State of Nevada

Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1980-1995): 
    Number: 678
    Rate: 7.7 per 100,000 workers

Leading Causes of Death (1980-1995): 
    Motor Vehicle - 185
    Homicide - 106

Industries with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Transportation/Communications/Public Utilities - 113
    Rate: Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries - 29.3 per 100,000 workers

Occupation with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Transportation/Material Movers - 119
    Rate: Transportation/Material Movers - 38.6 per 100,000 workers


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

YEAR OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

1980

49

13.6

1981

60

15.7

1982

39

8.9

1983

42

9.4

1984

47

10.2

1985

43

9.3

1986

42

8.5

1987

41

7.8

1988

53

9.6

1989

34

5.9

1990

39

6.2

1991

31

4.7

1992

37

5.6

1993

37

5.4

1994

35

4.8

1995

49

6.4

Total

678

7.7

 

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Total

YEAR OF DEATH

1980-85

1986-90

1991-95

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Male

611

12.4

246

17.1

192

12.6

173

8.9

  Female

67

1.7

34

3.1

17

1.4

16

1.0

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

607

7.7

239

10.4

197

7.9

171

5.5

  Black

41

7.8

20

13.1

10

5.6

11

5.6

  Other

30

7.6

21

21.8

---

---

---

---

Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  16-17

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

  18-19

11

3.8

4

4.2

3

3.0

4

4.1

  20-24

80

8.1

39

11.4

19

6.2

22

6.5

  25-34

203

7.9

94

12.0

65

7.7

44

4.7

  35-44

129

5.8

43

7.7

44

6.3

42

4.3

  45-54

118

7.6

49

12.2

27

5.8

42

6.2

  55-64

100

12.4

43

17.3

33

13.3

24

7.7

  65+

36

16.2

7

10.6

18

28.9

11

11.7

*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths.
Numbers not reported for "unknown" categories.
Numbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements.
§Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

 

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

CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Motor Vehicle

185

2.1

Homicide

106

1.2

Air Transport

82

0.9

Fall

62

0.7

Machine

55

0.6

Suicide

32

0.4

Electrocution

27

0.3

Fire

23

0.3

Struck by Falling Object

19

0.2

Suffocation

17

0.2

Explosion

13

0.1

Flying Object/Caught In

10

0.1

Nature/Environment

8

0.1

Drowning

4

< 0.1

Rail Transport

4

< 0.1

Poisoning

---

---

Water Transport

---

---

Other

18

0.2

Unknown\Undetermined

10

---

*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 NV-4. Number*† and Rate†‡§ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Industry and Occupation Division, Nevada, 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

31

29.3

7

29.6

11

32.8

13

26.7

  Mining

40

27.6

9

33.4

13

24.9

18

27.4

  Construction

105

17.4

18

20.5

48

21.5

39

13.4

  Manufacturing

25

6.1

10

15.1

8

4.9

7

3.8

  Trans/Comm/PU

113

21.4

38

36.5

43

22.2

32

13.9

  Wholesale Trade

8

3.2

---

---

4

4.0

---

---

  Retail Trade

47

3.8

11

4.8

19

4.3

17

3.0

  Finance/Insur/RE

9

1.9

---

---

---

---

5

2.3

  Services

97

2.8

24

3.7

33

2.6

40

2.5

  Public Admin

45

11.9

9

12.4

23

16.1

13

8.0

  Not Classified

10

---

---

---

5

---

---

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupation Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exec/Adm/Mgr

50

5.2

15

10.0

18

5.1

17

3.8

  Prof/Spec

29

3.8

7

5.2

6

2.2

16

4.4

  Tech/Support

32

15.0

11

30.9

12

15.9

9

8.8

  Sales

36

3.6

11

6.2

10

2.8

15

3.3

  Clerical

13

1.2

5

2.5

5

1.2

3

0.6

  Service

67

3.6

14

3.8

25

3.8

28

3.4

  Farm/For/Fish

30

27.4

8

32.2

10

29.0

12

23.9

  Crafts

103

12.4

22

15.5

38

12.0

43

11.5

  Mach Operators

9

4.4

---

---

---

---

4

4.4

  Transport

119

38.6

32

54.6

54

47.7

33

24.2

  Laborers

37

12.7

4

9.1

25

23.7

8

5.6

  Not Classified

5

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

*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.

 

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Ag/For/Fish

 

 

  Ag Production

24

56.1

  Ag Services

5

9.3

  Forestry & Fisheries

---

---

Mining

 

 

  Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

38

27.5

  Oil and Gas Extraction

---

---

Construction

105

17.4

Manufacturing

 

 

  Food & Kindred Prod

---

---

  Textile Mill Prod

---

---

  Apparel & Other Textile Pr

---

---

  Paper & Allied Products

---

---

  Printing/Publishing/Allied

4

5.2

  Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber

3

6.6

  Lumber & Wood

---

---

  Furniture

---

---

  Stone/Clay/Concrete

---

---

  Primary Metals

---

---

  Fabricated Metals

---

---

  Mach, Ex Elect

---

---

  Elect Mach, Equip Supplies

5

19.6

  Motor Vehicles Equip

---

---

  Aircraft & Parts

---

---

  Other Transport Equip

---

---

  Prof & Photo Equip/Watches

---

---

  Toys/Amusement/Sporting
  Goods

---

---

  Misc & NEC Industries

4

10.4

Trans/Comm/PU

 

 

  Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

54

60.9

  Other Transportation

41

18.1

  Telephone Communications

---

---

  Other Communications

---

---

  Electric Light and Power

5

11.2

  Other Utility/Sanitary Service

11

19.9

Wholesale Trade

8

3.2

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Retail Trade

 

 

  Food Stores

9

4.8

  Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer

4

3.0

  Apparel & Accessory Stores

---

---

  Eating & Drinking Places

17

4.2

  Other Retail Trade

16

3.5

Finance/Insur/RE

 

 

  Banking and Other Finance

---

---

  Insurance and Real Estate

8

2.8

Services

 

 

  Business Services

16

4.9

  Automobile and Repair Services

19

13.4

  Private Household Services

---

---

  Pers Serv Exc Priv Household

20

1.4

  Entertainment & Rec Services

18

4.3

  Hospitals

---

---

  Health Services, Exc Hosp

---

---

  Educational Services

4

1.0

  Other Professional Services

15

4.3

Public Admin

 

 

  Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

15

10.9

  Admin of Hum Res Programs

---

---

  National Sec/Internal Affairs

16

55.8

  Other Pub Admin

13

7.6

Not Classified

11

---

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

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Exec/Adm/Mgr

 

 

  Officials & Administrators, Public Admin

---

---

  Other Executive, Admin & Managerial

41

6.0

  Management Related Occupations

8

3.6

Prof/Spec

   

  Engineers

6

7.5

  Mathematical and Computer Scientists

---

---

  Natural Scientists

5

15.0

  Health Diagnosing Occupations

---

---

  Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations

3

2.6

  Teachers, College and University

---

---

  Teachers, Except College and University

3

1.6

  Lawyers and Judges

---

---

  Other Professional Specialty Occupations

9

4.3

Tech/Support

   

  Health Technologists and Technicians

---

---

  Engineering and Science Technicians

7

9.2

  Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science

24

33.0

Sales

   

  Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations

15

6.2

  Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services

---

---

  Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail

5

7.9

  Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services

15

2.9

  Sales Related Occupations

---

---

Clerical    

  Supervisors, Administrative Support

---

---

  Computer Equipment Operators

---

---

  Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists

---

---

  Financial Records Processing

---

---

  Mail and Message Distribution

3

4.8

  Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical

6

1.0

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Service

   

  Private Household Service Occupations

---

---

  Protective Service

29

15.8

  Food Service

14

2.1

  Health Service

---

---

  Cleaning and Building Service

15

4.2

  Personal Service

8

1.5

Farm/For/Fish

   

  Farm Operators and Managers

13

63.6

  Farm Workers and Related Occupations

15

17.6

  Forestry and Fishing Occupations

---

---

Crafts    

  Mechanics and Repairers

25

9.1

  Construction Trades

55

14.2

  Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair

23

13.3

Mach Operators

   

  Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision

5

3.6

  Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers

4

6.0

Transport

   

  Motor Vehicle Operators

87

38.1

  Other Transport and Material Moving Occ

32

40.2

Laborers

   

  Construction Laborers

19

29.9

  Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers

9

9.6

  Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer

9

6.7

Other or Not Classified

5

---

*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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