State of Florida

Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1980-1995): 
    Number: 5,596
    Rate: 6.5 per 100,000 workers

Leading Causes of Death (1980-1995): 
    Motor Vehicle - 1,364
    Homicide - 1,143

Industry with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Construction - 1,029
    Rate: Construction - 17.3 per 100,000 workers

Occupations with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Precision Production/Craft/Repair - 905
    Rate: Transportation/Material Movers - 27.1 per 100,000 workers


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

YEAR OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

1980

354

9.4

1981

421

10.8

1982

341

7.8

1983

336

7.4

1984

361

7.5

1985

345

7.0

1986

346

6.6

1987

348

6.2

1988

372

6.4

1989

410

7.0

1990

370

6.1

1991

308

5.1

1992

292

4.8

1993

303

4.9

1994

324

5.1

1995

365

5.6

Total

5,596

6.5

 

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Total

YEAR OF DEATH

1980-85

1986-90

1991-95

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Male

5,125

10.9

1,983

13.5

1,684

10.9

1,458

8.7

  Female

471

1.2

175

1.5

162

1.2

134

0.9

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

4,509

6.2

1,721

7.8

1,514

6.3

1,274

4.9

  Black

1,000

8.2

409

10.3

299

7.6

292

6.8

  Other

69

4.9

28

10.1

21

4.6

20

2.9

Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  16-17

44

2.5

26

3.9

9

1.6

9

1.8

  18-19

131

4.5

66

6.0

37

3.7

28

3.3

  20-24

550

5.4

254

7.0

182

5.5

114

3.5

  25-34

1,482

6.1

557

7.7

525

6.2

400

4.7

  35-44

1,275

6.1

452

7.9

413

6.1

410

5.0

  45-54

994

6.9

377

9.0

314

6.9

303

5.3

  55-64

783

8.7

311

10.6

261

8.8

211

6.9

  65+

333

11.6

112

12.4

105

11.4

116

11.2

*Numbers not reported for "unknown" categories.

 

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

CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Motor Vehicle

1,364

1.6

Homicide

1,143

1.3

Fall

584

0.7

Electrocution

465

0.5

Machine

458

0.5

Suicide

269

0.3

Struck by Falling Object

209

0.2

Air Transport

171

0.2

Nature/Environment

141

0.2

Drowning

139

0.2

Water Transport

129

0.1

Flying Object/Caught In

97

0.1

Explosion

81

0.1

Fire

56

0.1

Poisoning

48

0.1

Suffocation

41

< 0.1

Rail Transport

18

< 0.1

Other

163

0.2

Unknown/Undetermined

20

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*Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

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

INDUSTRY/ OCCUPATION DIVISION

Total

YEAR OF DEATH

1983-85

1986-90

1991-95

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Industry Division

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  Ag/For/Fish

395

17.1

95

17.3

156

18.9

144

15.4

  Mining

23

12.8

6

13.2

7

8.6

10

18.8

  Construction

1,029

17.3

252

19.9

426

17.1

351

16.0

  Manufacturing

415

5.3

107

6.5

171

5.3

137

4.7

  Trans/Comm/PU

833

15.1

190

18.1

353

16.7

290

12.3

  Wholesale Trade

121

3.8

25

4.1

47

3.9

49

3.7

  Retail Trade

555

3.9

117

4.2

224

4.0

214

3.6

  Finance/Insur/RE

92

1.6

15

1.3

47

2.1

30

1.3

  Services

626

2.5

134

3.0

253

2.7

239

2.1

  Public Admin

238

6.6

55

8.3

96

7.0

87

5.6

  Not Classified

153

---

46

---

66

---

41

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupation Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exec/Adm/Mgr

383

4.0

83

5.1

158

4.2

142

3.4

  Prof/Spec

201

2.2

45

2.8

82

2.4

74

1.8

  Tech/Support

114

5.2

29

7.4

49

6.1

36

3.6

  Sales

444

4.3

100

5.1

183

4.5

161

3.7

  Clerical

115

1.0

18

0.8

62

1.3

35

0.7

  Service

393

3.5

78

3.6

162

3.9

153

3.2

  Farm/For/Fish

400

17.0

91

15.8

163

19.7

146

15.4

  Crafts

905

10.3

196

10.5

387

10.9

322

9.5

  Mach Operators

142

4.7

35

5.4

56

4.6

51

4.3

  Transport

765

27.1

190

35.4

303

27.2

272

23.1

  Laborers

500

17.0

147

24.1

193

16.6

160

13.7

  Not Classified

118

---

30

---

48

---

40

---

*Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

 

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Ag/For/Fish

 

 

  Ag Production

204

19.1

  Ag Services

121

11.7

  Forestry & Fisheries

70

34.7

Mining

 

 

  Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

19

11.7

  Oil and Gas Extraction

4

---

Construction

1,029

17.3

Manufacturing

 

 

  Food & Kindred Prod

68

10.5

  Textile Mill Prod

4

5.0

  Apparel & Other Textile Pr

6

1.2

  Paper & Allied Products

13

5.9

  Printing/Publishing/Allied

30

3.0

  Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber

34

6.2

  Lumber & Wood

60

21.3

  Furniture

10

3.1

  Stone/Clay/Concrete

28

10.2

  Primary Metals

17

14.5

  Fabricated Metals

23

5.2

  Mach, Ex Elect

28

4.1

  Elect Mach, Equip Supplies

11

1.2

  Motor Vehicles Equip

6

4.6

  Aircraft & Parts

9

4.0

  Other Transport Equip

37

5.1

  Prof & Photo Equip/Watches

---

---

  Toys/Amusement/Sporting 
  Goods

---

---

  Misc & NEC Industries

30

10.3

Trans/Comm/PU

 

 

  Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

332

30.4

  Other Transportation

311

13.5

  Telephone Communications

25

3.1

  Other Communications

16

4.7

  Electric Light and Power

62

11.8

  Other Utility/Sanitary Service

87

18.7

Wholesale Trade

121

3.8

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Retail Trade

 

 

  Food Stores

152

6.2

  Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer

88

5.8

  Apparel & Accessory Stores

13

1.9

  Eating & Drinking Places

142

3.3

  Other Retail Trade

160

3.0

  Finance/Insur/RE

 

 

  Banking and Other Finance

24

1.0

  Insurance and Real Estate

68

2.0

Services

 

 

  Business Services

141

4.2

  Automobile and Repair Services

140

8.6

  Private Household Services

13

1.6

  Pers Serv Exc Priv Household

78

2.7

  Entertainment & Rec Services

72

4.4

  Hospitals

31

1.1

  Health Services, Exc Hosp

28

0.9

  Educational Services

49

1.0

  Other Professional Services

74

1.8

Public Admin

 

 

  Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

148

9.6

  Admin of Hum Res Programs

---

---

  National Sec/Internal Affairs

14

3.0

  Other Pub Admin

66

5.5

Not Classified

161

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*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 FL-6. Number* and Average Annual Rate†‡ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Detailed Occupation Groupings, Florida, 1983-1995.

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Exec/Adm/Mgr

 

  Officials & Administrators, Public Admin

6

2.0

  Other Executive, Admin & Managerial

340

4.9

  Management Related Occupations

37

1.6

Prof/Spec

   

  Engineers

52

4.9

  Mathematical and Computer Scientists

3

0.7

  Natural Scientists

3

1.8

  Health Diagnosing Occupations

9

1.6

  Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations

18

1.2

  Teachers, College and University

4

1.2

  Teachers, Except College and University

25

1.1

  Lawyers and Judges

12

2.6

  Other Professional Specialty Occupations

75

3.6

Tech/Support

   

  Health Technologists and Technicians

9

1.0

  Engineering and Science Technicians

29

4.5

  Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science

76

11.5

Sales

   

  Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations

229

8.1

  Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services

46

2.3

  Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail

37

3.7

  Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services

130

2.8

  Sales Related Occupations

---

---

Clerical

   

  Supervisors, Administrative Support

---

---

  Computer Equipment Operators

---

---

  Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists

19

0.7

  Financial Records Processing

7

0.5

  Mail and Message Distribution

32

5.6

  Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical

54

0.9

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Service

   

  Private Household Service Occupations

7

1.1

  Protective Service

210

13.8

  Food Service

65

1.6

  Health Service

7

0.6

  Cleaning and Building Service

85

4.0

  Personal Service

19

1.2

Farm/For/Fish

   

  Farm Operators and Managers

37

14.1

  Farm Workers and Related Occupations

271

14.3

  Forestry and Fishing Occupations

92

47.4

  Crafts

   

  Mechanics and Repairers

231

7.9

  Construction Trades

572

14.4

  Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair

102

5.3

Mach Operators

   

  Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision

75

3.8

  Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers

67

6.2

Transport

   

  Motor Vehicle Operators

593

26.8

  Other Transport and Material Moving Occ

172

28.2

Laborers

   

  Construction Laborers

275

47.8

  Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers

90

8.0

  Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer

135

10.8

Other or Not Classified

118

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*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.

 

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