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Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by State and event or exposure, 2005-2006





Table 5.  Fatal occupational injuries by state and event or exposure, 2005-2006
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                         |                   |                                                           
                         |Total fatalities(1)|                    Event or exposure(4)                   
                         |                   |                            2006                           
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                         |                   |                                                           
                         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         
                         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Exposure|         
     State of injury     |         |         |         |         | Contact |         |    to   |         
                         |         |         |Transpor-| Assaults|   with  |         | harmful |Fires and
                         | 2005(2) | 2006(3) |  tation |   and   | objects |  Falls  |   sub-  |  explo- 
                         |(revised)|         |  inci-  | violent |   and   |         | stances |  sions  
                         |         |         | dents(5)| acts(6) |equipment|         |    or   |         
                         |         |         |         |         |         |         | environ-|         
                         |         |         |         |         |         |         |  ments  |         
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                         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         
Alabama..................|    128  |    100  |     42  |      8  |     26  |     14  |      5  |      5  
Alaska...................|     29  |     44  |     24  |      4  |      8  |    -    |      5  |    -    
Arizona..................|     99  |    108  |     53  |     18  |     10  |     15  |     12  |    -    
Arkansas.................|     80  |     78  |     47  |      5  |      8  |     12  |    -    |      4  
California...............|    465  |    448  |    167  |     61  |     72  |     87  |     45  |     12  
Colorado.................|    125  |    137  |     60  |     30  |     23  |     13  |      7  |      3  
Connecticut..............|     46  |     38  |     15  |     10  |      6  |      4  |    -    |    -    
Delaware.................|     11  |     14  |     13  |    -    |    -    |    -    |    -    |    -    
District of Columbia.....|     12  |      7  |    -    |      3  |    -    |    -    |    -    |    -    
Florida..................|    406  |    355  |    141  |     54  |     36  |     63  |     48  |     11  
Georgia..................|    200  |    192  |     80  |     27  |     31  |     33  |     15  |      4  
Hawaii...................|     15  |     30  |     18  |    -    |      6  |    -    |    -    |    -    
Idaho....................|     35  |     38  |     24  |    -    |      7  |      3  |    -    |    -    
Illinois.................|    194  |    207  |     86  |     36  |     24  |     32  |     27  |    -    
Indiana..................|    157  |    148  |     75  |     15  |     26  |     19  |      7  |      6  
Iowa.....................|     90  |     71  |     38  |      3  |     11  |     11  |      4  |      4  
Kansas...................|     81  |     85  |     43  |      7  |     11  |     12  |      7  |      5  
Kentucky.................|    122  |    147  |     77  |     15  |     27  |     13  |      6  |      9  
Louisiana................|    111  |    118  |     50  |     13  |     21  |     12  |     18  |      4  
Maine....................|     15  |     20  |     12  |    -    |      3  |    -    |    -    |    -    
Maryland.................|     95  |    105  |     39  |     24  |     12  |     21  |      8  |    -    
Massachusetts............|     75  |     66  |     16  |     10  |     10  |     16  |     13  |    -    
Michigan.................|    110  |    155  |     60  |     21  |     30  |     21  |     17  |      4  
Minnesota................|     87  |     78  |     29  |      5  |     27  |      9  |      5  |    -    
Mississippi..............|    112  |     96  |     45  |      8  |     20  |      9  |     10  |    -    
Missouri.................|    185  |    166  |     76  |     27  |     21  |     23  |     17  |    -    
Montana..................|     50  |     45  |     30  |      3  |      4  |      4  |      4  |    -    
Nebraska.................|     36  |     57  |     17  |      6  |     19  |      7  |      5  |      3  
Nevada...................|     57  |     49  |     16  |      8  |      7  |     10  |      8  |    -    
New Hampshire............|     18  |     13  |      4  |      3  |      3  |    -    |    -    |    -    
New Jersey...............|    112  |     88  |     39  |     18  |      9  |     13  |      3  |      6  
New Mexico...............|     44  |     59  |     29  |      3  |     13  |      9  |      5  |    -    
New York (including      |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         
 N.Y.C.).................|    239  |    233  |     71  |     37  |     43  |     46  |     24  |     12  
  New York City..........|     88  |     99  |     14  |     21  |     14  |     34  |     10  |      6  
North Carolina...........|    165  |    167  |     66  |     22  |     30  |     25  |     16  |      8  
North Dakota.............|     22  |     31  |     16  |    -    |      8  |      5  |    -    |    -    
Ohio.....................|    168  |    193  |     65  |     22  |     54  |     22  |     22  |      7  
Oklahoma.................|     95  |     91  |     59  |    -    |     15  |      8  |      4  |      3  
Oregon...................|     65  |     72  |     46  |      4  |     13  |      6  |    -    |    -    
Pennsylvania.............|    224  |    240  |     89  |     40  |     44  |     37  |     22  |      8  
Rhode Island.............|      6  |     10  |      3  |    -    |    -    |      3  |    -    |    -    
South Carolina...........|    132  |     93  |     34  |     19  |      9  |     19  |     10  |    -    
South Dakota.............|     31  |     37  |     19  |      4  |     10  |    -    |    -    |    -    
Tennessee................|    139  |    153  |     59  |     37  |     29  |     14  |      9  |      5  
Texas....................|    495  |    486  |    200  |     59  |     87  |     60  |     54  |     23  
Utah.....................|     54  |     60  |     30  |      6  |      9  |      7  |      7  |    -    
Vermont..................|      7  |     14  |      6  |    -    |      3  |    -    |    -    |    -    
Virginia.................|    186  |    164  |     60  |     32  |     38  |     18  |     15  |    -    
Washington...............|     85  |     87  |     40  |      4  |     13  |     19  |     10  |    -    
West Virginia............|     46  |     79  |     26  |      3  |     14  |      7  |      7  |     22  
Wisconsin................|    125  |     91  |     33  |     11  |     24  |     15  |      4  |    -    
Wyoming..................|     46  |     36  |     23  |    -    |      7  |    -    |    -    |      3  
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  1 State totals include other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown
separately.
  2 The BLS news release issued August 10, 2006, reported a total of 5,702 fatal work injuries for
calendar year 2005.  Since then, an additional 32 job-related fatalities were identified, bringing the
total job-related fatality count for 2005 to 5,734.  Includes 1 fatality that occurred within the
territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of incident could not be determined.
  3 Includes 4 fatalities that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a
State of incident could not be determined.
  4 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.
  5 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, rail fatalities, and fatalities resulting from being struck
by a vehicle.
  6 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injuries, and attacks by animals.
NOTE:  Totals for 2006 are preliminary.  Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet
publication criteria. 
  SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State, New York
City, District of Columbia, and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

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Last Modified Date: August 09, 2007

 

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