'Table. Fatal occupational injuries by selected industry, 1992-2003

Table. Fatal occupational injuries by selected industry, 1992-2003
Characteristic	Ornamental shrub and tree services (SIC 0783), 1992-2002	Ornamental shrub and tree services (SIC 0783), 2002	Landscaping services (NAICS 56173), 2003
Total:	637	70	156
Employee status:
Wage and salary workers(1)	411	42	102
Self-employed(2)	226	28	54
Sex:
Men	632	70	154
Women	5	--	--
Age:
16 to 17 years	5	--	--
18 to 19 years	17	3	--
20 to 24 years	78	7	19
25 to 34 years	176	14	34
35 to 44 years	160	24	36
45 to 54 years	110	11	29
55 to 64 years	62	8	22
65 years and over	25	3	10
Race or ethnic origin:(3)
White	489	49	87
Black or African American	45	3	18
Hispanic	83	17	44
Event or exposure:
Contact with objects and equipment	225	22	52
Struck by object	197	21	45
Struck by falling object	164	18	43
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	23	--	4
Caught in running equipment or machinery	17	--
Falls	207	20	38
Fall to lower level	204	19	38
Fall from ladder	17	4	3
Fall from roof	3	--
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	119	13	23
Contact with electric current	112	13	17
Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances	3	--
Oxygen deficiency (including drowning)	4	--	4
Transportation incidents	78	15	38
Highway incidents	34	7	20
Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment	14	5	14
Non-collision incidents	12	--	3
Non-highway incident, except rail, air, water	15	--	12
Overturned	9	--	8
Automobiles	10	--
Trucks	55	12	16
Tractors	8	--	7
Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment	28	6	4
Assaults and violent acts	5	--	4
Primary source:(4)
Vehicles	79	14	30
Highway vehicles	71	13	21
Plant and industrial powered vehicles, tractors	8	--	7
Structures and surfaces	199	18	38
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	191	18	37
Machinery	48	7	15
Agriculture and garden machinery	5	--	8
Construction, logging, and mining machinery	27	3	5
Material handling machinery	16	3
Parts and materials	71	4	9
Machine, tool, and electric parts	61	3	6
Persons, plants, animals, and minerals	192	22	45
Trees, logs	185	22	44
Tools, instruments, and equipment	41	5	6
Other	6	--	12
Bullets and pellets	--	--	3
Secondary source:(5)
Vehicles	25	6	19
Highway vehicles	23	6	18
Structures and surfaces	14	4	3
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	7	--	3
Structures	4	--
Machinery	43	--	9
Parts and materials	67	9	16
Machine, tool, and electric parts	57	9	9
Persons, plants, animals, and minerals	178	17	34
Trees, logs	173	16	29
Tools, instruments, and equipment	35	3	11
Other	6	--	5
Liquids (including water)	--	--	3
No secondary source	266	27	59
Footnotes: (1) This category may include volunteers and other workers receiving compensation. (2) Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of partnerships. (3) In this study, the racial categories "White" and "Black or African American" do not include persons from the ethnic category "Hispanic or Latino." Hispanic or Latino persons may identify themselves racially as white, black, or another race category. (4) The primary source of injury identifies the object, substance, or exposure that directly produced or inflicted the injury. (5) The secondary source of injury, if any, identifies the object, substance, or person that generated the source of injury or that contributed to the event or exposure. For vehicle collisions, the deceased's vehicle is the primary source and the other object (truck, road divider, etc.) is the secondary source.
NOTE: Dashes indicate no data or data that do not meet publication criteria. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries