TABLE 3.

Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, Virginia, 2003

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

Total 155 57 24 27 24 16 7

Management occupations............................................................................................................... 14 6 -- -- -- -- --
Other management occupations................................................................................................ 13 6 -- -- -- -- --
Agricultural managers........................................................................................................... 5 4 -- -- -- -- --
Farmers and ranchers...................................................................................................... 4 3 -- -- -- -- --
Construction managers......................................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Construction managers.................................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Protective service occupations........................................................................................................ 11 -- 9 -- -- -- --
Law enforcement workers.......................................................................................................... 7 -- 6 -- -- -- --
Police officers........................................................................................................................ 7 -- 6 -- -- -- --
Police and sheriff's patrol officers..................................................................................... 7 -- 6 -- -- -- --
Other protective service workers................................................................................................ 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers................................................................. 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Security guards................................................................................................................ 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations....................................................... 15 -- -- 5 4 3 --
Building cleaning and pest control workers................................................................................ 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Building cleaning workers...................................................................................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Grounds maintenance workers.................................................................................................. 10 -- -- -- 3 3 --
Grounds maintenance workers............................................................................................. 10 -- -- -- 3 3 --
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers...................................................................... 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Tree trimmers and pruners............................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Sales and related occupations........................................................................................................ 12 3 7 -- -- -- --
Supervisors, sales workers........................................................................................................ 6 -- 3 -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................................................................... 6 -- 3 -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers................................................... 3 -- 3 -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers............................................ 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...................................................................................... 8 -- -- 5 -- -- --
Forest, conservation, and logging workers................................................................................. 5 -- -- 5 -- -- --
Logging workers.................................................................................................................... 5 -- -- 5 -- -- --
Fallers............................................................................................................................... 5 -- -- 5 -- -- --
Construction and extraction occupations........................................................................................ 32 7 -- 5 15 -- --
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers...................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers.......................................................................................................... 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Construction trades workers....................................................................................................... 26 4 -- 4 14 -- --
Carpenters............................................................................................................................. 3 -- -- -- 3 -- --
Carpenters........................................................................................................................ 3 -- -- -- 3 -- --
See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure, Virginia, 2003 - 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
Construction laborers............................................................................................................ 8 -- -- -- 4 -- --
Construction laborers....................................................................................................... 8 -- -- -- 4 -- --
Construction equipment operators........................................................................................ 4 3 -- -- -- -- --
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.................................. 4 3 -- -- -- -- --
Painters and paperhangers................................................................................................... 5 -- -- -- 4 -- --
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................................................................... 5 -- -- -- 4 -- --
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......................................................................... 12 3 -- 3 -- 4 --
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers.......................................... 5 -- -- 3 -- -- --
Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........................................................... 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers...................................... 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Production occupations................................................................................................................... 7 -- -- 4 -- -- --
Transportation and material moving occupations............................................................................ 29 27 -- -- -- -- --
Motor vehicle operators.............................................................................................................. 22 22 -- -- -- -- --
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers.................................................................................. 20 20 -- -- -- -- --
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer............................................................................. 16 16 -- -- -- -- --
Truck drivers, light or delivery services............................................................................ 4 4 -- -- -- -- --
Material moving workers............................................................................................................ 3 -- -- -- -- -- --
Military specific occupations............................................................................................................ 4 -- -- -- -- -- --

1
Based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification System. NOTE: Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes
2
Based on the 1992 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual. indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. Data for 2003 are preliminary.
3
Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatalities.
4
Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and assaults 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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