Table 4.  Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational
	injuries by industry, California, 1997-98
					1998*				1997
				Industry**	Number		Percent		Number		Percent
				Total ..............................................................................	617		100.0		652		100.0
			Private Industry ...............……………….........................................		530		85.9		574		88.0
	Agriculture, forestry, and fishing .........................................................				72		11.7		70		10.7
		Agricultural production - crops ...........................................................			24		3.9		18		2.8
		Agricultural production - livestock .................................................			5		0.8		10		1.5
		Agricultural services ........………........................................................			33		5.3		37		5.7
			Crop services ....................................................................................		8		1.3		14		2.1
			Farm labor and management services ................................		9		1.5		6		0.9
			Landscape and horticultural services .......................................................................................		14		2.3		15		2.3
		Commercial fishing ......................................................................................			10		1.6		5		0.8
	Mining .................................................................................................................				6		1.0		8		1.2
	Construction .........................................................................................				94		15.2		86		13.2
		General building contractors ..................................................................			27		4.4		13		2.0
		Heavy construction, except building ...........................................................			14		2.3		20		3.1
			Highway and street construction ..............................................		4		0.6		3		0.5
			Heavy construction, except highway ....................................................		10		1.6		10		1.5
		Special trade contractors ...................................................................................			53		8.6		53		8.1
			Plumbing, heating, air conditioning ...............................................		5		0.8		2		0.3
			Painting and paper hanging ................................................		2		0.3		6		0.9
			Electrical work ............................................................................................................		15		2.4		6		0.9
			Masonry, stonework, tile setting and plastering ................		5		0.8		5		0.8
			Carpentry and floor work .......................................................		2		0.3		5		0.8
			Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work ...............................................		6		1.0		8		1.2
			Concrete work……………….........................................................		--		--		4		0.6
			Miscellaneous special trade contractors .........................................		17		2.8		15		2.3
				Excavation work .....................................................................................................	5		0.8		2		0.3
				Wrecking and demolition ……………….……………………….	3		0.5		4		0.6
	Manufacturing .......................................................................................................				49		7.9		54		8.3
		Food and kindred products ..........................................................................			6		1.0		3		0.5
		Lumber and wood products ...............................................................			8		1.3		7		1.1
			Logging ...........................................................................................................................		6		1.0		4		0.6
		Printing and publishing ..................................................................................................			1		0.2		6		0.9
		Chemical and allied products .......................................................			3		0.5		5		0.8
		Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products …………………….			4		0.6		3		0.5
		Stone, clay and glass products.......…………..........................…			3		0.5		2		0.3
		Fabricated metal products ............................................................			1		0.2		4		0.6
		Industrial machinery and equipment .....................................................			6		1.0		6		0.9
		Transportation equipment ................................................................			9		1.5		8		1.2
	Transportation and public utilities ........................................................				81		13.1		96		14.7
		Railroad transportation ..........................................................................................			--		--		3		0.5
		Taxicabs …………………………………………………………………….			5		0.8		5		0.8
		Trucking, courier services (except air) and warehousing .....................................................................................			55		8.9		61		9.4
		Water transportation .......………........................................................			3		0.5		9		1.4
		Air transportation .......................................................................................................			10		1.6		3		0.5
		Transportation services ..............................................................			2		0.3		2		0.3
		Communications ...........................................................................................			1		0.2		3		0.5
		Electric, gas, and sanitary services ........................................			4		0.6		10		1.5
			Sanitary services ..............………….............................................…		3		0.5		5		0.8
	Wholesale trade ...........................................................................................................				20		3.2		29		4.4
		Wholesale trade - durable goods ....................................................			14		2.3		20		3.1
		Wholesale trade - nondurable goods ......................................................			6		1.0		9		1.4
	Retail trade ...........................................................................................................................				77		12.5		88		13.5
		Building materials and garden supplies ...........…………................			6		1.0		2		0.3
		Food stores .....................................................................................................................			15		2.4		26		4.0
			Grocery stores ............................................................................		12		1.9		19		2.9
		Automotive dealers and service stations .....................................			13		2.1		21		3.2
			Gasoline service stations.…………..............................................		5		0.8		8		1.2
		Eating and drinking places .................................................................			16		2.6		16		2.5
		Miscellaneous retail ...………...........................................................…			19		3.1		16		2.5
			Liquor stores .......…………..............................................................		7		1.1		7		1.1
	Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................				13		2.1		15		2.3
		Real estate ...........................................................................................................................			7		1.1		10		1.5
	Services ......................................................................................................................................				106		17.2		113		17.3
		Hotels and other lodging places ........................................................................			4		0.6		5		0.8
		Personal services..........…………….................................................…			7		1.1		6		0.9
		Business services .........................................................................			35		5.7		31		4.8
			Detective, guard, and armored car services .......................		6		1.0		11		1.7
			Services to buildings …………………………………………………..		6		1.0		5		0.8
		Auto repair, services and garages ............................................			19		3.1		18		2.8
		Miscellaneous repair services .............................................................			4		0.6		5		0.8
		Motion pictures ..................................................................................			2		0.3		8		1.2
		Amusement and recreation services .............................................			6		1.0		5		0.8
		Health services ...........................................................................			6		1.0		6		0.9
		Educational services ........................................................................			8		1.3		3		0.5
		Social services ............................................................................			6		1.0		2		0.3
		Membership organizations .........................................................................			1		0.2		7		1.1
		Engineering and management services ......................................................			2		0.3		6		0.9
		Private households ...................................................................................			6		1.0		5		0.8
			Government*** .....................................................................		87		14.1		78		12.0
	Federal government (including resident armed forces)........................................................................				44		7.1		41		6.3
	State government ............................................................................................................				11		1.8		15		2.3
	Local government ...........................................................................................................................				32		5.2		22		3.4
		Educational services .....................................................................			2		0.3		3		0.5
		Police protection .......…………………........................................................			13		2.1		12		1.8
		Fire protection .......…………………........................................................			8		1.3		3		0.5
	*	Figures for 1998 are preliminary and will be updated as new cases are determined to be work-related.
	**	Based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition.
	***	Includes fatalities to workers employed by government agencies regardless of industry.
	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, 1997-98.
	August 1999