| Sumario: | The 1993 Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries shows that the nature of deaths on the job is changing. In the U.S., about 5 out of every 100,000 workers in 1993 were fatally injured. Two-thirds of the deaths resulted from transportation-related incidents or from assaults and violent acts. Deadly contacts with heavy objects, machinery, and equipment—a traditional classification of work-related fatalities—accounted for about one-sixth of the total number of fatalities. Tables provide 1993 data on injuries, listed by type of event or exposure, by worker characteristics, by occupation, and by industry.
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