State of Wisconsin

Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1980-1995): 
    Number: 1,729
    Rate: 4.5 per 100,000 workers

Leading Causes of Death (1980-1995): 
    Machine - 367
    Motor Vehicle - 351

Industry with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries - 328
    Rate: Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries - 22.4 per 100,000 workers

Occupation with the Highest Number and Rate of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (1983-1995):
    Number: Farming/Forestry/Fishing - 347
    Rate: Farming/Forestry/Fishing - 22.8 per 100,000 workers


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

YEAR OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

1980

137

6.0

1981

119

5.2

1982

113

5.2

1983

98

4.4

1984

103

4.6

1985

123

5.6

1986

100

4.5

1987

123

5.3

1988

129

5.3

1989

110

4.4

1990

92

3.7

1991

83

3.4

1992

98

3.9

1993

107

4.1

1994

97

3.7

1995

97

3.5

Total

1,729

4.5

 

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

DEMOGRAPHICS

Total

YEAR OF DEATH

1980-85

1986-90

1991-95

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Male

1,606

7.7

642

8.6

518

7.9

446

6.4

  Female

123

0.7

51

0.9

36

0.7

36

0.6

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

1,653

4.5

673

5.2

530

4.6

450

3.7

  Black

60

5.2

18

5.3

17

4.7

25

5.6

  Other

15

3.4

---

---

7

5.7

---

---

Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  16-17

18

1.4

10

2.1

---

---

---

---

  18-19

47

3.0

19

2.9

17

3.7

11

2.5

  20-24

179

3.8

89

4.6

48

3.5

42

3.0

  25-34

366

3.5

153

4.1

114

3.4

99

2.9

  35-44

333

3.6

123

4.7

113

3.8

97

2.7

  45-54

295

4.7

116

5.6

90

4.7

89

3.9

  55-64

260

6.8

99

6.7

87

6.9

74

6.6

  65+

231

20.9

84

21.0

79

24.4

68

17.9

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

CAUSE OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Machine

367

1.0

Motor Vehicle

351

0.9

Fall

163

0.4

Homicide

162

0.4

Struck By Falling Object

124

0.3

Electrocution

106

0.3

Suicide

62

0.2

Nature/Environment

56

0.1

Air Transport

52

0.1

Suffocation

52

0.1

Poisoning

37

0.1

Explosion

36

0.1

Flying Object/Caught In

30

0.1

Fire

23

0.1

Drowning

20

0.1

Water Transport

13

< 0.1

Rail Transport

9

< 0.1

Other

58

0.2

Unknown\Undetermined

8

---

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

 

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

328

22.4

81

28.7

141

24.7

106

17.4

  Mining

6

21.1

---

---

---

---

---

---

  Construction

192

10.9

44

12.9

66

10.1

82

10.8

  Manufacturing

262

3.5

58

3.5

115

4.0

89

2.9

  Trans/Comm/PU

164

9.4

41

9.9

70

10.7

53

7.8

  Wholesale Trade

56

4.7

15

6.3

21

4.7

20

4.0

  Retail Trade

104

2.0

24

2.1

41

2.0

39

1.9

  Finance/Insur/RE

14

0.8

8

2.3

3

0.5

3

0.4

  Services

121

1.2

27

1.4

49

1.3

45

1.1

  Public Admin

56

5.5

8

3.2

25

7.2

23

5.5

  Not Classified

57

---

17

---

23

---

17

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupation Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Exec/Adm/Mgr

104

3.2

25

3.9

41

3.4

38

2.7

  Prof/Spec

52

1.3

14

1.8

22

1.5

16

0.9

  Tech/Support

27

3.0

7

3.9

11

3.4

9

2.3

  Sales

93

2.8

20

2.8

31

2.4

42

3.2

  Clerical

18

0.4

4

0.4

9

0.5

5

0.3

  Service

71

1.6

21

2.0

24

1.4

26

1.4

  Farm/For/Fish

347

22.8

89

29.4

150

24.8

108

17.6

  Crafts

194

5.2

38

4.7

79

5.6

77

5.1

  Mach Operators

86

2.9

13

2.0

42

3.8

31

2.5

  Transport

188

14.5

52

16.8

70

14.4

66

13.2

  Laborers

132

9.3

29

11.4

53

9.4

50

8.4

  Not Classified

48

---

12

---

22

---

14

---

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

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Ag/For/Fish

 

 

  Ag Production

310

24.3

  Ag Services

13

8.3

  Forestry & Fisheries

5

15.6

Mining

 

 

  Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining

5

23.3

  Oil and Gas Extraction

---

---

Construction

192

10.9

Manufacturing

 

 

  Food & Kindred Prod

41

4.7

  Textile Mill Prod

3

6.3

  Apparel & Other Textile Pr

---

---

  Paper & Allied Products

15

2.1

  Printing/Publishing/Allied

16

2.3

  Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber

16

2.8

  Lumber & Wood

37

11.8

  Furniture

---

---

  Stone/Clay/Concrete

10

7.3

  Primary Metals

23

7.5

  Fabricated Metals

19

3.1

  Mach, Ex Elect

28

2.1

  Elect Mach, Equip Supplies

8

1.1

  Motor Vehicles Equip

10

2.9

  Aircraft & Parts

---

---

  Other Transport Equip

5

8.6

  Prof & Photo Equip/Watches

---

---

  Toys/Amusement/Sporting
  Goods

---

---

  Misc & NEC Industries

26

14.2

Trans/Comm/PU

 

 

  Trucking/Warehousing/Storage

93

15.9

  Other Transportation

43

9.0

  Telephone Communications

3

1.5

  Other Communications

---

---

  Electric Light and Power

11

6.3

  Other Utility/Sanitary Service

12

6.0

Wholesale Trade

56

4.7

DETAILED INDUSTRY

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Retail Trade

 

 

  Food Stores

19

2.4

  Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer

24

4.3

  Apparel & Accessory Stores

---

---

  Eating & Drinking Places

19

1.1

  Other Retail Trade

41

2.0

Finance/Insur/RE

 

 

  Banking and Other Finance

5

0.7

  Insurance and Real Estate

9

0.9

Services

 

 

  Business Services

21

2.2

  Automobile and Repair Services

35

7.8

  Private Household Services

---

---

  Pers Serv Exc Priv Household

11

1.3

  Entertainment & Rec Services

9

2.2

  Hospitals

5

0.4

  Health Services, Exc Hosp

9

0.6

  Educational Services

13

0.5

  Other Professional Services

17

1.1

Public Admin

 

 

  Justice, Pub Order, & Safety

35

8.8

  Admin of Hum Res Programs

---

---

  National Sec/Internal Affairs

4

7.3

  Other Pub Admin

13

2.8

Not Classified

60

---

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

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Exec/Adm/Mgr

 

 

  Officials & Administrators, Public Admin

5

3.8

  Other Executive, Admin & Managerial

92

4.0

  Management Related Occupations

7

0.9

Prof/Spec

   

  Engineers

10

2.5

  Mathematical and Computer Scientists

---

---

  Natural Scientists

3

2.5

  Health Diagnosing Occupations

7

3.3

  Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations

---

---

  Teachers, College and University

3

1.1

  Teachers, Except College and University

6

0.6

  Lawyers and Judges

---

---

  Other Professional Specialty Occupations

18

2.0

Tech/Support

   

  Health Technologists and Technicians

---

---

  Engineering and Science Technicians

8

2.8

  Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science

17

7.3

Sales

   

  Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations

62

7.5

  Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services

---

---

  Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail

13

2.9

  Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services

16

1.0

  Sales Related Occupations

---

---

Clerical

   

  Supervisors, Administrative Support

---

---

  Computer Equipment Operators

---

---

  Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists

---

---

  Financial Records Processing

---

---

  Mail and Message Distribution

3

1.4

  Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical

11

0.5

DETAILED OCCUPATION

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE

Service

   

  Private Household Service Occupations

---

---

  Protective Service

39

9.7

  Food Service

8

0.5

  Health Service

---

---

  Cleaning and Building Service

17

1.9

  Personal Service

7

1.1

Farm/For/Fish

   

  Farm Operators and Managers

285

37.5

  Farm Workers and Related Occupations

35

4.9

  Forestry and Fishing Occupations

27

50.3

Crafts

   

  Mechanics and Repairers

51

4.4

  Construction Trades

98

8.2

  Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair

45

3.3

Mach Operators

   

  Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision

54

2.9

  Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers

32

2.9

Transport

   

  Motor Vehicle Operators

142

15.1

  Other Transport and Material Moving Occ

46

12.7

Laborers

   

  Construction Laborers

49

25.7

  Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers

10

2.2

  Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer

73

9.5

Other or Not Classified

48

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*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths.
Rates not calculated for "unknown&