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| Table 3: Fatal Occupational Injuries in Wyoming by Event or Exposure, 1998-2000 | |||||||||||
| 1998 Fatalities | 1999 Fatalities | 2000 Fatalities | |||||||||
| Event* | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||||
| Total | 33 | 100.0 | 32 | 100.0 | 36 | 100.0 | |||||
| Transportation Incidents | 24 | 72.7 | 18 | 56.3 | 17 | 47.2 | |||||
| Highway | 16 | 48.5 | 12 | 37.5 | 11 | 30.6 | |||||
| Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment | 6 | 18.2 | 5 | 15.6 | 3 | 8.3 | |||||
| Moving in opposite directions, oncoming | 4 | 12.1 | 3 | 9.4 | - | - | |||||
| Noncollision | 9 | 27.3 | 5 | 15.6 | 6 | 16.7 | |||||
| Jack-knifed or overturned - no collision | 9 | 27.3 | 2 | 6.3 | 6 | 16.7 | |||||
| Nonhighway (farm, industrial premises) | 3 | 9.1 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment | 3 | 9.1 | - | - | 4 | 11.1 | |||||
| Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment in | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6.25 | |||||
| parking lot or non-road area | |||||||||||
| Aircraft | - | - | 3 | 9.4 | - | - | |||||
| Assaults and violent acts | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8.3 | |||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 3 | 9.1 | 9 | 28.1 | 7 | 19.4 | |||||
| Struck by object | 3 | 9.1 | 6 | 18.8 | 5 | 13.9 | |||||
| Struck by falling object | 3 | 9.1 | 4 | 12.5 | 3 | 8.3 | |||||
| Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | - | - | 3 | 9.4 | - | - | |||||
| Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 3 | 9.1 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Falls | - | - | 3 | 9.4 | 3 | 8.3 | |||||
| Fall to lower level | - | - | 3 | 9.4 | - | - | |||||
| Fall to lower level, not elsewhere classified | - | - | 3 | 9.4 | - | - | |||||
| Fires and explosions | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8.3 | |||||
| * Based on the 1992 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. | |||||||||||
| Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: Totals for major industries may include subcategories not shown separately due to confidentiality. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||
| 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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