CF TB 8/03/95 NR SUPP TBL7 94 EVETIM Table 7. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and time of incident, 1994 Total Time of incident(2) fataliti- (percent) Event or exposure(1) es (number) 6am-10am 10am-2pm 2pm-6pm 6pm-10pm 10pm-2am 2am-6am Total............... 6,588 17.6 26.7 24.2 12.2 8.2 6.6 Transportation incidents.......... 2,740 19.0 24.4 25.2 14.3 6.2 8.2 Highway............. 1,336 20.7 25.2 22.2 10.2 7.6 12.7 Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment...... 650 20.6 27.1 24.5 10.8 6.2 10.0 Re-entrant collision.... 9 - - 33.3 - - - Moving in same direction.... 117 17.9 23.9 29.9 8.5 7.7 12.0 Moving in opposite directions, oncoming..... 229 20.5 31.9 21.4 10.5 7.9 7.4 Moving in intersection. 143 24.5 25.2 24.5 11.9 4.2 9.8 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment-in roadway...... 21 33.3 28.6 14.3 - - 19.0 Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment-si- de of road... 19 31.6 15.8 - 15.8 - 26.3 Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment in roadway........ 27 29.6 - 25.9 - - 22.2 Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment on side of road... 228 20.6 21.5 18.4 9.6 10.5 18.0 Noncollision...... 370 22.2 25.7 20.5 9.2 7.6 13.8 Jack-knifed or overturned-- no collision. 272 22.1 26.8 19.1 9.6 8.8 12.9 Ran off highway--no collision.... 58 15.5 20.7 25.9 8.6 5.2 20.7 Sudden start or stop, n.e.c.. 8 50.0 50.0 - - - - Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises)........ 407 13.0 30.0 32.4 13.5 3.4 2.2 Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment...... 17 23.5 23.5 35.3 - - - Vehicle, mobile equipment struck stationary object......... 27 18.5 33.3 14.8 11.1 11.1 - Noncollision accident....... 351 12.3 30.8 33.3 14.2 2.6 1.1 Fall from moving vehicle, mobile equipment.... 22 - 27.3 40.9 - - - Fell from and struck by vehicle, mobile equipment.... 71 14.1 23.9 36.6 16.9 - - Overturned...... 225 11.1 31.6 34.7 13.3 2.2 - Loss of control. 8 - 50.0 - - - - Aircraft............ 424 13.7 15.1 28.3 34.4 4.2 2.4 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment........ 383 21.4 25.8 24.8 10.7 8.1 5.5 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in roadway........ 135 17.8 20.0 25.2 12.6 8.9 8.9 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment on side of road... 65 21.5 23.1 27.7 10.8 9.2 6.2 Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in parking lot or non-road area.. 145 24.1 32.4 24.1 7.6 6.2 2.8 Water vehicle....... 92 23.9 23.9 18.5 8.7 5.4 8.7 Fall from ship or boat, n.e.c.... 39 20.5 28.2 17.9 - - 12.8 Fall on ship, boat 7 - - 42.9 - - - Sinking, capsized water vehicle.. 32 34.4 15.6 9.4 15.6 9.4 - Railway............. 81 30.9 27.2 24.7 8.6 - 7.4 Collision between railway vehicles....... 12 41.7 - - - - 33.3 Collision between railway vehicle and other vehicle........ 62 27.4 35.5 27.4 4.8 - - Assaults and violent acts............... 1,308 13.3 17.0 15.4 17.0 19.0 11.4 Homicides........... 1,071 10.9 16.0 15.2 17.9 21.2 12.8 Hitting, kicking, beating........ 47 10.6 14.9 12.8 17.0 25.5 12.8 Shooting.......... 925 10.7 16.0 15.5 18.4 21.0 13.0 Stabbing.......... 60 15.0 16.7 20.0 11.7 25.0 8.3 Self-inflicted injury........... 210 24.8 22.9 14.3 11.0 10.5 5.2 Assaults by animals. 27 18.5 14.8 33.3 25.9 - - Contact with objects and equipment...... 1,015 21.1 35.2 26.8 7.5 4.0 2.8 Struck by object.... 589 22.4 35.8 25.5 7.5 3.9 2.4 Struck by falling object......... 371 21.3 41.2 24.0 6.5 2.7 2.2 Struck by flying object......... 67 25.4 26.9 25.4 13.4 4.5 - Struck by discharged object or substance.... 20 15.0 20.0 35.0 25.0 - - Struck by swinging or slipping object......... 31 22.6 35.5 29.0 - - - Struck by rolling, sliding objects on floor or ground level... 60 23.3 26.7 35.0 6.7 5.0 - Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects.......... 280 21.4 33.2 26.8 8.6 4.3 2.9 Caught in running equipment or machinery...... 147 21.8 29.3 25.9 10.2 5.4 4.8 Compressed or pinched by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects........ 56 17.9 41.1 32.1 7.1 - - Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials........ 132 15.9 37.1 34.1 5.3 3.0 3.8 Excavation or trenching cave-in........ 49 12.2 36.7 49.0 - - - Other cave-in..... 12 - 41.7 25.0 - - - Caught in or crushed in collapsing structure...... 31 19.4 48.4 25.8 - - - Falls................. 661 17.9 38.9 25.3 6.2 4.1 1.7 Fall to lower level. 577 17.7 40.6 26.0 6.1 3.6 1.2 Fall down stairs or steps....... 18 - 16.7 50.0 - - - Fall from floor, dock, or ground level.......... 27 22.2 33.3 33.3 - - - Fall from ladder.. 85 23.5 45.9 20.0 4.7 3.5 - Fall from piled or stacked material....... 5 - 60.0 - - - - Fall from roof.... 129 19.4 43.4 28.7 4.7 2.3 - Fall from scaffold, staging........ 89 16.9 44.9 25.8 3.4 - - Fall from building girders or other structural steel.......... 34 29.4 26.5 38.2 - - - Fall from nonmoving vehicle........ 48 20.8 27.1 35.4 10.4 - - Fall on same level.. 62 21.0 30.6 17.7 6.5 4.8 6.5 Exposure to harmful substances or environments....... 638 13.8 30.9 31.5 7.7 6.0 2.4 Contact with electric current. 346 17.9 32.9 34.4 6.4 3.5 1.7 Contact with electric current of machine, tool, appliance, light fixture.. 63 12.7 33.3 30.2 7.9 7.9 - Contact with wiring, transformers, or other electrical component...... 97 19.6 33.0 30.9 6.2 3.1 3.1 Contact with overhead power lines.......... 132 22.0 36.4 31.8 6.1 2.3 - Contact with underground, buried power lines.......... 6 50.0 - - - - - Struck by lightning...... 15 - 26.7 53.3 - - - Contact with temperature extremes......... 50 14.0 20.0 44.0 - - - Exposure to environmental heat........... 28 - 21.4 60.7 - - - Contact with hot objects or substances..... 15 40.0 20.0 26.7 - - - Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances....... 131 9.2 26.0 20.6 6.9 14.5 5.3 Inhalation of substance...... 84 9.5 25.0 22.6 8.3 14.3 7.1 Inhalation in open or nonconfined space........ 24 16.7 - 20.8 - 29.2 - Injections, stings, venomous bites. 11 - 45.5 - - - - Bee, wasp, hornet sting. 8 - 62.5 - - - - Ingestion of substance...... 10 - - - - 30.0 - Oxygen deficiency... 110 6.4 35.5 30.0 14.5 5.5 - Drowning, submersion..... 90 6.7 33.3 33.3 12.2 5.6 - Fires and explosions.. 202 22.8 26.2 28.2 10.4 5.9 5.0 Fires--unintended or uncontrolled..... 105 17.1 21.0 33.3 9.5 10.5 5.7 Fire in residence, building, or other structure 51 17.6 17.6 17.6 13.7 17.6 9.8 Forest, brush, or other outdoor fire........... 20 - - 90.0 - - - Explosion........... 97 28.9 32.0 22.7 11.3 - 4.1 Explosion of pressure vessel or piping...... 32 28.1 21.9 34.4 9.4 - - Other events or exposures(3)....... 24 - 20.8 12.5 12.5 - - 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. 2 There were 284 cases for which time of incident was not reported. 3 Includes the category "Bodily reaction and exertion." NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1994.