Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Fatal occupational injuries in Texas

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Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, by major events or exposures, Texas
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	433	70	168	18	67	43	66

Employee Status
Wage and Salary (2)	357	45	148	16	55	33	59
Self Employed (3)	76	25	20		12	10	7

Gender
Men	401	62	158	17	58	41	64
Women	32	8	10	1	9	2	2

Age
Under 16 years	1	1
16 to 17 years
18 to 19 years	7		5				2
20 to 24 years	31	5	11		3	3	7
25 to 34 years	90	15	32	3	11	16	13
35 to 44 years	89	14	36	6	8	10	15
45 to 54 years	94	20	37	5	12	9	11
55 to 64 years	77	10	31		18	5	11
65 and over	44	5	16		15		7

Race or ethnic origin (4)
White (non-Hispanic)	217	34	85	12	31	24	31
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	34	8	15		3	4	4
Hispanic or Latino	171	23	64	6	33	15	29
American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)
Asian (non-Hispanic)	9	5	4
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)
Multiple races (non-Hispanic)	1						1
Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic)

Industry (NAICS) (5)
Private industry (6)	401	61	154	15	63	42	65
Goods Producing	174	12	58	11	36	19	37
Natural resources and mining	63	3	26	4	8		19
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	22	1	12	1	3		4
Mining (7)	41	2	14	3	5		15
Construction	83	6	22	3	22	15	15
Manufacturing	28	3	10	4	6		3
Service providing	227	49	96	4	27	23	28
Trade, transportation, and utilities	119	19	69	2	4	9	16
Wholesale trade	17	3	5	1			5
Retail trade	25	14	6		3	1	1
Transportation and warehousing	75	2	58	1		4	10
Utilities
Information
Financial activities	8	3	1			1	1
Finance and insurance		1
Real estate and rental and leasing	6	2	1			1	1
Professional and business services	45	8	15		11	6	4
Professional, scientific, and technical services	6	2
Management of companies and enterprises
Administrative and waste services	39	6	13		11	5	4
Education and health services	14	4		1	4	3	1
Educational services							1
Health care and social assistance	12	4		1	4	2
Leisure and hospitality	23	6	6		4	4	3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	8		3			1
Accommodation and food services	15	5	3		3	3
Other services	16	9	3
Government (6)	32	9	14	3	4
Federal	7			1
State	3		1
Local	22	6	11		3

Occupation (SOC) (8)
Management, professional, and related occupations	42	13	13		7	4	3
Management occupations	19	6	5	1	5		2
Business and financial operations occupations	5	2
Computer and mathematical occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations		1
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1					1
Community and social services occupations	1	1
Legal occupations	1
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	5		3				1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	7	2				2
Service occupations	66	22	15	4	16	5	4
Healthcare support occupations				1
Protective service occupations	29	15	9	3
Food preparation and serving related occupations	3
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	26	1	6		12	3	4
Personal care and service occupations	6	4				1
Sales and office occupations	32	17	6		5	3	1
Sales and related occupations	26	15	5		2	3	1
Office and administrative support occupations	6				3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	150	7	43	7	33	20	39
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	15	2	8	1			2
Construction and extraction occupations	105	3	27	4	29	14	28
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	30	2	8		3	6	9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	140	10	91	5	5	10	19
Production occupations	19	4	3	5	1	3	3
Transportation and material moving occupations	121	6	88		4	7	16
Military specific occupations (9)	3	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.