CF TB 8/23/95 NR SUPP TBL5 OCC X CONTACT Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries due to contact with objects and equipment by occupation, 1995 Contact with objects and equipment(2) (percent) Total fataliti- Caught in Caught in Occupation(1) es or com- or (number) Struck by pressed crushed Total object by e- in col- quipment lapsing or ob- materials jects Total............... 6,210 14.7 8.8 4.1 1.6 Managerial and professional specialty.......... 699 5.3 3.1 1.6 - Executive, administrative, and managerial... 467 6.2 3.2 2.1 - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......... 244 10.2 5.7 3.7 - Professional specialty........ 232 3.4 3.0 - - Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes... 50 8.0 8.0 - - Technical, sales, and administrative support............ 815 3.3 1.8 .7 .6 Technicians and related support occupations...... 189 2.1 - - - Sales occupations... 492 3.7 2.0 - .8 Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations.... 212 5.2 3.3 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical......... 134 3.7 - - - Service occupations... 533 2.8 .9 1.3 - Service occupations, except protective and household.... 214 6.1 1.9 3.3 - Cleaning and building service occupations, except household...... 75 10.7 - 5.3 - Janitors and cleaners..... 66 12.1 - 6.1 - Farming, forestry, and fishing............ 864 29.1 19.7 7.9 1.3 Farming operators and managers..... 332 24.4 11.1 11.1 1.8 Farmers, except horticultural.. 244 23.4 9.0 11.9 2.0 Horticultural specialty farmers........ 15 33.3 - - - Managers, farms, except horticultural.. 73 26.0 17.8 6.8 - Other agricultural and related occupations...... 359 21.7 12.8 7.5 1.4 Farm occupations, except managerial..... 268 22.4 11.2 9.3 1.9 Supervisors, farm workers. 18 27.8 - - - Farm workers.... 244 22.5 11.1 9.4 2.0 Related agricultural occupations.... 91 19.8 17.6 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm.. 77 19.5 18.2 - - Forestry and logging occupations...... 116 75.9 74.1 - - Supervisors, forestry, and logging workers 12 50.0 50.0 - - Timber cutting and logging occupations.... 98 82.7 80.6 - - Fishers, hunters, and trappers..... 57 7.0 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair.. 1,041 17.4 9.4 4.6 2.9 Mechanics and repairers........ 265 23.8 13.6 9.1 - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers...... 25 16.0 - 16.0 - Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors.... 240 24.6 15.0 8.3 - Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers.... 114 27.2 18.4 7.9 - Automobile mechanics and aprentices. 47 27.7 19.1 8.5 - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.. 21 28.6 23.8 - - Heavy equipment mechanics.. 24 29.2 - 16.7 - Industrial machinery repairers.... 16 50.0 25.0 - - Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.... 56 28.6 16.1 10.7 - Millwrights... 11 36.4 - - - Construction trades. 607 11.2 5.9 2.0 3.1 Supervisors, construction occupations.... 88 15.9 5.7 5.7 4.5 Supervisors, n.e.c........ 73 16.4 6.8 6.8 - Construction trades, except supervisors.... 519 10.4 6.0 1.3 2.9 Brickmasons, stonemasons, and apprentices.. 23 26.1 17.4 - - Carpenters and apprentices.. 96 20.8 13.5 - 6.2 Electricians and apprentices.. 117 4.3 - - - Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices.. 33 18.2 - - - Structural metal workers...... 38 10.5 10.5 - - Extractive occupations...... 67 50.7 29.9 7.5 11.9 Drillers, oil wells.......... 17 52.9 41.2 - - Mining machine operators...... 28 60.7 21.4 - 25.0 Precision production occupations...... 102 15.7 5.9 6.9 - Precision metal working occupations.... 26 26.9 15.4 - - Plant and system operators...... 25 16.0 - - - Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 2,051 18.7 10.8 5.4 2.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 238 38.7 19.3 16.4 2.5 Metal working and plastic working machine operators...... 12 41.7 - - - Metal and plastic processing machine operators...... 10 50.0 - 40.0 - Woodworking machine operators...... 10 90.0 60.0 - - Sawing machine operators.... 7 85.7 57.1 - - Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators...... 13 46.2 - 38.5 - Machine operators, assorted materials...... 92 43.5 16.3 21.7 5.4 Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations.... 87 28.7 21.8 5.7 - Welders and cutters...... 72 25.0 18.1 5.6 - Assemblers...... 10 70.0 60.0 - - Transportation and material moving occupations...... 1,148 10.2 6.4 2.6 1.1 Motor vehicle operators...... 918 6.1 4.5 1.3 - Truck drivers... 749 6.9 4.9 1.6 - Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles....... 63 12.7 7.9 - - Water transportati- on occupations.. 38 15.8 10.5 - - Sailors and deckhands.. 30 16.7 13.3 - - Material moving equipment operators...... 167 31.7 16.2 9.0 6.0 Operating engineers.... 44 29.5 15.9 - - Hoist and winch operators.... 12 33.3 - - - Crane and tower operators.... 15 33.3 26.7 - - Excavating and loading machine operators.... 16 68.8 - 31.2 31.2 Grader, dozer, and scraper operators.... 23 17.4 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators.... 33 30.3 24.2 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers......... 665 26.2 15.3 6.2 4.5 Construction laborers....... 309 26.5 15.9 2.3 8.4 Freight, stock, and material handlers....... 75 26.7 14.7 10.7 - Garbage collectors... 29 17.2 - - - Machine feeders and offbearers... 5 80.0 - - - Garage and service station related occupations.... 28 17.9 14.3 - - Laborers, except construction... 212 27.8 15.6 10.4 - 1 Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification System developed by the Bureau of the Census. 2 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. 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.