GEORGIA CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES 2000
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Michael L. Thurmond, COMMISSIONER

Census of FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES
GEORGIA 2000
Prepared by:
Georgia Department of Labor
Safety Engineering Section 1700 Century Circle Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia
Telephone (404) 679-0687
In cooperation with:
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Preface
Data for Georgia's 2000 publication of work-related fatalities were collected through the federal/state cooperative Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program. The data were compiled from multiple administrative sources. These sources include death certificates, medical examiner and autopsy reports, employer follow-back reports and other administrative sources within the public sector.
Data are presented on all substantiated occupational injury fatalities which occurred in Georgia during

calendar year 2000 and which were reported to us. The purpose of this report is to provide information on the 195 fatal occupational injuries sustained by Georgia workers during calendar year 2000. It is hoped that the data contained in this publication will be useful to individuals and organizations charged with prevention of work-related fatalities.
Material in this publication is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be used without permission.

Acknowledgements
The Georgia Department of Labor, Safety Engineering Section, expresses its appreciation to the following for their contribution to the Georgia Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries:

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Standards Administration Mine Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration
U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance
National Transportation Safety Board

Georgia State and Local Government Agencies Board of Workers' Compensation Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Sciences Department of Human Resources, Vital Records Service Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Agencies Medical Examiners, coroners and their staffs
Georgia Private Sector Employers

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Table of Contents
1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Scope of program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3. Overview of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4. National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 5. Appendix - CFOI classification structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Statistical Tables 1. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Number of fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by nature of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by part of body affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by source of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. Number of fatal occupational injuries by source of injury and age group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by major industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by location of incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 11. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by worker activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by month of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 13. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries for counties with three or more
reported cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Statistical Charts 1. Number of fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and employee status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. Number of fatal occupational injuries by employee status and age group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. Number of fatal occupational injuries by source of injury and employee status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, agricultural industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, construction industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, manufacturing industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, transportation and public utilities industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, retail trade industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 9. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, services industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, wholesale trade industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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11. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 12. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, farming, forestry and
fishing occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 13. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, precision production,
craft and repair occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 14. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, managerial and
professional specialty occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 15. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, operators, fabricators
and laborers occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 16. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 17. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, technical, sales and
administrative support occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 18. Percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by location of incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 19. Number distribution of fatal occupational injuries by month of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 20. Number distribution of fatal occupational injuries by time of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 21. Number distribution of fatal occupational injuries by day of injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 22. Number of source documents collected during CFOI data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Map 1. Fatal Occupational Injuries by county with three or more reported cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES GEORGIA 2000

Background
The Georgia Department of Labor began collection of data during 1991 on work-related fatalities in the state. This was made possible through the newly developed Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program. Thirty-two states participated in the CFOI program during the first year of implementation. All states, the District of Columbia and New York City have participated since 1992. This federal/state cooperative program was established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, in response to recommendations from various sources, including the National Academy of Sciences and the Keystone Center. These recommendations called for development of a system that would produce accurate, comprehensive and timely information on all fatal workplace injuries.
Previous occupational fatality program estimates varied from 3,000 to 11,000 deaths per year. Differences in coverage, definitions of what constituted a work-related fatality and estimation methodologies contributed to these widely varying estimates of occupational fatalities.
CFOI data should help pinpoint areas where

work-related fatalities are most likely to occur. For example, data could be used to identify hazardous industries and occupations. Also, the data could be used for safety promotion to encourage employers and employees to promote safe work environments.
Care should be taken when comparing the CFOI national or state level data with that collected by other public or private programs. For example, the CFOI program includes the self-employed, laborers on small farms and federal government civilian and military employees. Other programs may exclude these employee groups. Also, the kinds of cases included in other fatality collection programs may differ from the CFOI with respect to coverage of occupational fatality illnesses.
Although the CFOI program was designed to produce accurate counts of fatal work injuries only, partial information is available on occupational illnesses. Because of the long latency period of many occupational illnesses, it is very difficult to identify and compile a complete count of occupational illnesses using the CFOI methodology. Thus, information on illness-related deaths are excluded from this publication.

Scope of Program
To ensure an accurate count of fatal occupational injuries, the CFOI program requires that each case's work relationship be substantiated. This is accomplished by using at least two independent source documents or a source document and a follow-up questionnaire.
Independent data sources of fatal work injuries include numerous federal, state and local government administrative records and other public and private sources. These information sources include death certificates, workers' compensation first reports of injury, medical examiner and autopsy reports, employer followback reports and newspapers. Additional information is provided to the state from

federal agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health, Mine Safety and Health and Employment Standards Administrations of the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Transportation Safety Board.
For a case to be considered within the scope of the CFOI program, the decedent must have been employed -- that is, working for other compensation or profit -- at the time of the incident and engaged in a work activity or be present at the site of the incident as a requirement of the job. Also included are all job-related fatalities that occur while a person is in a work status.

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Overview of Results
There were 195 workers who lost their lives in Georgia during 2000 because of injuries that occurred on the job. This represents a 15 percent decrease from the 229 deaths reported in 1999. Highway traffic incidents, workplace homicides, and falls to the lower level led all other events that resulted in fatal work injuries (98 deaths). These three events accounted for a half of the 195 fatal injuries in 2000. Wage and salary workers sustained 88 percent of all fatalities, while self-employed workers sustained 12 percent. (Table 1).
Other results of the Georgia 2000 census are as follows:
t Male workers accounted for 96 percent (187 deaths) of all fatal injuries.
t Workers 25 to 54 years of age sustained 69 percent. Older workers 55 to 64 years of age experienced 14 percent of all fatalities.
t Fifty-nine percent (115 cases) of the 195 deaths were incurred by white workers, 23 percent (45 cases) by black workers, and 13 percent (26 cases) by Latino.
t Transportation incidents (88 cases) were the leading cause of death again in 2000, with 45 percent of all reported deaths, down from 100 cases in 1999. Highway incidents acounted for 26 percent (50 cases) of the total 195 fatalities. Vehicle crashes were the main highway hazards with 16 percent of the fatal injuries in 2000. Eighty-six percent of the workers killed in highway crashes were drving the vehicle at the time of the incident. Fourteen percent of the workers killed were truck drivers. Eighty-four percent (74 cases) of the deaths due to transportation incidents (88 cases) were incurred by workers 20 to 59 years of age.
t Assaults and violent acts ranked second again (30 deaths) in 2000 with 15 percent of the deaths, and were occurred most frequently by workers 30 to 49 years old (53 percent). Job-related homicides accounted for one of every seven fatal work injuries that occurred in 2000 (14 percent). Work-related homicides decreased by 10 percent from 30 in 1999 to 27 in 2000. Ninetythree percent of workplace homicides resulted from shooting.

Other causes and number of fatalities include:
t Fall to lower level accounted for 21 deaths or 11 percent, same as in 1999.
t Struck by object accounted for 16 deaths or 8 percent, down from 22 in 1999.
t The construction industry reported the largest number of fatal work injuries with 27 percent (53 deaths). This was followed by the transportations and public utility industry with 14 percent, and manufacturing industry with 11 percent. The number of fatal work injuries in the retail trade industry increased by 29 percent from 14 deaths in 1999 to 18 deaths in 2000 (Table 8).
t The occupation group which experienced the highest percentage of all fatalities was the operators, fabricators and laborers category with 42 percent (Table 9).
t The event category reflecting the largest number of deaths experienced by wage and salary workers was transportation incidents, with 83 fatalities (Chart 1). The leading category for the self-employed was assaults and violent acts, with 9 deaths.
t Chart 2 shows that wage and salaried workers in the 30-39 age group sustained the largest number of deaths (41 cases). The self-employed workers sustained the largest number of deaths in the 40-49 age group (7 cases).
t The worker's activity category with the largest percentage of deaths was vehicular and transportation activities with 38 percent of all fatalities, followed by construction activities with 21 percent.

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Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics: Georgia, 2000

Worker Characteristics
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employee status Wage and salary workers1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sex Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Age Under 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Race White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

172

88

23

12

187

96

8

4

7

4

14

7

48

25

40

21

45

23

28

14

13

7

115

59

45

23

26

13

7

4

1 May include volunteers and other workers receiving compensation.
2 Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of incorporated businesses, or members of partnerships.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 2000.

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Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure: Georgia, 2000

Event1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transportation incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving in same direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving in opposite directions, oncoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving in intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle struck stationary object or equipment on side of road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noncollision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack-knifed or overturned--no collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noncollision accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fell from and struck by vehicle, mobile equipment . . . . . . . Overturned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in roadway . . . Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in parking lot or non-road area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assaults and violent acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homicides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suicide, self-inflicted injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contact with objects and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Struck by object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Struck by falling object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects . . . . . . . . . .
Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall to lower level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall from roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall from roof edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall from scaffold, staging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall to lower level, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fall on same level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

88

45

50

26

31

16

3

2

17

9

6

3

12

6

5

3

5

3

12

6

10

5

3

2

3

2

8

4

15

8

5

3

8

4

30

15

27

14

25

13

3

2

28

14

16

8

11

6

9

5

25

13

21

11

5

3

3

2

6

3

3

2

3

2

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Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure: Georgia, 2000Continued

Event1
Exposure to harmful substances or environments . . . . . . . . Contact with electric current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact with overhead power lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances . . . . . . Ingestion of substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fires and Explosions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Explosion of pressure vessel or piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

17

9

9

5

3

2

7

4

3

2

7

3

3

2

3

2

1Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000.

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Table 3. Number of fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and age: Georgia, 2000

Event or exposure1 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact with objects and
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exposure to harmful substances
or environments . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation incidents . . . . . . Fires and explosions . . . . . . . . . Assaults and violent acts . . . . . Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total

Under 20

20-29 years

Age Category
30-39 40-49 50-59 years years years

60-69 70 and years over

195

7 42 44 38 44 14

6

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88

5 17 19 16 22

5

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30 ---

6

8

8

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1Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
NOTE: Dashes indicate categories with less than three cases. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Chart 1. Number of fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure and employee status: Georgia, 2000
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Transportation

incidents

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Self-employed

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Exposure to harmful
substances

1111112222224333333444444555555 2 Fires &
explosions

1112221333444555 Other

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Chart 2. Number of fatal occupational injuries by employee status and age group: Georgia, 2000

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SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. - 8 -

Table 4. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by nature of injury: Georgia, 2000

Nature of Injury1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Traumatic injuries to bones, nerves and spinal cord . . . .
Open wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gunshot wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intracranial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple intracranial injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracranial injuries, unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Multiple traumatic injuries & disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs . . . . . . . . Other combinations of traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified . . . . . Burns and other injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other traumatic injuries and disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal injuries of the trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrocutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other poisonings and toxic effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drownings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heat burns, scalds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

3

2

30

15

27

14

41

21

26

13

14

7

59

30

22

11

10

5

18

9

9

5

53

27

33

17

9

5

9

5

2

1

4

2

3

2

5

3

1Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Table 5. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by part of body affected: Georgia, 2000

Part of body affected1

Fatalities

Number

Percent

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

195

100

Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51

26

Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41

21

Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

1

Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46

24

Chest, including ribs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29

15

Multiple trunk locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

5

Abdomen region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

3

Body systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22

11

Multiple body parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

68

35

Upper extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

Lower extremities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

1Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Table 6. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by source of injury: Georgia, 2000

Source of Injury1

Fatalities

Number

Percent

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

195

100

Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22

11

Construction, logging and mining machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

5

Metal, woodworking and special material machinery . . . . . . . .

4

2

Parts and materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

7

Electrical parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

3

Vehicle and mobile equipment parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Persons, plants, animals, and minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

3

Trees, logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

Structures and surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

14

Floors, walkways, ground surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23

12

Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11

5

Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

5

Tools, instruments, and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

82

42

Air vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

4

Highway vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

62

32

Automobiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

7

Trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44

23

Vans -- passenger or light delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Plants or industrial vehicles -- powered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

3

Forklifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

Rail vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

4

Other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

35

18

Ammunition -- bullets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

14

Fire, flame, smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

1

Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

3

1Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Chart 3. Number of fatal occupational injuries by source of injury and employee status: Georgia, 2000 100-

90-

80-

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0-

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6

Vehicles

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111111111111111111111111112222222222222222222222222223333333333333333333333333324444444444444444444444444455555555555555555555555555 0

Structures, Machinery

surfaces

11111111111111111111111122222222222222222222222223333333333333333333333330444444444444444444444444 7

11111111111111122222222222222213333333333333332444444444444444 1

Ammunition Parts, materials

1111222233334444555566667777888899990000 Wage & salary workers
Self-employed

111111112222222263333333344444444 1
Other

11111111222222223333333364444444455555555 2
Chemicals, chemical compounds

111112222233333344444 2
Persons, plants, animals, minerals

1112223332444555 1
Tools

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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1 0
Containers

Table 7. Number of fatal occupational injuries by source of injury and age group: Georgia, 2000

Source of Injury1

Total

Age Category
Under 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70 and 20 years years years years years over

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Parts and materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Persons, plants, animals,

and minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

Structures and surfaces . . . . . . . . . 27

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Weather and atmospheric

conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

7 42 44 38 44 14

6

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7

5

4

6 --- ---

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4

4 ---

3 --- ---

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5

8 ---

4

4 ---

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5 14 17 15 21

6

4

---

8

7 12

4

3 ---

---

6

7

8

4 ---

--- --- ---

3 --- --- ---

1Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures.
NOTE: Dashes indicate categories with less than three cases. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Table 8. Fatal occupational injuries by industry: Georgia, 2000

Industry1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Private industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Agriculture, forestry and fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agricultural production -- crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Landscape and horticultral services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ornamental shrub and tree services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General building contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residentail building construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single-family housing construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heavy construction, except building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highway and street construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heavy construction, except highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water, sewer, and utility lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special trades contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masonry, stonework, tile setting, and plastering . . . . . . . . . . Masonry and other stonework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastering, drywall, and insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous special trade contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food and kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meat products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry slaughtering and processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous plastics products, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Transportation and public utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local and interurban paasenger transportation . . . . . . . . . . . Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trucking and warehousing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trucking and courier services, except air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local trucking, without storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trucking, except local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

174

89

15

8

5

3

5

3

4

2

4

2

53

27

6

3

4

2

4

2

13

7

8

4

5

3

3

2

34

17

7

4

10

5

4

2

6

3

7

4

6

3

22

11

4

2

3

2

3

2

6

3

5

3

3

2

3

2

27

14

5

3

5

3

14

7

14

7

3

2

8

4

3

2

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 8. Fatal occupational injuries by industry: Georgia, 2000 -- Continued

Industry1
Wholesale Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade-durable goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery, equipment, and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade-nondurable goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grocery stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automotive repair, services and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automotive repair shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General automotive repair shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

18

9

13

7

4

2

3

2

5

3

18

9

10

5

10

5

4

2

18

9

5

3

6

3

4

2

4

2

21

11

1 Classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000.

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Chart 4. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, agricultural industries: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 16

Type of Event

Transportation accident

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Other 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115

Contact with objects 1112223334445556667778889994

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

Source of Injury Vehicles1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333 6
Other 1112223334445556667778889990001115

Trees, logs1112223334445556667773

Machinery 1112223334445552

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

Multple

injuries, comb.

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of

Injury

Other 1112223334445556667778889994

Intracranial Injuries

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Internal injuries to organs

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Electrocution 1112223334445552

Multiple

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of
5

Body

Affected

Body System111222333444555666777888999 4

Head1111222233334444555566667777 3

T r u n k 11112222333344445555 2

Extremities111222333444555 2

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

Fatalities by Occupation

Farming, forestry, fishing

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12

Other 1111222233334444555566667777888899994

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -16-

Chart 5. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, construction industries: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 54

Transportation incidents
Falls Contact with
objects Substance exposure
Other

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0

3

6

9

12 15 18 21

24 27 30

CASES

Source of Injury

Vehicles Structure surfaces Parts and materials
Machinery
Other

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0

3

6

9

12 15 18 21

CASES

24 27 30

Intracranial injuries

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Multiple injuries, comb.

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Electrocutions 1111222233334444555566664

0

3

6

9

12 15 18 21 24

27 30

CASES

Head 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111P2222a3333r4444t5555o6666f7777B8888o9999d00001111y2222A33334444ff5555e6666c7777te88882d1

Multiple parts

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Trunk 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 8

Body systems

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0

3

6

9

12 15 18 21 24 27 30

CASES

Operator, fabricator, laborer
Production, craft, repair
Managers
Other

Fatalities by Occupation 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000111222111222333444555 2 8
11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222 24 111122223333444455556666 4 111122223333 2

0

3

6

9

12 15 18 21 24 27 30

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -17-

Chart 6. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, manufacturing industries: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 22

Transportation incidents
Contact with objects
Substance exposure
Falls
Fires

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0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

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0

3

6

9

12 15 18 21

24

CASES

Internal injuries Multiple,
injuries, comb.
Electrocution
Other

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Multiple parts
Body systems

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2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

Operator, fabricator, laborer

Fatalities by Occupation 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677771 2

Production, craft, repair

1111222233334444555566667777888899996

Other 1111222233334444555566664

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24

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -18-

Chart 7. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, transportation and public utilities industries: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 31

Transportation incidents
Assaults and violent acts
Contact with Objects
Other

Type of Event 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566667777 20 11112222333344445555666677778888 6 111122223333444455553 111222333 2

Source of Injury Vehicles 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666619
Other 1111222233334444555566667777888899996
Ammunition 1112223334445556667778889996
Fire 1112223334445553

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Multiple injuries, comb. Gunshot wounds Internal injuries
Intacranial injuries Other

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Part of Body Affected
Multiple parts 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000 14 Trunk 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222 8
Head 111222333444555666777888999000 7 Other 1111222233334444 2

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Fatalities by Occupation Operator, fabricator, laborer 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222111121

Technical sales administration 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122227

Other 1111222233334444555566663

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SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -19-

Chart 8. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, retail trade industries: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 18

Type of Event

Assaults and violent acts

1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888 14

Source of Injury Bullets 1112223334445556667778889990001112223334445556667778889990001112223334445556667771 3

Other 1111222233334444555566667777888899994

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Other 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 5

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Nature of Injury Gunshot wounds 11122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677713
Other 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115

Head Trunk Multiple parts Other

Part of Body Affected 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 5
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Fatalities by Occupation Technical sales administation 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444 1 2
Service 11112222333344445555666677773 Other 111122223333444455556666 3

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SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Chart 9. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, services industries: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 18

Transportation incidents

Type of Event 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555 11

Source of Injury Vehicles 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666 11

Assaults & violent acts

1112223334445556664

Other 1111222233334444 3

Ammunition 111222333444555666 4 Other 111122223333444455553

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Internal injuries Other

Nature of Injury 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115

Multiple injuries, comb.
Gunshot wounds

1112223334445556667778889994 1111222233334444555566667777888899994

Part of Body Affected Trunk 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 8 Multiple parts 111122223333444455556666777788885 Head 111122223333444455553 Other 1111222233334444 2

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Production, craft, repair
Operator, fabricator, laborer
Technical sales administration
Managerial, professional
Other

11112222333344445555F66667777a8888t9999a0000li1111t2222ie3333s6 by Occupation 111222333444555666777888999 4 1112223334445556667773 1112223334445556667773 1112223334445552

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16

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -21-

Chart 10. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, wholesale industry: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 18

Type of Event Transportation 11122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677788899900011122233311
Other 111122223333444455556666777788889999 4 Falls 1111222233334444555566667777 3

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CASES

Nature of Injury

Multiple injuries, comb.

111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999 9

Intracranial injuries

11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 5

Other 111122223333444455556666777788889999 4

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CASES

Source of Injury Vehicles 11122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677788899900011122233344455512

Structures & surfaces

111122223333444455556666777788883

Other 111122223333444455556666777788883

0

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4

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8 10 12

CASES

Part of Body Affected

Multiple Parts

111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999 9

Head 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 5

Trunk 111222333444555 2 Other 1111222233334444 2

0

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Operator, fabricator, laborer
Technical sales administration
Other

Fatalities by Occupation 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333 11
11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233336
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SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -22-

Chart 11. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, government: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 21

Type of Event

Transportation incidents

1112223334445556667778889990001112223334445556667778889990001112223331 1

Assaults 111222333444555666777888999000111 5

Other 111222333444555666777888999000111 5

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8 10 12

CASES

Nature of Injury
Multiple 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777 8
injuries, comb.
Internal injuries 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115 Gunshot wounds 111122223333444455556666777788889999 4
Other 111222333444555666777888999 4

0

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16

CASES

Source of Injury Vehicles 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333311

Other 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333 6

Ammunition 111222333444555666777888999 4

0

2

4

6

8 10 12

CASES

Part of Body Affected Multiple parts 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111 10

Trunk 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555 7

Other 111222333444555666777888999 4

0

2

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6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

Service
Other
Production, craft, repair
Managerial, professional

Fatalities by Occupation 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000 10
111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115 111122223333444455556666 3 11112222333344445555666677773

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16

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -23-

Table 9. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation: Georgia, 2000

Occupation1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managerial and professional specialty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive, administrative, and managerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managers and administrators, n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional specialty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Technical, sales, and administrative support . . . . . . . . . . . Technicians and related support occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technicians, except health, engineering, and science . . . . . . Airplane pilots and navigators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations . . . . . . . . . Sales workers, retail and personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . Cashiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative support occupations, including clerical . . . . .
Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protective service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police and detectives, including supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . Police and detectives, public services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers . . . . Guards, including supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guards and police, except public service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farming, forestry, and fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other agricultural and related occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farm occupations, except managerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farm workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related agricultural occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm . . . . . . . . . . Forestry and logging occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

15

8

8

4

5

3

7

4

28

14

6

3

5

3

4

2

18

9

10

5

6

3

4

2

4

2

16

8

14

7

9

5

6

3

3

2

4

2

4

2

14

7

11

6

7

4

7

4

4

2

3

2

3

2

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation: Georgia, 2000Continued

Occupation1
Precision production, craft, and repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanics and repairers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, repairers . . . . . Automobile mechanics and apprentices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction trades, except supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carpenters and apprentices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices . . . . . . Roofers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Precision production occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Precision metal working occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Operators, fabricators, and laborers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . Machine operators and tenders, except precision . . . . . . . . Machine operators, assorted materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and material moving occupations . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver-sales workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material moving equipment operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Excavating and loading machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators . . . . . . . . Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers and laborers . . . . . . Construction laborers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garage and service station related occupations . . . . . . . . . Laborers, except construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

39

20

15

8

15

8

7

4

5

3

4

2

20

10

19

10

3

2

3

2

4

2

4

2

3

2

81

42

6

3

4

2

3

2

51

26

35

18

28

14

3

2

4

2

15

8

3

2

3

2

24

12

14

7

3

2

4

2

1Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification System developed by the Bureau of the Census. 2Resident armed forces.
NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000.

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Chart 12. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, farming, forestry, and fishing occupations: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 14

Transportation
Contact with objects
Exposure to harmful substances
Other

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CASES

Vehicles
Other
Persons, plants, animals, minerals
16
Machinery

111122223333444455556666777788889999S00001111o5urce of Injury 1111222233334444555566667777888899994 11112222333344445555666677773 111122223333444455552

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Multiple injuries, comb.
Intracranial injuries
Electrocution
Internal injuries to organs
Other

111122223333444455556666777788889999N4 ature of Injury 111222333444555666 3 11111111222222223333333344444444555526666 3 111222333444 2

Body Systems Multiple body
parts Head
Trunk
Other

1111222233334444555566667777P8888a9999r4t of Body Affected 111222333444555666777888999 4 11111111222222223333333344444444555555552666677773 1112223331

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Fatalities by Industry Agriculture 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444 12

Other 111122223333444455552

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CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -26-

Chart 13. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 39

Type of Event

Source of Injury

Transportation incidents
Falls
Contact with objects
Substance exposure
Fire
Other

1112223334445556667778889990001112223334441 0 1112223334445556667778889990001112223334441 0 11111111111111112222222222222222133333333333344444444444455555555555536666666677777777888888889999999900000000711118

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18

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Vehicles 11122233344455566677788899900011122233344410

Structures & surfaces

11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444 1 0

Machinery 1111222233334444555566667777888899996

Parts & materials
Other

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24

Environmental conditions

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21 24

CASES

Nature of Injury Intracranial injuries 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000111222333 1 7

Electrocutions
Other Multiple injuries,
comb.
Internal injuries

111222333444555666777888999 6 111122223333444455556666777788889999 6 111122223333444455556666777788885 1112223334445556667778885

Head Body Systems Multiple parts
Trunk Other

Part of Body Affected 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001 5 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011118 111122223333444455556666777788889999 7 111122223333444455556666777788886 11112222333344443

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15 18

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CASES

0

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12 15 18 21 24

CASES

Fatalities by Industry Construction 11122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677788899900011122211122233344424

Manufacturing Services Other

111222333444555666777888999 6 111122223333444455556666777788889999 6 111122223333444455553

0

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15

18

21

24

27 30

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -27-

Chart 14. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, managerial and professional specialty occupations: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 15

Type of Event

Transportation incidents
Other
Assaults and violent acts

111222333444555666777888999000111222333444 7
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CASES

Source of Injury Vehicles 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455557

Other 1112223334445556667778889990001115 Chemicals 1112223334445556667773

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CASES

Multiple injuries, comb.
Internal injuries
Poisonings Gunshot wounds
Other

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4

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8 10 12

CASES

Trunk Multiple parts Body systems
Head Other

111111111111111111222222222222222222333333333333333333P144444444444444a55555555555555266666666666rt7777777777738888888o9999999f00004B1111o5dy Affected

0

2

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6

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CASES

Fatalities by Industry Other 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566667777888899999

Service
Public administration

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0

2

4

6

8 10 12

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -28-

Chart 15. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, operators, fabricators, and laborers occupations: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 81

Transportation incidents
Contact with objects
Falls
Assaults and violent acts
Substance exposure
Fire
Other

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0

7

14 21

28 35 42 49

CASES

Vehicles Machinery
Structure Parts
Ammunition Chemicals Other

Source of Injury
111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000111222333444 4 1 11112222333344445555666677778888 13 1111222233334444555566661 0 111222333444 7 111111112222222233333 5 111122222

Multple injuries, comb.
Intracranial injuries
Internal injuries

Nature of Injury 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566663 2 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555 18 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555 18

Gunshot wounds 111222333444 5

Poisonings Other

1111222233334444 4 111222333444 4

0

7

14 21

28 35 42 49

CASES

Part of Body Affected

Multiple parts 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000111222333 33

Trunk Head

11111111222222223333333344444444555555556666666677777777888888889999999900000000111111112222222233333333444444441555592 1

Body systems Other

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6

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48

CASES

0

5

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CASES

Fatalities by Industry

Construction Transportation &
public utilities Manufacturing
Wholesale

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Other 111222333444555666777888999 6

Services 111222333444555666 4

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9

12

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24 28

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -29-

Chart 16. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, service occupations: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 16

Assaults and violent acts
Transportation incidents
Other

Type of Event 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666 8 1112223334445556667778889990001115 111122223333444455556666 3

Source of Injury Ammunition 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455557
Vehicles 1112223334445556667778889990001115 Other 1111222233334444555566667777888899994

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Nature of Injury Gunshot wounds 1112223334445556667778889990001112223334445557

Other 11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233336

Multiple injuries comb.

111122223333444455556666 3

Multiple parts Trunk Head Other

Part of Body Affected 1112223334445556667778889990001115 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115 1112223334445556667773 11112222333344445555666677773

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Public administration Retail Other

Fatalities by Industry 1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011111 0
111222333444555666 3
111222333444555666 3

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -30-

Chart 17. Distribution of occupational fatalities by selected characteristics, technical, sales, and administrative support occupations: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 28

Type of Event

Assaults and violent acts

1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677771 3

Transportation Incidents

11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455551 2

Other 1112223334445556667773

Multiple parts 1111222233334444555566667777P88889999a0000r1111t 2222o3333f4444B55556666o7777d8888y99990000A1111f2222fe3333c4444t5555e6666d77778888999914 Head 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778 Trunk 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011115 Other 1111222233331

0

2

4

6

8 10 12 14 CASES

16 18 20

0

2

4

6

8 10 12 14 CASES

16 18

Source of Injury Vehicles 11122233344455566677788899900011122233344455566677788899900011122233344455512 Ammunition 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444555512
Other 111122223333444455556666777788889999 4

Gunshot wounds
Multple injuries, comb.
Intracranial injuries
Other

Nature of Injury 111222333444555666777888999000111222333444555666777888999000111222333444 12
1111222233334444555566667777888899990000111122223333444455556666777788889999000011111 0
11112222333344445555666677773
1112223334445556667773

0

2

4

6

8 10 12 14 CASES

16 18 20

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

Fatalities by Industry Retail 111122223333444455556666777788889999000011112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233334444 12

Transportation 1112223334445556667778889990001112223334445557

Wholesale Services

11112222333344445555666677778888999900001111222233336 11112222333344445555666677773

0

2

4

6

8

10 12 14

16

CASES

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. -31-

Table 10. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by location of incident: Georgia, 2000

Location of incident
All locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Industrial place and premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Factory plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Railway yard, line or tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warehouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Street and highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local road and street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other state or US highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interstate, freeway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Convenience store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restaurants, cafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking lot, garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential construction site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

52

27

13

7

12

6

4

2

4

2

6

3

66

34

20

10

27

14

16

8

21

11

10

5

3

1

27

14

7

4

16

8

20

10

15

8

3

1

7

4

2

1

Based on location codes developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 1996, home construction was coded under Home and not under Industrial Place and Premises,
Construction Sites, as in previous years. Subcategories may not total major categories. Not all subcategories are shown. NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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Chart 18. Percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by location of incident: Georgia 1999

50-

40-

302010-

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0-

Street, Highway

11111111111111111111111111112222222222222222222222222222273333333333333333333333333333%44444444444444444444444444445555555555555555555555555555
Industrial Place

11111111111111122222222222222214333333333333333%444444444444444555555555555555
Other

11111111111122222222222133333333333%4444444444455555555555
Public Building

11111111111222222222221333333333330%4444444444455555555555
Home

1111122222433333%4444455555
Farm

SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor. NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
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Table 11. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by worker activity: Georgia, 2000

Worker activity1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vehicular and transportation activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving, operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving, operating n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riding in, on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using or operating tools, machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating heavy equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using power tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Constructing, repairing, cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction, assembly, dismoutling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair, maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaning, washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physical Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Body position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Material handling operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading, unloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Protective service activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tending retail establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activities n.e.c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fatalities

Number

Percent

195

100

75

38

52

27

28

14

11

6

5

3

4

2

4

2

16

8

8

4

20

10

7

4

4

2

5

3

40

21

24

12

10

5

3

1

17

9

15

8

8

4

3

1

4

2

11

6

24

12

16

8

6

3

1Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Structures. Subcategories may not total major categories. Not allsubcategories are not shown. SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Table 12. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries by month of injury: Georgia, 2000

Month of fatal injury

Fatalities

Number

Percent

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

195

100

January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

11

February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17

9

2

March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23

12

April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

7

May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26

13

June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

7

July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15

7

August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

11

September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

5

October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

5

November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

7

December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

7

NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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Chart 19. Number distribution of fatal occupational injuries by month of injury: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 195

35-

30-

26 25-
23

21

21

20-

17
1513

15 14

14 13

10-

9

9

5-

0-

JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC -

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Chart 20. Number distribution of fatal occupational injuries by time of injury: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 195

35-
3026
25-

20 20-
19

16 15-

12

12

10-

544
2

5 33

1

0-

8 6

11
9 8

4

44

44

3

3

1 a.m. 2 a.m. 3 a.m. 4 a.m. 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 7 a.m. 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. 11 p.m. 12 a.m. Unknown

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Chart 21. Number distribution of fatal occupational injuries by day of injury: Georgia, 2000 Total cases: 195

60-

50-

40 40-
36

30-

30

28

28

21 20-

12 10-

0-

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY -
FRIDAYSATURDAY-

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Table 13. Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries for counties with three or more reported cases: Georgia, 2000

County

Fatalities

Number

Percent

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

195

100

Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Barrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

BenHill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

4

Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Cobb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

6

Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

DeKalb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11

6

Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Elbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

2

Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

14

Gilmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Gwinnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

7

Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

3

Muscogee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Tift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Wilkes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

2

All Other Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

69

35

NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Georgia Department of Labor.

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M ap: Fatal O ccupational injuries by county with three or m ore reported cases: G eorgia, 2000 N. 195

3

4

3

14

12 11

4

27 4 5

3 3
3

4

0-2 3-5 6-8 9 or more

3

7

3 3

43

3

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Chart 21. Number of source documents collected during CFOI Data Collection: Georgia, 2000

240-

220-

20018016014012010080604020-
0-

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A total of 1,038 source documents were collected to help identify and verify information on work-related fatalities.

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Conclusion
Number of workplace fatalities in Georgia, 1992 - 1999 Total ............................ 1,806 1992 .............................. 204 1993 .............................. 230 1994 .............................. 249 1995 .............................. 237 1996 .............................. 213 1997 .............................. 242 1998 .............................. 202 1999 .............................. 229 2000 .............................. 195
The CFOI-database provides useful information on dangerous industries, occupations, fatal events, and equipment involved in these injuries that can be used by employers and safety professionals to target efforts to reduce fatal work injuries. The state can use this information to monitor occupational injury deaths, target workplace hazards, develop appropriate safety standards, and disseminate educational materials to its workers to decrease the hazards in Georgia workplaces and thus increase the occupational safety of Georgia's workers.
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National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2000
1. A total of 5,915 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2000, a decline of about 2 percent from 1999. 2. Highway vehicle incidents, falls, homicides, and falls to the lower level led all other fatal events.
These three events totaled over 45 percent of the work injury deaths that occurred during 2000. 3. Although the number of fatal highway incidents was down about 9 percent from 1999 levels,
highway crashes continued to be the leading cause of on-the-job fatalities in 2000 (23%). Truck driver fatalities accounted for 14 percent of the job-related fatalities. 4. Contact with the objects and equipment ranked second (1,005 cases) or 17 percent in 2000, and declined by 2 percent. 5. Assaults and violent acts ranked third with the 16 percent of the fatally injuried workers up by 2 percent from 909 deaths in 1999 to 929 deaths in 2000. Workplace homicides accounted for 11 percent (677 cases) of the fatally injured workers. The number of work-related homicides increased for the first time in six years (from 651 in 1999 to 677 in 2000). However, the total number of workplace homicides in 2000 was still 37 percent lower than the high of 1,080 homicides reported in 1994. Homicides in which robbery was the initial motive increased from 225 cases in 1999 to 291 cases in 2000. 6. Occupations with large numbers of fatal injuries included truck drivers, construction traders, and sales occupations. 7. The construction industry reported the largest number of fatal work injuries (20 percent or 1,154 cases) of any industry and accounted for one-fifth of the total fatalities in 2000. This was followed by transportation and public utitlities industry (16 percent or 957 cases), and service industry (13 percent or 768 cases). 8. The number of fatal work injuries in retail trade increased by 16 percent from 513 cases in 1999 to 594 cases in 2000. 9. On average, about 16 workers were fatally injured each day during 2000.
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Appendix
Major CFOI Classification Systems Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, 1987 Edition, published by the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, to classify the industry of the employer. The Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations, 1990 Census of Population, published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, to classify the occupation of the decedent. The Occupational Safety and Health Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, to classify characteristics of occupational injuries and illnesses. The following code structures are used: -- Nature of injury or illness which identifies the principal physical characteristics of the injury or illness. -- Part of body affected which identifies the part(s) of the body, or body system, directly affected by the
previously identified nature of injury or illness. -- Source of injury or illness which identifies the object, substance, bodily motion or exposure which
directly produced or inflicted the previously identified injury or illness. -- Event or exposure which describes the manner in which the injury or illness was produced or inflicted
by the source of injury or illness. -- Secondary source of injury or illness which identifies the object, substance or person that generated
the source of injury or illness or that contributed to the event or exposure.
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