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Census of Fatal Summaries |
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Fatal
Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure in Wisconsin: 1998 - 2000
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Year |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
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Total Fatal Injuries |
97 |
105 |
107 |
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Transportation accidents |
49 |
47 |
49 |
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Highway accidents |
29 |
34 |
27 |
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Non-highway Accidents (farms, industrial premises) |
9 |
7 |
6 |
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Worker struck by vehicle |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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Aircraft accident |
7 |
2 |
8 |
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Railway accident |
- |
- |
4 |
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Assaults & Violent acts |
17 |
12 |
14 |
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Homicides |
8 |
7 |
5 |
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Self-inflicted injury |
7 |
4 |
5 |
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Assaults by animals |
2 |
1 |
4 |
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Contacts with objects/equipment |
19 |
23 |
25 |
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Struck by object |
6 |
13 |
8 |
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Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
9 |
8 |
12 |
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Caught in or crushed by collapsing materials |
4 |
2 |
4 |
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Falls |
6 |
10 |
9 |
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Fall to lower level |
6 |
8 |
7 |
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Fall on same level |
- |
2 |
2 |
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Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
5 |
10 |
8 |
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Contact with electric current |
4 |
7 |
3 |
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Oxygen deficiency |
- |
- |
3 |
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Fires & Explosions |
1 |
3 |
2 |
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Other |
- |
- |
- |
In all three years, transportation accidents have accounted for the most deaths, followed by contact with objects or equipment.
-Indicates data is not available and/or publishable.
Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Classification Structure.
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