Table A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, Wyoming, 2015
               
Worker characteristics Total fatal injuries (number) Event or exposure1
Transport-ation incidents2 Violence & other injuries by persons or animals3 Contact with objects & equipment Falls, slips, trips Exposure to harmful sub-stances or environ-ments Fires & explosions
               
Total 34 17 4 3 5 3 --
               
Employee status              
 Wage & salary4 26 15 -- -- 4 3 --
 Self-employed5 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
               
Gender              
 Women 5 3 -- -- -- -- 1
 Men 29 14 4 3 5 -- --
               
Age              
 Under 16 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 16 to 17 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 18 to 19 years -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 20 to 24 years 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
 25 to 34 years 6 4 -- -- -- -- --
 35 to 44 years 3 3 -- -- -- -- --
 45 to 54 years 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
 55 to 64 years 6 4 -- -- -- -- --
 65 years & over 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
               
Race or ethnic origin6              
 White (non-Hispanic) 30 17 4 3 3 -- --
 Black or African-American (non-Hispanic) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 Hispanic or Latino 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
 American Indian or Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 Asian (non-Hispanic) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
 
1 Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.
 
2 Includes roadway, nonroadway, air, water, rail fatal occupational injuries, and fatal occupational injuries 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: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.
 
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state, New York City, District of Columbia, and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
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