Table A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, Wyoming, 2009    
   
Worker characteristics Total fatalities (number) Event or exposure1
Transporta-tion incidents2 Assaults & violent acts3 Contact with objects & equipment Falls Exposure to harmful sub-stances or environ-ments Fires & explosions
           
   Total 19 11 -- -- 4 -- --
           
Employee Status            
Wage and Salary Workers4 14 7 -- -- 4 -- --
Self-employed5 5 4 -- -- -- -- --
           
Gender            
Men 18 11 -- -- 3 -- --
Women -- -- -- -- -- -- --
           
Age            
Under 16 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 to 17 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
18 to 19 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20 to 24 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
25 to 34 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 to 44 years 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
45 to 54 years 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
55 to 64 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
65 years and over 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
           
Race or Ethnic Origin6            
White, non-Hispanic 16 8 -- -- 4 -- --
Black, non-Hispanic -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Hispanic or Latino -- -- -- -- -- -- --
American Indian or Alaska Native -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Asian -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- --
             
   
     1 Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification     
Manual.     
     2 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, rail fatalities, and fatalities 
resulting from being struck by a vehicle.
     3 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and attacks by animals.     
     4 May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation.   
     5 Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses 
and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, and may include some owners of 
incorporated businesses or members of partnerships.     
     6 Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race   
categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos. 
     NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not     
shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not     
meet publication criteria. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths 
unless precipitated by an injury event. Data for all years are revised
and final.
     SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in     
cooperation with State and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational     
Injuries.     
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