Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Florida

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Florida
Selected characteristics	2011
	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	226	44	89	4	36	27	26

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	176	33	65	4	30	22	22
Self Employed (3)	50	11	24		6	5	4

Gender
Men	211	39	84		34	27	24
Women	15	5	5	1

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years	3	2
20 to 24 years	12	1	5		1	3
25 to 34 years	33	12	9			7
35 to 44 years	44	11	15		9	6	3
45 to 54 years	71	10	30		12	9	8
55 to 64 years	40	7	18	1	6		6
65 and over	23		11		7		4

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	133	18	62	4	22	12	15
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	32	7	14		3	3	5
Hispanic or Latino	53	14	11		10	12	6
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	6	5
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	204	36	82	2	34	24	26
Goods Producing	58	3	18	1	15	11	10
Natural resources and mining	13		4			7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	13		4			7
Mining (7)
Construction	41	3	12		15	4	7
Manufacturing	4			1			1
Service providing	146	33	64	1	19	13	16
Trade, transportation, and utilities	65	12	35		6	3	9
Wholesale trade	8		3				3
Retail trade	20	7	8
Transportation and warehousing	36	5	24				4
Utilities
Information
Financial activities	5	3
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing	3	1
Professional and business services	39	5	12	1	10	7	4
Professional, scientific, and technical services	5			1
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	34	5	10		10	5	4
Education and health services	10	3	7
Educational services	5		4
Health care and social assistance	5
Leisure and hospitality	16	7	3			3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	9	1	3
Accommodation and food services	7	6
Other services	10	3	4
Government (6)	22	8	7	2		3
Federal	1		1
State				2
Local	18	7	6			3

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	19	5	7	1		3
Management occupations	9		4			2
Business and financial operations occupations
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1			1
Community and social services occupations
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2	1	1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Service occupations	47	17	8		10	9
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	21	11	4
Food preparation and serving related occupations	4	4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	19		4		8	6
Personal care and service occupations	3	1
Sales and office occupations	22	13	7
Sales and related occupations	16	10	6
Office and administrative support occupations	6	3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	70	4	23	1	20	11	11
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	11		4			5
Construction and extraction occupations	38	3	12		14	4	5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	21		7	1	6		4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	68	5	44		4	4	11
Production occupations	7				4	1
Transportation and material moving occupations	61	5	44			3	9
Military specific occupations (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.