Catastrophic Injury Information Based on Self-Employed Status or Foreign Born Worker Status

1.9 Self-employed Worker
· Of the 633 workers who were fatally injured from 1991 to 1999, 111(18%) were self-employed.

· The average annual fatality rate for self-employed workers (4.4 fatalities per 100,000 workers) was more than twice the average annual fatality rate for wage and salary workers (2.0 fatalities per 100,000 workers).

· Most fatal injuries to self-employed workers occurred in high-risk industries and occupations. For example, 57% of fatalities (63 fatalities) among self-employed workers occurred in two industry divisions: Construction and Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing. Similarly, 59% (65 fatalities) of the fatalities among self-employed workers were to fishers, construction workers, sales workers, cabdrivers, and truck drivers.

1.10 Foreign-Born Workers
· One out of every 6 workers (110 fatalities) who died due to occupational injuries in Massachusetts was foreign–born. An equal proportion (17%) of Massachusetts’s labor force is comprised of immigrant workers.  

· Of the 99 foreign-born workers for whom race information was available, two-thirds (66) were white, 17 were black and 16 were Asian. Fifteen (15 %) of the foreign-born workers were of Hispanic origin.

· Foreign-born workers accounted for high proportion of work-related fatal injuries among Asian, black and Hispanic workers. About 89% (16 out of 18) of the fatalities among Asian workers, 55% (17 out of 31) of fatalities among black workers, and 53% (17 out of 32) of fatalities among Hispanic workers involved workers born outside the United States. In contrast, only 12% of fatalities among white workers occurred to workers born in other countries.

· Foreign-born workers who died on the job were somewhat more likely than native born to be self-employed (23% vs 18%). Nearly half of the fatalities among foreign-born workers occurred among fishers, taxi drivers, construction trade occupations, and sales occupations.

· The leading event categories among foreign-born and native workers were the same: Transportation Incidents (including water vehicle incidents), Assaults and Violent Acts, and Falls. However, these three event categories accounted for 72% of the fatalities among the foreign-born compared to 44% of the victims born in the U.S

· Foreign-born workers also accounted for a disproportionate share of the victims of workplace homicide. About one-third (28 workers) of workplace homicide victims were foreign-born whereas only 10% of the fatalities among native-born workers were due to workplace homicides.

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