Table 2. Workplace suicides: total number and as a percentage of all workplace fatalities, 1992-2001
Occupation Total number of workplace suicides Workplace suicides as a percent of all workplace fatalities

All Occupations

2,170 3.5

Managers and administrators, not elsewhere classified

221 10.0

Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

155 7.3

Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors

130 4.6

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers

86 6.7

Automobile mechanics and apprentices

44 9.5

Motor vehicle operators

112 1.2

Truck drivers

91 1.1

Military occupations

92 8.1

Police and detectives, including supervisors

86 5.9

Police and detectives, public service

53 5.6

Cleaning and building service occupations, except household

78 9.1

Construction trades, except supervisors

74 1.4

Guards, including supervisors

56 6.1

Guards and police, except public service

52 6.6

Managers, food serving and lodging establishments

54 7.5

Farmers, except horticultural

53 1.9

Laborers, except construction

47 2.4

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.