July 17, 2009
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Workplace Deaths in Kansas Increased 18.8% in 2007 while Workplace Deaths in Missouri decreased by 7.2% in 2007
Workplace fatalities in Kansas increased to 101 in 2007, compared to 85 in 2006 — an 18.8% increase — according to the 2007 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, the Kansas Department of Labor reports. Workplace fatalities in Missouri decreased to 155 in 2007, down approximately 7.2 percent from the revised 167 fatal work injuries reported for 2006. A total of 5,657 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2007, a decrease from 5,840 fatal work injuries recorded in 2006. These are the most recent statistics available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Specific statistics for the state of Kansas include:
Farmers
and ranchers comprised the occupational group with
the highest number of worker fatalities in 2007, accounting for nearly 20% of
the recorded deaths.
The leading cause of work-related deaths in Kansas continued to
be transportation incidents, accounting for 47.5% of all workplace fatalities.
Among the transportation-related fatalities, highway accidents were the leading
cause of deaths, accounting for 66.7% of the category. Non-highway accidents,
excluding rail, air or water, accounted for nearly 21% of the
transportation-related fatalities and railway accidents accounted for 6.3% of
the deaths.
After farmers and ranchers, the occupations with the highest fatalities
were drivers, sales workers and truck drivers’ with 14.9%.
Men accounted for 86 of the 101 work-related fatalities.
White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 93 of the 101
fatalities in 2007 and 77 of the 85 fatalities in 2006.
Workers aged 45 to 54 years accounted for 21 of the workplace fatalities in
2007, followed by 19 workers each in the 25 to 34 years and 55 to 64 years age
groups. In 2006, workers in the 65 years and over age group accounted for 19
of the 85 worker fatalities, followed by 18 workers in the 45 to 54 years age
group and 17 workers in the 35 to 44 years age group.
The highest number of fatal work-related injuries in 2007 —18 of the 101— occurred in August. Eleven fatalities were recorded in February, with September and October having 10 each.
Fatal workplace injuries in 2007 occurred most frequently on Wednesday, with 24 workplace fatalities occurring on that day of the week. Monday and Friday followed, incurring 18 fatal injuries each.
Peak times of day for fatal injuries to occur were between 10 and 11 a.m., between 11 a.m. and noon and from 2 to 3 p.m. There were 10 fatalities recorded in each of those time periods.
Specific statistics for the state of Missouri include:
The construction sector had the most occupational fatalities in 2007 with 29 or 18.7 percent of the total fatal work injuries. The construction sector accounted for 39 or 23.4 percent of occupational fatalities in 2006. Specialty Trade Contractors accounted for 16 of the 29 fatalities in the construction sector in Missouri in 2007.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting was the second-highest sector with 28 or 18.1 percent of the total occupational fatalities in 2007.
Transportation incidents, which include highways, roads, air, and water, were the leading event or exposure of fatal work injuries in Missouri in 2006, and again in 2007. Transportation incidents were the event or exposure in 73 or 47.1 percent of the 155 fatalities in 2007. The transportation and warehousing sector accounted for 21 or 28.8 percent of the 73 transportation incidents in 2007 in Missouri, followed by the agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting sector with 15 or 20.5 percent.
Transportation and material-moving occupations was the occupational group with the highest number of fatal work injuries in Missouri in 2007 with 38 or 24.5 percent of the 155 fatalities.
The occupational group with the second-highest number of fatalities was management occupations with 27 or 17.4 percent of the 155 fatalities in 2007. Construction and extraction occupations was the occupational group with the highest number of fatalities in 2006, but ranked third in 2007 with 23 or 14.8 percent of the 155 fatalities.
Men were victims in 141 of the 155 fatal work injuries that occurred in Missouri in 2007. In 2006, men were victims in 154 of the 167 fatal work injuries.
White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 126 of the fatalities in 2007 and 148 of the fatalities in 2006.
Workers between the ages of 45 to 54 years of age accounted for 34 of the fatal work injuries in 2006. In 2007, workers between the ages of 45 to 54 years of age also accounted for the most fatal work injuries with 38, closely followed by workers 35 to 44 years of age, with 35 fatal injuries.
For more information on the survey go to the Bureau of Labor Statistic website at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm.
For more information on Missouri’s statistics go to the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
website at: http://www.dolir.mo.gov/.
Charts and tables for Kansas may be viewed on the Kansas Department of Labor
website at http://www.dol.ks.gov/LMIS/kss/cfoi/cfoi.html.
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