Table 1.  Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational injuries
by event or exposure, California, 1994-98
				1998*				1997						1996		1995		1994
			Event or Exposure	Number		Percent		Number		Percent		Percent		Number		Number		Number
			Total ............…………......................................................	617		100		652		100.0		100.0		641		646		643
Transportation accidents ...............................................................................				249		40.4		240		39.9		36.8		270		262		243
	Highway accident ...............................................................................			123		19.9		139		21.9		21.3		165		144		127
		Collision between vehicles, mobile equipment .................................................		61		9.9		56		11.1		8.6		78		73		66
		Vehicle struck stationary object, equipment ........................................................		28		4.5		25		4.0		3.8		30		26		24
		Noncollision accident ..........................................................................		31		5.0		45		6.7		6.9		50		44		35
	Nonhighway accident (farm, industrial premises) ......................................................			17		2.8		24		6.2		3.7		29		41		27
		Noncollision accident ........................................................................		13		2.1		23		5.6		3.5		24		37		25
	Worker struck by vehicle, mobile equipment .........................................................................................			47		7.6		40				6.1		37		45		43
		In parking lot or non-roadway area .........................................................................		21		3.4		10				1.5		19		26		20
		In roadway ................................................................................................................		15		2.4		18				2.8		11		10		15
		On side of road ..............................................................................................................		9		1.5		4				0.6		6		8		8
	Aircraft ..................................................................................................			46		7.5		24		4.3		3.7		29		28		35
	Water vehicle ...............................................................................................			13		2.1		9		0.5		1.4		6		3		7
	Railway ...............................................................................................			2		0.3		3		0.2		0.5		3		1		4
Assaults and violent acts ..............................................................................				147		23.8		174		29.5		26.7		185		194		196
	Homicides ......................................................................................................			108		17.5		131		23.3		20.1		156		153		164
		Shooting .....................................................................................................		92		14.9		111		18.7		17.0		125		123		139
		Stabbing .....................................................................................................		5		0.8		9		1.8		1.4		11		12		14
	Self-inflicted injury ...............................................................................			39		6.3		42		5.9		6.4		27		39		28
Contact with objects and equipment .........................................................................				69		11.2		77		10.0		11.8		56		66		64
	Struck by object ....................................................................................			38		6.2		44		7.2		6.7		24		47		48
		Struck by falling object .............................................................................		25		4.1		24		3.7		3.7		13		24		29
	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects .........................			21		3.4		27				4.1		22		12		9
		Caught in running equipment or machinery ..............................		5		0.8		14				2.1		9		9		5
	Caught in or crushed in collapsing structure/materials .......................			9		1.5		4				0.6		7		6		4
		Excavation, trench cave-in ...............................................................…		3		0.5		3				0.5		4		4		1
Falls ..................………….............................................................................				80		13.0		80		8.1		12.3		60		53		73
	Falls to lower level ...........…………...............................................			67		10.9		72				11.0		53		44		61
		Fall from ladder .....................................................................................		8		1.3		14		1.8		2.1		10		12		11
		Fall from roof ..........................…………...................................		24		3.9		20				3.1		16		9		13
		Fall from scaffold, staging ........................................................................		10		1.6		9				1.4		5		2		8
	Fall on same level .................................................................................			6		1.0		1		1.2		0.2		4		8		8
Exposure to harmful substances or environments ...................................				57		9.2		56		7.9		8.6		50		52		48
	Contact with electric current ..............................................................			26		4.2		15		4.1		2.3		27		27		25
		Contact with overhead lines …………........................................		9		1.5		5				0.8		13		10		10
		Contact with wiring, transformers, or other								0.0
			electrical components …………............................................	8		1.3		7		1.2		1.1		5		8		10
	Exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances ............................			13		2.1		24				3.7		13		12		12
	Drowning, submersion .......................................................................................................			9		1.5		12				1.8		6		7		9
										0.0
Fires and explosions ......……….............................................................				8		1.3		22		2.7		3.4		14		18		16
	Fires -- unintended or uncontrolled ....................................................			6		1.0		13				2.0		7		7		11
	Explosions ......................................................................................................			2		0.3		9		1.7		1.4		7		11		5
										0.0
*  Figures for 1998 are preliminary and will be updated as new cases are determined to be work-related.
Note:  Totals may 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, 1994-98.
August 1999