Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics and selected event or
exposure, 2011p
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| |
| Fatal injuries | Selected event or exposure(1)
| | (percent of total for characteristic category)
|_______________________|_______________________________________________
| | | | | |
Characteristic | | | | | |
| | | | | Falls, | Struck by
| Number | Percent | Homicides | Roadway(2)| slips, | object or
| | | | | trips | equipment
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| | | | | |
| | | | | |
Total.........................| 4,609 | 100 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 10
| | | | | |
Employee status | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Wage and salary(3)............| 3,594 | 78 | 9 | 26 | 15 | 10
Self-employed(4)..............| 1,015 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12
| | | | | |
Gender | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Men...........................| 4,234 | 92 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 11
Women.........................| 375 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 4
| | | | | |
Age(5) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Under 16 years................| 10 | (6) | 10 | – | – | –
16-17 years...................| 14 | (6) | 14 | – | 7 | –
18-19 years...................| 58 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 12
20-24 years...................| 288 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 9
25-34 years...................| 704 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 10
35-44 years...................| 858 | 19 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 8
45-54 years...................| 1,207 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 11
55-64 years...................| 911 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 11
65 years and over.............| 558 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 12
| | | | | |
Race or ethnic origin(7) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic...........| 3,257 | 71 | 8 | 25 | 14 | 10
Black or African-American, | | | | | |
non-Hispanic.................| 433 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 9
Hispanic or Latino............| 729 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 11
American Indian or Alaska | | | | | |
Native, non-Hispanic.........| 29 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 14
Asian, non-Hispanic...........| 113 | 2 | 35 | 24 | 8 | 4
Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | |
Islander, non-Hispanic.......| 3 | (6) | – | – | – | –
Multiple races, non-Hispanic..| 15 | (6) | – | – | 7 | –
Other or not reported, | | | | | |
non-Hispanic.................| 30 | 1 | 13 | 40 | – | –
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1 Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented
for 2011 data forward. The figure shown is the percent of the total fatal injuries for that
demographic characteristic.
2 "Roadway" includes deaths to vehicle occupants resulting from traffic incidents that occur on the
public roadway, shoulder, or surrounding area. It excludes incidents occurring entirely off the
roadway, such as in parking lots and on farms; incidents involving trains; and deaths to pedestrians
or other nonpassengers.
3 May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation.
4 Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid
family workers, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members of partnerships.
5 There was 1 fatal injury for which there was insufficient information to determine the age of the
decedent.
6 Less than or equal to 0.5 percent.
7 Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude
Hispanic and Latino workers.
p Data for 2011 are preliminary. Revised and final 2011 data are scheduled to be released in Spring
2013.
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. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an
injury event.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State, New York
City, District of Columbia, and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
