | | | | | | | | Contact with | | | | | | | | | | overhead power | | | | | | | | | | lines..........| 138 | 13.0 | - | 55.8 | 3.6 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | - | 4.3 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | underground, | | | | | | | | | | buried power | | | | | | | | | | lines..........| 5 | - | - | 60.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - Struck by | | | | | | | | | | lightning......| 21 | 28.6 | - | 38.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - Contact with | | | | | | | | | | temperature | | | | | | | | | | extremes.........| 40 | 17.5 | - | 25.0 | 32.5 | - | - | - | - | - Exposure to | | | | | | | | | | environmental | | | | | | | | | | heat...........| 22 | 27.3 | - | 27.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - Contact with hot| | | | | | | | | | objects or | | | | | | | | | | substances.....| 17 | - | - | 23.5 | 70.6 | - | - | - | - | - Exposure to | | | | | | | | | | caustic, noxious,| | | | | | | | | | or allergenic | | | | | | | | | | substances.......| 123 | 9.8 | - | 21.1 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 13.0 | - | 21.1 Inhalation of | | | | | | | | | | substance......| 59 | 13.6 | - | 30.5 | 15.3 | 6.8 | - | 5.1 | - | 13.6 Inhalation in | | | | | | | | | | enclosed, | | | | | | | | | | restricted, | | | | | | | | | | or confined | | | | | | | | | | space(3).....| 25 | 20.0 | - | 28.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | - | - | - | 12.0 Inhalation in | | | | | | | | | | open or | | | | | | | | | | nonconfined | | | | | | | | | | space........| 19 | - | - | 42.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 21.1 Contact with | | | | | | | | | | skin or other | | | | | | | | | | exposed tissue.| 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Injections, | | | | | | | | | | stings, | | | | | | | | | | venomous bites.| 23 | 13.0 | - | 13.0 | - | 13.0 | - | - | - | 26.1 Needle sticks.| 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57.1 | | | | | | | | | | Bee, wasp, | | | | | | | | | | hornet sting.| 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Ingestion of | | | | | | | | | | substance......| 26 | - | - | 15.4 | - | - | - | 26.9 | - | 30.8 Oxygen deficiency.| 87 | 21.8 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.0 | - | 4.6 | - | 10.3 Drowning, | | | | | | | | | | submersion.....| 70 | 22.9 | 4.3 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | - | 4.3 | - | 11.4 Depletion of | | | | | | | | | | oxygen in other| | | | | | | | | | enclosed, | | | | | | | | | | restricted, or | | | | | | | | | | confined | | | | | | | | | | space(3).......| 5 | - | - | - | 60.0 | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | Fires and explosions| 196 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 13.3 | 20.4 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 8.2 | - | 11.2 Fires--unintended | | | | | | | | | | or uncontrolled..| 87 | 11.5 | - | 13.8 | 16.1 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 8.0 | - | 10.3 Fires, | | | | | | | | | | unspecified....| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Fire in | | | | | | | | | | residence, | | | | | | | | | | building, or | | | | | | | | | | other structure| 39 | 7.7 | - | 7.7 | 17.9 | - | - | - | - | 7.7 Forest, brush, | | | | | | | | | | or other | | | | | | | | | | outdoor fire...| 8 | 37.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - Ignition of | | | | | | | | | | clothing from | | | | | | | | | | controlled heat| | | | | | | | | | source.........| 7 | - | - | 42.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - Explosion.........| 109 | 8.3 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 23.9 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 8.3 | - | 11.9 Explosion, | | | | | | | | | | unspecified....| 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | - | - | - Explosion of | | | | | | | | | | pressure vessel| | | | | | | | | | or piping......| 37 | 16.2 | 13.5 | 8.1 | 24.3 | - | - | 8.1 | - | 10.8 | | | | | | | | | | Other events or | | | | | | | | | | exposures(4).......| 21 | - | - | 14.3 | 28.6 | 14.3 | - | - | - | - ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. 2 Classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987. 3 Includes fatalities that are not considered to be permit required confined spaces as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in its regulation of these structures. 4 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. n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries