Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Ohio

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Ohio
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	155	24	61	3	22	20	25

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	116	18	49	1	17	14	17
Self Employed (3)	39	6	12	2	5	6	8

Gender
Men	144	21	59	3	18	19	24
Women	11	3			4	1

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years	2	1	1
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years	5	1
25 to 34 years	17	3	6			4	2
35 to 44 years	22	6	8			4	3
45 to 54 years	46	4	21	1	6	7	7
55 to 64 years	43	7	18		7	3	8
65 and over	20	2	6	2	6	1	3

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	135	19	55	2	19	18	22
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	18	5	5	1	3	1	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	143	19	57	3	21	18	25
Goods Producing	58	2	17	1	9	12	17
Natural resources and mining	20		10			1	7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	17		9			1	5
Mining (7)	3		1				2
Construction	23	1	3	1	6	7	5
Manufacturing	15	1	4			4	5
Service providing	85	17	40	2	12	6	8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	38	5	25		3	2	3
Wholesale trade	4	2
Retail trade	9	1	4		3
Transportation and warehousing	24	2	19			1
Utilities	1					1
Information
Financial activities	4	2	1
Finance and insurance	1	1
Real estate and rental and leasing	3	1	1
Professional and business services	13		3	1	4		5
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	11		2	1	3		5
Education and health services	10	1	4			3
Educational services	2		2
Health care and social assistance	8	1				3
Leisure and hospitality	11	6		1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	6	2
Accommodation and food services	5	4		1
Other services	7	3			1
Government (6)	12	5	4		1
Federal
State
Local	12	5	4		1

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	30	5	13	1	3	4	4
Management occupations	22	4	10	1	1		4
Business and financial operations occupations
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations	1
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4	1
Service occupations	25	10	7		4		3
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	10	6	2		1
Food preparation and serving related occupations	1	1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	8		3				3
Personal care and service occupations	5	3			1
Sales and office occupations	12	2	6		4
Sales and related occupations	8	2	4
Office and administrative support occupations	4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	37	2	5	2	8	9	11
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4
Construction and extraction occupations	22		3	1	6	8	4
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	11	2		1	1	1	5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	51	5	30		3	6	7
Production occupations	12	3			3		3
Transportation and material moving occupations	39	2	29			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.