State of Michigan

Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1980-1995): 
    Number: 2,433
    Rate: 3.7 per 100,000 workers

Leading Causes of Death (1980-1995): 
    Homicide - 464
    Motor Vehicle - 440

Industries with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Manufacturing - 397
    Rate: Mining - 24.7 per 100,000 workers

Occupations with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Precision Production/Craft/Repair - 421
    Rate: Farming/Forestry/Fishing - 14.3 per 100,000 workers


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

YEAR OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

1980

168

4.4

1981

170

4.4

1982

177

4.9

1983

152

4.1

1984

134

3.5

1985

184

4.7

1986

168

4.2

1987

171

4.1

1988

166

3.9

1989

133

3.1

1990

134

3.2

1991

116

2.8

1992

127

3.0

1993

144

3.3

1994

163

3.6

1995

126

2.8

Total

2,433

3.7

 

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Total

YEAR OF DEATH

1980-85

1986-90

1991-95

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Male

2,234

6.1

910

6.9

711

6.1

613

5.2

  Female

199

0.7

75

0.8

61

0.7

63

0.6

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

2,074

3.6

844

4.1

657

3.5

573

3.0

  Black

313

4.9

131

6.5

99

4.8

83

3.6

  Other

43

4.0

10

3.8

13

3.6

20

4.4

Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  16-17

22

1.2

12

1.7

4

0.7

6

1.1

  18-19

76

2.8

31

2.8

22

2.5

23

3.1

  20-24

267

3.3

125

4.1

88

3.4

54

2.2

  25-34

644

3.6

261

4.2

213

3.5

170

3.0

  35-44

491

3.1

167

3.4

165

3.3

159

2.7

  45-54

435

3.9

160

4.3

129

3.8

146

3.7

  55-64

335

5.3

161

6.4

94

4.8

80

4.2

  65+

159

11.4

64

13.0

57

14.4

38

7.5

*Numbers not reported for "unknown" categories.

 

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

CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Homicide

464

0.7

Motor Vehicle

440

0.7

Machine

337

0.5

Fall

252

0.4

Electrocution

182

0.3

Struck by Falling Object

127

0.2

Suicide

107

0.2

Nature/Environment

73

0.1

Flying Object/Caught In

68

0.1

Air Transport

62

0.1

Fire

50

0.1

Poisoning

48

0.1

Explosion

47

0.1

Suffocation

40

0.1

Drowning

27

< 0.1

Water Transport

20

< 0.1

Rail Transport

16

< 0.1

Other

52

0.1

Unknown\Undetermined

21

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

 

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

154

13.0

53

19.4

49

10.7

52

11.6

  Mining

22

24.7

8

32.9

11

32.2

3

9.9

  Construction

303

11.1

55

10.7

136

12.5

112

9.9

  Manufacturing

397

2.9

84

2.6

174

3.2

139

2.7

  Trans/Comm/PU

285

9.9

74

11.7

112

10.3

99

8.5

  Wholesale Trade

57

2.9

12

2.7

20

2.6

25

3.4

  Retail Trade

235

2.4

56

2.8

88

2.3

91

2.3

  Finance/Insur/RE

30

1.1

8

1.4

12

1.1

10

0.9

  Services

252

1.5

69

2.0

90

1.4

93

1.3

  Public Admin

94

4.8

22

5.6

43

5.9

29

3.4

  Not Classified

89

---

29

---

37

---

23

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupation Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exec/Adm/Mgr

132

2.2

33

3.0

43

1.9

56

2.2

  Prof/Spec

74

1.1

16

1.2

27

1.0

31

1.0

  Tech/Support

43

2.6

10

2.9

18

2.8

15

2.2

  Sales

168

2.6

44

3.4

64

2.6

60

2.3

  Clerical

48

0.6

11

0.6

20

0.6

17

0.5

  Service

166

2.2

35

2.0

81

2.7

50

1.7

  Farm/For/Fish

180

14.3

59

20.5

65

13.0

56

11.8

  Crafts

421

6.5

92

6.5

174

7.0

155

6.1

  Mach Operators

134

2.5

23

1.8

60

2.8

51

2.6

  Transport

279

12.6

76

16.4

108

11.9

95

11.4

  Laborers

206

9.3

51

11.0

85

9.9

70

7.8

  Not Classified

67

---

20

---

27

---

20

---

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

 

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Ag/For/Fish

 

 

  Ag Production

125

15.7

  Ag Services

17

5.2

  Forestry & Fisheries

12

20.5

Mining

 

 

  Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

10

26.9

  Oil and Gas Extraction

12

23.2

Construction

303

11.1

Manufacturing

 

 

  Food & Kindred Prod

21

3.2

  Textile Mill Prod

---

---

  Apparel & Other Textile Pr

---

---

  Paper & Allied Products

7

2.0

  Printing/Publishing/Allied

15

2.2

  Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber

27

2.0

  Lumber & Wood

44

19.0

  Furniture

4

0.9

  Stone/Clay/Concrete

4

1.6

  Primary Metals

56

9.2

  Fabricated Metals

18

1.7

  Mach, Ex Elect

25

1.5

  Elect Mach, Equip Supplies

8

1.8

  Motor Vehicles Equip

108

2.1

  Aircraft & Parts

3

2.8

  Other Transport Equip

4

2.1

  Prof & Photo Equip/Watches

---

---

  Toys/Amusement/Sporting
  Goods

---

---

  Misc & NEC Industries

50

26.9

Trans/Comm/PU

 

 

  Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

111

13.9

  Other Transportation

98

10.2

  Telephone Communications

4

1.2

  Other Communications

7

4.8

  Electric Light and Power

34

11.5

  Other Utility/Sanitary Service

31

9.0

Wholesale Trade

57

2.9

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Retail Trade

 

 

  Food Stores

54

3.6

  Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer

50

4.9

  Apparel & Accessory Stores

4

0.9

  Eating & Drinking Places

50

1.6

  Other Retail Trade

77

2.1

Finance/Insur/RE

 

 

  Banking and Other Finance

9

0.7

  Insurance and Real Estate

21

1.3

Services

 

 

  Business Services

41

2.0

  Automobile and Repair Services

71

8.2

  Private Household Services

6

1.1

  Pers Serv Exc Priv Household

22

1.7

  Entertainment & Rec Services

17

2.6

  Hospitals

15

0.6

  Health Services, Exc Hosp

14

0.7

  Educational Services

33

0.8

  Other Professional Services

33

1.2

Public Admin

 

 

  Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

66

8.0

  Admin of Hum Res Programs

---

---

  National Sec/Internal Affairs

3

2.4

  Other Pub Admin

24

3.6

Not Classified

89

---

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

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Exec/Adm/Mgr

 

 

  Officials & Administrators, Public Admin

3

1.3

  Other Executive, Admin & Managerial

117

2.8

  Management Related Occupations

12

0.8

Prof/Spec

   

  Engineers

22

1.9

  Mathematical and Computer Scientists

---

---

  Natural Scientists

---

---

  Health Diagnosing Occupations

5

1.4

  Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations

7

0.7

  Teachers, College and University

---

---

  Teachers, Except College and University

11

0.6

  Lawyers and Judges

6

2.2

  Other Professional Specialty Occupations

19

1.2

Tech/Support

   

  Health Technologists and Technicians

5

0.8

  Engineering and Science Technicians

8

1.4

  Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science

30

6.8

Sales

   

  Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations

102

6.2

  Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services

10

1.1

  Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail

8

1.1

  Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services

47

1.5

  Sales Related Occupations

---

---

Clerical

   

  Supervisors, Administrative Support

3

1.0

  Computer Equipment Operators

---

---

  Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists

5

0.2

  Financial Records Processing

---

---

  Mail and Message Distribution

9

2.2

  Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical

29

0.8

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Service

   

  Private Household Service Occupations

---

---

  Protective Service

81

9.6

  Food Service

14

0.5

  Health Service

5

0.5

  Cleaning and Building Service

47

3.3

  Personal Service

18

1.6

Farm/For/Fish

   

  Farm Operators and Managers

104

22.8

  Farm Workers and Related Occupations

44

6.1

  Forestry and Fishing Occupations

32

40.7

Crafts

    

  Mechanics and Repairers

128

5.7

  Construction Trades

206

10.9

  Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair

87

3.8

Mach Operators

   

  Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision

83

2.7

  Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers

51

2.2

Transport

   

  Motor Vehicle Operators

204

13.0

  Other Transport and Material Moving Occ

75

11.7

Laborers

   

  Construction Laborers

74

26.7

  Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers

15

1.6

  Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer

117

11.8

Other or Not Classified

67

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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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