Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in New Jersey

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, New Jersey
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	99	23	37		16	8	15

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	81	12	35		13	7	14
Self Employed (3)	18	11			3		1

Gender
Men	94	21	35		15	8	15
Women	5		2

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years	4		4
25 to 34 years	14	5	4			3
35 to 44 years	19	3	9		3	3	1
45 to 54 years	38	8	12		7		9
55 to 64 years	13	4	7
65 and over	9	3			3		3

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	54	12	21		7	5	9
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	12	4	5
Hispanic or Latino	26	6	6		7		5
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)	88	20	34		15	7	12
Goods Producing	29		10		9	3	5
Natural resources and mining
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Mining (7)
Construction	21	1	8		6	3	3
Manufacturing	8				3
Service providing	59	18	24		6	4	7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	35	9	17		3		4
Wholesale trade	4		3
Retail trade	8	7			1
Transportation and warehousing	23	2	14				4
Utilities
Information
Financial activities	6	3	2
Finance and insurance	4		2
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional and business services	9		3
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	8		3
Education and health services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Leisure and hospitality	4		2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2	1	1
Accommodation and food services	2		1
Other services	4				1
Government (6)	11	3	3		1	1	3
Federal	1				1
State
Local	10	3	3			1	3

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	9	4	2			1	1
Management occupations	3		1
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	1						1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	1		1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	3					1
Service occupations	12	5	4
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	5	3	2
Food preparation and serving related occupations	1		1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5	1
Personal care and service occupations	1	1
Sales and office occupations	12	7	1		3
Sales and related occupations	8	5	1
Office and administrative support occupations	4				1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	27		7		6	6	6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Construction and extraction occupations	19		5		6	5	3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	8						3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	39	5	23		5		6
Production occupations	4				1
Transportation and material moving occupations	35	3	23		4		5
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.