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Table 2-7: <strong>Transportation</strong>-Related Occupational Fatalities a1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 h 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 (R) 2009 (P) 2010All occupational fatalities 6,217 6,331 6,632 6,275 6,202 6,238 6,055 6,054 5,920 5,915 5,534 5,575 5,764 5,734 5,840 5,657 5,214 4,551 4,547<strong>Transportation</strong>-related fatalities, total b 2,484 2,499 2,762 2,587 2,601 2,605 2,645 2,618 2,573 2,524 2,385 2,364 2,490 2,493 2,459 2,351 2,130 1,795 1,776Highway c 1,158 1,242 1,343 1,346 1,346 1,393 1,442 1,496 1,365 1,409 1,373 1,353 1,398 1,437 1,356 1,414 1,215 985 968Nonhighway d 436 392 409 387 374 377 388 352 399 326 323 347 338 340 345 296 284 261 272Aircraft 353 282 426 283 324 261 224 228 280 247 194 211 231 149 217 174 191 159 151Pedestrian struck by vehicle e 346 365 391 388 353 367 413 377 370 383 356 337 378 391 379 345 329 268 277Water vehicle f 109 119 94 87 119 109 112 102 84 90 71 69 91 88 96 71 76 86 52Railway g 66 86 81 82 74 93 60 56 71 62 64 43 50 83 65 49 34 34 44As a percent <strong>of</strong> all occupational fatalities<strong>Transportation</strong>-related fatalities, total b 40.0 39.5 41.6 41.2 41.9 41.8 43.7 43.2 43.5 42.7 43.1 42.4 43.2 43.5 42.1 41.6 40.9 34.4 34.1Highway 18.6 19.6 20.3 21.5 21.7 22.3 23.8 24.7 23.1 23.8 24.8 24.3 24.3 25.1 23.2 25.0 23.3 18.9 18.6Nonhighway 7.0 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.4 5.8 6.7 5.5 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.2Aircraft 5.7 4.5 6.4 4.5 5.2 4.2 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.2 3.5 3.8 4.0 2.6 3.7 3.1 3.7 3.0 2.9Pedestrian struck by vehicle 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.2 5.7 5.9 6.8 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.0 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.1 5.3Water vehicle 1.8 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.0Railway 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.a Based on the 1992 Bureau <strong>of</strong> Labor Statistics, Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.bNumbers may not add to totals because transportation categories may include subcategories not shown separately.cIncludes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment moving in the same or opposite directions, such as in an intersection; between moving and standingvehicles/mobile equipment at the side <strong>of</strong> a roadway; or a vehicle striking a stationary object. Also includes noncollisions, e.g., jack-knifed or overturnedvehicle/mobile equipment–no collision; ran <strong>of</strong>f highway–no collision; struck by shifting load; sudden start or stop; not elsewhere classified.dRefers to farms and industrial premises. Includes collisions between vehicles/mobile equipment; vehicles/mobile equipment striking a stationary object. Alsoincludes noncollisions such as a fall from a moving vehicle/mobile equipment, fall from and struck by vehicle/mobile equipment, overturned vehicle/mobileequipment, and loss <strong>of</strong> control <strong>of</strong> vehicle/mobile equipment.eIncludes worker struck by vehicle/mobile equipment in roadway, on side <strong>of</strong> road, in a parking lot, or nonroad area.fIncludes collisions, explosions, fires, fall from or on ship/boat, and sinking/capsized water vehicles involved in transportation. Does not include fishing boats.gIncludes collisions between railway vehicles, railway vehicle and other vehicle, railway vehicle and other object, and derailment.hData do not include fatalities from the terrorist attacks <strong>of</strong> September 11, which totaled 2,886.NOTESPercentages may not add to totals due to rounding.The above categories do not define the types <strong>of</strong> jobs people had, nor the industries in which they worked. The categories define the ways in which they died. Forexample, a representative traveling for business reasons who is killed in a rail accident would be listed under rail.SOURCEU.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Labor, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Labor Statistics, Census <strong>of</strong> Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), available at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm as <strong>of</strong> Aug. 26,2011.

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