Catastrophic Injury Information Based On Establishment Size

1.11 Establishment size

· Out of 518 fatal injuries for which employers’ establishment size information was available, more than one-half (299 fatalities) occurred in small establishments with 19 or fewer employees. One-third (102 fatalities) of these occurred in the Construction industry division, followed by the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing  (69 fatalities) and the Service (43 fatalities) industry divisions.

· Small establishments also suffered the highest fatality rate (3.5 fatalities per 100,000 workers), more than one and half times the average rate for all establishments (2.3 fatalities per 100,000 workers).

· Forty-nine percent (256 fatalities) of fatalities for which establishment size information was available occurred in establishments with 10 or fewer employees. About one-third (35%, 89 fatalities) of these occurred in the Construction industry division while 25% (64 fatalities) occurred in the Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry industry division, and 14% (37 fatalities) occurred in the Services industry division.

· Self-employed workers accounted for 32% (81 fatalities) of fatal injuries in small establishments (with 10 or fewer employees) while they accounted for 17% of all fatal occupational injuries. 

· Occupational fatalities in establishments with more than 50 employees were concentrated in two industry divisions: Manufacturing and Service industry divisions. These two industry divisions accounted for more than half (54%, 56 fatalities) of fatalities in these establishments while they only accounted for about 24% of all fatal occupational injuries.

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