Table 1 - Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalities: 1992 and 2000
Table 1 - Transportation-Related Occupational Fatalities: 1992 and 2000
1992 | 2000 | |
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Total occupational fatalities (all causes) | 6,217 | 5,915 |
Total transportation-related fatalities | 2,484 | 2,571 |
Highway | 1,158 | 1,363 |
Off-highway road (farm, industrial, premises) | 436 | 399 |
Air transportation | 353 | 280 |
Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment | 346 | 370 |
Water transportation | 109 | 84 |
Railroad transportation | 66 | 71 |
Other, not elsewhere classified | 16 | 4 |
NOTE: Data for 2000 are preliminary. Because these data are generated by a different methodology, they may not be consistent with other transportation fatality-by-mode data presented in this document.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1992 and 2000, available at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm, as of Dec. 20, 2001.