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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Workplace Fatalities in Richmond, VA – Full Tables

Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, Richmond, VA, 2012-2013
Event or exposure(1) 2012(2) 2013(p)
Number Number Percent

Total

 27 13 100

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

 6 5 38

Intentional injury by person

 6 5 38

Homicides

 3 4 31

Shooting by other person--intentional

 3 3 23

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing

 - 1 8

Transportation incidents

 11 5 38

Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle

 10 3 23

Roadway collision with object other than vehicle

 3 1 8

Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway

 3 1 8

Roadway noncollision incident

 - 2 15

Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway

 - 1 8

Struck by shifting load during transport, roadway

 - 1 8

Footnotes:
(1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.
(2) Data for 2012 are revised and final.
(p) Data for 2013 are preliminary. Revised and final 2013 data are scheduled to be released in spring 2015.
 

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes 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.
 
Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by industry, Richmond, VA, 2012-2013
Industry(1) 2012(2) 2013(p)
Number Number Percent

Total

 27 13 100

Private industry

 22 12 92

Goods-producing

 6 6 46

Natural resources and mining

 - - -

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

 - - -

Forestry and logging

 - 1 8

Logging

 - 1 8

Logging

 - 1 8

Construction

 4 4 31

Construction

 4 4 31

Construction of buildings

 1 - -

Nonresidential building construction

 - 2 15

Commercial and institutional building construction

 - 2 15

Specialty trade contractors

 3 1 8

Other specialty trade contractors

 - 1 8

Site preparation contractors

 - 1 8

Service-providing

 16 6 46

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 12 3 23

Wholesale trade

 - 1 8

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

 - 1 8

Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers

 - 1 8

Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalers

 - 1 8

Retail trade

 5 1 8

Food and beverage stores

 2 1 8

Grocery stores

 2 1 8

Convenience stores

 2 1 8

Financial activities

 - 1 8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 - 1 8

Real estate

 - 1 8

Lessors of real estate

 - 1 8

Lessors of residential buildings and dwellings

 - 1 8

Leisure and hospitality

 - - -

Accommodation and food services

 - - -

Food services and drinking places

 - - -

Limited-service eating places

 - 1 8

Limited-service eating places

 - 1 8

Limited-service restaurants

 - 1 8

Government(3)

 5 1 8

State government

 1 1 8

Service-providing

 1 1 8

Public administration

 1 1 8

Public administration

 1 1 8

Justice, public order, and safety activities

 1 1 8

Justice, public order, and safety activities

 1 1 8

Police protection

 1 1 8

Footnotes:
(1) Industry data are based on the North American Industry Classification System, 2007. Total may include other industries not shown.
(2) Data for 2012 are revised and final.
(3) Includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry.
(p) Data for 2013 are preliminary. Revised and final 2013 data are scheduled to be released in spring 2015.
 

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes 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.
 
Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation, Richmond,VA, 2012-2013
Occupation(1) 2012(2) 2013(p)
Number Number Percent

Total

 27 13 100

Protective service occupations

 2 1 8

Law enforcement workers

 2 1 8

Police officers

 2 1 8

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

 2 1 8

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 - - -

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 - 1 8

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 - 1 8

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 - 1 8

Sales and related occupations

 5 1 8

Supervisors of sales workers

 4 1 8

First-line supervisors of sales workers

 4 1 8

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

 4 1 8

Construction and extraction occupations

 4 4 31

Supervisors of construction and extraction workers

 - 3 23

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

 - 3 23

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

 - 3 23

Construction trades workers

 4 1 8

Construction laborers

 - 1 8

Construction laborers

 - 1 8

Production occupations

 - 1 8

Supervisors of production workers

 - 1 8

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

 - 1 8

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

 - 1 8

Footnotes:
(1) Occupation data are based on the Standard Occupational Classification system, 2010. Total may include occupations not shown.
(2) Data for 2012 are revised and final.
(p) Data for 2013 are preliminary. Revised and final 2013 data are scheduled to be released in spring 2015.
 

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes 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.
 
Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics, Richmond, VA, 2012-2013
Worker characteristics 2012(1) 2013(p)
Number Number Percent

Total

 27 13 100
Employee status      

Wage and salary workers(2)

 21 10 77

Self-employed(3)

 6 3 23
Gender      

Men

 27 10 77

Women

 - 3 23
Age(4)      

20 to 24 years

 3 1 8

35 to 44 years

 2 3 23

45 to 54 years

 7 2 15

55 to 64 years

 8 6 46
Race or ethnic origin(5)      

White (non-Hispanic)

 13 4 31

Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)

 9 6 46

Footnotes:
(1) Data for 2012 are revised and final.
(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, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members of partnerships.
(4) Information may not be available for all age groups.
(5) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude Hispanic and Latino workers.
(p) Data for 2013 are preliminary. Revised and final 2013 data are scheduled to be released in spring 2015.
 

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes 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.