Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics and selected event or
exposure, 2010p
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| |
| | Selected event or exposure(1)
| Fatal injuries | (percent of total for characteristic
| | category)
Characteristic |_____________________|___________________________________________
| | | | | |
| Number | Percent |Highway(2)| Homicides| Falls | Struck by
| | | | | | object
______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
| | | | | |
Total.........................| 4,547 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 9
| | | | | |
Employee status | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Wage and salary(3)............| 3,548 | 78 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 8
Self-employed(4)..............| 999 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13
| | | | | |
Sex | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Men...........................| 4,192 | 92 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 9
Women.........................| 355 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 2
| | | | | |
Age(5) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
Under 16 years................| 16 | (6) | 19 | - | - | -
16-17 years...................| 19 | (6) | 21 | - | - | -
18-19 years...................| 53 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 8
20-24 years...................| 240 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 10
25-34 years...................| 756 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 8
35-44 years...................| 849 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 9
45-54 years...................| 1,124 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 7
55-64 years...................| 921 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 9
65 years and older............| 565 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 12
| | | | | |
Race or ethnic origin(7) | | | | | |
| | | | | |
White.........................| 3,279 | 72 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 10
Black or African-American.....| 384 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 5
Hispanic or Latino............| 682 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 9
American Indian or Alaska | | | | | |
Native.......................| 31 | 1 | 23 | - | 16 | -
Asian.........................| 136 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | |
Islander.....................| 5 | (6) | - | - | - | -
Multiple races................| 7 | (6) | - | 43 | 43 | -
Other or not reported.........| 23 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 13 | -
______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1 Based on the 2007 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. The figure
shown is the percent of the total fatal injuries for that demographic group.
2 "Highway" 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, members of partnerships, and may include owners of incorporated
businesses.
5 There were 4 fatal injuries 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 2010 are preliminary. Revised and final 2010 data are scheduled to be released in
Spring 2012.
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