By the Numbers
Safer at Work
Overall, the number of fatal work injuries recorded by the U.S. Department of Labor, 6,026 in 1998, decreased 3% from the prior year. The statistics showed men were killed on the job more often than women (92% to 8%), wage and salary workers more frequently than the self-employed (79% to 21%) and whites (83%) more often than any other racial group.
| The number of on-the-job fatalities in 1998 was lower than the average for 1993 through 1997. |  |
| Highway crashes (24%) and homicides (12%) were the leading causes of work-related deaths in 1998. The most commoncauses of fatalities were. |  |
| The 10 most dangerous occupations were |  |
