Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Indiana

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Indiana
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	125	18	62	3	16	7	19

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	93	10	50	3	13	4	13
Self Employed (3)	32	8	12		3	3	6

Gender
Men	119	15	59	3	16	7	19
Women	6	3	3

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years
20 to 24 years	9	1	6				2
25 to 34 years	18	6	5		3		3
35 to 44 years	21		10	1	4	3	2
45 to 54 years	44	8	19		6	3	6
55 to 64 years	19		15				3
65 and over	11		4				3

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	110	16	54		14	6	18
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	4		3
Hispanic or Latino	8		4
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	116	15	59		14	7	19
Goods Producing	50	3	22		7	5	11
Natural resources and mining	17		11				5
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	16		10				5
Mining (7)
Construction	19		8		5
Manufacturing	14		3		2	3	4
Service providing	66	12	37		7		8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	43	5	30		3		4
Wholesale trade	10		6		2
Retail trade	8	3	3
Transportation and warehousing	25		21
Utilities
Information
Financial activities			1
Finance and insurance	1		1
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional and business services	5						1
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	5						1
Education and health services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Leisure and hospitality	8	4	3		1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5		3		1
Accommodation and food services	3	3
Other services	7						3
Government (6)	9	3	3	1
Federal
State	4	1	2		1
Local	5	2	1	1

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	22	4	12		1		4
Management occupations	17	4	8				4
Business and financial operations occupations
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations			2
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations	1				1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2		2
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Service occupations	10	5		1			1
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	5	3		1			1
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3
Personal care and service occupations	2
Sales and office occupations	7	3	3
Sales and related occupations	6	3
Office and administrative support occupations	1		1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	41		15	1	9	4	10
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4		3				1
Construction and extraction occupations	18		7	1	6		3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	19		5		3	3	6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	45	4	30		5	3	3
Production occupations	4
Transportation and material moving occupations	41	3	30		4
Military specific occupations (9)
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.