Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by State and event or exposure, 2008
Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by state and event or exposure, 2007-2008
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|Total fatalities(1)| Event or exposure(4)
| | 2008
|___________________|___________________________________________________________ | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Exposure|
State of injury | | | | | Contact | | to |
| | |Transpor-| Assaults| with | | harmful |Fires and
| 2007(2) | 2008(3),| tation | and | objects | Falls | sub- |explosions
|(revised)| (p) |incidents| violent | and | | stances |
| | | (5) | acts(6) |equipment| | or |
| | | | | | | environ-|
| | | | | | | ments |
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Total...................| 5,657 | 5,071 | 2,053 | 794 | 923 | 680 | 432 | 173
Alabama...................| 108 | 97 | 48 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 14 | -
Alaska....................| 30 | 33 | 23 | - | 4 | - | 3 | -
Arizona...................| 97 | 86 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 11 | -
Arkansas..................| 89 | 85 | 40 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5
California................| 461 | 404 | 153 | 84 | 63 | 56 | 42 | 6
Colorado..................| 126 | 102 | 47 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4
Connecticut...............| 38 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -
Delaware..................| 10 | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | - | -
District of Columbia......| 13 | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | - | -
Florida...................| 363 | 290 | 107 | 56 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 6
Georgia...................| 193 | 171 | 62 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 16
Hawaii....................| 23 | 18 | 7 | - | 5 | - | - | -
Idaho.....................| 31 | 36 | 23 | - | 7 | 3 | - | -
Illinois..................| 185 | 193 | 62 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 7
Indiana...................| 127 | 132 | 61 | 12 | 34 | 12 | 10 | -
Iowa......................| 89 | 93 | 47 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 5 | -
Kansas....................| 101 | 73 | 38 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | -
Kentucky..................| 112 | 105 | 45 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 8 | -
Louisiana.................| 139 | 134 | 77 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 13 | -
Maine.....................| 21 | 24 | 16 | - | 4 | - | - | -
Maryland..................| 82 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | -
Massachusetts.............| 75 | 61 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 10 | -
Michigan..................| 120 | 123 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 6
Minnesota.................| 72 | 65 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 4 | -
Mississippi...............| 93 | 80 | 34 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5
Missouri..................| 156 | 147 | 58 | 34 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 5
Montana...................| 54 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | -
Nebraska..................| 63 | 53 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 9 | - | 3
Nevada....................| 71 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | -
New Hampshire.............| 14 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | -
New Jersey................| 106 | 91 | 39 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3
New Mexico................| 52 | 31 | 15 | 5 | - | 5 | - | -
New York (including | | | | | | | |
N.Y.C.)..................| 220 | 212 | 38 | 48 | 51 | 47 | 18 | 9
New York City...........| 81 | 90 | 10 | 26 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 6
North Carolina............| 167 | 160 | 63 | 34 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 6
North Dakota..............| 25 | 27 | 12 | - | 8 | 3 | - | -
Ohio......................| 165 | 167 | 65 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 10
Oklahoma..................| 104 | 102 | 55 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10
Oregon....................| 69 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 13 | - | 5 | 3
Pennsylvania..............| 220 | 240 | 83 | 37 | 50 | 36 | 23 | 8
Rhode Island..............| 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | -
South Carolina............| 122 | 85 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | -
South Dakota..............| 22 | 30 | 14 | - | 6 | 6 | - | -
Tennessee.................| 154 | 134 | 51 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 4
Texas.....................| 528 | 457 | 200 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 32 | 23
Utah......................| 78 | 65 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | -
Vermont...................| 10 | 10 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | -
Virginia..................| 146 | 154 | 52 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 4
Washington................| 90 | 83 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 3 | -
West Virginia.............| 61 | 53 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 | -
Wisconsin.................| 104 | 77 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5
Wyoming...................| 48 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | - | -
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1 State totals include other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown
separately.
2 Totals for 2007 are revised and final. The BLS news release issued August 20, 2008, reported a total
of 5,488 fatal work injuries for calendar year 2007. Since then, an additional 169 job-related fatalities
were identified, bringing the total job-related fatality count for 2007 to 5,657. Includes 5 fatalities
that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of incident could not be
determined.
3 Includes 2 fatalities that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a
State of incident could not be determined.
4 Based on the 2007 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.
5 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, rail fatalities, and fatalities resulting from being struck
by a vehicle.
6 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injuries, and attacks by animals.
p Data for 2008 are preliminary. Revised and final 2008 data are scheduled to be released in April 2010.
NOTE: Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
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
Last Modified Date: August 25, 2009
