NIOSH/Document/Fatal Injuries to Civilian Workers in the United States, 1980-1995 (National and State Profiles)

Table CA-1. Number and Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Year, California, 1980-1995.

Table CA-2. Number^* and Rate (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Sex, Race, and Age Group, California, 1980-1995.

Table CA-3. Number and Average Annual Rate^* (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Cause of Death, California, 1980-1995.

Table CA-4. Number and Rate^* (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Industry and Occupation Division, California, 1983-1995.

Table CA-5. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^�� (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic
Occupational Fatalities by Detailed Industry Groupings, California, 1983-1995.

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Ag/For/Fish
Ag Production	462	15.2
Ag Services	192	8.0
Forestry & Fisheries	58	27.7
Mining
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining	21	13.4
Oil and Gas Extraction	91	27.7
Construction	1,181	11.3
Manufacturing
Food & Kindred Prod	111	4.4
Textile Mill Prod	7	3.0
Apparel & Other Textile Pr	16	0.8
Paper & Allied Products	22	4.3
Printing/Publishing/Allied	50	1.9
Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber	90	3.8
Lumber & Wood	179	27.0
Furniture	33	3.7
Stone/Clay/Concrete	33	4.6
Primary Metals	45	9.4
Fabricated Metals	48	3.0
Mach, Ex Elect	58	1.6
Elect Mach, Equip Supplies	62	1.4
Motor Vehicles Equip	10	1.7
Aircraft & Parts	33	1.9
Other Transport Equip	64	2.3
Prof & Photo Equip/Watches	9	0.7
Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods	---	---
Misc & NEC Industries	91	12.6
Trans/Comm/PU
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage	734	27.6
Other Transportation	359	8.1
Telephone Communications	26	1.6
Other Communications	42	6.3
Electric Light and Power	29	7.6
Other Utility/Sanitary Service	118	8.1
Wholesale Trade	223	3.1

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Retail Trade
Food Stores	235	5.6
Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer	116	4.0
Apparel & Accessory Stores	18	1.2
Eating & Drinking Places	229	2.6
Other Retail Trade	318	3.0
Finance/Insur/RE
Banking and Other Finance	49	0.9
Insurance and Real Estate	121	1.7
Services
Business Services	355	4.0
Automobile and Repair Services	282	7.9
Private Household Services	27	1.3
Pers Serv Exc Priv Household	117	2.3
Entertainment & Rec Services	118	3.3
Hospitals	51	0.9
Health Services, Exc Hosp	55	0.9
Educational Services	81	0.7
Other Professional Services	143	1.3
Public Admin
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety	213	7.4
Admin of Hum Res Programs	---	---
National Sec/Internal Affairs	65	4.7
Other Pub Admin	129	5.0
Not Classified	285	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^�Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^�Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

Table CA-6. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^�� (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Detailed Occupation Groupings, California, 1983-1995.

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Exec/Adm/Mgr
Officials & Administrators, Public Admin	11	1.6
Other Executive, Admin & Managerial	519	3.0
Management Related Occupations	71	1.1
Prof/Spec
Engineers	122	3.1
Mathematical and Computer Scientists	14	1.0
Natural Scientists	24	3.4
Health Diagnosing Occupations	43	3.2
Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations	27	0.9
Teachers, College and University	10	1.1
Teachers, Except College and University	46	0.9
Lawyers and Judges	25	1.9
Other Professional Specialty Occupations	123	1.9
Tech/Support
Health Technologists and Technicians	11	0.7
Engineering and Science Technicians	66	3.7
Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science	163	8.2
Sales
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations	376	6.9
Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services	71	1.8
Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail	31	1.3
Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services	202	2.3
Sales Related Occupations	---	---
Clerical
Supervisors, Administrative Support	13	1.1
Computer Equipment Operators	4	0.4
Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists	20	0.3
Financial Records Processing	9	0.2
Mail and Message Distribution	38	2.8
Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical	124	0.9

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Service
Private Household Service Occupations	17	1.0
Protective Service	381	12.8
Food Service	100	1.3
Health Service	10	0.5
Cleaning and Building Service	161	4.1
Personal Service	59	1.7
Farm/For/Fish
Farm Operators and Managers	135	16.5
Farm Workers and Related Occupations	471	10.2
Forestry and Fishing Occupations	144	122.7
Crafts
Mechanics and Repairers	408	6.8
Construction Trades	722	10.2
Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair	290	4.8
Mach Operators
Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision	187	2.9
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers	113	3.1
Transport
Motor Vehicle Operators	1044	22.0
Other Transport and Material Moving Occ	242	19.6
Laborers
Construction Laborers	263	23.9
Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers	108	5.2
Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer	224	7.6
Other or Not Classified	263	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^�Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^�Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

YEAR OF DEATH	NUMBER OF DEATHS	RATE PER 100,000
1980	797	7.4
1981	735	6.8
1982	631	5.8
1983	599	5.4
1984	677	5.8
1985	632	5.3
1986	621	5.0
1987	635	4.9
1988	589	4.4
1989	556	4.1
1990	476	3.3
1991	571	4.1
1992	528	3.8
1993	548	3.9
1994	495	3.5
1995	580	4.1
Total	9,670	4.7

DEMOGRAPHICS	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1980-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Sex
Male	8,881	7.7	3,762	9.9	2,634	7.0	2,485	6.3
Female	788	0.9	309	1.1	243	0.8	236	0.8
Race
White	8,281	4.8	3,518	6.1	2,481	4.4	2,282	3.9
Black	635	5.3	285	6.5	179	4.7	171	4.6
Other	715	3.7	262	5.0	198	3.2	255	3.2
Age Group
16-17	87	2.4	45	3.1	27	2.2	15	1.6
18-19	283	4.0	139	5.2	81	3.5	63	3.0
20-24	1,022	4.0	494	5.3	305	3.7	223	2.9
25-34	2,695	4.4	1,149	5.6	821	4.0	725	3.6
35-44	2,215	4.4	834	5.7	673	4.0	708	3.7
45-54	1,646	5.0	673	6.6	460	4.5	513	4.1
55-64	1,194	6.5	542	8.0	333	5.8	319	5.4
65+	515	10.3	188	11.9	171	10.4	156	8.8
^*Numbers not reported for "unknown" categories.

CAUSE OF DEATH	NUMBER OF DEATHS	RATE PER 100,000
Motor Vehicle	2,720	1.3
Homicide	2,156	1.1
Machine	838	0.4
Fall	748	0.4
Electrocution	461	0.2
Suicide	450	0.2
Air Transport	447	0.2
Struck by Falling Object	317	0.2
Flying Object/Caught In	166	0.1
Explosion	165	0.1
Nature/Environment	165	0.1
Poisoning	161	0.1
Drowning	142	0.1
Fire	131	0.1
Water Transport	120	0.1
Suffocation	116	0.1
Rail Transport	48	< 0.1
Other	273	0.1
Unknown/Undetermined	46	---
^*Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

INDUSTRY/ OCCUPATION DIVISION	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1983-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Industry Division
Ag/For/Fish	712	12.6	195	19.0	290	13.3	227	9.2
Mining	112	23.1	42	30.1	48	25.4	22	14.0
Construction	1,181	11.3	293	14.5	503	11.4	385	9.5
Manufacturing	963	3.2	261	3.9	385	3.2	317	2.8
Trans/Comm/PU	1,308	11.6	346	14.8	522	12.6	440	9.3
Wholesale Trade	223	3.1	51	3.5	81	3.0	91	3.0
Retail Trade	916	3.2	200	3.5	303	2.8	413	3.5
Finance/Insur/RE	170	1.4	37	1.5	52	1.0	81	1.6
Services	1,229	2.1	275	2.5	447	2.0	507	2.0
Public Admin	412	5.5	122	8.2	145	5.0	145	4.6
Not Classified	281	---	86	---	101	---	94	---

Occupation Division
Exec/Adm/Mgr	601	2.5	134	2.9	224	2.4	243	2.4
Prof/Spec	434	1.8	99	2.1	163	1.8	172	1.7
Tech/Support	240	4.4	50	4.4	90	4.2	100	4.6
Sales	682	3.3	160	3.8	200	2.5	322	3.8
Clerical	208	0.7	55	0.9	87	0.8	66	0.6
Service	728	3.3	180	4.1	270	3.2	278	3.0
Farm/For/Fish	750	13.5	206	19.9	303	14.5	241	9.9
Crafts	1,420	7.4	370	9.0	548	7.2	502	6.8
Mach Operators	300	3.0	84	4.1	119	2.9	97	2.5
Transport	1,286	21.5	346	30.2	520	23.2	420	16.2
Laborers	595	9.7	150	12.5	245	10.2	200	7.9
Not Classified	263	---	74	---	108	---	81	---
^*Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.