Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by detailed event or exposure in the United States and the New England States, 2006
Event or Exposure1 United States Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total

 5,703 100 38 100 20 100 66 100 13 100 10 100 14 100

Transportation accidents

 2,413 42 15 39 12 60 16 24 4 31 3 30 6 43

Highway

 1,329 23 7 18 3 15 6 9 — — — — 4 29

Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises)

 342 6 — — — — — — — — — — — —

Water vehicle

 89 2 — — 3 15 — — 3 23 — — — —

Worker struck by a vehicle

 372 7 — — — — — — — — — — — —

Assaults and violent acts

 754 13 10 26 — — 10 15 3 23 — — — —

Homicides

 516 9 — — — — — — — — — — — —

Self-inflicted injuries

 199 3 5 13 — — — — — — — — — —

Contact with objects and equipment

 983 17 6 16 3 15 10 15 3 23 — — 3 21

Struck by object

 583 10 — — — — 7 11 3 23 — — 3 21

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects

 281 5 3 8 — — — — — — — — — —

Falls

 809 14 4 11 — — 16 24 — — 3 30 — —

Fall to lower level

 728 13 4 11 — — 13 20 — — 3 30 — —

Exposure to harmful substances or environment

 525 9 — — — — 13 20 — — — — — —

Contact with electrical current

 247 4 — — — — 5 8 — — — — — —

Fires and explosions

 201 4 — — — — — — — — — — — —

 

1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. Includes other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately.

Note: Totals for 2006 are preliminary. 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.

 

Last Modified Date: November 15, 2007