Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in New York (including N.Y.C)

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, New York (including N.Y.C.)
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	202	39	65	5	48	13	32

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	145	25	50	4	37	10	19
Self Employed (3)	57	14	15	1	11	3	13

Gender
Men	188	38	58	4	45	11	32
Women	14	1	7	1	3

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years	1	1
20 to 24 years	15		5			1	3
25 to 34 years	32	12	7		4		6
35 to 44 years	34	4	10		11	4	5
45 to 54 years	47	9	21	2	8	3	4
55 to 64 years	33	6	11		12
65 and over	40	5	11		11		12

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	132	21	50	3	25	10	23
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	17	11	3
Hispanic or Latino	39	5	8		16		7
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	13		3		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)	176	30	57	5	41	12	31
Goods Producing	61	1	15		22	6	17
Natural resources and mining	16	1	5				10
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	16	1	5				10
Mining (7)
Construction	38		5		22	6	5
Manufacturing	7		5				2
Service providing	115	29	42	5	19	6	14
Trade, transportation, and utilities	47	17	20	1	6		3
Wholesale trade	6						2
Retail trade	18	12	3	1
Transportation and warehousing	22	4	14		3		1
Utilities	1		1
Information	5		1
Financial activities	8			1	1
Finance and insurance	3			1
Real estate and rental and leasing	5				1
Professional and business services	18		6		6		4
Professional, scientific, and technical services	5		4
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	13		2		5		4
Education and health services	8		4
Educational services	2		2
Health care and social assistance	6
Leisure and hospitality	16		6		3		3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	7		2		3	1	1
Accommodation and food services	9		4
Other services	12	3					3
Government (6)	26	9	8		7
Federal
State	8		2		4
Local	17	9	5		3

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	45	9	19	1	6	3	7
Management occupations	24	4	9		3		7
Business and financial operations occupations	3		1	1
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations	1		1
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations	2	1	1
Legal occupations			1
Education, training, and library occupations	3		2		1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	5		2		1	1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4
Service occupations	23	7	4		4		6
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	9	6	3
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	12		1		4		5
Personal care and service occupations	1						1
Sales and office occupations	23	15	4	1	3
Sales and related occupations	16	11		1
Office and administrative support occupations	7	4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	66		13		28	7	14
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	9		4				5
Construction and extraction occupations	49		6		28	6	7
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	8		3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	44	6	25		6		5
Production occupations	4						1
Transportation and material moving occupations	40	5	25		4		4
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.