Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries to groundskeepers by selected characteristics, 1992-2002

Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries to groundskeepers by selected characteristics, 1992-2002
Characteristics	Fatal injuries
Total	1,117
Employee Status
Wage and salary workers(1)	890
Self-employed(2)	227
Sex
Men	1,097
Women	20
Age
16 to 17 years	18
18 to 19 years	35
20 to 24 years	142
25 to 34 years	276
35 to 44 years	260
45 to 54 years	165
55 to 64 years	128
65 and over	90
Race or ethnic origin(3)
White	662
Black or African American	116
Hispanic or Latino	302
Event or Exposure
Transportation incidents	340
Highway	112
Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment	56
Noncollision	36
Jack-knifed or overturned, no collision	24
Nonhighway	136
Noncollision accident	125
Overturned	74
Worker struck by vehicle or mobile equipment	85
Assaults and violent acts	51
Contact with objects or equipment	265
Struck by object	209
Struck by falling object	157
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	46
Falls	239
Fall to lower level	232
Fall from ladder	34
Fall to lower level, n.e.c.(4)	156
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	218
Contact with electric current	134
Contact with overhead power lines	114
Oxygen deficiency	52
Drowning, submersion	51
Industry
Private industry	1,027
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	810
Agricultural services	805
Landscape and horticultural services	803
Landscape counseling and planning	47
Lawn and garden services	272
Ornamental shrub and tree services	410
Finance, insurance, and real estate	40
Real estate	40
Services	127
Amusement and recreation services	58
Miscellaneous amusement, recreation services	57
Public golf courses	19
Membership sports and recreation clubs	29
Government(5)	90
Local government	73
Footnotes: (1) May include volunteers and other workers receiving compensation. (2) Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of partnerships. (3) In this study, the racial categories "White" and "Black or African American" do not include persons from the ethnic category "Hispanic or Latino." Hispanic or Latino persons may identify themselves racially as white, black, or another race category. (4) n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. (5) Includes fatalities to workers employed in governmental organizations, regardless of industry.
NOTE: Fatality totals for 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), in cooperation with State, New York City, District of Columbia, and Federal agencies.