| Table A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, Wyoming, 2002 | ||||||||
| Worker characteristics | Total fatalities (number) | Event or exposure1 | ||||||
| (percent) | ||||||||
| Transpor- tation incidents2 | Assaults and violent acts3 | Contact with objects and equipment | Falls | Exposure to harmful sub- stances or environ- ments | Fires and explosions | |||
| Total | 33 | 54.5 | -- | 18.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | -- | |
| Employee Status | ||||||||
| Wage and Salary Workers4 | 28 | 53.6 | -- | 17.9 | 14.3 | 10.7 | -- | |
| Self-employed5 | 5 | 60.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 31 | 51.6 | -- | 19.4 | 12.9 | 12.9 | -- | |
| Women | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Age | ||||||||
| Under 16 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 16 to 17 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 18 to 19 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 20 to 24 years | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 25 to 34 years | 7 | 71.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 35 to 44 years | 12 | 50.0 | -- | 25.0 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 45 to 54 years | 6 | 50.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 55 to 64 years | 6 | 50.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 65 years and over | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Race or Ethnic Origin6 | ||||||||
| White | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 23 | 52.2 | -- | 26.1 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Black | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 50.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Asian | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 1 Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness | include Hispanic workers. For years 2000 and later, | |||||||
| Classification Manual. | persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race. The | |||||||
| 2 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatalities. | race categories shown exclude Hispanic workers. | |||||||
| 3 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and | NOTE: Totals for major categories may include | |||||||
| assaults by animals. | subcategories not shown separately. Percentages | |||||||
| 4 May include volunteers and other workers receiving | may not add to totals because of rounding. | |||||||
| compensation. | Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet | |||||||
| 5 Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include | publication criteria. | |||||||
| owners of incorporated businesses, or members of | All Data are revised and final. | |||||||
| partnerships. | SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor | |||||||
| 6 For years prior to 2000, the race categories shown | Statistics, in cooperation with State and Federal agencies, | |||||||
| Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries | ||||||||
| CFOI | Labor Market Information | |||||||