Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Texas

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Texas
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	536	67	262	22	75	44	65

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	444	41	231	21	59	37	54
Self Employed (3)	92	26	31	1	16	7	11

Gender
Men	508	63	248	22	68	42	64
Women	28	4	14		7

Age
Under 16 years	1		1
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years	12		4				3
20 to 24 years	34	3	18		4	4	3
25 to 34 years	99	10	51	7	10	10	11
35 to 44 years	115	19	53	5	13	14	11
45 to 54 years	121	17	60	5	19	9	11
55 to 64 years	102	9	56	3	15		17
65 and over	52	9	19		12	3	9

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	262	41	136	7	31	21	25
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	60	5	32	3	6	4	10
Hispanic or Latino	201	16	90	12	37	18	28
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	12	5	4		1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	490	58	238	20	73	40	61
Goods Producing	217	10	91	17	39	21	39
Natural resources and mining	89	6	41	10	10	9	13
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	23	5	8			4	4
Mining (7)	66		33	9	9	5	9
Construction	105	3	42	3	28	10	19
Manufacturing	23		8	4	1		7
Service providing	273	48	147	3	34	19	22
Trade, transportation, and utilities	150	17	105		11	6	9
Wholesale trade	24		12		3		5
Retail trade	29	10	13		4
Transportation and warehousing	96	5	79		4	5
Utilities
Information	5		4		1
Financial activities	10		3		3	1
Finance and insurance	3		1
Real estate and rental and leasing	7					1
Professional and business services	54	9	14		14	8	8
Professional, scientific, and technical services	10		4		3
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	44	8	10		11	7	8
Education and health services	12		7
Educational services	3		3
Health care and social assistance	9		4
Leisure and hospitality	23	11	7			3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4
Accommodation and food services	19	9	7
Other services	19	7	7		1		4
Government (6)	46	9	24			4	4
Federal	7		4			1
State	6		6
Local	33	8	14			3	4

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	49	12	24		6		4
Management occupations	23	9	8		3		3
Business and financial operations occupations	3		3
Computer and mathematical occupations	3
Architecture and engineering occupations	4
Life, physical, and social science occupations	4
Community and social services occupations	4	1
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2	1	1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4
Service occupations	70	24	15		14	11	5
Healthcare support occupations	1				1
Protective service occupations	25	13	9
Food preparation and serving related occupations	12	5			3
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	28	4	3		10	6	5
Personal care and service occupations	4
Sales and office occupations	28	11	11		5
Sales and related occupations	23	11	8		3
Office and administrative support occupations	5		3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	189	12	65	10	40	26	36
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	13	3	4			4	1
Construction and extraction occupations	126	3	43	7	32	16	25
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	50	6	18	3	7	6	10
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	197	7	145	11	10	5	19
Production occupations	19		7	6		1	4
Transportation and material moving occupations	178	6	138	5	10	4	15
Military specific occupations (9)	3		2
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.