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

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

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

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

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

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Ag/For/Fish
Ag Production	103	28.1
Ag Services	22	13.7
Forestry & Fisheries	20	81.7
Mining
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining	28	21.5
Oil and Gas Extraction	39	18.3
Construction	235	15.5
Manufacturing
Food & Kindred Prod	13	4.1
Textile Mill Prod	---	---
Apparel & Other Textile Pr	---	---
Paper & Allied Products	---	---
Printing/Publishing/Allied	3	0.8
Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber	9	4.9
Lumber & Wood	16	19.6
Furniture	3	5.7
Stone/Clay/Concrete	5	5.1
Primary Metals	8	16.6
Fabricated Metals	3	1.7
Mach, Ex Elect	14	2.7
Elect Mach, Equip Supplies	6	2.1
Motor Vehicles Equip	4	13.4
Aircraft & Parts	3	13.5
Other Transport Equip	4	1.8
Prof & Photo Equip/Watches	4	2.2
Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods	---	---
Misc & NEC Industries	8	8.8
Trans/Comm/PU
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage	111	33.9
Other Transportation	81	13.2
Telephone Communications	5	1.3
Other Communications	5	4.2
Electric Light and Power	14	13.1
Other Utility/Sanitary Service	31	14.8
Wholesale Trade	37	4.2

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Retail Trade
Food Stores	10	1.8
Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer	16	4.3
Apparel & Accessory Stores	4	2.1
Eating & Drinking Places	21	1.7
Other Retail Trade	26	1.8
Finance/Insur/RE
Banking and Other Finance	6	0.9
Insurance and Real Estate	11	1.1
Services
Business Services	24	2.1
Automobile and Repair Services	37	9.1
Private Household Services	---	---
Pers Serv Exc Priv Household	15	2.3
Entertainment & Rec Services	24	6.4
Hospitals	6	0.8
Health Services, Exc Hosp	11	1.4
Educational Services	22	1.4
Other Professional Services	16	1.0
Public Admin
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety	38	12.9
Admin of Hum Res Programs	---	---
National Sec/Internal Affairs	7	5.5
Other Pub Admin	16	3.1
Not Classified	49	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖRates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^ЗRates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

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

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Exec/Adm/Mgr
Officials & Administrators, Public Admin	---	---
Other Executive, Admin & Managerial	68	3.0
Management Related Occupations	9	1.1
Prof/Spec
Engineers	18	3.4
Mathematical and Computer Scientists	---	---
Natural Scientists	13	8.4
Health Diagnosing Occupations	4	2.3
Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations	5	1.3
Teachers, College and University	---	---
Teachers, Except College and University	20	2.8
Lawyers and Judges	---	---
Other Professional Specialty Occupations	22	2.6
Tech/Support
Health Technologists and Technicians	---	---
Engineering and Science Technicians	12	4.3
Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science	49	13.9
Sales
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations	27	3.8
Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services	9	1.6
Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail	8	2.4
Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services	23	1.9
Sales Related Occupations	---	---
Clerical
Supervisors, Administrative Support	---	---
Computer Equipment Operators	---	---
Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists	---	---
Financial Records Processing	---	---
Mail and Message Distribution	---	---
Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical	16	0.9

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Service
Private Household Service Occupations	---	---
Protective Service	56	18.3
Food Service	10	0.9
Health Service	5	1.7
Cleaning and Building Service	20	3.9
Personal Service	9	1.8
Farm/For/Fish
Farm Operators and Managers	69	34.9
Farm Workers and Related Occupations	43	12.8
Forestry and Fishing Occupations	19	---
Crafts
Mechanics and Repairers	61	7.9
Construction Trades	116	12.3
Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair	68	11.1
Mach Operators
Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision	22	4.4
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers	20	5.8
Transport
Motor Vehicle Operators	166	26.6
Other Transport and Material Moving Occ	52	33.3
Laborers
Construction Laborers	68	48.1
Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers	9	3.2
Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer	29	8.1
Other or Not Classified	43	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖRates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^ЗRates 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	132	9.4
1981	144	10.0
1982	157	10.8
1983	71	4.6
1984	127	7.8
1985	124	7.7
1986	108	6.9
1987	89	5.7
1988	74	4.6
1989	73	4.6
1990	74	4.4
1991	98	5.8
1992	91	5.3
1993	87	4.8
1994	93	4.8
1995	89	4.4
Total	1,631	6.2

DEMOGRAPHICS	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1980-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Sex
Male	1,510	10.6	713	14.0	380	8.9	417	8.5
Female	121	1.0	42	1.1	38	1.0	41	1.0
Race
White	1,568	6.4	736	8.5	396	5.3	436	5.2
Black	46	4.9	13	4.6	16	5.1	17	4.8
Other	15	2.0	6	3.9	5	2.4	4	1.0
Age Group
16-17	19	3.1	11	4.5	---	---	---	---
18-19	38	4.4	21	6.0	13	5.1	4	1.6
20-24	185	6.2	108	9.0	37	4.6	40	4.1
25-34	495	6.2	255	8.7	139	5.5	101	4.0
35-44	368	5.5	147	7.3	92	4.3	129	5.0
45-54	253	6.2	105	8.1	68	5.8	80	4.9
55-64	170	7.5	64	7.9	47	6.6	59	8.1
65+	102	16.7	44	20.2	19	10.4	39	18.7
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖNumbers not reported for "unknown" categories. ^ЗNumbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements. ^зRates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

CAUSE OF DEATH	NUMBER OF DEATHS	RATE PER 100,000
Motor Vehicle	477	1.8
Machine	165	0.6
Air Transport	144	0.6
Homicide	144	0.6
Fall	132	0.5
Electrocution	91	0.3
Struck by Falling Object	78	0.3
Explosion	47	0.2
Fire	47	0.2
Suffocation	47	0.2
Nature/Environment	46	0.2
Poisoning	46	0.2
Suicide	45	0.2
Flying Object/Caught In	33	0.1
Rail Transport	21	0.1
Drowning	17	0.1
Water Transport	6	< 0.1
Other	31	0.1
Unknown/Undetermined	14	---
^*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	145	26.3	33	19.9	35	19.2	77	37.8
Mining	67	19.5	18	13.1	26	21.3	23	27.4
Construction	235	15.5	71	17.8	85	16.6	79	13.0
Manufacturing	107	3.8	33	5.4	36	3.5	38	3.3
Trans/Comm/PU	247	13.9	81	22.1	80	12.3	86	11.3
Wholesale Trade	37	4.2	14	6.6	12	3.5	11	3.5
Retail Trade	77	2.0	13	1.6	31	2.2	33	2.1
Finance/Insur/RE	17	1.0	---	---	---	---	8	1.2
Services	156	2.1	32	2.2	64	2.3	60	1.8
Public Admin	61	6.0	11	5.0	24	6.2	26	6.5
Not Classified	49	---	14	---	18	---	17	---

Occupation Division
Exec/Adm/Mgr	78	2.5	18	2.7	29	2.5	31	2.3
Prof/Spec	86	2.6	18	2.7	32	2.7	36	2.4
Tech/Support	61	7.3	12	6.8	23	7.6	26	7.2
Sales	67	2.3	12	2.0	24	2.2	31	2.6
Clerical	21	0.6	8	1.0	8	0.6	5	0.4
Service	100	3.5	17	2.9	46	4.3	37	3.1
Farm/For/Fish	131	23.9	30	18.4	32	16.9	69	35.4
Crafts	245	10.5	72	12.2	79	9.6	94	10.2
Mach Operators	42	5.0	16	8.9	12	3.8	14	4.0
Transport	218	27.9	75	42.8	72	25.7	71	21.9
Laborers	106	13.6	33	20.2	44	15.5	29	8.8
Not Classified	43	---	11	---	17	---	15	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖNumbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements. ^ЗRates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^зRates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.