Table 6. Percentage distribution of fatal occupational injuries to groundskeepers and all workers, 1992-2002

Table 6. Percentage distribution of fatal occupational injuries to groundskeepers and all workers, 1992-2002
Characteristics	Groundskeepers	All workers
Total	1,117	67,373
Percentage	100	100
Employee Status
Wage and salary workers(1)	80	80
Self-employed(2)	20	20
Sex
Men	98	92
Women	2	8
Age
16 to 17 years	2	1
18 to 19 years	3	2
20 to 24 years	13	8
25 to 34 years	25	21
35 to 44 years	23	25
45 to 54 years	15	21
55 to 64 years	11	13
65 and over	8	8
Race or ethnic origin(3)
White	59	73
Black or African American	10	10
Hispanic or Latino	27	11
Event or Exposure
Transportation incidents	30	42
Highway	10	22
Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment	5	11
Noncollision	3	6
Jack-knifed or overturned, no collision	2	5
Nonhighway	12	6
Noncollision accident	11	5
Overturned	7	3
Worker struck by vehicle or mobile equipment	8	6
Assaults and violent acts	5	18
Contact with objects or equipment	24	16
Struck by object	19	9
Struck by falling object	14	6
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	4	5
Falls	21	11
Fall to lower level	21	10
Fall from ladder	3	2
Fall to lower level, nec(4)	14	2
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	20	9
Contact with electric current	12	5
Contact with overhead power lines	10	2
Oxygen deficiency	5	2
Drowning, submersion	5	1
Industry
Private industry	92	90
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	73	13
Agricultural services	72	3
Landscape and horticultural services	72	2
Landscape counseling and planning	4	<1
Lawn and garden services	24	1
Ornamental shrub and tree services	37	1
Finance, insurance, and real estate	4	2
Real estate	4	1
Services	11	12
Amusement and recreation services	5	1
Miscellaneous amusement, recreation services	5	1
Public golf courses	2	<1
Membership sports and recreation clubs	3	<1
Government(5)	8	10
Local government	7	5
Footnotes: (1) May include volunteers and other workers receiving compensation. (2) Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of partnerships. (3) In this study, the racial categories "White" and "Black or African American" do not include persons from the ethnic category "Hispanic or Latino." Hispanic or Latino persons may identify themselves racially as white, black, or another race category. (4) n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. (5) Includes fatalities to workers employed in governmental organizations, regardless of industry.
NOTE: Fatality totals for 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), in cooperation with State, New York City, District of Columbia, and Federal agencies.