Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in California

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, California
Selected characteristics	2011
	Total	Event or exposure (1)
	Total	Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	Transpor- tation incidents	Fires and explosions	Falls, slips, trips	Exposure to harmful substances or environments	Contact with objects and equipment
Total	390	90	131	10	63	45	49

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	319	62	117	10	50	36	42
Self Employed (3)	71	28	14		13	9	7

Gender
Men	359	74	126	9	59	42	47
Women	31	16	5		4	3

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years	5		3
20 to 24 years	21		11				3
25 to 34 years	68	15	28		7	10	8
35 to 44 years	76	21	28		11	8	8
45 to 54 years	106	29	33	6	13	8	17
55 to 64 years	75	17	16		19	11	9
65 and over	38	4	12		11	5	4

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	188	42	80	5	27	14	19
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	15	5	5			4
Hispanic or Latino	154	27	38	3	36	22	27
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	32	16	8			5
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	336	76	107	5	58	42	47
Goods Producing	135	14	38	3	33	19	28
Natural resources and mining	44	3	16		6	7	11
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	40	3	15		5	7	9
Mining (7)	4
Construction	56		16		24	6	8
Manufacturing	35	9	6		3	6	9
Service providing	201	62	69		25	23	19
Trade, transportation, and utilities	98	25	47		5	9	11
Wholesale trade	9		3				4
Retail trade	31	16	8
Transportation and warehousing	50	5	32		3	5	5
Utilities	8	3	4
Information	8	4			3
Financial activities	5
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing	4
Professional and business services	33	7	9		9	5	3
Professional, scientific, and technical services	7		4
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	26	5	5		8	5	3
Education and health services	14	4	6
Educational services	5		4
Health care and social assistance	9	3
Leisure and hospitality	15	9			4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3
Accommodation and food services	12	9			3
Other services	28	12	4		3	4	4
Government (6)	54	14	24	5	5	3
Federal	20	5	12
State	8		5
Local	25	9	6	5	3

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	56	21	15		10	4	4
Management occupations	24	12	5		3
Business and financial operations occupations
Computer and mathematical occupations	1	1
Architecture and engineering occupations	5		3
Life, physical, and social science occupations	4
Community and social services occupations	1
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations	6	3
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	8				4
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4
Service occupations	66	21	15	3	15	8	3
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	23	8	10		3
Food preparation and serving related occupations	5	3
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	27	4	4		10	5	3
Personal care and service occupations	9	6
Sales and office occupations	31	19	5			3
Sales and related occupations	24	14	3			3
Office and administrative support occupations	7	5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	113	11	32	3	27	18	22
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	31	3	11		3	6	7
Construction and extraction occupations	60	5	16		23	6	9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	22	3	5			6	6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	103	13	51		9	10	18
Production occupations	18	3	4			4	3
Transportation and material moving occupations	85	10	47		7	6	15
Military specific occupations (9)	20	5	12
Footnotes (1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward. (2) May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation. (3) Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, members of partnerships, and may include owners of incorporated businesses. (4) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The individual racial categories shown exclude data for Hispanic and Latino workers. (5) Industry data from 2003 to 2008 are classified using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System. Industry data from 2009 to the present are classified using the North American Industry Classification System, 2007. (6) Includes all fatal occupational injuries meeting this ownership criterion across all specified years, regardless of industry classification system. (7) Includes fatal injuries at all establishments categorized as Mining (Sector 21) in the North American Industry Classification System, including establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. (8) Occupation data from 2003 to 2010 are based on the Standard Occupational Classification system, 2000. Occupation data from 2011 to the present are based on the Standard Occupational Classification system, 2010. (9) Includes fatal injuries to persons identified as resident armed forces regardless of individual occupation listed.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. 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.