Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in New York (except N.Y.C)

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, New York (except N.Y.C.)
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	134	24	55	1	25	8	21

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	95	16	36		21	6	15
Self Employed (3)	39	8	19		4		6

Gender
Men	122	21	47	1	24	8	21
Women	12	3	8

Age
Under 16 years
16 to 17 years	1	1
18 to 19 years	3		2			1
20 to 24 years	10	2	4			1
25 to 34 years	11		5
35 to 44 years	24	7	8		4		5
45 to 54 years	44	9	16		10		7
55 to 64 years	26		11	1	5	4	4
65 and over	15		9		3		1

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	108	18	51	1	15	7	16
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	10	3			4
Hispanic or Latino	13	3			6		3
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)	3		1

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	113	18	46		23	6	20
Goods Producing	42		17		11	3	11
Natural resources and mining	19		11		3		3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	17		10		2		3
Mining (7)	2		1		1
Construction	14		4		6		3
Manufacturing	9						5
Service providing	71	18	29		12	3	9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	31	6	17		4		3
Wholesale trade	3
Retail trade	8	4	4
Transportation and warehousing	19		12
Utilities	1
Information
Financial activities
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
Professional and business services	19	3	6		6		4
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	17		6		6		4
Education and health services
Educational services
Health care and social assistance
Leisure and hospitality	8	3	3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4		3
Accommodation and food services	4	3				1
Other services	8	3	2
Government (6)	21	6	9	1	2
Federal	4					1
State	8	1	5		1
Local	9	4	2	1	1

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	24	8	11
Management occupations	14	5	5
Business and financial operations occupations			1
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations			1
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations	1		1
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2		2
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	1	1
Service occupations	32	8	11		7		3
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations	11	5	4		1
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	17	3	5		5		3
Personal care and service occupations	3		1		1	1
Sales and office occupations	9	4	4
Sales and related occupations	6	4
Office and administrative support occupations	3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	35		13		12		7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	12		6				3
Construction and extraction occupations	16		4		8	1	3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	7		3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	32	3	15		3		9
Production occupations	8						5
Transportation and material moving occupations	24	3	14				4
Military specific occupations (9)						1
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.