CF TB 8/23/95 NR SUPP TBL7 EVE X TIME


Table 7.  Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and time of incident, 1995
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
                         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...............   6,210      20.6      27.3      23.1      11.1       7.9       6.1  
                                                                                            
Transportation                                                                              
   incidents..........   2,560      21.1      26.1      24.6      11.6       7.0       7.6  
  Highway.............   1,329      21.7      24.5      24.0      10.6       7.8      10.3  
    Collision between                                                                       
       vehicles,                                                                            
       mobile                                                                               
       equipment......     634      24.0      25.6      26.0       8.8       6.2       8.7  
      Re-entrant                                                                            
         collision....       9      44.4       -         -         -         -         -    
      Moving in same                                                                        
         direction....     125      28.8      24.8      17.6       8.8       7.2      12.0  
      Moving in                                                                             
         opposite                                                                           
         directions,                                                                        
         oncoming.....     244      20.5      26.6      30.7       8.6       5.3       7.8  
      Moving in                                                                             
         intersection.      97      21.6      22.7      26.8      14.4       7.2       7.2  
      Moving and                                                                            
         standing                                                                           
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment-in                                                                       
         roadway......      31      16.1      35.5      22.6       -         9.7      12.9  
      Moving and                                                                            
         standing                                                                           
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment-si-                                                                      
         de of road...      13      38.5       -         -         -        23.1       -    
    Vehicle struck                                                                          
       stationary                                                                           
       object or                                                                            
       equipment in                                                                         
       roadway........      19      15.8      15.8      21.1      21.1       -        15.8  
    Vehicle struck                                                                          
       stationary                                                                           
       object or                                                                            
       equipment on                                                                         
       side of road...     249      20.1      23.3      18.1      10.4      12.0      15.3  
    Noncollision......     350      21.7      24.3      24.9      11.1       6.9      10.0  
      Jack-knifed or                                                                        
         overturned--                                                                       
         no collision.     260      20.8      23.5      26.9      11.9       7.3       8.5  
      Ran off                                                                               
         highway--no                                                                        
         collision....      57      29.8      21.1      19.3       8.8       -        15.8  
      Sudden start or                                                                       
         stop, n.e.c..      11       -        54.5       -         -         -         -    
  Nonhighway (farm,                                                                         
     industrial                                                                             
     premises)........     388      16.0      32.2      31.7      10.1       3.9       1.8  
    Vehicle, mobile                                                                         
       equipment                                                                            
       struck                                                                               
       stationary                                                                           
       object.........      23       -        21.7      30.4       -        13.0       -    
    Noncollision                                                                            
       accident.......     357      16.5      32.8      32.2      10.4       3.4        .8  
      Fall from moving                                                                      
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment....      37      24.3      29.7      27.0       -         8.1       -    
      Fell from and                                                                         
         struck by                                                                          
         vehicle,                                                                           
         mobile                                                                             
         equipment....      71      15.5      40.8      22.5      12.7       4.2       -    
      Overturned......     210      16.7      30.5      36.2      10.0       2.4       -    
      Loss of control.       6       -         -         -        50.0       -         -    
  Aircraft............     278      28.1      25.9      16.5      18.7       5.0       2.5  
  Worker struck by                                                                          
     vehicle, mobile                                                                        
     equipment........     385      19.5      26.8      26.8      10.4       7.5       7.3  
    Worker struck by                                                                        
       vehicle, mobile                                                                      
       equipment in                                                                         
       roadway........     122      21.3      23.0      20.5      13.1      10.7      11.5  
    Worker struck by                                                                        
       vehicle, mobile                                                                      
       equipment on                                                                         
       side of road...      60      20.0      30.0      26.7      13.3       -         5.0  
    Worker struck by                                                                        
       vehicle, mobile                                                                      
       equipment in                                                                         
       parking lot or                                                                       
       non-road area..     173      20.2      30.1      28.3       8.1       5.8       4.6  
  Water vehicle.......      84      15.5      17.9      26.2      10.7      10.7      14.3  
    Fall from ship or                                                                       
       boat, n.e.c....      31      16.1      29.0       9.7       -        12.9      19.4  
    Fall on ship, boat       6       -         -        66.7       -         -         -    
    Sinking, capsized                                                                       
       water vehicle..      28      21.4      10.7      35.7      10.7      14.3       -    
  Railway.............      82      24.4      30.5      15.9      15.9       8.5       4.9  
    Collision between                                                                       
       railway                                                                              
       vehicles.......      10       -         -         -        30.0       -         -    
    Collision between                                                                       
       railway vehicle                                                                      
       and other                                                                            
       vehicle........      60      26.7      35.0      21.7      13.3       -         -    
                                                                                            
Assaults and violent                                                                        
   acts...............   1,262      23.2      14.2      13.0      16.0      16.9       9.4  
  Homicides...........   1,024      22.7      13.5      12.9      17.8      17.3      10.4  
    Hitting, kicking,                                                                       
       beating........      44       -        15.9      20.5      20.5       6.8      20.5  
    Shooting..........     754      13.0      14.5      14.9      21.4      20.3      11.1  
    Stabbing..........      67       7.5      17.9      10.4      11.9      23.9      19.4  
    Assaults and                                                                            
       violent acts by                                                                      
       person(s),                                                                           
       n.e.c..........     152      83.6       5.9       2.6       -         3.3       -    
  Self-inflicted                                                                            
     injury...........     215      25.6      17.2      12.6       7.0      15.3       5.1  
  Assaults by animals.      20      30.0      20.0      20.0      20.0       -         -    
                                                                                            
Contact with objects                                                                        
   and equipment......     915      19.8      37.9      25.6       7.7       3.9       2.5  
  Struck by object....     546      20.3      40.3      25.6       5.3       3.3       2.2  
    Struck by falling                                                                       
       object.........     340      20.0      44.4      24.7       4.1       1.8       2.1  
    Struck by flying                                                                        
       object.........      63      17.5      31.7      34.9       7.9       6.3       -    
      Struck by                                                                             
         discharged                                                                         
         object or                                                                          
         substance....      23      21.7      34.8      30.4       -         -         -    
    Struck by swinging                                                                      
       or slipping                                                                          
       object.........      44      27.3      31.8      27.3       6.8       -         -    
    Struck by rolling,                                                                      
       sliding objects                                                                      
       on floor or                                                                          
       ground level...      60      20.0      36.7      25.0       6.7       5.0       5.0  
  Caught in or                                                                              
     compressed by                                                                          
     equipment or                                                                           
     objects..........     255      18.8      32.2      25.1      11.0       7.1       3.1  
    Caught in running                                                                       
       equipment or                                                                         
       machinery......     131      18.3      32.8      26.7       9.9       7.6       3.8  
    Compressed or                                                                           
       pinched by                                                                           
       rolling,                                                                             
       sliding, or                                                                          
       shifting                                                                             
       objects........      56      17.9      30.4      28.6       7.1       7.1       -    
  Caught in or crushed                                                                      
     in collapsing                                                                          
     materials........      99      18.2      40.4      26.3      11.1       -         3.0  
    Excavation or                                                                           
       trenching                                                                            
       cave-in........      33      21.2      39.4      30.3       9.1       -         -    
    Other cave-in.....       5       -        60.0       -         -         -         -    
    Caught in or                                                                            
       crushed in                                                                           
       collapsing                                                                           
       structure......      32      18.8      43.8      25.0       9.4       -         -    
                                                                                            
Falls.................     643      21.3      37.0      24.7       5.8       3.3       1.7  
  Fall to lower level.     573      21.6      36.8      25.3       5.8       3.1       1.9  
    Fall down stairs                                                                        
       or steps.......      16      18.8      18.8      25.0      18.8       -         -    
    Fall from floor,                                                                        
       dock, or ground                                                                      
       level..........      33      33.3      33.3      18.2      15.2       -         -    
    Fall from ladder..      97      21.6      30.9      30.9       6.2       -         -    
    Fall from roof....     142      24.6      40.1      23.9       3.5       -         -    
    Fall from                                                                               
       scaffold,                                                                            
       staging........      82      19.5      42.7      28.0       3.7       -         -    
    Fall from building                                                                      
       girders or                                                                           
       other                                                                                
       structural                                                                           
       steel..........      33      12.1      42.4      30.3       -         -         -    
    Fall from                                                                               
       nonmoving                                                                            
       vehicle........      32      25.0      21.9      34.4       -         -         -    
  Fall on same level..      50      22.0      38.0      26.0       -         -         -    
                                                                                            
Exposure to harmful                                                                         
   substances or                                                                            
   environments.......     598      13.7      33.1      31.1      10.2       3.3       3.3  
  Contact with                                                                              
     electric current.     347      13.5      38.0      30.8       8.6       3.2       2.6  
    Contact with                                                                            
       electric                                                                             
       current of                                                                           
       machine, tool,                                                                       
       appliance,                                                                           
       light fixture..      55      10.9      30.9      32.7       9.1       -         5.5  
    Contact with                                                                            
       wiring,                                                                              
       transformers,                                                                        
       or other                                                                             
       electrical                                                                           
       component......      94      12.8      38.3      27.7      10.6       4.3       3.2  
    Contact with                                                                            
       overhead power                                                                       
       lines..........     139      16.5      38.8      32.4       7.2       2.2       2.2  
    Contact with                                                                            
       underground,                                                                         
       buried power                                                                         
       lines..........       5       -        60.0       -         -         -         -    
    Struck by                                                                               
       lightning......      17       -        41.2      41.2       -         -         -    
  Contact with                                                                              
     temperature                                                                            
     extremes.........      55      12.7      25.5      40.0      12.7       -         -    
    Exposure to                                                                             
       environmental                                                                        
       heat...........      34       -        26.5      47.1      14.7       -         -    
    Exposure to                                                                             
       environmental                                                                        
       cold...........       8       -         -        62.5       -         -         -    
    Contact with hot                                                                        
       objects or                                                                           
       substances.....      13      38.5      38.5       -         -         -         -    
  Exposure to caustic,                                                                      
     noxious, or                                                                            
     allergenic                                                                             
     substances.......     101      14.9      17.8      27.7      14.9       4.0       6.9  
    Inhalation of                                                                           
       substance......      62      14.5      19.4      33.9      16.1       -         -    
      Inhalation in                                                                         
         open or                                                                            
         nonconfined                                                                        
         space........      21       -        28.6      19.0      14.3       -         -    
    Ingestion of                                                                            
       substance......      16       -         -        25.0       -         -        18.8  
  Oxygen deficiency...      94      13.8      36.2      30.9       9.6       4.3       3.2  
    Drowning,                                                                               
       submersion.....      74      10.8      35.1      33.8       8.1       5.4       4.1  
    Depletion of                                                                            
       oxygen in other                                                                      
       enclosed,                                                                            
       restricted, or                                                                       
       confined space.      10      30.0      30.0       -         -         -         -    
                                                                                            
Fires and explosions..     208      18.3      27.9      29.3       8.2       8.7       5.8  
  Fires--unintended or                                                                      
     uncontrolled.....      98      16.3      25.5      22.4      13.3      15.3       5.1  
    Fire in residence,                                                                      
       building, or                                                                         
       other structure      58      13.8      20.7      24.1      13.8      15.5       8.6  
    Forest, brush, or                                                                       
       other outdoor                                                                        
       fire...........       9       -        33.3       -         -         -         -    
  Explosion...........     107      19.6      30.8      34.6       3.7       2.8       6.5  
    Explosion of                                                                            
       pressure vessel                                                                      
       or piping......      42      23.8      31.0      40.5       -         -         -    
                                                                                            
Other events or                                                                             
   exposures(3).......      24      25.0      25.0       -        12.5       -         -    

  1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
  2 There were 240 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, 1995.