CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL7 94 EVETIM

Table 7.  Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and time of incident, 1994
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                         Total                       Time of incident(2)                    
                       fataliti-                          (percent)                         
 Event or exposure(1)      es                                                               
                        (number)                                                            
                                  6am-10am  10am-2pm  2pm-6pm   6pm-10pm  10pm-2am  2am-6am 
                                                                                                                                                                                       
  Total...............   6,588      17.6      26.7      24.2      12.2       8.2       6.6  
                                                                                            
Transportation                                                                              
   incidents..........   2,740      19.0      24.4      25.2      14.3       6.2       8.2  
  Highway.............   1,336      20.7      25.2      22.2      10.2       7.6      12.7  
    Collision between                                                                       
       vehicles,                                                                            
       mobile                                                                               
       equipment......     650      20.6      27.1      24.5      10.8       6.2      10.0  
      Re-entrant                                                                            
         collision....       9       -         -        33.3       -         -         -    
      Moving in same                                                                        
         direction....     117      17.9      23.9      29.9       8.5       7.7      12.0  
      Moving in                                                                             
         opposite                                                                           
         directions,                                                                        
         oncoming.....     229      20.5      31.9      21.4      10.5       7.9       7.4  
      Moving in                                                                             
         intersection.     143      24.5      25.2      24.5      11.9       4.2       9.8  
      Moving and                                                                            
         standing                                                                           
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment-in                                                                       
         roadway......      21      33.3      28.6      14.3       -         -        19.0  
      Moving and                                                                            
         standing                                                                           
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment-si-                                                                      
         de of road...      19      31.6      15.8       -        15.8       -        26.3  
    Vehicle struck                                                                          
       stationary                                                                           
       object or                                                                            
       equipment in                                                                         
       roadway........      27      29.6       -        25.9       -         -        22.2  
    Vehicle struck                                                                          
       stationary                                                                           
       object or                                                                            
       equipment on                                                                         
       side of road...     228      20.6      21.5      18.4       9.6      10.5      18.0  
    Noncollision......     370      22.2      25.7      20.5       9.2       7.6      13.8  
      Jack-knifed or                                                                        
         overturned--                                                                       
         no collision.     272      22.1      26.8      19.1       9.6       8.8      12.9  
      Ran off                                                                               
         highway--no                                                                        
         collision....      58      15.5      20.7      25.9       8.6       5.2      20.7  
      Sudden start or                                                                       
         stop, n.e.c..       8      50.0      50.0       -         -         -         -    
  Nonhighway (farm,                                                                         
     industrial                                                                             
     premises)........     407      13.0      30.0      32.4      13.5       3.4       2.2  
    Collision between                                                                       
       vehicles or                                                                          
       mobile                                                                               
       equipment......      17      23.5      23.5      35.3       -         -         -    
    Vehicle, mobile                                                                         
       equipment                                                                            
       struck                                                                               
       stationary                                                                           
       object.........      27      18.5      33.3      14.8      11.1      11.1       -    
    Noncollision                                                                            
       accident.......     351      12.3      30.8      33.3      14.2       2.6       1.1  
      Fall from moving                                                                      
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment....      22       -        27.3      40.9       -         -         -    
      Fell from and                                                                         
         struck by                                                                          
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment....      71      14.1      23.9      36.6      16.9       -         -    
      Overturned......     225      11.1      31.6      34.7      13.3       2.2       -    
      Loss of control.       8       -        50.0       -         -         -         -    
  Aircraft............     424      13.7      15.1      28.3      34.4       4.2       2.4  
  Worker struck by                                                                          
     vehicle, mobile                                                                        
     equipment........     383      21.4      25.8      24.8      10.7       8.1       5.5  
    Worker struck by                                                                        
       vehicle, mobile                                                                      
       equipment in                                                                         
       roadway........     135      17.8      20.0      25.2      12.6       8.9       8.9  
    Worker struck by                                                                        
       vehicle, mobile                                                                      
       equipment on                                                                         
       side of road...      65      21.5      23.1      27.7      10.8       9.2       6.2  
    Worker struck by                                                                        
       vehicle, mobile                                                                      
       equipment in                                                                         
       parking lot or                                                                       
       non-road area..     145      24.1      32.4      24.1       7.6       6.2       2.8  
  Water vehicle.......      92      23.9      23.9      18.5       8.7       5.4       8.7  
    Fall from ship or                                                                       
       boat, n.e.c....      39      20.5      28.2      17.9       -         -        12.8  
    Fall on ship, boat       7       -         -        42.9       -         -         -    
    Sinking, capsized                                                                       
       water vehicle..      32      34.4      15.6       9.4      15.6       9.4       -    
  Railway.............      81      30.9      27.2      24.7       8.6       -         7.4  
    Collision between                                                                       
       railway                                                                              
       vehicles.......      12      41.7       -         -         -         -        33.3  
    Collision between                                                                       
       railway vehicle                                                                      
       and other                                                                            
       vehicle........      62      27.4      35.5      27.4       4.8       -         -    
                                                                                            
Assaults and violent                                                                        
   acts...............   1,308      13.3      17.0      15.4      17.0      19.0      11.4  
  Homicides...........   1,071      10.9      16.0      15.2      17.9      21.2      12.8  
    Hitting, kicking,                                                                       
       beating........      47      10.6      14.9      12.8      17.0      25.5      12.8  
    Shooting..........     925      10.7      16.0      15.5      18.4      21.0      13.0  
    Stabbing..........      60      15.0      16.7      20.0      11.7      25.0       8.3  
  Self-inflicted                                                                            
     injury...........     210      24.8      22.9      14.3      11.0      10.5       5.2  
  Assaults by animals.      27      18.5      14.8      33.3      25.9       -         -    
                                                                                            
Contact with objects                                                                        
   and equipment......   1,015      21.1      35.2      26.8       7.5       4.0       2.8  
  Struck by object....     589      22.4      35.8      25.5       7.5       3.9       2.4  
    Struck by falling                                                                       
       object.........     371      21.3      41.2      24.0       6.5       2.7       2.2  
    Struck by flying                                                                        
       object.........      67      25.4      26.9      25.4      13.4       4.5       -    
      Struck by                                                                             
         discharged                                                                         
         object or                                                                          
         substance....      20      15.0      20.0      35.0      25.0       -         -    
    Struck by swinging                                                                      
       or slipping                                                                          
       object.........      31      22.6      35.5      29.0       -         -         -    
    Struck by rolling,                                                                      
       sliding objects                                                                      
       on floor or                                                                          
       ground level...      60      23.3      26.7      35.0       6.7       5.0       -    
  Caught in or                                                                              
     compressed by                                                                          
     equipment or                                                                           
     objects..........     280      21.4      33.2      26.8       8.6       4.3       2.9  
    Caught in running                                                                       
       equipment or                                                                         
       machinery......     147      21.8      29.3      25.9      10.2       5.4       4.8  
    Compressed or                                                                           
       pinched by                                                                           
       rolling,                                                                             
       sliding, or                                                                          
       shifting                                                                             
       objects........      56      17.9      41.1      32.1       7.1       -         -    
  Caught in or crushed                                                                      
     in collapsing                                                                          
     materials........     132      15.9      37.1      34.1       5.3       3.0       3.8  
    Excavation or                                                                           
       trenching                                                                            
       cave-in........      49      12.2      36.7      49.0       -         -         -    
    Other cave-in.....      12       -        41.7      25.0       -         -         -    
    Caught in or                                                                            
       crushed in                                                                           
       collapsing                                                                           
       structure......      31      19.4      48.4      25.8       -         -         -    
                                                                                            
Falls.................     661      17.9      38.9      25.3       6.2       4.1       1.7  
  Fall to lower level.     577      17.7      40.6      26.0       6.1       3.6       1.2  
    Fall down stairs                                                                        
       or steps.......      18       -        16.7      50.0       -         -         -    
    Fall from floor,                                                                        
       dock, or ground                                                                      
       level..........      27      22.2      33.3      33.3       -         -         -    
    Fall from ladder..      85      23.5      45.9      20.0       4.7       3.5       -    
    Fall from piled or                                                                      
       stacked                                                                              
       material.......       5       -        60.0       -         -         -         -    
    Fall from roof....     129      19.4      43.4      28.7       4.7       2.3       -    
    Fall from                                                                               
       scaffold,                                                                            
       staging........      89      16.9      44.9      25.8       3.4       -         -    
    Fall from building                                                                      
       girders or                                                                           
       other                                                                                
       structural                                                                           
       steel..........      34      29.4      26.5      38.2       -         -         -    
    Fall from                                                                               
       nonmoving                                                                            
       vehicle........      48      20.8      27.1      35.4      10.4       -         -    
  Fall on same level..      62      21.0      30.6      17.7       6.5       4.8       6.5  
                                                                                            
Exposure to harmful                                                                         
   substances or                                                                            
   environments.......     638      13.8      30.9      31.5       7.7       6.0       2.4  
  Contact with                                                                              
     electric current.     346      17.9      32.9      34.4       6.4       3.5       1.7  
    Contact with                                                                            
       electric                                                                             
       current of                                                                           
       machine, tool,                                                                       
       appliance,                                                                           
       light fixture..      63      12.7      33.3      30.2       7.9       7.9       -    
    Contact with                                                                            
       wiring,                                                                              
       transformers,                                                                        
       or other                                                                             
       electrical                                                                           
       component......      97      19.6      33.0      30.9       6.2       3.1       3.1  
    Contact with                                                                            
       overhead power                                                                       
       lines..........     132      22.0      36.4      31.8       6.1       2.3       -    
    Contact with                                                                            
       underground,                                                                         
       buried power                                                                         
       lines..........       6      50.0       -         -         -         -         -    
    Struck by                                                                               
       lightning......      15       -        26.7      53.3       -         -         -    
  Contact with                                                                              
     temperature                                                                            
     extremes.........      50      14.0      20.0      44.0       -         -         -    
    Exposure to                                                                             
       environmental                                                                        
       heat...........      28       -        21.4      60.7       -         -         -    
    Contact with hot                                                                        
       objects or                                                                           
       substances.....      15      40.0      20.0      26.7       -         -         -    
  Exposure to caustic,                                                                      
     noxious, or                                                                            
     allergenic                                                                             
     substances.......     131       9.2      26.0      20.6       6.9      14.5       5.3  
    Inhalation of                                                                           
       substance......      84       9.5      25.0      22.6       8.3      14.3       7.1  
      Inhalation in                                                                         
         open or                                                                            
         nonconfined                                                                        
         space........      24      16.7       -        20.8       -        29.2       -    
    Injections,                                                                             
       stings,                                                                              
       venomous bites.      11       -        45.5       -         -         -         -    
      Bee, wasp,                                                                            
         hornet sting.       8       -        62.5       -         -         -         -    
    Ingestion of                                                                            
       substance......      10       -         -         -         -        30.0       -    
  Oxygen deficiency...     110       6.4      35.5      30.0      14.5       5.5       -    
    Drowning,                                                                               
       submersion.....      90       6.7      33.3      33.3      12.2       5.6       -    
                                                                                            
Fires and explosions..     202      22.8      26.2      28.2      10.4       5.9       5.0  
  Fires--unintended or                                                                      
     uncontrolled.....     105      17.1      21.0      33.3       9.5      10.5       5.7  
    Fire in residence,                                                                      
       building, or                                                                         
       other structure      51      17.6      17.6      17.6      13.7      17.6       9.8  
    Forest, brush, or                                                                       
       other outdoor                                                                        
       fire...........      20       -         -        90.0       -         -         -    
  Explosion...........      97      28.9      32.0      22.7      11.3       -         4.1  
    Explosion of                                                                            
       pressure vessel                                                                      
       or piping......      32      28.1      21.9      34.4       9.4       -         -    
                                                                                            
Other events or                                                                             
   exposures(3).......      24       -        20.8      12.5      12.5       -         -    

  1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
  2 There were 284 cases for which time of incident was not reported.
  3 Includes the category "Bodily reaction and exertion."
  
  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.
  
  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State
and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1994.