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

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

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

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

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

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Ag/For/Fish
Ag Production	222	27.4
Ag Services	11	7.9
Forestry & Fisheries	4	---
Mining
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining	236	57.7
Oil and Gas Extraction	11	34.7
Construction	217	16.3
Manufacturing
Food & Kindred Prod	13	4.3
Textile Mill Prod	---	---
Apparel & Other Textile Pr	---	---
Paper & Allied Products	---	---
Printing/Publishing/Allied	11	3.5
Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber	20	4.1
Lumber & Wood	76	46.2
Furniture	3	3.0
Stone/Clay/Concrete	8	8.5
Primary Metals	12	6.5
Fabricated Metals	5	1.9
Mach, Ex Elect	3	0.7
Elect Mach, Equip Supplies	6	1.2
Motor Vehicles Equip	9	2.9
Aircraft & Parts	---	---
Other Transport Equip	---	---
Prof & Photo Equip/Watches	---	---
Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods	---	---
Misc & NEC Industries	20	15.3
Trans/Comm/PU
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage	109	21.9
Other Transportation	43	8.6
Telephone Communications	---	---
Other Communications	---	---
Electric Light and Power	26	20.6
Other Utility/Sanitary Service	31	15.1
Wholesale Trade	41	5.2

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Retail Trade
Food Stores	30	4.8
Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer	22	4.3
Apparel & Accessory Stores	---	---
Eating & Drinking Places	17	1.6
Other Retail Trade	45	3.4
Finance/Insur/RE
Banking and Other Finance	---	---
Insurance and Real Estate	8	1.4
Services
Business Services	14	2.4
Automobile and Repair Services	41	9.9
Private Household Services	3	1.1
Pers Serv Exc Priv Household	18	3.1
Entertainment & Rec Services	7	2.8
Hospitals	3	0.3
Health Services, Exc Hosp	11	1.3
Educational Services	16	0.9
Other Professional Services	11	1.1
Public Admin
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety	32	10.5
Admin of Hum Res Programs	---	---
National Sec/Internal Affairs	4	3.1
Other Pub Admin	15	5.0
Not Classified	63	---
*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 KY-6. Number* and Average Annual Rate†‡ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Detailed Occupation Groupings, Kentucky, 1983-1995.

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Exec/Adm/Mgr
Officials & Administrators, Public Admin	5	5.8
Other Executive, Admin & Managerial	44	2.9
Management Related Occupations	5	1.0
Prof/Spec
Engineers	8	3.2
Mathematical and Computer Scientists	---	---
Natural Scientists	---	---
Health Diagnosing Occupations	---	---
Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations	7	1.5
Teachers, College and University	---	---
Teachers, Except College and University	8	1.1
Lawyers and Judges	---	---
Other Professional Specialty Occupations	13	2.3
Tech/Support
Health Technologists and Technicians	5	1.7
Engineering and Science Technicians	4	2.5
Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science	9	6.5
Sales
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations	49	6.8
Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services	5	1.7
Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail	8	3.5
Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services	28	2.5
Sales Related Occupations	---	---
Clerical
Supervisors, Administrative Support	---	---
Computer Equipment Operators	---	---
Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists	3	0.4
Financial Records Processing	3	0.7
Mail and Message Distribution	---	---
Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical	13	0.9

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Service
Private Household Service Occupations	---	---
Protective Service	42	13.9
Food Service	9	0.9
Health Service	---	---
Cleaning and Building Service	26	4.6
Personal Service	---	---
Farm/For/Fish
Farm Operators and Managers	201	43.2
Farm Workers and Related Occupations	40	7.9
Forestry and Fishing Occupations	61	210.9
Crafts
Mechanics and Repairers	67	6.8
Construction Trades	121	13.6
Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair	227	26.3
Mach Operators
Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision	42	4.0
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers	25	3.8
Transport
Motor Vehicle Operators	174	21.5
Other Transport and Material Moving Occ	58	14.5
Laborers
Construction Laborers	69	46.2
Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers	11	3.2
Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer	56	11.1
Other or Not Classified	57	---
*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	170	11.2
1981	189	12.4
1982	165	11.0
1983	124	8.3
1984	159	10.2
1985	131	8.5
1986	100	6.5
1987	113	7.4
1988	106	6.7
1989	132	8.1
1990	108	6.5
1991	112	6.9
1992	94	5.7
1993	117	6.9
1994	106	6.2
1995	111	6.3
Total	2,037	8.0

DEMOGRAPHICS	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1980-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Sex
Male	1,936	13.6	897	17.0	531	12.0	508	11.1
Female	101	0.9	41	1.1	28	0.8	32	0.8
Race
White	1,958	8.2	901	10.5	536	7.2	521	6.6
Black	75	5.1	36	6.5	20	4.6	19	3.8
Other	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Age Group
16-17	10	1.8	6	2.6	---	---	---	---
18-19	65	7.1	40	11.1	14	4.9	11	4.0
20-24	220	7.4	138	11.8	46	4.9	36	4.2
25-34	526	7.3	246	9.4	156	6.7	124	5.5
35-44	410	6.3	182	8.6	100	4.8	128	5.4
45-54	350	8.5	135	9.8	112	9.0	103	6.8
55-64	263	10.7	119	12.1	71	10.3	73	9.4
65+	193	25.3	72	26.6	58	25.9	63	23.4
*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
Motor Vehicle	472	1.8
Machine	401	1.6
Struck by Falling Object	255	1.0
Homicide	160	0.6
Electrocution	149	0.6
Fall	139	0.5
Explosion	69	0.3
Nature/Environment	65	0.3
Flying Object/Caught In	46	0.2
Poisoning	43	0.2
Suffocation	41	0.2
Suicide	41	0.2
Fire	22	0.1
Water Transport	22	0.1
Air Transport	19	0.1
Drowning	19	0.1
Rail Transport	12	< 0.1
Other	42	0.2
Unknown\Undetermined	20	---
*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	237	24.7	58	18.7	94	26.9	85	28.4
Mining	247	56.0	67	67.5	107	54.9	73	49.8
Construction	217	16.3	66	23.9	74	14.6	77	14.0
Manufacturing	193	5.0	34	3.8	75	5.1	84	5.7
Trans/Comm/PU	213	13.8	77	22.6	58	10.0	78	12.5
Wholesale Trade	41	5.2	10	6.2	17	5.6	14	4.4
Retail Trade	116	3.2	35	4.6	45	3.1	36	2.5
Finance/Insur/RE	10	1.0	3	1.4	3	0.8	4	0.9
Services	124	1.9	28	2.2	49	2.0	47	1.7
Public Admin	52	6.0	13	5.5	18	6.0	21	6.5
Not Classified	63	---	23	---	19	---	21	---

Occupation Division
Exec/Adm/Mgr	54	2.6	13	3.2	20	2.7	21	2.3
Prof/Spec	40	1.6	6	1.2	15	1.6	19	1.8
Tech/Support	18	3.1	6	5.4	3	1.5	9	3.3
Sales	90	3.8	27	5.4	32	3.4	31	3.3
Clerical	21	0.7	4	0.6	11	1.1	6	0.5
Service	81	2.8	23	3.5	31	2.8	27	2.3
Farm/For/Fish	302	30.2	68	21.5	123	32.7	111	36.2
Crafts	415	15.2	123	21.2	155	14.7	137	12.5
Mach Operators	67	3.9	15	3.6	21	3.2	31	4.9
Transport	232	19.2	76	31.9	76	31.9	90	19.1
Laborers	136	13.6	36	18.5	60	15.5	40	9.5
Not Classified	57	---	17	---	22	---	18	---
*Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.