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Appendix 1. Top Three Fatal Occupational Events/Exposures by Race and Hispanic Origin, Massachusetts, 1991-1999

Race of workers Hispanic Origin
white (n = 562) black (n = 31) Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific (n = 24) Hispanic (n = 32) Non-Hispanic (n = 578)
Fall to lower level (20%) Homicide (52%) Homicide (18%) Homicide (35%) Fall to lower level (19%)
Motor vehicle incident (14%) Motor vehicle incident (16%) Caught in/or between equipment (18%) Fall to lower level (12%) Motor vehicle incident (14%)
Homicide (12%) Fall to lower level (16%) Suicide (14%) Contact with objects (15%) Homicide (13%)

NOTE: Information about race and Hispanic origin was obtained from death certificates. Race data was not available for 16 workers and information on Hispanic Origin was not available for 23 workers.

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

Appendix 2. Fatal Occupational Injuries by Selected Characteristics Massachusetts, 1991-1999 and U.S., 1992-1999 Annual Average

Characteristics Massachusetts 1991-1999 U. S. 1992-99 annual average
 
N
%
N
%
Total
633
100
6,247
100
Employer
Private
562
89
5,5
90
 
69
11
649
10
EMPLOYEE STATUS
Wage & Salary workers
522
82
4,971
80
Self-employed*
111
18
1,224
20
Gender
Men
589
93
5,711
91
Women
44
7
84
9
Race
white
562
89
5,104
82
black
31
5
647
0
Asian/Pacific Islander
24
4
188
3
Not Reported
16
2
308
5
Hispanic Origin
Hispanic**
32
5
31
10
Age
Under 20 years
16
3
250
4
20 - 24 years
35
3
484
8
25 - 34 years
160
25
1,381
22
35 - 44 years
174
28
1,545
25
45 - 54 years
111
18
1,251
20
55 - 64 years
83
13
824
13
65 years and older
49
8
5
8
Unknown
5
1
-
-
Event
Contact with objects or equipment
88
14
1,000
16
Fall
133
21
671
11
  Fall to lower level
120
19
590
9
Exposure to harmful Substances or environments
50
8
590
9
  Contact with electric current
25
4
318
5
Transportation Incidents
221
35
2,600
42
Highway incidents
84
13
1,345
22
  Non-highway accident
19
3
390
6
Pedestrian
40
6
375
6
  Water vehicle accident
51
8
120
2
Aircraft accident
24
4
298
5
Fires and explosion
25
4
198
3
Assaults and violent acts
115
18
1,168
19
Homicide
82
13
923
15
Suicide
30
5
214
3
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
94
15
826
13
Commercial fishing
57
9
71
1
Construction
136
22
1,057
17
Special trades contractors
100
16
610
10
Manufacturing
55
9
739
12
Transportation and Public Utilities
84
13
941
15
Trade
85
13
932
15
Finance/Insurance/ Real Estate
9
1
111
2
Services
97
15
766
12
Government
69
11
656
11
Occupation
Managerial and Professional
76
12
687
11
Technical, Sales and Administrative Support
86
14
782
13
Service
67
11
516
8
Farming, Forestry and Fishing
95
15
919
15
Precision production, Craft and Repair
144
23
1,091
18
Operators, Fabricators and Laborers
161
25
2,069
34

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 1991-1999. Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1992-1999.

* Includes paid and unpaid family workers and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of partnerships

** Persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race.

NOTE: Totals may include data for subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. Dashes indicate data that are not available or do not meet publication criteria.


Appendix 3. Workplace Fall Fatalities by Selected Characteristics, Massachusetts 1991-1999 and U.S., 1997

Characteristics
Massachusetts (1991-1999)
U.S. (1997)
 
N
%
N
%
Total
133
100
715
100
Employee status
Wage and salary workers
112
84
595
83
Self-employed
21
16
120
17
Gender
Men
127
95
695
97
Women
6
5
20
3
Race
black
5
4
56
8
white
125
94
606
85
Other
3
2
53
7
Hispanic Origin
Hispanic
7
5
88
12
Age
Under 15 years
-
-
-
-
15-24 years
6
5
67
9
25-34 years
27
20
121
19
35-44 years
36
27
157
24
45-54 years
24
18
151
23
55-64 years
16
12
96
15
65 years and older
24
18
66
10
Unknown
-
-
5
1
Event
Fall to lower level
118
89
652
91
  Fall down stairs or steps
4
3
13
2
  Fall from floor, dock, ground
-
-
40
6
  Fall from ladder
10
8
116
16
  Fall from roof
12
9
154
22
    Fall through existing roof Opening
-
-
20
3
    Fall through roof surface
4
3
19
3
    Fall through skylight
-
-
17
2
    Fall from roof edge
4
3
56
8
  Fall from scaffold, staging
10
8
87
12
  Fall from building girders or other structural steel
3
2
48
7
  Fall from nonmoving vehicle
-
-
53
7
Fall on same level
15
11
44
6
    Fall to floor, walkway, or other
4
3
33
55
Occupation
Managerial and professional specialty
5
4
64
9
Technical , sales, and administrative support
12
9
28
4
Farming, forestry, and fishing
11
8
64
9
Precision production, craft and repair
68
51
293
41
  Mechanic and repairers
5
4
42
6
  Construction trades
62
47
236
33
    Brickmasons and stonemasons, Apprentices
6
5
12
1
    Carpenters and apprentices
11
8
43
6
    Electricians and apprentices
4
3
14
2
    Painters, construction and maintenance
6
5
21
3
    Roofers
14
11
36
5
    Structural metal workers
7
5
35
5
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
19
14
207
29
  Transportation and material moving Occupations
4
3
-
-
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers and Laborers
13
10
-
-
  Construction laborers
7
5
107
15
  Laborers, except construction
4
3
-
-
  Other
-
-
-
-
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
9
7
65
9
Construction
72
54
380
53
  General building contractors
11
8
-
-
  Heavy contractors
3
2
-
-
  Special trade contractors
58
44
-
-
    Masonry, stonework, and plastering
7
5
-
-
    Carpentry and floor work
11
8
-
-
    Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work
14
11
-
-
Miscellaneous special trade Contractors
13
10
-
-
Manufacturing
3
4
55
8
Transportation and Public Utilities
4
6
37
5
Wholesale/Retail trades
7
10
49
7
Services
11
16
68
10
Government
30
4
Establishment sizes (no. of employees)
1-10
73
59
-
-
11-19
12
10
-
-
20-49
13
11
-
-
50-99
4
3
-
-
100+
21
17
-
-

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Census of Fatal Occupational Injury (CFOI) Program, 1991-1999, and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, CFOI, 1997

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. Major categories that do not meet publication criteria are not shown. Dashes indicate unpublishable data.

Appendix 4. Workplace Homicides by Selected Characteristics, Massachusetts, 1991-1999 and U.S., 1992-1999 Annual Average

Characteristics
Massachusetts 1991-1999
U.S. 1992-1999 annual average
N
%
N
%
Total
82
100
920
100
Gender
Men
70
85
743
81
Women
12
15
147
19
Race
white
61
74
606
66
black
14
17
170
18
Other or unknown
7
9
144
16
Hispanic Origin
Hispanic
10
12
126
14
Age
Under 20 years
1
1
30
3
20-24 years
7
9
60
8
25-34 years
18
22
233
25
35-44 years
25
30
240
26
45-54 years
20
24
181
20
55-64 years
6
7
106
12
65 years and older
5
6
56
6
Event
Shooting
56
68
705
82
Stabbing
12
15
73
9
Hitting, kicking, beating
4
5
47
5
Other, including, bombing
10
12
31
4
Motive
Robbery and other crimes
64
78
775
84
Personal acquaintance
11
13
44
5
Work associates
7
9
101
11
Occupation
Managerial and professional specialty occupations
17
21
160
17
  Executive, administrative and managerial occupations
7
9
127
14
  Professional specialty
10
12
33
4
Technical, sales, and administrative Support jobs
26
32
328
36
  Sales occupations
20
24
287
31
  Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations
13
16
146
16
  Cashiers
3
4
80
9
  Administrative support Occupations, including, clerical
5
6
36
4
Service occupations
19
23
197
21
  Protective service occupations
12
15
116
13
Operators, Fabricators, Laborers
14
17
110
12
  Motor vehicle operators
14
17
106
12
    Truck drivers
2
2
23
3
    Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs
11
13
70
8
Industry
Transportation and public utilities
15
18
98
11
  Local and interurban passenger transit
12
15
74
8
  Taxicabs
10
12
70
8
Wholesale/Retail trade
29
35
442
48
  Food stores
9
11
154
17
  Eating and drinking places
6
7
119
13
Services
20
24
156
17
Business services
4
5
43
5
Manufacturing
-
-
38
4
Government/Public Administration
15
18
112
12

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Census of Fatal Occupational Injury (CFOI) Program, 1991-1999, and U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, CFOI, 1997.

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. Major categories that do not meet publication criteria are not shown. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.


Appendix 5. Work-related Fishing Fatalities by Selected Characteristics, Massachusetts, 1991 – 1999

Characteristics
Massachusetts 1991-1999
N
%
Total
57
100
Employee status
Wage and salary workers
33
58
Self-employed
24
42
Gender
Male
57
100
Race
white
43
75
Not classified
14
25
Foreign-born
15
26
Portugal
5
9
Ireland
4
7
Cape Verde
3
5
Poland
1
2
Honduras
1
2
England
1
2
Age
20-24 years
1
2
25-34 years
20
35
35-44 years
20
35
45-54 years
5
9
55-64 years
6
11
Unknown
5
9
Occupation
Fishers, hunters and trappers
57
100
 Captains and other officers, Fishing vessels
12
21
Fishers
45
79
Industry
Fishing, hunting and trapping
57
100
Finfish
26
49
Shellfish
27
43
Unknown
4
7
Event
Oxygen deficiency, n.e.c.
3
5
Drowning
3
5
Water vehicle accident
47
82
Fall from ship, boat
12
21
Sinking, capsized water vehicle
26
46
Water vehicle accident, n.e.c.
9
16
Contact with objects
4
7
Other events
3
5
Establishment Size
1 to 10
35
61
11 to 19
2
4
Not Reported
20
35

n.e.c.- not elsewhere classified

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Census
of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. Major categories that do not meet publication criteria are not shown. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that does not meet publication criteria.

Appendix 6. Fatal Occupational Injuries of Government Workers by Selected Characteristics, Massachusetts, 1991-1999 and U.S., 1995

Characteristics
Massachusetts 1991-1999
U.S. 1995
N
%
N
%
Total fatalities
69
100
772
100
Gender
Men
64
93
657
85
Women
5
7
115
15
Race
white
63
91
620
80
black
6
9
110
14
Hispanic Origin
Hispanic
4
6
40
5
Employee status
Active duty armed forces (resident)
2
3
143
19
Wage and salary
66
96
602
78
Volunteers
1
1
27
3
Age
16-19 years
1
1
20
3
20-24 years
2
3
73
9
25-34 years
12
17
204
26
35-44 years
25
36
188
24
45-54 years
19
28
150
19
55-64 years
9
13
104
13
65 years and older
1
1
29
4
Event
Highway incidents
14
20
194
25
Homicide
14
20
211
27
Struck by vehicle
9
13
67
9
Exposure to harmful substances or objects
7
10
51
7
Fires
8
12
32
4
Suicides
6
9
37
5
Other events
11
16
-
-
Type of Government
Federal
6
9
299
39
State
16
23
124
16
Local
47
68
338
44
Foreign
-
-
7
1
other
-
-
4
1
Occupation
Managerial and professional specialty occupations
11
16
124
16
  Executive, administrative and Managerial occupations
4
6
64
8
  Professional specialty
7
10
60
8
Technical, sales, and administrative support jobs
5
7
91
12
Service occupations
32
46
241
31
  Protective service occupations
31
45
221
29
    Police and detectives, including, supervisors
18
26
168
22
Firefighting and fire prevention
10
15
35
5
Precision, production, craft and repair occupations
10
15
62
8
Electricians
4
6
Operators, fabricators, and laborers
8
12
92
12
Laborers, except, construction
5
7
-
-
Industry
Transportation and public Utilities
12
17
65
8
  Local and interurban passenger transit
4
6
10
1
  U.S. Postal service
-
-
16
2
  Electric, gas and sanitary Services
6
9
30
4
Construction
  Heavy Construction, except Building
3
4
41
5
Services
7
10
72
9
Government/Public Administration
46
67
576
75

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1991-1999. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Fatal Workplace Injuries in 1995: A collection of Data and Analysis.

NOTE: Number of Government Workers Include workers employed by Local, State and Federal Governments in Massachusetts regardless of industry.


Appendix 7. Fatal Occupational Injuries of Older Workers (65 and over) and Younger Workers (< 65 years) by Selected Characteristics, Massachusetts, 1991-1999

Worker Characteristics
Age Groups
65 years and older
< 65 years
N
%
N
%
Total fatalities
49
100
579
100
Gender
Men
45
92
539
93
Women
4
8
40
7
Race
white
48
98
514
89
black
-
-
31
5
Others
-
-
23
4
Employment
Wage and salary
36
7.3
479
89
Self-employed
13
27
96
17
Event
Contact with Object
4
8
84
15
Falls
24
49
109
19
Exposure to Harmful substances and Environments
-
-
50
9
Highway incidents
15
31
201
35
  Highway incidents
8
16
76
13
Assaults and Violent Acts
5
10
110
19
  Homicide
5
10
77
13
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
3
6
86
15
Construction
10
20
126
22
Manufacturing
4
8
51
9
Transport and Public Utilities
4
8
80
14
Trade
8
16
77
13
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
-
-
7
1
Services
16
33
83
14
Government
-
-
69
12
Occupation
Managerial and Professional Occupations
6
12
70
9
Technical, Sales, and Administrative Support Occupations
13
27
73
13
Service Occupations
4
8
63
11
Farming, Forestry and Fishing Occupations
4
8
86
15
Precision Production, Craft and Repair Occupations
13
27
131
23
Operators, Fabricators and Laborers
9
18
152
26


SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. Major categories that do not meet publication criteria are not shown. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that does not meet publication criteria. Five fatalities were excluded due to lack of age information.


Appendix 8. Detailed Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Industry Groupings

SIC Industry Division
Included Industries
Included Industries
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING (00 - 09) AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION– CROPS ( 01) Cash grains; Non-cash Field Crops; Vegetable and Melons; Fruits and Tree Nuts; Horticultural Specialties; General Farms, Primarily Crop
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK (02) Livestock, Except Dairy and Poultry); Dairy Farms; Poultry and Eggs; Animal Specialties; General Farms, Primarily Animal
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES (07) Soil Preparation Services; Crop Services; Veterinary Services; Animal Services (except veterinary); Farm Labor and Management Services; Landscape and Horticultural Services
FORESTRY (08) Timber Tracts; Forest Products; Forestry Services
FISHING, HUNTING, AND TRAPPING 09) Commercial Fishing; Fish Hatcheries and Preserves; Hunting, Trapping, Game Propagation
CONSTRUCTION (15 – 17) GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS (15) Residential Building Construction; Operative Builders; Nonresidential Building Construction
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, EXCEPT BUILDING (16) Plumbing, Heating and Air-conditioning; Painting and Paper Hanging; Electrical Work; Masonry, Stonework, and Plastering; Carpentry and Floor work; Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal work
SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (17) Plumbing, Heating and Air-conditioning; Painting and Paper Hanging; Electrical Work; Masonry, Stonework, and Plastering; Carpentry and Floor work; Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal work
MANUFACTURING (20 - 39) FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (20) Meat Products; Dairy Products; Preserved Fruits and Vegetables; Grain Mill Products; Bakery Products; Sugar and Confectionery Products; Fats and Oils; Beverages; Miscellaneous Food and Kindred Products
TOBACCO PRODUCTS (21) Cigarettes; Cigars; Chewing and Smoking Tobacco; Tobacco Stemming and Redrying
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (22) Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton; Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade; Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool; Narrow Fabric Mills; Knitting Mills; Textile Finishing, Except Wool; Yarn and Thread Mills; Miscellaneous Textile Goods
APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (23) Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Coats; Men’s and Boys’ Furnishings; Women’s and Misses’ Outerwear; Women’s and Children’s Undergarments; Hats, Caps, and Millinery; Girls’ and Children’s Outerwear; Fur Goods; Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessories; Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (24) Logging; Sawmills and Planing Mills; Millwork, Plywood and Structural Members; Wood Containers; Wood Buildings and Mobile Homes; Miscellaneous Wood Products
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (25) House Hold Furniture; Office Furniture; Public Building and Related Furniture; Partitions and Fixtures; Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (26) Pulp Mills; Paper Mills; Paperboard Mills; Paperboard Containers and Boxes; Miscellaneous Converted Paper Products
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (27) Newspapers; Periodicals; Books; Miscellaneous Publishing
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (28) Industrial Inorganic Chemicals; Plastics Materials and Synthetics; Drugs; Soap, Cleaners, and Toilet Goods; Paints and Allied Products; Industrial Organic Chemicals; Agricultural Chemicals; Miscellaneous Chemical Products
PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (29) Petroleum Refining; Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials; Miscellaneous Petroleum and Coal products
RUBBER AND MISC.PLASTICS PRODUCTS (30) Tires and Inner Tubes; Rubber and Plastic Footwear; Hose and Belting and Gaskets and Packing; Fabricated Rubber Products
LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (31) Leather Tanning and Finishing; Footwear Cut Stock; Footwear, Except Rubber; Luggage; Handbags and Personal Leather Goods; Leather Goods, n.e.c.
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (32) Flat Glass; Glass and Glassware, Pressed or Blown; Products of Purchased Glass; Structural Clay Products; Pottery and Related products; Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster products; Cut Stone and Stone Products; Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Products
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (33) Blast Furnace and Basic Steel Products; Iron and Steel Foundries; Primary Nonferrous Metals; Secondary Nonferrous Metals; Nonferrous Rolling and Drawing; Nonferrous Foundries (Castings); Miscellaneous Primary Metal products
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (38) Search and Navigation Equipment; Measuring and Controlling Devices; Medical Instruments and Supplies; Ophthalmic Goods; Photographic Equipment and Supplies; Watches, Clocks, Watchcases and Parts
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (39) Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware; Musical Instruments; Toys and Sporting Goods; Pens, Pencils, Office, and Art Supplies; Costume Jewelry and Notions; Miscellaneous Manufactures.
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES (40-49) RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION (40) Railroads
LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT (41) Local and Suburban Transportation; Taxicabs; Inter-city and Rural Bus Transportation; Bus Charter Service; School Buses; Bus Terminal and Service Facilities
TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (42) Trucking and Courier Services, except Air; Public Warehousing and Storage; Trucking Terminal Facilities
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE (43) U.S. Postal Service
WATER TRANSPORTATION (44) Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight; Deep Sea Domestic Transportation of Freight; Freight Transportation on the Great Lakes; Water Transportation of Freight ,n.e.c.; Water Transportation of Passengers; Water Transportation Services
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (45) Air Transportation, Scheduled; Air Transportation, Nonscheduled; Airports, Flying Fields, and Services
PIPELINES, EXCEPT NATURAL GAS (46) Pipelines, Except Natural Gas
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (47) Telephone Communications; Telegraph and Other Communications; Radio and Television Broadcasting; Cable and Other Pay TV Services
COMMUNICATIONS (48) Telephone Communications; Telegraph and Other Communications; Radio and Television Broadcasting; Cable and Other Pay TV Services
ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES (49) Electric Services; Gas Production and Distribution; Combination Utility Services; Water Supply; Sanitary Services; Steam and Airconditioning Supply; Irrigation Systems
WHOLESALE TRADE (50 - 51) WHOLESALE TRADE-DURABLE GOODS (50) Motor Vehicles, Parts, and Supplies; Furniture and Home Furnishings; Lumber and Construction Materials; Professional and Commercial Equipment; Metals and Minerals, Except Petroleum; Electrical Goods; Hardware, Plumbing ,and Heating Equipment; Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies; Miscellaneous Durable Goods
WHOLESALE TRADE-NONDURABLE GOODS (51) Paper and Paper Products; Drugs, Proprietaries, and Sundries; Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions; Groceries and Related Products; Farm-Product Raw materials; Chemicals and Allied Products; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Beer, Wine, and Distilled Beverages; Miscellaneous Non-durable Goods
RETAIL TRADE (52 - 59) BUILDING MATERIALS AND GARDEN SUPPLIES (52) Lumber and Other Building Materials; Paint, Glass, and Wallpaper Stores; Hardware Stores; Retail Nurseries and Garden Stores; Mobile Home Dealers;
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES (53) Department Stores; Variety Stores; Miscellaneous General Merchandise Stores
FOOD STORES (54) Grocery Stores; Meat and Fish Markets; Fruit and Vegetable Markets; Candy, Nut, and Confectionery Stores; Dairy Products Stores; Retail Bakeries; Miscellaneous Food Stores
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS and SERVICE STATIONS (55) New and Used Car Dealers; Used Car Dealers; Auto and Home Supply Stores; Gasoline Service Stations; Boat Dealers; Recreational Vehicle Dealers; Motorcycle Dealers; Automotive Dealers, n.e.c.
APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES (56) Men’s and Boys’ Clothing Stores; Women’s Clothing Stores; Women’s Accessory and Specialty Stores; Children’s and Infants’ Wear Stores; Family Clothing Stores; Shoe Stores; Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessory Stores
FURNITURE AND HOMEFURNSIHNG STORES (57) Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Household Appliance Stores; Radio, Television, and Computer Stores
EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (58) Eating and Drinking Places
MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL (59) Drug Stores and Proprietary stores; Used Merchandise Stores; Liquor Stores; Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores; Nonstore Retailers; Fuel Dealers; Retail Stores, n.e.c.
FINANCE, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE (60 - 69) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS (60) Central Reserve Depositories; Commercial Banks; Savings Institutions; Credit Unions; Foreign Bank and Branches & Agencies; Functions Closely Related to Banking;
NONDEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS (61) Federal and Fed-Sponsored Credit; Personal Credit Institutions; Business Credit Institutions; Mortgage Bankers and Brokers
SECURITY AND COMMODITY BROKERS (62) Security Brokers and Dealers; Commodity Contracts Brokers, Dealers; Security and Commodity Exchanges; Security and Commodity Services
INSURANCE CARRIERS (63) Life Insurance; Medical Service and Health Insurance; Fire, Marine, and Casualty Insurance; Surety Insurance; Title Insurance; Pension, Health, and welfare Funds; Insurance Carriers, n.e.c.
INSURANCE AGENTS, BROKERS, and SERVICE (64) Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Service
REAL ESTATE (65) Real Estate Operators and Lessors; Real Estate Agents and Managers; Subdividers and Developers
SERVICES (70 - 89) HOTELS AND OTHER LODGING PLACES (70) Hotels and Motels; Rooming and Boarding Houses; Camps and Recreational Vehicle Parks; Membership-Basis Organization Hotels
PERSONAL SERVICES (72) Laundry, Cleaning, and Garment Services; Photographic Studios, Portrait; Beauty Shops; Barber Shops; Shoe Repair and Shoeshine Parlors; Funeral Service and Crematories; Miscellaneous Personal Services
BUSINESS SERVICES (73) Advertising; Credit Reporting and Collection; Mailing, Reproduction, Stenographic; Services to Buildings (including disinfecting and pest control and building maintenance); Miscellaneous Equipment Rental and Leasing; Personnel Supply Services; Computer and Data Processing Services; Miscellaneous Business Services (including Detective and Armored Car Services).
AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND PARKING (75) Automotive Rentals, No Drivers; Automobile Parking; Automotive Repair Shops; Automotive Services, Except Repair
MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES (77) Electrical Repair Shops; Watch, Clock, and Jewelry Repair; Reupholstry and Furniture Repair; Miscellaneous Repair Shops
MOTION PICTURES (78) Motion Picture Production and Services; Motion Picture Distribution and Services; Motion Picture Theatres; Video Tape Rental;
AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES (79) Dance Studios, Schools, and Halls; Producers, Orchestras, Entertainers; Bowling Centers; Commercial Sports; Miscellaneous Amusement, Recreation Services
HEALTH SERVICES (80) Offices and Clinics of Medical Doctors; Offices and Clinics of Dentists; Offices and Clinics of Physicians; Offices of Other Health Practitioners; Nursing and Personal Care Facilities; Hospitals; Medical and Dental Laboratories; Home Health Care Services; Health and Allied Services, n.e.c.
LEGAL SERVICES (81) Legal Services
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (82) Elementary and Secondary Schools; Colleges and Universities; Libraries; Vocational Schools; Schools and Educational Services, n.e.c.
SOCIAL SERVICES (83) Individual and Family Services; Job Training and Related Services; Child Day Care Services; Residential Care; Social Services, n.e.c.
MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOLOGICAL GARDENS (84) Museums and Art Galleries; Botanical and Zoological Gardens
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS (86) Business Associations; Professional Organizations; Labor Organizations; Civic and Social Associations; Political Organizations; Religious Organizations; Membership Organizations, n.e.c.
ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES (87) Engineering and Architectural Services; Accounting, Auditing, and Bookkeeping; Research and Testing Services; Management and Public Relations
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS (88) Private Households
SERVICES, n.e.c. (89) Services, n.e.c.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (91 – 97) EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND GENERAL (91) Executive Offices; Legislative Bodies; Executive and Legislative Combined; General Government, n.e.c.
JUSTICE, PUBLIC ORDER, AND SAFETY (92) Courts; Public Order and Safety
FINANCE, TAXATION, AND MONETARY POLICY (93) Finance, Taxation, and Monetary Policy
ADMIISTRATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES (94) Administration of Educational Programs; Administration of Public Health Programs; Administration of Social and Manpower Programs; Administration of Veterans’ Affairs
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND HOUSING (95) Environmental Quality; Housing and Urban Development
ADMINISTRATION OF ECONOMIC PROGRAMS (96) Administration of General Economic Programs; Regulation, Administration of Transportation; Regulation, Administration of Utilities; Regulation of Agricultural Marketing; Regulation Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors; Space and Research and Technology
NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (97) National Security; International Affairs

n.e.c.--- not elsewhere classified
SOURCE: Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Office of Management and Budget, 1987.

Appendix 9. Detailed Bureau of Census Occupation Groupings

OCCUPATION CATEGORY
MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUPS
OCCUPATION SUB-GROUPS INCLUDED
MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SPECILATY OCCUPATIONS (003-199) EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS (003 – 037) Executive, Administrative, and Managerial Occupations; Management Related Occupations
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS (043 – 199) Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors; Mathematical and Computer Scientists; Natural Scientists; Health Diagnosing Occupations; Health Assessment and Treating Occupations; Teachers, Post-Secondary; Teachers, Except Post- Secondary; Social Scientists and Urban Planners; Librarians, Archivists, and Curators; Social, Recreation, and Religious Workers; Lawyers and Judges; Writers, Artists, Entertainers, and Athletes
TECHNICAL, SALES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS (203-389) TECHNICIANS AND RELATED SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS (203 – 235) Health Technologists and Technicians; Technologists and Technicians, Except Health; Science Technicians; Technicians, Except Health, Engineering, and Science
SALES OCCUPATIONS (243 – 285) Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations; Sales Representatives, Finance and Business Services; Sales Representatives, Commodities Except Retail; Sales Workers, Retail and Personal Services; Sales Related Occupations
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, INCLUDING CLERICAL (303 – 389) Supervisors, Administrative Support; Computer Equipment Operators; Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists; Information Clerks; Records Processing Occupations, Except Financial; Financial Records Processing Occupations; Duplicating, Mail and Other Office Machine Operators; Communications Equipment Operators; Mail and Message Distributing Occupations; Material Recording, Scheduling, and Distributing Clerks; Adjusters and Investigators; Miscellaneous Administrative Support Occupations
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS (403-469) PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD OCCUPATIONS (403 – 407) Launderers and Ironers; Cooks, Private Household; Housekeepers and Butlers; Child Care Workers, Private Household; Private Household Cleaners and Servants
PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS (413 – 427) Supervisors, Protecting Service Occupations; Firefighting and Fire Prevention Occupations; Police and Detectives; Guards
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, EXCEPT PROTECTIVE AND HOUSEHOLD (433 – 469) Food Preparation and Service Occupations; Health Service Occupations; Cleaning and Building Service Occupations, except Household; Personal Service Occupations
FARMING, FORESTRY, AND FISHING OCCUPATIONS (473-499) Farm Operators and Managers; Other Agricultural and Related Occupations; Forestry and Logging Occupations; Fishers, Hunters, and Trappers Farm Operators and Managers; Other Agricultural and Related Occupations; Forestry and Logging Occupations; Fishers, Hunters, and Trappers
PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR OCCUPATIONS (503-699) MECHANICS AN REPAIRERS (503 – 549) Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Mechanics and Repairers; Electrical and Electronic Equipment Repairers; Miscellaneous Mechanics and Repairers
CONSTRUCTION TRADES (553 – 599) Supervisors, Construction Occupations; Construction Trades, Except Supervisors
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS (613 – 617) Supervisors, Extractive Occupations; Drillers, Oil Well; Explosives Workers; Mining Machine Operators; Mining Occupations, n.e.c.
PRECISION PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS (628 – 699) Precision Metal working Occupations; Precision Woodworking Occupations; Precision Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Machine Workers; Precision Workers, Assorted Materials; Precision Food Production Occupations; Precision Inspectors, Testers, and Related Workers; Plant and System Operators
OPERATORS, FABRICATORS, AND LABORERS (703-889) MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND INSPECTORS (703 – 799) Machine Operators and Tenders, Except Precision; Fabricators, Assemblers, and Hand Working Occupations; Production Inspectors, Testers, Samplers, and Weighers
  TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING OCCUPATIONS (803 – 859) Motor Vehicle Operators; Transportation Occupations, Except Motor Vehicles; Material Moving Equipment Operators
  HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT CLEANERS, HELPERS, AND LABORERS (864 – 889) Supervisors, Handlers, Equipment Cleaner, and Laborers, n.e.c.; Helpers, Mechanics and Repairers; Helpers, Construction and Extractive Occupations; Freight, Stock, and Material Handlers

SOURCE: Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Occupational Coding Manual, U.S. Department Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2000.


Appendix 10. Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Classification Manual (Section 2.4)

0. Contact with Objects and Equipment

  • Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
  • Struck against object
    • Struck against object, unspecified
    • Stepped on object
    • Struck against stationary object
    • Struck against moving object
    • Struck against object, n.e.c.
  • Struck by object
    • Struck by object, unspecified
    • struck by falling object
    • struck by flying object
      • Struck by flying object, unspecified
      • Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
      • Struck by discharged object or substance
      • struck by flying object, n.e.c.
  • Struck by swinging or slipping object
    • Struck by swinging or slipping object, unspecified
    • Struck by or slammed in swinging door or gate
    • Struck by slipping handheld object
    • Struck by swinging or slipping object, n.e.c.
  • Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
    • Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
    • Caught in running equipment or machinery
    • Compressed or pinched by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects
    • Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
  • Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials
    • Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials, unspecified
    • Excavation or trenching cave-in
    • Other cave-in
    • Caught in or crushed in collapsing structure
    • Caught in or crushed in collapsing materials, n.e.c.
  • Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure
    • Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure, unspecified
    • Rubbed or abraded by kneeling on surface
    • Rubbed or abraded by objects being handled
    • Rubbed or abraded by foreign matter in eye
    • Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure, n.e.c.
  • Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration
    • Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration, unspecified
    • Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vehicle or mobile equipment vibration
    • Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by other machine or equipment vibration
    • Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration, n.e.c.
  • Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
1. Falls

  • Fall, unspecified
  • Fall to lower level
    • Fall to lower level, unspecified
    • Fall down stairs or steps
    • Fall from roof, dock, or ground level
      • Fall from floor, dock, or ground level, unspecified
      • Fall through existing floor opening
      • Fall through floor surface
      • Fall from loading dock
      • Fall from ground level to lower level
      • Fall from floor, dock, or ground level, n.e.c.
    • Fall from ladder
    • Fall from piled or stacked material
    • Fall from roof
      • Fall from roof, unspecified
      • Fall through existing roof opening
      • Fall through roof surface
      • Fall through skylight
      • Fall from roof edge
      • Fall from roof, n.e.c.
    • Fall from scaffold, staging
    • Fall from building girders or other structural steel
    • Fall from nonmoving vehicle
    • Fall to lower level, n.e.c.
  • Jump to lower level
    • Jump to lower level, unspecified
    • Jump from scaffold, platform, loading dock
    • Jump from structure, structure element, n.e.c.
    • Jump from nonmoving vehicle
    • Jump to lower level, n.e.c.
  • Fall on same level
    • Fall on same level, unspecified
    • Fall to floor, walkway, or other surface
    • Fall onto or against objects
    • Fall on same level, n.e.c.
  • Fall, n.e.c.
2. Bodily Reaction and Exertion

  • Bodily reaction and exertion, unspecified
  • Bodily reaction
    • Bodily reaction, unspecified
    • Bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting
    • Sudden reaction when surprised, frightened, startled
    • Running—without other incident
    • Sitting
    • Slip, trip, loss of balance—without fall
    • Standing
    • Walking—without other incident
    • Bodily reaction, n.e.c.
  • Overexertion
    • Overexertion, unspecified
    • Overexertion in lifting
    • Overexertion in pulling or pushing objects
    • Overexertion in holding, carrying, turning, or wielding objects
    • Overexertion in throwing objects
    • Overexertion, n.e.c.
  • Repetitive motion
    • Repetitive motion, unspecified
    • Typing or key entry
    • Repetitive use of tools
    • Repetitive placing, grasping, or moving objects, except tools
    • Repetitive motion, n.e.c.
    • Bodily conditions, n.e.c.
  • Bodily reaction and exertion, n.e.c.
3. Exposure to Harmful Substances or Environments

  • Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified
  • Contact with electric current
    • Contact with electric current, unspecified
    • Contact with electric current of machine tool, appliance, or light fixture
    • Contact with wiring, transformers, or other electrical components
    • Contact with overhead power lines
    • Contact with underground, buried power lines
    • Struck by lightning
    • contact with electric current, n.e.c.
  • Contact with temperature extremes
    • Contact with temperature extremes, unspecified
    • Exposure to environmental heat
    • Exposure to environmental cold
    • Contact with hot objects or substances
    • Contact with cold objects or substances
  • Exposure to air pressure changes
    • Exposure to air pressure change, unspecified
    • Pressure changes underwater
    • Pressure changes in airplane, other aircraft
    • Exposure to air pressure change, n.e.c.
  • Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances
    • Inhalation of substance
      • Inhalation of substance, unspecified
      • Inhalation in enclosed, restricted, or confined space
      • Inhalation in open or non-confined space
    • Contact with skin or other exposed tissue
    • Injections, stings, venomous bites
      • Injections, stings, venomous bites, unspecified
      • Needle sticks
      • Bee, wasp, hornet sting
      • Other stings or venomous bites
      • Injections, stings, venomous bites, n.e.c.
    • Ingestion of substance
    • Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances, n.e.c.
  • Exposure to noise
    • Exposure to noise, unspecified
    • Exposure to noise overtime
    • Exposure to noise in single incident
  • Exposure to radiation
    • Exposure to radiation, n.e.c.
    • Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.
    • Oxygen deficiency, n.e.c.
    • Drowning, submersion
    • Choking on object or substance
    • Depletion of oxygen from cave-in or collapsed materials
    • Depletion of oxygen in other enclosed, restricted, or confined space
    • Other oxygen deficiency, n.e.c. Exposure to harmful substances or environments, n.e.c.
4. Transportation Accidents

  • Transportation accident, unspecified
  • Highway accident
    • Highway accident, unspecified
    • Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment
      • Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment, unspecified
      • Re-entrant collision
      • Moving in same direction
      • Moving in opposite directions, oncoming
      • Moving in intersection
      • Moving in intersection
      • Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment—in roadway
      • Moving and standing vehicle, mobile equipment—side of road
      • Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment, n.e.c.
    • Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment in roadway
    • Vehicle struck stationary object, equipment on side of road
    • Non-collision accident
      • Non-collision, accident, unspecified
      • Jack-knifed or overturned—no collision
      • Ran off highway—no collision
      • Struck by shifting load
      • Sudden start or stop, n.e.c.
      • Non-collision accident, n,e,c.
    • Highway accident, n.e.c.
  • Non-highway accident, except rail, air, water
    • Non-highway accident, unspecified
    • Collision between vehicles or mobile equipment
    • Vehicle, mobile equipment struck stationary object
    • Non-collision accident
      • Non-collision accident, unspecified
      • Fall from moving vehicle, mobile equipment
      • Fell from and struck by vehicle, mobile equipment
      • Overturned
      • Loss of control
      • Struck by shifting load
      • Sudden start or stop, n.e.c.
      • Non-collision accident, n.e.c.
    • Non-highway accident, n.e.c.
  • Pedestrian, non-passenger struck by vehicle, mobile equipment
    • Pedestrian struck by vehicle, mobile equipment, unspecified
    • Pedestrian struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in roadway
    • Pedestrian by vehicle, mobile equipment on side of road
    • Pedestrian struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in parking lot or non-roadway area
  • Railway accident
    • Railway accident, unspecified
    • Collision between railway vehicles
    • Collision between railway vehicle and other vehicle
    • Collision between railway and other object
    • Fell from and struck by railway vehicle
    • Derailment
    • Explosions, fire, n.e.c.
    • Fall in, on, or from railway vehicle in motion, n.e.c.
    • Railway accident, n.e.c.
  • Water vehicle accident
    • Water vehicle accident, unspecified
    • Collision
    • Explosion, fire, n.e.c.
    • Fall from ship, boat, n.e.c.
    • Fall on ship, boat
    • Sinking, capsized water vehicle
    • Water vehicle accident, n.e.c.
  • Aircraft accident
    • Aircraft accident, unspecified
    • During takeoff or landing
    • Aircraft accident, n.e.c.
  • Transportation accident, n.e.c.
5. Fires and Explosions

  • Fire or explosions, unspecified
  • Fire—unintended or uncontrolled
    • Fire, unspecified
    • Fire in residence, building, or other structure
    • Forest, brush, or other outdoor fire
    • Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
    • Fire, n.e.c.
  • Explosion
    • Explosion, unspecified
    • Explosion of battery
    • Explosion of pressure vessel or piping
    • Explosion, n.e.c.
6. Assaults and Violent Acts

  • Assaults and violent acts, unspecified
  • Assaults and violent acts by person(s)
    • Assaults and violent acts by person(s), unspecified
    • Biting
    • Hitting, kicking, beating
    • Shooting
    • Squeezing, pinching, scratching, twisting
    • Stabbing
    • Rape
    • Threats or verbal assaults
    • Assaults and violent acts by person(s), n.e.c.
  • Self-inflicted injury
    • Self-inflicted injury, unspecified
    • Suicide, attempted-suicide
    • Self-inflicted injury or fatality---intent unknown
  • Assaults by animals
    • Assaults by animals, unspecified
    • Non-venomous bites
    • Assaults by animals, n.e.c.
9. Other Events or Exposures

9999. Non-Classifiable

Source: Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Classification Manual, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 1992.

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