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CONSTRUCTION
FATALITIES
2001
Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries
Fatal work injury counts, 1992-2001
Number of fatalities
6,800
6,632
6,600
6,400
6,331
6,217
6,275
6,202 6,238
6,200
6,055 6,054
5,920 5,900
6,000
5,800
5,600
5,400
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Year
Total Fatalities per Year
SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000
Fatal work injury counts in the private
construction industry, 1992-2001
Number
1,400
1,174
1,200
1,191
1,225
1,155
1,107
1,028
1,000
919
1,055 1,047
932
800
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Year
Total Private Construction Fatalities per Year
Numbers and rates of fatal occupational injuries
by industry division, 2001
1,225
Construction
Transportation
Services
Agriculture
Government
Manufacturing
Retail trade
Wholesale trade
Mining
Finance
13.3
911
11.2
767
1.9
740
22.8
630
3.1
3.2
599
537
2.4
4.3
220
170
30.0
86
2000
1000
Number of fatalities
1.0
0
10
20
Fatality 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.
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Occupations in the private construction industry
with the highest number of fatalities, 2001
Construction laborers
335
(Falls 27%)
Carpenters
101
(Falls 65%)
Roofers
(Falls 73%)
78
Electricians
(Ele ctrocutions 56%)
71
Truck drivers
46
(Highway transportation 46%)
Structural metal wo rkers
Most frequent fatal event shown
for each occupation
43
(Falls 88%)
Painters
38
(Falls 55%)
Mechanics & repairers
34
(Contact with object 38%)
Welders & Cutters
33
(Falls 30%
Operating engineers
32
(Transportation inc idents 44%)
0
50
100
150
200
250
Number of Fatalities
*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.
300
350
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Distribution of fatalities in the construction
industry and to all workers by event, 2001
Construction Industry
Assaults and violent
acts
4%
All Workers
Fires and explosions
3%
Fires and explosions
2%
Exposure to harmful
substances or
environments
16%
Falls
34%
Exposure to harmful
substances or
environments
8%
Falls
14%
Transportation
incidents
44%
Contact with objects
and equipment
18%
Transportation
incidents
26%
Assaults and
violent acts
15%
Contact with objects
and equipment
16%
Distribution of falls to lower level
by detailed event, 2001
Other
Fall from floor, dock, 17%
or ground level
(to lower level)
6%
Fall from roof
35%
Fall from building
girders
9%
Fall from ladder
17%
Fall from scaffolding,
staging
17%
Fatalities in the private construction
industry by location, 2001
Other location
18%
Construction site,
industrial place or
premise
45%
Road construction
5%
Residential
construction
10%
Street or highway,
excluding road
construction
22%
Fatalities to construction
workers and
all workers by age, 2001
60
Percent
50
40
30
20
10
0
15 to 24
25 to 44
45 to 64
Age group
All workers
Private construction workers
65 and older
Fatalities to construction workers
and all workers by race or
ethnicity, 2001
80
70
Percent
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
White
Black
Hispanic
Race or ethnicity
All workers
Private construction workers
Other
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%)
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