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

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

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

Table DC-3. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^†‡ (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Cause of Death, District of Columbia, 1980-1995.

Table DC-4. Number^*† and Rate^†‡^§ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Industry and Occupation Division, District of Columbia, 1983-1995.

Table DC-5. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^†‡ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic
Occupational Fatalities by Detailed Industry Groupings, District of Columbia, 1983-1995.

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Ag/For/Fish
Ag Production	3	---
Ag Services	---	---
Forestry & Fisheries	---	---
Mining
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining	---	---
Oil and Gas Extraction	---	---
Construction	50	32.6
Manufacturing
Food & Kindred Prod	---	---
Textile Mill Prod	---	---
Apparel & Other Textile Pr	---	---
Paper & Allied Products	---	---
Printing/Publishing/Allied	---	---
Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber	---	---
Lumber & Wood	---	---
Furniture	---	---
Stone/Clay/Concrete	---	---
Primary Metals	---	---
Fabricated Metals	---	---
Mach, Ex Elect	---	---
Elect Mach, Equip Supplies	---	---
Motor Vehicles Equip	---	---
Aircraft & Parts	---	---
Other Transport Equip	---	---
Prof & Photo Equip/Watches	---	---
Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods	---	---
Misc & NEC Industries	---	---
Trans/Comm/PU
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage	9	24.6
Other Transportation	18	13.8
Telephone Communications	---	---
Other Communications	---	---
Electric Light and Power	---	---
Other Utility/Sanitary Service	---	---
Wholesale Trade	---	---

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Retail Trade
Food Stores	7	15.7
Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer	5	22.3
Apparel & Accessory Stores	---	---
Eating & Drinking Places	10	5.7
Other Retail Trade	21	15.0
Finance/Insur/RE
Banking and Other Finance	---	---
Insurance and Real Estate	3	1.9
Services
Business Services	10	3.2
Automobile and Repair Services	4	13.5
Private Household Services	3	3.9
Pers Serv Exc Priv Household	9	6.4
Entertainment & Rec Services	---	---
Hospitals	3	1.9
Health Services, Exc Hosp	---	---
Educational Services	---	---
Other Professional Services	3	0.5
Public Admin
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety	16	13.5
Admin of Hum Res Programs	---	---
National Sec/Internal Affairs	3	1.8
Other Pub Admin	10	2.6
Not Classified	22	---
^*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 DC-6. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^†‡ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Detailed Occupation Groupings, District of Columbia, 1983-1995.

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Exec/Adm/Mgr
Officials & Administrators, Public Admin	---	---
Other Executive, Admin & Managerial	7	2.2
Management Related Occupations	---	---
Prof/Spec
Engineers	4	8.8
Mathematical and Computer Scientists	---	---
Natural Scientists	---	---
Health Diagnosing Occupations	---	---
Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations	---	---
Teachers, College and University	---	---
Teachers, Except College and University	---	---
Lawyers and Judges	---	---
Other Professional Specialty Occupations	---	---
Tech/Support
Health Technologists and Technicians	---	---
Engineering and Science Technicians	---	---
Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science	---	---
Sales
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations	18	39.4
Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services	---	---
Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail	---	---
Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services	15	11.7
Sales Related Occupations	---	---
Clerical
Supervisors, Administrative Support	3	8.9
Computer Equipment Operators	---	---
Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists	---	---
Financial Records Processing	---	---
Mail and Message Distribution	4	6.2
Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical	---	---

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Service
Private Household Service Occupations	---	---
Protective Service	26	24.4
Food Service	8	4.0
Health Service	---	---
Cleaning and Building Service	13	6.4
Personal Service	3	4.4
Farm/For/Fish
Farm Operators and Managers	---	---
Farm Workers and Related Occupations	3	13.5
Forestry and Fishing Occupations	---	---
Crafts
Mechanics and Repairers	7	13.3
Construction Trades	30	30.9
Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair	7	16.6
Mach Operators
Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision	---	---
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers	---	---
Transport
Motor Vehicle Operators	25	20.5
Other Transport and Material Moving Occ	---	---
Laborers
Construction Laborers	14	44.9
Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers	---	---
Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer	6	13.7
Other or Not Classified	14	---
^*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	24	7.9
1981	16	5.8
1982	28	9.8
1983	21	7.2
1984	18	6.0
1985	19	6.5
1986	12	4.0
1987	23	7.2
1988	17	5.3
1989	11	3.6
1990	6	2.0
1991	13	4.5
1992	13	4.6
1993	26	9.2
1994	28	10.0
1995	21	8.0
Total	296	6.3

DEMOGRAPHICS	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1980-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Sex
Male	271	11.7	114	13.3	64	8.3	93	13.4
Female	25	1.1	12	1.4	5	0.6	8	1.1
Race
White	135	7.7	59	9.9	38	6.7	38	6.4
Black	132	4.7	59	5.3	25	2.6	48	6.3
Other	28	23.4	8	23.8	6	15.7	14	29.2
Age Group
16-17	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
18-19	11	11.7	4	9.9	3	8.3	4	---
20-24	34	6.3	16	7.4	13	6.9	5	3.7
25-34	74	4.9	32	5.6	13	2.6	29	6.7
35-44	68	5.8	25	6.2	13	3.3	30	7.9
45-54	46	6.2	20	7.8	12	5.1	14	5.5
55-64	39	8.6	19	10.1	10	7.0	10	8.1
65+	22	15.1	9	16.0	4	9.3	9	19.4
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^†Numbers not reported for "unknown" categories. ^‡Rates 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
Homicide	122	2.6
Fall	52	1.1
Motor Vehicle	23	0.5
Electrocution	12	0.3
Fire	11	0.2
Suicide	11	0.2
Machine	7	0.1
Air Transport	6	0.1
Drowning	6	0.1
Explosion	6	0.1
Struck by Falling Object	5	0.1
Nature/Environment	4	0.1
Suffocation	---	---
Flying Object/Caught In	---	---
Poisoning	---	---
Rail Transport	---	---
Water Transport	---	---
Other	15	0.3
Unknown/Undetermined	12	---
^*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.

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	5	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Mining	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Construction	50	32.6	9	26.7	29	37.9	12	27.9
Manufacturing	7	4.8	---	---	5	8.5	---	---
Trans/Comm/PU	33	12.5	6	9.3	9	8.5	18	19.4
Wholesale Trade	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Retail Trade	43	10.6	12	12.4	7	4.4	24	16.0
Finance/Insur/RE	3	1.1	---	---	---	---	---	---
Services	36	2.0	9	2.3	9	1.3	18	2.7
Public Admin	29	3.8	8	4.3	3	1.0	18	6.8
Not Classified	22	---	11	---	5	---	6	---

Occupation Division
Exec/Adm/Mgr	9	1.4	3	2.3	3	1.2	3	1.2
Prof/Spec	8	1.0	---	---	---	---	3	0.9
Tech/Support	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Sales	33	13.6	11	19.4	5	5.2	17	19.1
Clerical	10	1.3	---	---	---	---	8	3.2
Service	52	7.2	13	7.2	8	2.8	31	12.3
Farm/For/Fish	5	21.2	---	---	---	---	---	---
Crafts	44	22.9	11	24.2	21	25.4	12	18.8
Mach Operators	3	5.9	---	---	---	---	---	---
Transport	26	19.1	5	13.6	9	15.2	12	30.0
Laborers	22	20.1	4	12.4	10	21.7	8	25.8
Not Classified	14	---	7	---	4	---	3	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^†Numbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements. ^‡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.