Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Virginia

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Virginia
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	149	20	63		28	8	29

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	113	11	55		20	7	19
Self Employed (3)	36	9	8		8		10

Gender
Men	142	20	60		24	8	29
Women	7		3		4

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years	4						1
20 to 24 years	11	4	4				3
25 to 34 years	19		10		3		2
35 to 44 years	20	3	9				4
45 to 54 years	33	7	11		5	3	7
55 to 64 years	36		18		7		7
65 and over	26		9		11		5

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	108	12	46		20	6	24
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	17	3	9
Hispanic or Latino	15		7		4		3
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	9	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)	131	14	56		24	8	28
Goods Producing	60	5	15		15	4	20
Natural resources and mining	23	3	5		3		11
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	20	3	4		3		9
Mining (7)	3						2
Construction	34		9		12	4	7
Manufacturing	3
Service providing	71	9	41		9	4	8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	41	6	28		5
Wholesale trade	5		4
Retail trade	11	5	3
Transportation and warehousing	24	1	20
Utilities	1		1
Information	4	1
Financial activities			1
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing			1
Professional and business services	11	1	3				4
Professional, scientific, and technical services	1
Management of companies and enterprises	1		1
Administrative and waste services	9	1					4
Education and health services	6		5
Educational services	1		1
Health care and social assistance	5		4
Leisure and hospitality	2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1
Accommodation and food services	1
Other services	5
Government (6)	18	6	7		4		1
Federal	7	6	1
State	2		2
Local	9		4		4		1

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	22	3	8		4		7
Management occupations	18	3	5		3		7
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		2
Service occupations	24	1	9		6		8
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	8		6				1
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	15	1			5		7
Personal care and service occupations
Sales and office occupations	11	7	4
Sales and related occupations	7	6
Office and administrative support occupations	4		3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	47		14		13	8	10
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5		1				3
Construction and extraction occupations	32		9		12	4	5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	10		4			4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	39	1	28		5		4
Production occupations
Transportation and material moving occupations	37	1	28		5		2
Military specific occupations (9)	6	6
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.