Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in California

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, California
Selected characteristics	2012
	Total	Event or exposure (1)
	Total	Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	Transpor- tation incidents	Fires and explosions	Falls, slips, trips	Exposure to harmful substances or environments	Contact with objects and equipment
Total	375	80	142	7	60	23	61

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	302	58	122	5	51	20	44
Self Employed (3)	73	22	20		9	3	17

Gender
Men	347	68	136	7	54	23	57
Women	28	12	6		6		4

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years	29	6	14			3
25 to 34 years	65	12	27		5	7	11
35 to 44 years	62	17	23		7	4	10
45 to 54 years	106	29	30		23	5	18
55 to 64 years	68	10	30		11		14
65 and over	43	6	17		12		6

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	180	39	70	4	28	10	28
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	20	6	11
Hispanic or Latino	137	19	51		26	10	29
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	34	16	7		6
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	332	64	123	7	60	19	57
Goods Producing	119	15	37	3	26	9	28
Natural resources and mining	33	4	15		3		10
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	29	3	15				8
Mining (7)	4
Construction	58	5	16		19	6	11
Manufacturing	28	6	6		4		7
Service providing	213	49	86	4	34	10	29
Trade, transportation, and utilities	104	16	55		15		14
Wholesale trade	18		8		4		3
Retail trade	24	9	3		9
Transportation and warehousing	61	4	43				10
Utilities
Information	7		3
Financial activities	4	3
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional and business services	35	4	12		6	5	8
Professional, scientific, and technical services	7		4
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	28	4	8		6	4	6
Education and health services	18	9	4
Educational services	5		3
Health care and social assistance	13	8
Leisure and hospitality	25	7	8		6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	14		7
Accommodation and food services	11	6			4
Other services	20	8	4		3		4
Government (6)	43	16	19			4	4
Federal	22	6	12			3
State	4
Local	16	8	5				3

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	51	15	18		6	3	7
Management occupations	18	8	5				3
Business and financial operations occupations	2	2
Computer and mathematical occupations	3
Architecture and engineering occupations	11		5
Life, physical, and social science occupations	3
Community and social services occupations
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations	3
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	5		3
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4					3
Service occupations	52	22	7		11	4	8
Healthcare support occupations	5	4
Protective service occupations	16	10
Food preparation and serving related occupations	5
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	18				7	3	5
Personal care and service occupations	8	4	3
Sales and office occupations	37	18	6		9
Sales and related occupations	25	12	4		7
Office and administrative support occupations	12	6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	103	10	32		25	9	25
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	24		13				7
Construction and extraction occupations	54	4	12		20	7	10
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	25	5	7		3		8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	119	13	70		9	5	19
Production occupations	16	3				4	5
Transportation and material moving occupations	103	10	69		8		14
Military specific occupations (9)	13		9
Footnotes (1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward. (2) May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation. (3) 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. (4) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The individual racial categories shown exclude data for Hispanic and Latino workers. (5) Industry data from 2003 to 2008 are classified using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System. Industry data from 2009 to the present are classified using the North American Industry Classification System, 2007. (6) Includes all fatal occupational injuries meeting this ownership criterion across all specified years, regardless of industry classification system. (7) Includes fatal injuries at all establishments categorized as Mining (Sector 21) in the North American Industry Classification System, including establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. (8) Occupation data from 2003 to 2010 are based on the Standard Occupational Classification system, 2000. Occupation data from 2011 to the present are based on the Standard Occupational Classification system, 2010. (9) Includes fatal injuries to persons identified as resident armed forces regardless of individual occupation listed.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Blank cells 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.