Table 2.

Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, Virginia, 2000

Event or exposure1
(percent)
Total Exposure to
Worker characteristics fatalities Transpor- Contact with harmful sub-
Assaults and Fires and
(number) tation objects and Falls stances or
violent acts3 explosions
incidents2 equipment environ-
ments

Total 148 32.4 17.6 14.9 14.9 12.2 8.1

Employee Status

Wage and Salary Workers4 115 35.7 13.0 13.0 17.4 13.0 7.8
Self-employed5 33 21.2 33.3 21.2 -- 9.1 --

Sex

Men 133 34.6 15.0 15.0 15.8 12.8 6.8

Women 15 -- 40.0 -- -- -- --

Age

Under 16 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 to 17 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 to 19 years 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
20 to 24 years 14 28.6 -- -- -- 21.4 21.4
25 to 34 years 25 32.0 28.0 12.0 -- 12.0 --
35 to 44 years 41 36.6 19.5 12.2 14.6 9.8 --
45 to 54 years 36 36.1 11.1 16.7 19.4 13.9 --
55 to 64 years 17 23.5 23.5 29.4 -- -- --
65 years and over 9 33.3 -- -- -- -- --

Race or Ethnic Origin6

White, non-Hispanic 113 31.0 15.9 15.9 14.2 12.4 10.6

Black, non-Hispanic 22 45.5 22.7 18.2 -- -- --
Hispanic or Latino 5 -- -- -- 60.0 -- --
American Indian or Alaska Native -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Asian or Pacific Islander 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Asian 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- --

1
Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness include Hispanic workers. For years 2000 and later,
Classification Manual. persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race. The
2
Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatalities. race categories shown exclude Hispanic workers.
3
Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and NOTE: Totals for major categories may include
assaults by animals. subcategories not shown separately. Percentages
4
May include volunteers and other workers receiving may not add to totals because of rounding.
compensation. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet
5
Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include publication criteria.
owners of incorporated businesses, or members of SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
partnerships. Statistics, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies,
6
For years prior to 2000, the race categories shown Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

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