Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Missouri

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Missouri
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	88	10	45		16	7	9

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	59	8	26		11	5	8
Self Employed (3)	29		19		5

Gender
Men	82	9	43		14	6	9
Women	6	1				1

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years	1		1
18 to 19 years	3
20 to 24 years	6	2
25 to 34 years	14	3	6			2
35 to 44 years	11		6				3
45 to 54 years	25		15		6
55 to 64 years	19	3	6		5	3
65 and over	9		7

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	79	6	42		14	7	9
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	6		3
Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)	1	1
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	82	9	42		15	6	9
Goods Producing	31		13		9	3	6
Natural resources and mining	11		7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	11		7
Mining (7)
Construction	12				7
Manufacturing	8		4				3
Service providing	51	9	29		6	3	3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	31		22		6
Wholesale trade	3
Retail trade	3
Transportation and warehousing	24		20
Utilities
Information
Financial activities
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional and business services	4
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	4
Education and health services	3					1
Educational services	1		1
Health care and social assistance						1
Leisure and hospitality	8	6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2	1
Accommodation and food services	6	5
Other services	3
Government (6)	6	1	3
Federal
State	1		1
Local	3	1

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	17	4	7
Management occupations	11	3	5
Business and financial operations occupations
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations		1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	3					1
Service occupations	3	1
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	1	1
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
Personal care and service occupations
Sales and office occupations	5	1
Sales and related occupations
Office and administrative support occupations	3	1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	25		6		10		5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4
Construction and extraction occupations	12				6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	9		3		3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	38	3	30		3
Production occupations	3		1
Transportation and material moving occupations	35	3	29		3
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.