| Characteristic | 1996* | 1995 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Total | 599 | 100.0 | 646 | 100.0 | |
| Managerial and professional specialty occupations | 76 | 12.7 | 91 | 14.1 | |
| Executive, administrative, managerial occupations | 47 | 7.8 | 51 | 7.9 | |
| Professional specialty occupations | 29 | 4.8 | 40 | 6.2 | |
| Technical, sales and administrative support | 92 | 15.4 | 96 | 14.9 | |
| Technicians and related support occupations | 10 | 1.7 | 25 | 3.9 | |
| Sales occupations | 72 | 12.0 | 59 | 9.1 | |
| Supervisors and proprietors | 48 | 8.0 | 26 | 4.0 | |
| Administrative support, including clerical | 10 | 1.7 | 12 | 1.9 | |
| Service occupations | 66 | 11.0 | 69 | 10.7 | |
| Protective service occupations | 38 | 6.3 | 47 | 7.3 | |
| Police and detectives, including supervisors | 15 | 2.5 | 22 | 3.4 | |
| Guards, including supervisors | 23 | 3.8 | 22 | 3.4 | |
| Food preparation and service occupations | 8 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.5 | |
| Cleaning and building service occupations, except household | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0.9 | |
| Personal service occupations | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Farming, forestry, and fishing occupations " | 63 | 10.5 | 64 | 9.9 | |
| Farming occupations, including operators and managers " | 34 | 5.7 | 38 | 5.9 | |
| Related agricultural occupations | 20 | 3.3 | 19 | 2.9 | |
| Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm | 17 | 2.8 | 17 | 2.6 | |
| Forestry and logging occupations | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.8 | |
| Fishers and officers of fishing vessels | 6 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Precision production, craft, and repair | 102 | 17.0 | 93 | 14.4 | |
| Mechanics and repairers | 26 | 4.3 | 30 | 4.6 | |
| Construction trades | 56 | 9.3 | 51 | 7.9 | |
| Precision production occupations | 17 | 2.8 | 9 | 1.4 | |
| Operators, fabricators, and laborers | 163 | 27.2 | 205 | 31.7 | |
| Machine operators, assemblers, inspectors | 14 | 2.3 | 17 | 2.6 | |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 101 | 16.9 | 132 | 20.4 | |
| Motor vehicle operators | 85 | 14.2 | 115 | 17.8 | |
| Truck drivers | 80 | 13.4 | 100 | 15.5 | |
| Material moving equipment operators | 11 | 1.8 | 15 | 2.3 | |
| Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers | 48 | 8.0 | 56 | 8.7 | |
| Construction laborers | 14 | 2.3 | 23 | 3.6 | |
| Freight, stock and material handlers | 5 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.1 | |
| Military occupations | 24 | 4.0 | 21 | 3.3 | |
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*Figures are preliminary and will be updated as new cases are determined to be work-related.
**Based on the 1990 Occupational Classification System developed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Note: Totals include data for subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. Source: California Division of Labor Statistics and Research, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1995-96. August 1997 |