TABLE 3.

Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, Virginia, 2004

2
Event or exposure

Total fatalities Exposure to

Occupation1 Transportation Assaults and
Contact with
harmful sub- Fires and
(number)
objects and Falls
incidents3 violent acts4 stances or explosions
equipment
environments

Total………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 171 84 17 22 27 18 3

Management occupations............................................................................................................... 18 11 -- 3 -- -- --
Other management occupations................................................................................................ 12 6 -- -- -- -- --
Agricultural managers........................................................................................................... 5 3 -- -- -- -- --
Farmers and ranchers...................................................................................................... 5 3 -- -- -- -- --
Construction managers......................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Construction managers.................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Miscellaneous managers....................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Managers, all other........................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Protective service occupations........................................................................................................ 6 -- 4 -- -- -- --
Other protective service workers................................................................................................ 4 -- 3 -- -- -- --
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers................................................................. 3 -- 3 -- -- -- --
Security guards................................................................................................................ 3 -- 3 -- -- -- --
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations....................................................... 8 4 -- -- -- -- --
Grounds maintenance workers.................................................................................................. 7 4 -- -- -- -- --
Grounds maintenance workers............................................................................................. 7 4 -- -- -- -- --
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers...................................................................... 4 4 -- -- -- -- --
Tree trimmers and pruners............................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Sales and related occupations........................................................................................................ 10 3 4 -- -- -- --
Retail sales workers................................................................................................................... 5 -- 3 -- -- -- --
Other sales and related workers................................................................................................ 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...................................................................................... 6 3 -- 3 -- -- --
Agricultural workers.................................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Miscellaneous agricultural workers....................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Construction and extraction occupations........................................................................................ 37 7 -- 4 16 8 --
Construction trades workers....................................................................................................... 33 6 -- 4 14 7 --
Carpenters............................................................................................................................. 7 -- -- -- 5 -- --
Carpenters........................................................................................................................ 7 -- -- -- 5 -- --
Construction laborers............................................................................................................ 5 -- -- -- 3 -- --
Construction laborers....................................................................................................... 5 -- -- -- 3 -- --
Construction equipment operators........................................................................................ 5 -- -- 3 -- -- --
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.................................. 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricians............................................................................................................................ 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricians....................................................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Painters and paperhangers................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Roofers.................................................................................................................................. 5 -- -- -- 4 -- --
Roofers............................................................................................................................. 5 -- -- -- 4 -- --
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......................................................................... 13 -- -- 3 5 4 --
See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, Virginia, 2004 - Continued

Event or exposure2

Total fatalities Exposure to

Occupation1 Transportation Assaults and
Contact with
harmful sub- Fires and
(number)
objects and Falls
incidents3 violent acts4 stances or explosions
equipment
environments
Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........................................................... 11 -- -- -- 4 4 --
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers...................................... 7 -- -- -- 3 -- --
Industrial machinery mechanics....................................................................................... 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Line installers and repairers.................................................................................................. 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Production occupations................................................................................................................... 7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Metal workers and plastic workers............................................................................................. 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Transportation and material moving occupations............................................................................ 56 49 3 3 -- -- --
Motor vehicle operators.............................................................................................................. 24 20 -- -- -- -- --
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers.................................................................................. 21 18 -- -- -- -- --
Driver/sales workers......................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer............................................................................. 18 16 -- -- -- -- --
Water transportation workers..................................................................................................... 21 21 -- -- -- -- --
Sailors and marine oilers....................................................................................................... 20 20 -- -- -- -- --
Sailors and marine oilers.................................................................................................. 20 20 -- -- -- -- --
Material moving workers............................................................................................................ 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Laborers and material movers, hand..................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.................................................. 4 -- -- -- -- -- --

1
Based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification System. NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately.
2
Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. Data for 2004 are
3
Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, rail fatalities, and fatalities resulting from are preliminary.
being struck by a vehicle.
4
Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and attacks by animals. 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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