| Table A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, Wyoming, 2008 | |||||||
| Worker characteristics | Total fatalities (number) | Event or exposure1 | |||||
| Transporta-tion incidents2 | Assaults and violent acts3 | Contact with objects and equipment | Falls | Exposure to harmful sub- stances or environ-ments | Fires and explosions | ||
| Total | 33 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Employee Status | |||||||
| Wage and Salary Workers4 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Self-employed5 | 6 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Gender | |||||||
| Men | 32 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Women | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Age | |||||||
| Under 16 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 to 17 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 18 to 19 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 20 to 24 years | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 25 to 34 years | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 35 to 44 years | 6 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 45 to 54 years | 11 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 55 to 64 years | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 65 years and over | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Race or Ethnic Origin6 | |||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 29 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 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. Data for 2008 are preliminary. | |||||||
| 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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