CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL1 94 WORCHAEVE

Table 1.  Fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics and event or exposure, 1994
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                            Fatalities                              Event or exposure(1)                        
                                                                         (percent)                              
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                                                              Exposure          
   Characteristics                                                        Contact                to             
                                                       Trans-   Assaults    with              harmful  Fires and
                         Number   Percent    Total   portation    and     objects    Falls      sub-   explosio-
                                                         in-    violent     and               stances      ns   
                                                      cidents     acts   equipment               or             
                                                                                              environ-          
                                                                                               ments            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  Total...............   6,588     100.0     100.0      41.6      19.9      15.4      10.0       9.7       3.1  
                                                                                                                
   Employee status                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
Wage and salary                                                                                                 
   workers............   5,336      81.0     100.0      42.5      18.2      15.0      10.3      10.3       3.3  
Self-employed(2)......   1,252      19.0     100.0      37.6      26.8      17.1       9.1       7.1       2.1  
                                                                                                                
     Sex and age                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
Men...................   6,067      92.1     100.0      41.5      18.2      16.3      10.3      10.2       3.2  
Women.................     521       7.9     100.0      43.2      39.2       4.8       6.7       4.0       1.7  
                                                                                                                
Both sexes:                                                                                                     
  Under 16 years......      25        .4     100.0      60.0       -        24.0       -         -         -    
  16 to 17 years......      42        .6     100.0      38.1      23.8      14.3       -        14.3       -    
  18 to 19 years......     112       1.7     100.0      33.9      30.4      16.1       8.9      10.7       -    
  20 to 24 years......     545       8.3     100.0      36.0      21.1      16.9       7.0      14.7       4.2  
  25 to 34 years......   1,558      23.6     100.0      39.9      20.9      13.2       9.1      13.1       3.7  
  35 to 44 years......   1,608      24.4     100.0      38.6      21.9      15.7       9.6      10.2       3.5  
  45 to 54 years......   1,304      19.8     100.0      43.7      19.6      15.8      10.4       7.1       3.1  
  55 to 64 years......     858      13.0     100.0      47.3      15.4      15.2      13.3       6.4       1.9  
  65 years and over...     517       7.8     100.0      47.4      15.9      18.8      12.4       4.1       1.2  
                                                                                                                
         Race                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
White.................   5,420      82.3     100.0      43.4      16.5      16.1      10.4      10.0       3.4  
Black.................     702      10.7     100.0      32.3      32.8      14.0       9.0       9.5       2.0  
Asian or Pacific                                                                                                
   Islander...........     181       2.7     100.0      21.5      63.5       5.0       4.4       5.0       -    
American Indian,                                                                                                
   Aleut, Eskimo......      40        .6     100.0      37.5      20.0      22.5      12.5       -         -    
Other or unspecified..     245       3.7     100.0      43.3      25.7      11.4       8.2       7.8       1.6  
                                                                                                                
   Hispanic origin                                                                                              
                                                                                                                
Hispanic(3)...........     611       9.3     100.0      34.7      25.5      12.8      11.9      13.1       2.0  

  1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
  2 Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of
partnerships.
  3 Persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race.
  
  NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 
  Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
  
  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies,
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1994.