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Table 1. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 2. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 2. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 4. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

Table 4. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal

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NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES, 1993

 Highway deaths and homicides together made up fully a

third of fatalities due to work injuries in 1993. A total

of 6,271 fatal work injuries occurred in 1993 according to

the national Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Bureau

of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

 To compile counts that are as complete as possible, the

BLS census uses multiple sources to identify, verify, and

profile fatal work injuries. Key information about each

workplace fatality (occupation and other worker

characteristics, equipment being used, and circumstances of

the event) is obtained by cross-referencing the source

records, such as death certificates, workers' compensation

records, and reports to federal and state agencies. Table 6

lists the data sources used in the national Census of Fatal

Occupational Injuries.

Profiles from the 1993 fatality census

 Highway traffic incidents led all other fatal events,

accounting for 20 percent of the 6,271 fatal occupational

injuries in 1993. About half of the highway deaths resulted

from collisions between two or more vehicles, a fifth from

overturned vehicles, and the rest mainly from crashing into

a stationary object, such as a telephone pole or bridge

abutment. (See table A.) Half of the workers killed in

highway motor vehicle incidents were driving or riding in a

truck. Highway fatalities typically occurred during

daylight hours, between 9 a.m and 4 p.m.

 Homicide was the second leading manner of job-related
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death, accounting for 17 percent of the fatally injured

workers in 1993. Robbery was the primary motive for

homicide at work. Roughly one in seven of the victims of

workplace homicide were killed by a work or personal

associate. (See table B.) Workers in retail

establishments, such as grocery stores and eating and

drinking places, made up about half of the homicide victims.

Taxicab drivers also were at particular risk of being shot

while working.

 About four-fifths of the workplace homicide victims

were men. But homicide was, by far, the most frequent

manner in which women workers were fatally injured,

accounting for 39 percent of their 481 fatal injuries. By

comparison, homicides were 17 percent of the 5,790 fatal

injuries to men at work.

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Table A. Percent distribution of job-related highway

fatalities(1) by selected characteristics, 1993.

Total highway fatalities:

Number ................ 1,232

Percent ............... 100

Worker traits:

Wage and salary workers ..... 88%

Self-employed ............... 12

Men ......................... 90

Women ....................... 10

Under 20 years .............. 2

20 to 24 years .............. 9

25 to 34 years .............. 25

35 to 44 years .............. 25

45 to 54 years .............. 20

55 years and over ........... 20

White ....................... 85

Black ....................... 10

Asian or Pacific Islander.... 1

Other or unknown ............ 4

Hispanic origin ............. 7

Event:

Collision between vehicles .. 53
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 Moving in same direction .. 8

 Head-on ................... 20

 At intersection ........... 10

 Moving and standing vehicle 4

Collision with stationary

 object ................... 15

Non-collision ............... 27

 Jack-knifed, overturned ... 19

 Ran off highway ........... 5

Other or unspecified ........ 5

Source of injury(2):

Highway vehicle, motored .... 95

 Automobile ................ 28

 Truck ..................... 55

 Delivery truck .......... 3

 Dump truck .............. 1

 Pickup truck ............ 10

 Tractor trailer ......... 27

Other vehicle ............... 5

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Major occupation:

Executives, administrators,

 and managers .............. 7%

Professional specialties ..... 6

Sales ........................ 8

Administrative support ....... 3

Service ...................... 8

 Police and detectives ...... 4

Farmers, foresters, and

 fishers ................... 7

 Farming occupations ........ 6

Precision production,

 craft, and repair ......... 9

 Mechanics and repairers .... 4

 Construction trades ........ 4

Transportation and

 material movers ........... 44

 Truck drivers .............. 38

Laborers ..................... 4

Other occupations ............ 4

Major industry:

Agriculture, forestry,

 fishing ................... 7

Mining ....................... 2

Construction ................. 8
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 Special trade contractors .. 4

Manufacturing ................ 9

Transportation and public

 utilities ................. 28

 Trucking and courier ....... 22

Wholesale trade .............. 9

Retail trade ................. 9

Finance, insurance,

 real estate ............... 2

Services ..................... 11

 Business services .......... 3

Government ................... 14

 Federal .................... 3

 State ...................... 4

 Local ...................... 7

 1 Highway fatalities include deaths to vehicle occupants

resulting from traffic incidents that occur on the public

roadway, shoulder, or surrounding area. It excludes

incidents occurring entirely off the roadway, such as in

parking lots and on farms; incidents involving trains; and

deaths to pedestrians or other nonpassengers.

 2 Identifies the vehicle in which the deceased was an

occupant.

 NOTE: Data may not sum to totals because of the omission

of miscellaneous categories and because of rounding.

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Table B. Percent distribution of job-related homicides by

selected characteristics, 1993.

Total homicides:

Number ............... 1,063

Percent .............. 100

Worker traits:

Wage and salary workers ..... 73%

Self-employed ............... 27

Men ......................... 82

Women ....................... 18

Under 20 years .............. 4

20 to 24 years .............. 8

25 to 34 years .............. 27

35 to 44 years .............. 27

45 to 54 years .............. 18

55 years and over ........... 16

White ....................... 65

Black ....................... 16
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Asian or Pacific Islander.... 11

Other or unknown ............ 8

Hispanic origin ............. 17

Type of circumstance:

Work associates ............. 10

 Co-worker, former

 co-worker ................ 6

 Customer, client .......... 4

Personal acquaintances ...... 4

 Victim's husband,

 ex-husband ............... 1

 Boyfriend, ex-boyfriend ... 1

 Other relative ............ 1

 Other acquaintance ........ 1

Police in the line of duty .. 6

Security guard in the

 line of duty ............. 5

Robberies and miscel-

 laneous crimes ........... 75

Type of event:

Shooting .................... 82

Stabbing .................... 9

Beating ..................... 3

Other ....................... 6

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Major occupation:

Executives, administrators,

 and managers ............. 11%

 Food serving and lodging .. 6

Professional specialties .... 3

Sales ....................... 33

 Supervisors and

 proprietors .............. 17

 Cashiers .................. 9

Administrative support ...... 4

Service ..................... 20

 Police and detectives ..... 6

 Guards .................... 5

 Food preparation and

 service workers .......... 5

Precision production, craft,

 and repair ............... 6

 Mechanics and repairers ... 3

Transportation and material

 movers ................... 12

 Taxicab drivers and
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 chauffeurs ............... 9

Laborers .................... 5

Other occupations ........... 6

Major industry:

Agriculture, forestry,

 fishing .................. 1

Construction ................ 2

Manufacturing ............... 4

Transportation and public

 utilities ................ 12

 Taxicabs .................. 9

Wholesale trade ............. 2

Retail trade ................ 49

 Grocery stores ............ 17

 Eating and drinking places. 14

 Gasoline service stations . 5

Finance, insurance, real

 estate ................... 3

Services .................... 15

 Business services ......... 4

Government .................. 12

 Federal ................... 2

 State ..................... 2

 Local ..................... 8

 NOTE: Data may not sum to totals because of the omission

of miscellaneous categories and because of rounding.

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Other highlights on fatal events

from table 1:

* Transportation incidents occurring off the highways, such

as those on farms or industrial premises; workers being

struck by vehicles; and incidents involving air, water, or

rail transport accounted for 20 percent of the fatal work

injuries. Another 20 percent of the fatality total resulted

from objects striking workers or from falls, while

electrocutions and equipment entrapments each accounted for

5 percent of the total.

Highlights of worker characteristics

from table 2:

* A large majority of the fatally injured workers were 25-54

years old. Workers age 55 and over, however, had a higher

risk of a fatal injury than their 12 percent share of

employment.

* Ninety-two percent of the fatally injured workers were

men, well above their 55 percent share of the nation's
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employment. Men are fatally injured more often than women

workers primarily because of differences in the jobs men and

women typically hold.

* The self employed and those working in family businesses

accounted for 21 percent of the workplace fatalities--double

their share of the nation's workers.

Highlights on occupations and industries

from tables 3 and 4:

* Occupations with the largest number of worker fatalities

included: Transportation and material moving operations,

including truck drivers and other motor vehicle operators;

farm workers, timber cutters, and fishers; construction

trade workers, such as carpenters and electricians;

handlers, helpers, and laborers; and salesworkers, primarily

in retail trade.

* Among industry groups with the largest number of fatal

work injuries were agricultural crop production; special

trades construction contractors (for example, roofing and

electrical work); trucking and warehousing; and local

government (for example, police and fire protection).

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Highlights on location

from table 5:

* One-fourth of the fatal incidents occurred on a street or

highway, primarily the result of highway motor vehicle

incidents, and about one-fifth occurred at a construction

site, warehouse, factory, or other industrial premise.

About one out of every seven occurred in a public building

such as a grocery store or other retail store, restaurant,

office building, or school, the majority of which were

homicides. Of special note are the roughly 200 fatalities

occurring in a parking lot or garage, about half of which

were homicides.

 Included in tables 2, 3, and 4 are 1993 annual average

employment data collected in the BLS Current Population

Survey. By comparing the percent distributions of the

fatalities and employment the user can evaluate the relative

risk of a job-related fatality for a given occupation,

industry, or worker characteristic. For example, truck

drivers accounted for about 12 percent of the fatality total

which is 6 times greater than their share of total

employment. While employment can be used to evaluate the

relative risk of a fatal work injury, other measures such as

employee exposure hours can also be used.

 State-specific data on workplace fatalities are
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available from the state agencies participating with BLS in

the census program. Participating agencies and their

telephone numbers are listed in table 7 of this release.

Background of the program

 The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, part of the

redesigned BLS safety and health statistics program,

provides the most complete count of fatal work injuries

available because it uses multiple state and federal data

sources. This is the second year that the fatality census

has been conducted in all 50 states and the District of

Columbia.

 The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses,

conducted since 1972, has been redesigned to estimate worker

and case characteristics of nonfatal workplace injuries and

illnesses in addition to frequency counts and incidence

rates by industry. Copies of the 1992 news release are

available from BLS by calling 202-606-6304. Incidence rates

for 1993 by industry will be published in December 1994.

Information on 1993 worker and case characteristics will be

published in April 1995.

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Note on 1992 Fatality Counts

 The BLS news release issued October 1,1993 reported a

total of 6,083 fatal work injuries for calendar year 1992.

Since then, an additional 134 job-related fatalities were

identified, bringing the total job-related fatality count

for 1992 to 6,217.

 To ensure that no legitimate case is excluded, states

compiling the fatality information are instructed to update

their previous year counts within one year of the initial

release. The revised tables for 1992, along with more

detailed 1993 data, will be included in a comprehensive

report to be issued in early 1995.

Table 6. Source documents used to compile information on

fatal work injuries, 1993

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 Fatalities

Source document Number Percent

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 Total(1)....................... 6,271 100

Death certificates ............... 4,409 78
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State workers' compensation

 reports ........................ 2,244 36

Coroner, medical examiner,

 and autopsy reports ............ 3,195 51

Occupational Safety and Health

 Administration (OSHA) reports(2) 1,840 29

News media ....................... 2,332 37

Followup questionnaires(3) ....... 1,310 21

State motor vehicle reports ...... 332 5

Other federal reports(4) ......... 283 5

Other reports(5).................. 3,775 61

-----------------------------------------------------------

 1 The total of source documents exceeds the total of

verified cases because two or more source documents were

used to substantiate each case. Note that some source

documents were received only upon request. In general,

these included autopsy, coroner, and medical examiner

reports; followup questionnaires; and state motor vehicle

reports. The number of death certificates shown are those

received through "formal arrangements" and marked "at work."

 2 This figure is not a comprehensive count of fatalities

reported to or investigated by osha, but represents the

available osha reports used to identify or substantiate a

work injury fatality in the Census of Fatal Occupational

Injuries program.

 3 Includes telephone followup for missing data and for

clarification of inconsistent data.

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 4 Includes reports received from the Mine Safety and

Health Administration, the Employment Standards

Administration, the National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health's Fatal Accident Circumstances and

Epidemiology program, the Department of Justice, the

Department of Energy, and the National Transportation Safety

Board.

 5 Includes reports received from other organizations, such

as state farm bureaus, local police departments, emergency

medical services, and the National Association of Chiefs of

Police.

 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of

Labor, in cooperation with federal and state agencies,

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1993.

Table 7. Participating state agencies and telephone numbers

STATE AGENCY TELEPHONE #
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Alabama Department of Labor (205) 242-3460

Alaska Department of Labor (907) 465-4539

Arizona Industrial Commission (602) 542-3739

Arkansas Department of Labor (501) 682-4542

California Dept of Ind. Relations (415) 703-5661

Colorado Department of Health (303) 692-2164

Connecticut Labor Department (203) 566-4380

Delaware Department of Labor (302) 577-2889

Dist. of Col. Comm. of Public Health (202) 727-0682

Florida Dept of Labor & Empl. Sec. (904) 922-8953

Georgia Department of Labor (404) 656-3032

Hawaii Dept. of Labor & Ind. Rel. (808) 586-9005

Idaho Industrial Commission (208) 334-6050

Illinois Department of Public Health (217) 785-1873

Indiana Department of Labor (317) 232-2679

Iowa Dept of Employment Services (515) 281-5151

Kansas Dept of Health & Environment (913) 296-5641

Kentucky Labor Cabinet (502) 564-2454

Louisiana Department of Labor (504) 342-3126

Maine Bureau of Labor Standards (207) 624-6442

Maryland Div. of Labor and Industry (410) 333-4202

Massachusetts Department of Public Health (617) 727-2735

Michigan Department of Labor (517) 322-1851

Minnesota Dept of Labor and Industry (612) 297-7428

Mississippi Department of Health (601) 960-7741

Missouri Bur. of Health Serv. Stat. (314) 751-6274

Montana Dept of Labor and Industry (800) 541-3904

Nebraska Workers' Compensation (402) 471-3547

Nevada Div. of Industrial Relations (702) 687-3293

New Hampshire Department of Public Health (603) 271-4651

New Jersey Department of Health (609) 984-1863

New Mexico Health & Environment Div. (505) 827-2877

New York Department of Health (518) 458-6228

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New York City Department of Health (212) 788-4585

North Carolina Department of Labor (919) 733-2355

North Dakota Bureau of Labor Statistics (816) 426-2481

Ohio Department of Health (614) 466-4183

Oklahoma Department of Labor (405) 528-1500

Oregon Dept Consumer & Business Serv(503) 373-1352

Pennsylvania Department of Health (717) 783-2548

Rhode Island Department of Health (401) 277-2812

South Carolina Department of Labor (803) 734-9661

South Dakota Bureau of Labor Statistics (816) 426-2481

Tennessee Department of Labor (615) 741-1991

Texas Workers' Compensation Comm. (512) 440-3864

Utah Industrial Commission (801) 530-6823

Vermont Dept of Labor and Industry (802) 828-2765
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Virginia Dept of Labor and Industry (804) 786-6427

Washington Dept of Labor and Industries (206) 956-5509

West Virginia Department of Labor (304) 558-7890

Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Div. (608) 266-7850

Wyoming Department of Employment (307) 777-5646

TECHNICAL NOTES

Definitions

 For a fatality to be considered within the scope of the

program, the decedent must have been employed (that is

working for pay, compensation, or profit) at the time of the

event, engaged in a legal work activity, or present at the

site of the incident as a requirement of his or her job.

These criteria are generally broader than those used by

federal and state agencies administering specific laws and

regulations. (Fatalities that occur during a person's

commute to or from work are excluded from the census

counts.)

 Data presented in this release include deaths occurring

in 1993 that resulted from traumatic occupational injuries.

An injury is defined as any intentional or unintentional

wound or damage to the body resulting from acute exposure to

energy, such as heat or electricity or kinetic energy from a

crash, or from the absence of such essentials as heat or

oxygen caused by a specific event or incident or series of

events within a single workday or shift. Included are open

wounds, intracranial and internal injuries, heatstroke,

hypothermia, asphyxiations, acute poisonings resulting from

a short-term exposure (limited to the worker's shift),

suicides and homicides, and work injuries listed as

underlying or contributory causes of death.

 Information on work-related fatal illnesses are

excluded from the BLS census and the attached tables because

of the latency period of many occupational illnesses and the

resulting difficulties associated with linking illnesses to

work. Partial information on fatal occupational illnesses,

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compiled separately, will be made available to researchers

upon written request.

Measurement techniques and limitations

 Data for the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries are

compiled from various state and federal administrative

sources--including death certificates, workers' compensation

reports and claims, reports to various regulatory agencies,

and medical examiner reports--as well as news reports.

Multiple sources are used because studies have shown that no
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single source captures all job-related fatalities. Source

documents are matched so that each fatality is counted only

once. To ensure that a fatality occurred while the decedent

was at work, information is verified from two or more

independent source documents, or from a source document and

a followup questionnaire. Approximately 30 data elements

are collected, coded, and tabulated, including information

about the worker, the fatal incident, and the machinery or

equipment involved.

Identification and verification of work-related fatalities.

 Because some state laws and regulations prohibit

enumerators from contacting the next-of-kin, it was not

possible to independently verify work relationship (whether

a fatality is job related) for 277 fatal work injuries in

1993; however, the information on the initiating source

document for these cases was sufficient to determine that

the circumstances of the incident was likely to be job

related. Data for these fatalities, which primarily

affected self-employed workers, are included in the Census

of Fatal Occupational Injuries counts. An additional 49

fatalities submitted by states were not included because the

initiating source document had insufficient information to

determine work relationship, which could not be verified by

either an independent source document or a followup

questionnaire.

 States may identify additional fatal work injuries

after data collection closeout for a reference year. In

addition, other fatalities excluded from the published count

because of insufficient information to determine work

relationship may be subsequently verified as work related.

States, therefore, have up to one year to update their

initial published State counts. This procedure ensures that

fatality data are disseminated as quickly as possible and

that no legitimate case is excluded from the counts. As

data collection methods improve, future fatal work injury

counts may become more complete.

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Federal/state agency coverage

 The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries includes data

for all fatal work injuries, whether they are covered by the

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or

other federal or state agencies or are outside the scope of

regulatory coverage. Thus, any comparison between the BLS

census counts and those released by other agencies should

take into account the different coverage and definitions

being used.

 Several federal and state agencies have jurisdiction
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over workplace safety and health. OSHA and affiliated

agencies in states with approved safety programs cover the

largest portion of America's workers. However, injuries and

illnesses occurring in several other industries, such as

coal, metal and nonmetal mining, and transportation on

water, rails, or in the air, are excluded from OSHA coverage

because they are covered by other federal agencies, such as

the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Coast

Guard, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal

Aviation Administration. Fatalities occurring in industries

regulated by federal agencies other than OSHA accounted for

about 11 percent of the fatal work injuries for 1993.

 Fatalities occurring among several other groups of

workers are generally not covered by any federal or state

agencies. These groups include self-employed and unpaid

family workers, which accounted for about 21 percent of the

fatalities; laborers on small farms, accounting for about 5

percent of the fatalities; and state and local government

employees in states without OSHA-approved safety programs,

about 4 percent. (About one-half of the states have

approved OSHA safety programs which include state and local

government employees in their coverage.)

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: BLS thanks the participating states

for their efforts in achieving the objectives of this

program: To collect and publish data on fatal work injuries

that are timely, accurate, comprehensive, and useful for

injury prevention. BLS also appreciates the efforts of all

state and federal agencies that submitted source documents

used to identify fatal work injuries. Among these agencies

are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; the

National Transportation Safety Board; the Department of

Justice (Bureau of Justice Assistance); the Mine Safety and

Health Administration; the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention; the National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health; the Employment Standards Administration (Federal

Employees' Compensation and Longshore and Harbor Workers'

divisions); the Department of Energy; the National

Association of Chiefs of Police; the state vital statistics

registrars, coroners, and medical examiners; the state

departments of health, labor, and industries, and workers'

compensation agencies; the state highway departments; and

the state farm bureaus.

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DEVELOPMENTAL FATALITY RATES

 On a developmental basis, fatality counts from the BLS

census are combined with information on employment to

estimate how frequently groups of workers sustain fatal work
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injuries. The results of this work, along with information

about their interpretation and limitations, will be

published in a future issue of the BLS Monthly Labor Review.

For additional information, contact the Office of Safety,

Health, and Working Conditions at 202-606-6175.

Table 1. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries by event or exposure,1993

__________________________________________________

 | Fatalities

 Event or exposure(1) |___________________

 | Number | Percent

__________________________________________________

 Total.......................| 6,271 | 100

 | |

Transportation incidents......| 2,482 | 40

 Highway.....................| 1,232 | 20

 Collision between | |

 vehicles, mobile | |

 equipment..............| 652 | 10

 Vehicle struck stationary | |

 object or equipment....| 188 | 3

 Noncollision..............| 333 | 5

 Nonhighway (farm, industrial| |

 premises)................| 392 | 6

 Aircraft....................| 280 | 4

 Worker struck by a vehicle..| 361 | 6

 Water vehicle...............| 119 | 2

 Railway.....................| 85 | 1

 | |

Assaults and violent acts.....| 1,309 | 21

 Homicides...................| 1,063 | 17

 Shooting..................| 874 | 14

 Stabbing..................| 95 | 2

 Self-inflicted injury.......| 215 | 3

 | |

Contact with objects and | |

 equipment..................| 1,039 | 17

 Struck by object............| 563 | 9

 Struck by falling object..| 345 | 6

 Struck by flying object...| 81 | 1

 Caught in or compressed by | |

 equipment or objects.....| 308 | 5

 Caught in or crushed in | |

 collapsing materials.....| 138 | 2?________________________________________________

 See footnotes at end of table

Table 1. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries by event or exposure,1993

__________________________________________________

 | Fatalities

 Event or exposure(1) |___________________

 | Number | Percent

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Falls.........................| 611 | 10

 Fall to lower level.........| 530 | 8

 Fall on same level..........| 46 | 1

 | |

Exposure to harmful substances| |

 or environments............| 590 | 9

 Contact with electric | |

 current..................| 324 | 5

 Exposure to caustic, | |

 noxious, or allergenic | |

 substances...............| 116 | 2

 Oxygen deficiency...........| 111 | 2

 Drowning, submersion......| 89 | 1

 | |

Fires and explosions..........| 201 | 3

 | |

Other events or exposures(2)..| 39 | 1

__________________________________________________

 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and

Illness Classification Structures.

 2 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.

 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.

Department of Labor, in cooperation with state and

federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational

Injuries, 1993.

Table 2. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries and employment by selected worker

characteristics, 1993

_______________________________________________________

 | |

 Characteristics | Fatalities | Employment(1)

 | | (in thousands)

--------------------|----------------------------------

 | | | |

 |Number| Percent| Number | Percent

 | | | |

_______________________________________________________

 | | | |

 | | | |

 Total.............|6,271 | 100 | 120,791 | 100

 | | | |

 Employee status | | | |

 | | | |

Wage and salary | | | |

 workers..........|4,981 | 79 | 110,133| 91

Self-employed(2)....|1,290 | 21 | 10,658| 9
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 Sex and age | | | |

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Men.................|5,790 | 92 | 66,029| 55

Women...............| 481 | 8 | 54,761| 45

 | | | |

Both sexes: | | | |

 Under 16 years....| 29 | - | - | -

 16 to 17 years....| 39 | 1 | 2,142| 2

 18 to 19 years....| 101 | 2 | 3,388| 3

 20 to 24 years....| 502 | 8 | 12,613| 10

 25 to 34 years....|1,510 | 24 | 32,703| 27

 35 to 44 years....|1,576 | 25 | 32,691| 27

 45 to 54 years....|1,193 | 19 | 22,450| 19

 55 to 64 years....| 801 | 13 | 11,313| 9

 65 years and over.| 514 | 8 | 3,409| 3

 | | | |

 Race | | | |

 | | | |

White...............|5,106 | 81 | 103,917 | 86

Black...............| 664 | 11 | 12,444| 10

Asian or Pacific | | | |

 Islander.........| 190 | 3 | - | -

American Indian, | | | |

 Aleut, Eskimo....| 47 | 1 | - | -

Other...............| 263 | 4 | - | -

 | | | |

 Hispanic origin | | | |

 | | | |

Hispanic(3).........| 604 | 10 | 9,272| 8

_______________________________________________________

 1 The employment is an annual average of employed

civilians 16 years of age and older, plus resident armed

forces, from the BLS Current Population Survey, 1993.

Table 2. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries and employment by selected worker

characteristics, 1993. - Continued?________________________________________________

 2 Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may

include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of

partnerships.

 3 Persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race.

Hispanic employment does not include resident armed

forces.

 NOTE: Totals for major categories may include

 subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may

not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes indicate

data that are not available or do not meet publication

criteria.

 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department

of Labor, in cooperation with state and federal
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agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1993.

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries and employment by occupation,

1993.

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 | |

 | |Employme-

 |Fataliti-| nt(2)

 | es | (in

 | |thousand-

 Occupation(1) | | s)

 ________________________

 | | | |

 |Num-|Per-|Number |Per-

 | ber|cent| |cent

_________________________________________________________

 Total.........................|6271| 100| 120,791| 100

 | | | |

Managerial and professional | | | |

 specialty....................| 681| 11| 32,280| 27

 Executive, administrative, and| | | |

 managerial................| 427| 7| 15,376| 13

 Professional specialty........| 254| 4| 16,904| 14

 | | | |

Technical, sales, and | | | |

 administrative support.......| 842| 13| 36,814| 30

 Technicians and related | | | |

 support occupations........| 167| 3| 4,014| 3

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 See footnotes at end of table

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries and employment by occupation,

1993. - Continued

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 | |

 | |Employme-

 |Fataliti-| nt(2)

 | es | (in

 | |thousand-

 Occupation(1) | | s)

 ________________________

 | | | |

 |Num-|Per-|Number |Per-

 | ber|cent| |cent

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 Airplane pilots and | | | |

 navigators...............| 104| 2| 101| -

 Sales occupations.............| 556| 9| 14,245| 12

 Administrative support | | | |

 occupations, including | | | |

 clerical...................| 119| 2| 18,555| 15

 | | | |

Service occupations.............| 539| 9| 16,522| 14

 Protective service occupations| 288| 5| 2,152| 2

 Firefighting and fire | | | |

 prevention | | | |

 occupations, including | | | |

 supervisors..............| 39| 1| 244| -

 Police and detectives, | | | |

 including supervisors....| 149| 2| 1,019| 1

 Guards, including | | | |

 supervisors..............| 100| 2| 889| 1

 | | | |

Farming, forestry, and fishing..| 961| 15| 3,326| 3

 Farming operators and managers| 409| 7| 1,170| 1

 Other agricultural and related| | | |

 occupations................| 214| 3| 1,963| 2

 Farm workers, including | | | |

 supervisors..............| 209| 3| 838| 1

 Forestry and logging | | | |

 occupations................| 142| 2| 132| -

 Timber cutting and logging | | | |

 occupations..............| 124| 2| 93| -

 Fishers, hunters, and trappers| 91| 1| 61| -

 Fishers.....................| 79| 1| 51| -

Precision production, craft, and| | | |

 repair.......................|1095| 17| 13,326| 11

 Mechanics and repairers.......| 317| 5| 4,416| 4

 Construction trades...........| 565| 9| 5,004| 4

 Carpenters..................| 96| 2| 1,276| 1

 Electricians................| 78| 1| 666| 1

 Electrical power installers | | | |

 and repairers............| 42| 1| 110| -?________________________________________________________

 See footnotes at end of table

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries and employment by occupation,

1993. - Continued

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 | |Employme-

 |Fataliti-| nt(2)

 | es | (in

 | |thousand-

 Occupation(1) | | s)

 ________________________

 | | | |

 |Num-|Per-|Number |Per-
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 Structural metal workers....| 34| 1| 45| -

 | | | |

Operators, fabricators, and | | | |

 laborers.....................|1959| 31| 17,038| 14

 Machine operators, assemblers,| | | |

 and inspectors.............| 205| 3| 7,415| 6

 Transportation and material | | | |

 moving occupations.........|1182| 19| 5,004| 4

 Motor vehicle operators.....| 917| 15| 3,825| 3

 Truck drivers.............| 731| 12| 2,786| 2

 Driver-sales workers......| 41| 1| 178| -

 Taxicab drivers and | | | |

 chauffeurs.............| 113| 2| 225| -

 Material moving equipment | | | |

 operators................| 180| 3| 1,009| 1

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, | | | |

 helpers, and laborers......| 572| 9| 4,619| 4

 Construction laborers.......| 218| 3| 658| 1

 Laborers, except | | | |

 construction.............| 202| 3| 1,127| 1

 | | | |

Military........................| 121| 2| 1,485| 1

________________________________________________________

 1 Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification

System developed by the Bureau of the Census.

 2 The employment is an annual average of employed

civilians 16 years of age and older, plus resident

armed forces, from the BLS Current Population

Survey, 1993. Dashes indicate that value is less

than one percent.

 NOTE: Totals for major categories may include

subcategories not shown separately. Percentages

may not add to totals because of rounding. There

were 73 fatalities for which there was insufficient

information to determine an occupation

classification.

Table 3. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries and employment by occupation,

1993. - Continued?____________________________________________________

 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.

Department of Labor, in cooperation with state and

federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational

Injuries, 1993.
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Table 4. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

injuries and employment by industry ,1993

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 | | |

 | | Fatalities |Employment(2)

 | SIC| |(in thousands)

 Industry |cod-|--------------|---------------

 |e(1)|Number|Percent| Number|Percent

______________________________|____|______|_______|_______|_______

 Total...................| |6,271 | 100 |120,791| 100

 | | | | |

 Private industry..........| |5,590 | 89 |100,791| 83

 | | | | |

Agriculture, forestry and | | | | |

 fishing....................| | 855 | 14 | 3,172| 3

 Agricultural production - | | | | |

 crops....................| 01 | 398 | 6 | 900| 1

 Agricultural production - | | | | |

 livestock................| 02 | 209 | 3 | 1,160| 1

 Agricultural services.......| 07 | 153 | 2 | 163| -

 | | | | |

Mining........................| | 174 | 3 | 669| 1

 Coal mining.................| 12 | 40 | 1 | 114| -

 Oil and gas extraction......| 13 | 94 | 1 | 371| -

 | | | | |

Construction..................| | 924 | 15 | 6,724| 6

 General building contractors| 15 | 152 | 2 | - | -

 Heavy construction, except | | | | |

 building.................| 16 | 255 | 4 | - | -

 Special trades contractors..| 17 | 517 | 8 | - | -

 | | | | |

Manufacturing.................| | 762 | 12 | 19,444| 16

 Food and kindred products...| 20 | 82 | 1 | 1,760| 1

 Lumber and wood products....| 24 | 204 | 3 | 704| 1

 | | | | |

Transportation and public | | | | |

 utilities..................| | 890 | 14 | 6,867| 6

 Local and interurban | | | | |

 passenger transportation.| 41 | 130 | 2 | 472| -

 Trucking and warehousing....| 42 | 467 | 7 | 2,163| 2

 Transportation by air.......| 45 | 79 | 1 | 724| 1?

__________________________________________________________________

 See footnotes at end of table

Table 4. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

injuries and employment by industry ,1993 - Continued

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 | | |

 | | Fatalities |Employment(2)

 | SIC| |(in thousands)

 Industry |cod-|--------------|---------------

 |e(1)|Number|Percent| Number|Percent
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 | | | | |

 Electric, gas, and sanitary | | | | |

 services.................| 49 | 72 | 1 | 1,597| 1

 | | | | |

Wholesale trade...............| | 250 | 4 | 4,598| 4

 | | | | |

Retail trade..................| | 784 | 13 | 20,070| 17

 Food stores.................| 54 | 223 | 4 | 3,412| 3

 Automotive dealers and | | | | |

 service stations.........| 55 | 138| 2 | 2,041| 2

 Eating and drinking places..| 58 | 199| 3 | 6,036| 5

 | | | | |

Finance, insurance, and real | | | | |

 estate.....................| | 116| 2 | 7,728| 6

 | | | | |

Services......................| | 758| 12 | 31,516| 26

 Business services...........| 73 | 188| 3 | 4,643| 4

 Automotive repair, services,| | | | |

 and parking..............| 75 | 116| 2 | 1,470| 1

 | | | | |

 Government(3).............| | 681| 11 | 20,001| 17

 Federal (including resident | | | | |

 armed forces)............| | 186| 3 | 4,941| 4

 State.......................| | 146| 2 | 4,905| 4

 Local.......................| | 340| 5 | 10,155| 8

 Police protection.........|9221| 87| 1 | - | -

__________________________________________________________________

 1 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.

 2 The employment is an annual average of employed civilians 16

years of age and older, plus resident armed forces, from the BLS

Current Population Survey, 1993.

 3 Includes fatalities to workers employed by governmental

organizations regardless of industry.

 NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not

shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of

rounding. There were 77 fatalities for which there was

insufficient information to determine a specific industry

classification, though a distinction between private and

government was made for each.

 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in

cooperation with state and federal agencies, Census of Fatal

Occupational Injuries, 1993.

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

injuries by location of incident and event or exposure, 1993

__________________________________________________________________

 |

 | Event or exposure(1)

 _____________________________________________
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 | | | |

 | Fatalities | Trans- |Assaults | Contact

 ______________|portation| and | with

 Location | | |incidents| violent | objects

 |Num-| Percent | | acts | and

 | ber| | | |equipment

___________________________________________________________________

 | | | | |

 Total...............|6271| 100 | 40 | 21 | 17

 | | | | |

Street or highway.....|1740| 100 | 85 | 8 | 3

 | | | | |

Industrial place or | | | | |

 premise............|1373| 100 | 15 | 8 | 33

 Industrial place and| | | | |

 premises, | | | | |

 unspecified......| 230| 100 | 5 | 7 | 43

 Dockyard............| 39| 100 | 28 | 8 | 28

 Loading platform, | | | | |

 factory or store.| 73| 100 | 18 | 7 | 40

 Railway yard, | | | | |

 includes railway | | | | |

 line, tracks.....| 85| 100 | 76 | 7 | 4

 Warehouse...........| 75| 100 | 15 | 27 | 24

 Construction site...| 398| 100 | 11 | 3 | 30

 Industrial place or | | | | |

 premises, nec....| 380| 100 | 9 | 13 | 34

 | | | | |

Other specified | | | | |

 place(2)...........|1016| 100 | 42 | 17 | 18

 Parking lot, garage | | | | |

 (employer's | | | | |

 premises)........| 149| 100 | 15 | 50 | 12

 Parking lot, garage | | | | |

 (except | | | | |

 employer's | | | | |

 premises)........| 62| 100 | 11 | 44 | 23

 River...............| 69| 100 | 72 | 4 | 6

 Sea.................| 120| 100 | 72 | - | 3

 | | | | |

Public building(3)....| 964| 100 | 1 | 76 | 4

 Market, grocery or | | | | |

 other commodity..| 244| 100 | - | 95 | -

___________________________________________________________________

 See footnotes at end of table.

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries by location of incident and

event or exposure, 1993 - Continued

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 |

 | Event or exposure(1)

 _____________________________
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 | | |

 | | Exposure|

 | | to |

 Location | | harmful |Fires and

 | Falls | sub- |explosio-

 | | stances | ns

 | | or |

 | | environ-|

 | | ments |

____________________________________________________

 | | |

 Total...............| 10 | 9 | 3

 | | |

Street or highway.....| 1 | 2 | -

 | | |

Industrial place or | | |

 premise............| 21 | 15 | 7

 Industrial place and| | |

 premises, | | |

 unspecified......| 11 | 20 | 12

 Dockyard............| 23 | 10 | -

 Loading platform, | | |

 factory or store.| 16 | 14 | 4

 Railway yard, | | |

 includes railway | | |

 line, tracks.....| 7 | 4 | -

 Warehouse...........| 21 | 12 | -

 Construction site...| 38 | 15 | 2

 Industrial place or | | |

 premises, nec....| 14 | 19 | 11

 | | |

Other specified | | |

 place(2)...........| 8 | 12 | 3

 Parking lot, garage | | |

 (employer's | | |

 premises)........| 7 | 9 | 7

 Parking lot, garage | | |

 (except | | |

 employer's | | |

 premises)........| 6 | 10 | 5

 River...............| - | 14 | -

 Sea.................| 6 | 17 | -

 | | |

Public building(3)....| 9 | 6 | 3

 Market, grocery or | | |

 other commodity..| 3 | 2 | -

____________________________________________________

 See footnotes at end of table.

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational

injuries by location of incident and event or exposure, 1993 -

Continued

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 | Event or exposure(1)

 ____________________________________________

 | | | |

 | Fatalities | | |

 ______________|Trans- | Assaults|Contact

 Location | | |portation| and | with

 | | |incidents| violent | objects

 |Num-| | | acts | and

 | ber| Percent | | |equipment

___________________________________________________________________

 | | | | |

 Office building.....| 125| 100 | - | 72 | 6

 Restaurant, cafe....| 127| 100 | - | 83 | -

 Shop, commercial, | | | | |

 store, (except | | | | |

 grocery).........| 225| 100 | 2 | 78 | 6

 School (State, | | | | |

 public, private).| 40| 100 | - | 28 | 10

 | | | | |

Farm..................| 641| 100 | 47 | 5 | 32

 Farm buildings......| 66| 100 | 6 | 6 | 44

 Farm land under | | | | |

 cultivation, | | | | |

 fields, meadows..| 207| 100 | 66 | 3 | 23

 | | | | |

Private residence(4)..| 231| 100 | 5 | 26 | 13

 Apartment...........| 50| 100 | - | 42 | -

 | | | | |

Mine, quarry..........| 104| 100 | 13 | - | 59

 Mine................| 48| 100 | 8 | - | 73

 | | | | |

Place for recreation | | | | |

 and sport..........| 71| 100 | 23 | 13 | 10

 Recreational and | | | | |

 sports areas, nec| 40| 100 | 28 | 8 | 8

 | | | | |

Residential | | | | |

 institution(5).....| 37| 100 | - | 46 | 22

 | | | | |

Unspecified place.....| 94| 100 | 19 | 19 | 14

___________________________________________________________________

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal

occupational injuries by location of incident and

event or exposure, 1993 - Continued

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 |

 | Event or exposure(1)

 _____________________________

 |

 | | Exposure|
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 | | to |

 Location | | harmful |Fires and

 | Falls | sub- |explosio-

 | | stances | ns

 | | or |

 | | environ-|

 | | ments |

____________________________________________________

 | | |

 Office building.....| 9 | 11 | 2

 Restaurant, cafe....| 4 | 9 | 2

 Shop, commercial, | | |

 store, (except | | |

 grocery).........| 6 | 2 | 6

 School (State, | | |

 public, private).| 32 | 15 | 10

 | | |

Farm..................| 5 | 9 | 1

 Farm buildings......| 23 | 18 | -

 Farm land under | | |

 cultivation, | | |

 fields, meadows..| 2 | 5 | -

 | | |

Private residence(4)..| 28 | 20 | 7

 Apartment...........| 28 | 18 | 8

 | | |

Mine, quarry..........| 8 | 13 | 4

 Mine................| - | 10 | -

 | | |

Place for recreation | | |

 and sport..........| 17 | 37 | -

 Recreational and | | |

 sports areas, nec| 18 | 38 | -

 | | |

Residential | | |

 institution(5).....| 8 | 8 | 11

 | | |

Unspecified place.....| 17 | 18 | 4

____________________________________________________

 1 Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification

System developed by the Bureau of the Census.

 2 Primarily includes outdoor areas such as bodies

of water, woods, noncultivated fields, and parking

lots.

 3 Buildings and adjacent grounds used by the

general public or a particular group, such as

hotels, restaurants, stores, office buildings,

courthouses, and schools.

 4 These fatalities primarily occurred to repair or

maintenance workers or to police while on duty.

 5 Includes children's home, dormitory, hospital,

jail, nursing home, and reform school.
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 NOTE: Totals for major categories may include

 subcategories not shown separately. Percentages

may not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes

indicate data that are not available or 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, 1993.