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Appendix C: Industries and Occupations with High Risk for Occupational Mortality

 

TThe industries and occupations listed in the table below were identified as “high risk” because they had excessive injury fatality rates. The industries had injury death rates greater than 10 per 100,000 in 1998 – more than double the national rate that year – according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). The occupations had injury death rates greater than 20 per 100,000 workers.

Accompanying each industry in the table is the associated 1990 Bureau of the Census industry code. Note that the table in Appendix A lists industries using Standard Industry Classification (SIC) codes. These two tables are not consistent because the sources of the “high risk” industries differ for Indicator 14 and Indicator 16 (the BLS Annual Survey was used to identify the industries for Indicator 14). The Annual Survey is limited to private sector hired workers while CFOI includes anyone working for pay, including the self-employed. The most appropriate source of data on the total number employed is the Current Population Survey (CPS), which is conducted by the Census Bureau. The CPS utilizes Census Bureau industry codes. The table below also illustrates 1990 Bureau of the Census codes for each occupation listed.


Industries

Occupations

010

Agricultural crop production

226

Airplane pilots and navigators

011

Agricultural livestock production

461

Guides

020

Landscape and horticultural services

473

Farmers, except horticultural

030

Agricultural services

475

Managers, farms, except horticultural

031

Forestry

477

Supervisors, farm workers

032

Fishing, hunting and trapping

479

Farm workers

040

Metal mining

496

Timber cutting and logging occupations

041

Coal mining

498

Fishers

042

Oil and gas extraction

576

Electrician apprentices

050

Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel

577

Electrical power installers and repairers

060

Construction

595

Roofers

201

Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products

597

Structural metal workers

230

Logging

599

Constructions trades, nec

251

Cement, concrete, gypsum and plaster products

613

Supervisors, extractive occupations

360

Ship and boat building and repair

616

Mining machine operators

402

Taxicab service

804

Truck drivers

410

Trucking service

806

Driver-sales workers

420

Water transportation

809

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs

471

Sanitary services

829

Sailors and deckhands

500

Wholesale motor vehicles and equipment

853

Excavating and loading machine operators

531

Wholesale scrap and waste materials

855

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators

551

Wholesale farm product raw materials

859

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

552

Wholesale petroleum products

869

Construction laborers

590

Mobile home dealers

875

Garbage collectors

622

Miscellaneous vehicle dealers

 

650

Liquor stores

 

752

Electrical repair shops

 

   
   
Technical Note:

The list of high-risk industries and occupations will be updated every five years since over time there will be some changes to the list as occupational mortality rates for individual occupations and industries fluctuate. It is not anticipated that year-to-year changes will have significant effect on comparative or trend analyses, but these changes will be evaluated.

 
 



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