State of Utah

Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1980-1995): 
    Number: 926
    Rate: 7.8 per 100,000 workers

Leading Causes of Death (1980-1995): 
    Motor Vehicle - 315
    Machine - 91

Industries with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Transportation/Communications/Public Utilities - 126
    Rate: Mining - 85.1 per 100,000 workers

Occupations with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Precision Production/Craft/Repair - 167
    Rate: Transportation/Material Movers - 36.6 per 100,000 workers


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

YEAR OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

1980

66

11.3

1981

89

15.0

1982

67

10.8

1983

61

9.8

1984

110

16.5

1985

48

6.7

1986

54

7.6

1987

62

8.7

1988

50

6.9

1989

28

3.7

1990

38

4.9

1991

36

4.5

1992

41

5.0

1993

60

6.8

1994

64

6.9

1995

52

5.6

Total

926

7.8

 

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Total

YEAR OF DEATH

1980-85

1986-90

1991-95

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Male

874

12.9

424

18.9

218

10.5

232

9.5

  Female

52

1.0

17

1.1

14

0.9

21

1.1

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

906

7.9

436

11.8

228

6.4

242

5.7

  Black

5

7.3

---

---

---

---

3

10.7

  Other

15

5.5

3

3.4

4

4.4

8

8.4

Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  16-17

14

2.9

6

4.0

3

2.0

5

2.7

  18-19

38

6.5

22

11.4

9

5.1

7

3.2

  20-24

102

5.8

63

10.4

20

3.9

19

3.0

  25-34

289

8.4

160

13.8

68

6.1

61

5.3

  35-44

194

7.4

73

10.1

50

6.0

71

6.6

  45-54

134

7.9

54

10.5

37

7.4

43

6.3

  55-64

105

10.9

45

13.0

29

9.6

31

9.8

  65+

49

17.7

17

17.0

16

20.6

16

16.2

*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.

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

CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Motor Vehicle

315

2.7

Machine

91

0.8

Fall

74

0.6

Air Transport

62

0.5

Struck By Falling Object

57

0.5

Fire

52

0.4

Electrocution

48

0.4

Homicide

48

0.4

Explosion

33

0.3

Flying Object/Caught In

29

0.2

Suicide

22

0.2

Nature/Environment

19

0.2

Suffocation

16

0.1

Poisoning

12

0.1

Drowning

9

0.1

Rail Transport

6

0.1

Water Transport

---

---

Other

20

0.2

Unknown\Undetermined

13

---

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

60

19.5

17

27.0

22

20.1

21

15.5

  Mining

79

85.1

50

169.1

13

62.0

16

37.8

  Construction

121

18.7

37

24.6

30

14.0

54

19.0

  Manufacturing

78

5.3

31

10.8

23

4.1

24

3.8

  Trans/Comm/PU

126

18.6

29

21.8

48

18.1

49

17.7

  Wholesale Trade

19

4.5

7

7.0

6

3.9

6

3.5

  Retail Trade

33

1.9

3

0.8

14

2.2

16

2.2

  Finance/Insur/RE

11

1.9

---

---

5

2.2

---

---

  Services

79

2.3

19

3.0

29

2.4

31

2.0

  Public Admin

47

6.8

7

4.9

23

8.8

17

5.9

  Not Classified

51

---

15

---

19

---

17

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupation Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exec/Adm/Mgr

61

4.8

21

9.2

21

4.5

19

3.3

  Prof/Spec

36

2.6

10

3.9

7

1.4

19

3.1

  Tech/Support

30

8.6

9

14.6

12

9.6

9

5.6

  Sales

33

2.7

8

3.1

13

2.9

12

2.3

  Clerical

10

0.6

---

---

5

0.8

---

---

  Service

41

3.1

7

2.7

22

4.3

12

2.2

  Farm/For/Fish

58

19.1

17

26.7

23

21.0

18

13.8

  Crafts

167

14.0

54

20.1

46

11.2

67

12.9

  Mach Operators

36

6.2

14

12.5

11

5.0

11

4.4

  Transport

146

36.6

48

54.3

44

32.0

54

31.2

  Laborers

46

11.1

16

20.2

12

7.9

18

9.9

  Not Classified

40

---

13

---

16

---

11

---

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Ag/For/Fish

 

 

  Ag Production

52

22.9

  Ag Services

5

9.2

  Forestry & Fisheries

3

11.5

Mining

 

 

  Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

62

89.7

  Oil and Gas Extraction

17

71.6

Construction

121

18.7

Manufacturing

 

 

  Food & Kindred Prod

12

6.1

  Textile Mill Prod

---

---

  Apparel & Other Textile Pr

---

---

  Paper & Allied Products

---

---

  Printing/Publishing/Allied

---

---

  Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber

16

16.5

  Lumber & Wood

5

16.7

  Furniture

---

---

  Stone/Clay/Concrete

---

---

  Primary Metals

11

12.8

  Fabricated Metals

4

4.2

  Mach, Ex Elect

7

3.8

  Elect Mach, Equip Supplies

---

---

  Motor Vehicles Equip

---

---

  Aircraft & Parts

4

17.2

  Other Transport Equip

---

---

  Prof & Photo Equip/Watches

---

---

  Toys/Amusement/Sporting
  Goods

---

---

  Misc & NEC Industries

6

13.4

Trans/Comm/PU

 

 

  Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

89

44.8

  Other Transportation

23

10.5

  Telephone Communications

---

---

  Other Communications

3

9.8

  Electric Light and Power

6

6.7

  Other Utility/Sanitary Service

5

7.7

Wholesale Trade

19

4.5

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Retail Trade

 

 

  Food Stores

6

2.0

  Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer

6

2.9

  Apparel & Accessory Stores

---

---

  Eating & Drinking Places

6

1.2

  Other Retail Trade

14

2.0

Finance/Insur/RE

 

 

  Banking and Other Finance

5

1.7

  Insurance and Real Estate

6

2.0

Services

 

 

  Business Services

12

2.9

  Automobile and Repair Services

17

10.0

  Private Household Services

---

---

  Pers Serv Exc Priv Household

6

1.8

  Entertainment & Rec Services

10

6.1

  Hospitals

7

2.2

  Health Services, Exc Hosp

---

---

  Educational Services

9

0.9

  Other Professional Services

15

2.7

Public Admin

 

 

  Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

21

14.4

  Admin of Hum Res Programs

---

---

  National Sec/Internal Affairs

7

2.7

  Other Pub Admin

17

7.4

Not Classified

51

---

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

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Exec/Adm/Mgr

 

 

  Officials & Administrators, Public Admin

---

---

  Other Executive, Admin & Managerial

52

6.1

  Management Related Occupations

7

2.0

Prof/Spec

   

  Engineers

10

6.3

  Mathematical and Computer Scientists

---

---

  Natural Scientists

10

17.5

  Health Diagnosing Occupations

---

---

  Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations

---

---

  Teachers, College and University

---

---

  Teachers, Except College and University

---

---

  Lawyers and Judges

---

---

  Other Professional Specialty Occupations

8

2.6

Tech/Support

   

  Health Technologists and Technicians

---

---

  Engineering and Science Technicians

8

5.6

  Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science

22

18.7

Sales

   

  Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations

16

4.8

  Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services

6

3.1

  Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail

6

4.4

  Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services

4

0.7

  Sales Related Occupations

---

---

Clerical

   

  Supervisors, Administrative Support

---

---

  Computer Equipment Operators

---

---

  Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists

---

---

  Financial Records Processing

---

---

  Mail and Message Distribution

---

---

  Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical

6

0.7

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Service

   

  Private Household Service Occupations

---

---

  Protective Service

24

17.8

  Food Service

4

0.8

  Health Service

3

2.4

  Cleaning and Building Service

8

2.9

  Personal Service

---

---

Farm/For/Fish

   

  Farm Operators and Managers

42

34.5

  Farm Workers and Related Occupations

11

6.2

  Forestry and Fishing Occupations

5

---

Crafts

   

  Mechanics and Repairers

39

10.0

  Construction Trades

64

14.2

  Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair

64

18.2

Mach Operators

   

  Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision

19

5.7

  Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers

17

6.9

Transport

   

  Motor Vehicle Operators

112

37.9

  Other Transport and Material Moving Occ

34

32.7

Laborers

   

  Construction Laborers

25

38.5

  Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers

---

---

  Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer

19

9.2

Other or Not Classified

40

---

*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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