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CONSTRUCTIONFATALITIES
2001
Census of FatalOccupational Injuries
Fatal work injury counts, 1992-2001
6,2176,331
6,632
6,2756,202 6,238
6,055 6,0545,920 5,900
5,400
5,600
5,800
6,000
6,200
6,400
6,600
6,800
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total Fatalities per Year
SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000
Number of fatalities
Year
919 932
1,0281,055 1,047
1,107
1,1741,191
1,155
1,225
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Year
Total Private Construction Fatalities per Year
Fatal work injury counts in the private construction industry, 1992-2001
Number
010002000 10 20 30
1,225
911
767
740
599
537
630
220
170
86 1.0
30.0
2.4
3.2
3.1
22.8
1.9
11.2
13.3Construction
Transportation
Agriculture
Services
Manufacturing
Government
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Mining
Finance
Number of fatalitiesFatality rate
(per 100,000 employed)NOTE: Data exclude fatalities resulting from September 11 terrorist attacks.SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2001.Rate = (Fatal work injuries/Employment) x 100,000 workers. Employment data extracted from the 2001 Current Population Survey (CPS). The fatality rates were calculated using employment as the denominator; employment-based rates measure the risk for those employed during a given period of time, regardless of exposure hours.
Numbers and rates of fatal occupational injuries by industry division, 2001
4.3
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Occupations in the private construction industrywith the highest number of fatalities, 2001
Construction laborers
Carpenters
Roofers
Electricians
Structural metal workers
Truck drivers(Highway transportation 46%)
Painters(Falls 55%)
Welders & Cutters(Falls 30%
335
101
78
71
43
46
34
38
32Operating engineers (Transportation inc idents 44%)
(Falls 27%)
(Falls 65%)
(Falls 73%)
(Ele ctrocutions 56%)
(Falls 88%)
Mechanics & repairers(Contact with object 38%)
33
*Selected occupations had a minimum of 40 fatalities and 45,000 employed workers in 2001..NOTE: Data exclude fatalities resulting from September 11 terrorist attacks.SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2001.
Number of Fatalities
Most frequent fatal event shownfor each occupation
Falls34%
Transportation incidents
26%
Contact with objects and equipment
18%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments
16%
Fires and explosions2%
Assaults and violent acts4%
Transportation incidents
44%
Contact with objects and equipment
16%
Falls14%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments
8%
Fires and explosions3%
Assaults andviolent acts
15%
Distribution of fatalities in the construction industry and to all workers by event, 2001
Construction Industry All Workers
Other17%Fall from floor, dock,
or ground level (to lower level)
6%
Fall from building girders
9%
Fall from ladder17%
Fall from roof 35%
Fall from scaffolding, staging
17%
Distribution of falls to lower level by detailed event, 2001
Street or highway, excluding road construction
22%
Construction site, industrial place or
premise45%
Residential construction
10%
Road construction5%
Other location18%
Fatalities in the private construction industry by location, 2001
Fatalities to construction workers and
all workers by age, 2001
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 and older
Age group
Pe
rce
nt
All workersPrivate construction workers
Fatalities to construction workers and all workers by race or
ethnicity, 2001
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
White Black Hispanic Other
Race or ethnicity
Per
cen
t
All workersPrivate construction workers
Construction Laborers
•High number of fatalities - 349 in 2001
•Fatality rate was 34 per 100,000 workers in 2001
•Leading events - transportation incidents (33%), and falls (26%)
•Hispanic construction laborer fatalities have more than doubled since the Census began in 1992 from 50 to 120 in 2001
Carpenters
•112 fatalities in 2001
•Fatality rate in 2001 was 8 per 100,000 workers
•Leading event - falls (63%)
•30% of fatalities are to Hispanic workers
Roofers
•78 fatalities in 2001
•Fatality rate in 2001 was 36 per 100,000 workers
•Leading events - falls (73%)
•28% of fatalities to roofers were to Hispanic workers
Electricians
•109 fatalities in 2001
•Fatality rate in 2001 was 13 per 100,000 workers
•Leading event - electrocutions (51%)
Structural metal workers
•Highest fatality rate of occupations in construction industry with 58 fatalities per 100,000 workers
•Relatively small number of fatalities with 45 in 2001
•Leading event - falls (89%)
For More Information:
• Access the BLS Internet site:
http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm
• Send e-mail to:
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