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

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

Table WV-2. Number^*ЖЗ and Rate^З^з (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Sex, Race, and Age Group, West Virginia, 1980-1995.

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

Table WV-4. Number^*Ж and Rate^ЖЗ^з (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Industry and Occupation Division, West Virginia, 1983-1995.

Table WV-5. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^ЖЗ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic
Occupational Fatalities by Detailed Industry Groupings, West Virginia, 1983-1995.

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Ag/For/Fish
Ag Production	19	17.4
Ag Services	5	9.5
Forestry & Fisheries	---	---
Mining
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining	192	45.6
Oil and Gas Extraction	14	18.4
Construction	124	21.1
Manufacturing
Food & Kindred Prod	4	4.3
Textile Mill Prod	---	---
Apparel & Other Textile Pr	---	---
Paper & Allied Products	---	---
Printing/Publishing/Allied	---	---
Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber	10	3.3
Lumber & Wood	85	87.0
Furniture	---	---
Stone/Clay/Concrete	5	4.2
Primary Metals	18	9.4
Fabricated Metals	---	---
Mach, Ex Elect	6	8.5
Elect Mach, Equip Supplies	---	---
Motor Vehicles Equip	---	---
Aircraft & Parts	---	---
Other Transport Equip	---	---
Prof & Photo Equip/Watches	---	---
Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods	---	---
Misc & NEC Industries	8	35.4
Trans/Comm/PU
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage	107	57.5
Other Transportation	33	16.5
Telephone Communications	3	4.9
Other Communications	---	---
Electric Light and Power	11	11.7
Other Utility/Sanitary Service	13	9.1
Wholesale Trade	18	6.1

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Retail Trade
Food Stores	11	3.4
Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer	10	4.5
Apparel & Accessory Stores	---	---
Eating & Drinking Places	7	1.5
Other Retail Trade	27	4.3
Finance/Insur/RE
Banking and Other Finance	---	---
Insurance and Real Estate	5	2.8
Services
Business Services	3	1.7
Automobile and Repair Services	15	8.9
Private Household Services	---	---
Pers Serv Exc Priv Household	4	1.8
Entertainment & Rec Services	6	6.6
Hospitals	4	0.9
Health Services, Exc Hosp	---	---
Educational Services	6	0.7
Other Professional Services	11	2.6
Public Admin
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety	10	8.4
Admin of Hum Res Programs	---	---
National Sec/Internal Affairs	---	---
Other Pub Admin	10	6.0
Not Classified	49	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖRates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^ЗRates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

Table WV-6. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^ЖЗ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Detailed Occupation Groupings, West Virginia, 1983-1995.

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Exec/Adm/Mgr
Officials & Administrators, Public Admin	---	---
Other Executive, Admin & Managerial	34	6.2
Management Related Occupations	---	---
Prof/Spec
Engineers	12	14.9
Mathematical and Computer Scientists	---	---
Natural Scientists	---	---
Health Diagnosing Occupations	---	---
Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations	---	---
Teachers, College and University	---	---
Teachers, Except College and University	---	---
Lawyers and Judges	---	---
Other Professional Specialty Occupations	5	2.3
Tech/Support
Health Technologists and Technicians	---	---
Engineering and Science Technicians	3	4.2
Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science	14	30.0
Sales
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations	21	6.3
Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services	3	3.1
Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail	3	3.7
Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services	7	1.3
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	4	0.7

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Service
Private Household Service Occupations	---	---
Protective Service	16	12.6
Food Service	3	0.6
Health Service	---	---
Cleaning and Building Service	3	1.1
Personal Service	---	---
Farm/For/Fish
Farm Operators and Managers	17	25.5
Farm Workers and Related Occupations	13	10.0
Forestry and Fishing Occupations	64	248.8
Crafts
Mechanics and Repairers	32	7.7
Construction Trades	65	14.6
Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair	160	38.4
Mach Operators
Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision	19	4.8
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers	15	9.7
Transport
Motor Vehicle Operators	168	42.9
Other Transport and Material Moving Occ	45	18.3
Laborers
Construction Laborers	44	56.2
Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers	13	8.1
Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer	32	11.5
Other or Not Classified	36	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖRates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^ЗRates 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	89	12.6
1981	103	14.7
1982	82	12.4
1983	72	11.4
1984	74	11.2
1985	73	10.9
1986	70	10.6
1987	71	10.6
1988	73	11.0
1989	60	8.5
1990	58	8.3
1991	69	9.9
1992	70	10.2
1993	67	9.5
1994	60	8.4
1995	51	7.0
Total	1,142	10.4

DEMOGRAPHICS	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1980-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Sex
Male	1,105	17.4	475	19.7	322	16.5	308	15.6
Female	37	0.8	18	1.1	10	0.7	9	0.6
Race
White	1,101	10.4	477	12.2	318	9.7	306	9.0
Black	41	12.7	16	15.5	14	13.4	11	9.7
Other	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Age Group
16-17	10	6.0	---	---	4	7.0	---	---
18-19	21	5.6	12	7.8	6	5.1	3	2.8
20-24	89	7.3	43	8.8	25	7.1	21	5.5
25-34	333	11.3	168	14.3	96	10.5	69	8.0
35-44	299	10.6	114	12.9	89	9.4	96	9.7
45-54	200	10.1	83	12.2	58	9.8	59	8.3
55-64	134	11.5	49	10.3	37	11.0	48	13.5
65+	56	20.7	20	19.3	17	22.3	19	20.9
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖNumbers not reported for "unknown" categories. ^ЗNumbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements. ^зRates 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	310	2.8
Struck By Falling Object	182	1.7
Machine	172	1.6
Electrocution	78	0.7
Fall	72	0.7
Homicide	56	0.5
Nature/Environment	41	0.4
Air Transport	39	0.4
Explosion	31	0.3
Suffocation	24	0.2
Flying Object/Caught In	22	0.2
Suicide	20	0.2
Rail Transport	17	0.2
Water Transport	15	0.1
Fire	11	0.1
Poisoning	11	0.1
Drowning	8	0.1
Other	30	0.3
Unknown\Undetermined	3	---
^*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	24	14.1	4	8.4	11	17.6	9	14.9
Mining	206	41.4	52	34.7	71	38.1	83	51.5
Construction	124	21.1	25	20.9	50	20.6	49	21.8
Manufacturing	142	10.7	38	12.7	52	9.8	52	10.4
Trans/Comm/PU	168	23.3	41	25.8	76	28.0	51	17.6
Wholesale Trade	18	6.1	4	5.9	6	5.3	8	7.0
Retail Trade	57	3.4	11	3.2	22	3.3	24	3.5
Finance/Insur/RE	5	1.3	---	---	---	---	---	---
Services	52	1.8	14	2.3	15	1.4	23	1.9
Public Admin	24	6.2	10	12.4	9	6.1	5	3.1
Not Classified	48	---	20	---	16	---	12	---

Occupation Division
Exec/Adm/Mgr	36	4.6	8	4.7	13	4.4	15	4.7
Prof/Spec	24	2.3	7	3.1	10	2.6	7	1.6
Tech/Support	18	6.9	---	---	9	10.4	---	---
Sales	34	3.3	6	2.7	13	3.3	15	3.6
Clerical	7	0.6	---	---	---	---	3	0.6
Service	26	2.0	4	1.4	10	2.0	12	2.2
Farm/For/Fish	94	42.4	20	33.1	35	44.3	39	47.3
Crafts	257	20.1	61	20.5	89	17.8	107	22.4
Mach Operators	34	6.2	10	8.8	9	4.0	15	7.1
Transport	213	33.4	51	34.6	87	35.3	75	30.8
Laborers	89	17.2	29	25.1	37	17.0	23	12.4
Not Classified	36	---	14	---	18	---	4	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^ЖNumbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements. ^ЗRates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^зRates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.