Fatality Report FY 2003

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Fatality ReportFY 2003

• January 2004

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Area Office Fatality Statistics
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How People Died at Work
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Fatality Causes FY 2003
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Fatality Report FY 2003237 Fatalities

• Struck By 105
• Falls 55
• Electrocution 27
• Drowning 15 Caught In 14

• Burns/Fire/Exp. 8
• Crushed By 6
• Toxic Exposure 5
• Heat Stress 2

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Burns, Fire, Explosions
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8 Fatalities Due To Burns/Fires/Explosions

• 2 Wet/Dry Vacuums (Acetone, Gasoline)
• 2 Torch (Wood Dust, Hydraulic Fluid)
• 2 Flammable Vapor (Oil Storage Tank, Lighting
  Pilot of Dehydration System)
• 1 Combustible Dust (Gunpowder)
• 1 Pressurized Systems (Coker)

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Caught In Operating Equipmentand Cave-Ins
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14 Fatalities Due To Being Caught In Operating
Equipment or Cave-Ins

• 9 Operating Machinery (Chipper, Idler Pulley,
  Fan Motor, Dryer, Beater Pit, Shaft, Roll-up
  Door, Debarker)
• 5 Trench Cave-Ins

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Crushed By
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6 Fatalities Due To Being Crushed By Equipment

• 2 Forklift (pinned against other equipment)
• 2 Scissor Lift (pinned against beam)
• 1 Elevator
• 1 Pivot Point of Blast Furnace

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Drowning
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15 Fatalities Due To Drowning

• 7 Motor Vehicle (Driven Into Ponds, Lakes,
  Canals)
• 2 Mowing (Tractors)
• 2 Heavy Equipment (Bulldozer, Front End Loader)
• 1 Diving (Golf Ball Retrieval)
• 1 Landscaping (Sea Wall)
• 1 Scaffold (Collapsed into Water)
• 1 Boat Fueling (Marina)

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Electrocutions
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27 Fatalities Due To Electrocutions

• 13 Overhead Power Line Contact
• 5 Contact Energized Conductors (3 Light
  Installations, Conduit Installation, 2 Removing
  Wire Nut/Capping Conductors)
• 3 Ungrounded Equipment (Welder, Copier,
  Compressor)
• 3 Underground Conductor Contact (Installing
  Conduit, Connecting Wiring, Plumbing)

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27 Electrocutions

• 1 Uninsulated Tool (Pliers)
• 1 Stored Energy (Capacitor)
• 1 Improper Ground Placement (Welder)

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Electrocutions Involving Power Lines
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13 Electrocutions Involving Overhead Power
Line Contact

• 4 Contact with Equipment (Bucket Truck, Boom,
  Drilling Rig, Excavator)
• 3 Installing Poles (Power Pole, Flag Pole)
• 3 Landscaping (Tree Trimming)
• 1 Pulling Cable
• 1 Installing Lines (Jumper)
• 1 Rigging (Crane Sling)

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Falls
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55 Fatalities Due To Falls

• 14 Roof
• 9 Ladder
• 5 Communication Tower
• 5 Scaffolding
• 5 Motor Vehicles (2 Garbage Trucks, 1 Pick-up, 1
  Utility, 1 Service Truck)
• 4 Lift Equipment (2 Order Pickers, 1 Aerial Lift,
  1 Bucket Truck)

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55 Falls

• 4 Same Level
• 2 Tree
• 2 Balcony
• 2 Platforms
• 1 Framing
• 1 Water Tower
• 1 Bridge Decking

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Heat Stress
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2 Fatalities Due ToHeat Stress

• 1 Garbage Collection
• 1 Concrete Work

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Struck By Fatalities
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105 Fatalities Due ToBeing Struck By Objects

• 27 Motor Vehicles
• 11 Forklifts
• 10 Loading/Unloading/Moving Loads
• 9 Trees
• 7 Cranes/Rigging/Loads
• 6 Bullets (Workplace Violence)

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105 Struck By Fatalities

• 6 Heavy Equipment
• 5 Motor Vehicle Maintenance (Garbage Truck, Auto
  Lift, Backhoe, Front-End Loader, Trailer Door)
• 5 Operating Machinery (2 Saws, Lumber, Tree
  Trimmer, Screw Machine)
• 3 Maintenance (Charge Bucket, RR Trestle,
  Generator Cover)
• 3 Concrete Forms

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105 Struck By Fatalities

• 3 Demolition
• 2 Tire/Tire Rims
• 2 Manhole Cap Installation
• 1 Underground Pipe
• 1 Pressure Washing
• 1 Construction (Carport Collapse)
• 1 Trench (Rock)
• 1 RR Door
• 1 Lightning

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15 Fatalities Due ToBeing Struck By Motorists

• 2 Tow Truck Drivers
• 2 Setting Out/Removing Cones
• 2 Security Guards
• 1 Flagger
• 1 Blowing Leaves on Roadway
• 1 Parking Attendant

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Fatalities Involving Motorists

• 1 Survey Crew
• 1 Landscaping
• 1 Sweeping Roadway
• 1 Road Clearing
• 1 Lane Closure at Toll Booth
• 1 Good Samaritan

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Toxic Exposures
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5 Fatalities Due ToToxic Exposures

• 4 Confined Space (3 PVC Duct Installation/Manhole,
  Railway Car)
• 1 Carbon Monoxide (Forklift)

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Hispanic/Latino Fatalities
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59 Fatalities Of Hispanic/Latino Employees

• 6 Atlanta East (35)
• 3 Atlanta West (27)
• 4 Birmingham (23)
• 33 Ft. Lauderdale (62)
• 2 Jackson (10)
• 5 Jacksonville (17)
• 3 Mobile (18)
• 2 Savannah (11)
• 15 Tampa (32)

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Hispanic Fatalities by Area Office
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Hispanic/Latino Fatalities

• 32 Struck By (30 of Struck-By14 of all
  Fatalities)
• 16 Falls (29 of Falls 7 of all Fatalities)
• 7 Drowning (47 of Drowning 3 of all
  Fatalities)
• 7 Caught In (50 of Caught-In 3 of all
  Fatalities)
• 2 Crushed By (33 of Crushed By .8 of all
  Fatalities)

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Hispanic/Latino Fatalities

• 2 Toxic Exposure (40 of Toxic Exposures .8 of
  all
• Fatalities)
• 2 Burns/Fire/Explosions (25 of
  Burns/Fire/Explosions .8 of all Fatalities)
• 1 Heat Stress (50 of Heat Stress .4 of all
  Fatalities)
• 1 Electrocution (5 of Electrocutions .4 of all
  Fatalities)

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Hispanic/Latino Fatality Causes
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Where Fatalities Occurred
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SIC Codes

• 8 Agriculture Production (0133 0181)
• 18 Agriculture Services (0722 0783)
• 1 Oil Production (1382)
• 11 General Building Constructors (1521 1542)
• 36 Heavy Construction (1611 1629)
• 62 Specialty Trade Contractors
• (1711 1799)
• 8 Food Products Mfg. (2011 2062)

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SIC Codes

• 1 Textile Mfg. (2259)
• 4 Sawmills (2421)
• 2 Wood Pallet/Container Mfg. (2439 - 2449)
• 3 Paper Allied Products (2611 2621)
• 1 Printing and Publishing (2741)
• 2 Chemical and Allied Products (2842 2899)
• 2 Plastic Products (3069 - 3089)
• 7 Stone, Clay Glass (3271 3275)

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SIC Code

• 1 Primary Metals (3322)
• 8 Fabricated Metal Products (3441 3496)
• 2 Industrial Equipment Mfg. (3533 - 3541)
• 8 Transportation Eqmt. (3714 3731)
• 2 Misc. Mfg. (3993 3999)
• 5 Trucking Warehousing (4212 4231)
• 2 Water Transportation (4491 4493)
• 2 Transportation Services (4789)

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SIC Code

• 1 Communications (4841)
• 7 Electric, Gas Sanitary Services (4911 4959)
• 3 Wholesale Trade (5021 5093)
• 1 Wholesale Trade (Nondurable Goods) (5141)
• 1 Food Store (5411)
• 2 Automotive Dealers Service Stations (5531)

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SIC Code

• 1 Real Estate (6513)
• 2 Hotels and Other Lodging (7011)
• 1 Personal Services (7299)
• 9 Business Services (7349 7381)
• 5 Auto Repair, Services and Parking (7538 7549)
• 3 Misc. Repair Services (7623 7699)
• 1 Amusement Recreation Svc. (7997)

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SIC Code

• 1 Private Residence (8811)
• 1 Services Not Elsewhere Classified (8999)
• 1 Nonclassifiable Establishment (9999)

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Specialty Trades
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62 Specialty Trade Contractors
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62 Specialty Trade Contractors

• 1711 Plumbing, Heating, and AC 1
• 1731 Electrical Work 11
• 1741 Masonry 3
• 1742 Plastering, Drywall, Acoustical Insulation
  Work 1
• 1743 Terrazzo, Tile, Marble and Mosaic
• Work 1
• 1751 Carpentry Work 6
• 1761 Roofing, Siding Sheet Metal Work 6

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62 Specialty Trade Contractors

• 1771 Concrete Work 4
• 1781 Water Well Drilling 1
• 1791 Structural Steel Erection 5
• 1794 Excavation Work 9
• 1795 Wrecking and Demolition 2
• 1799 Miscellaneous Special Trade Contractors 12