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2008 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Fatal Work Injury Rates Tennessee 2008 Overall rate Industry1 (2008)

Agriculture,

forestry, fishing, and hunting Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation and utilities Information Wholesale and retail trade Financial activities Professional and business services Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other

services, except public administration Public administration Fatality rate2.........

5.1 68.3 12.5 1.6 13.8 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.0 1 Classified according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Because there are substantial differences between NAICS and the Standard Industrial Classification system used from 1992 through 2002, comparisons of industry rates between prior years and 2003 to the present should not be made.

2 Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. The ownership category Government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that a fatality rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury faced by all workers or a group of workers, such as workers in a certain industry, and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), fatal injury rates in the past have been calculated using employment estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Beginning in 2007, CFOI adopted hours worked estimates from CPS as the denominator of State fatal injury rates to measure fatal injury risk per standardized length of exposure, generally considered more accurate than employment-based rates. Hours-based rates use the average number of employees at work and the average hours each employee works per year.

Unlike at the national level, at work and average hours data are not available at the State level. State rates by industry can be imputed by using national-level average hours and at work information to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee. The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

(N/EH) x 200,000,000 where N = number of fatal work injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

The imputation to calculate EH (total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) for the state was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level NOTE: There are also several CPS employment limitations regarding State of residence versus State of incident, primary job versus job at the time of incident, and employment sampling errors. State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because State rates include government workers in their respective industry sector and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates. For more information on how State rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methodology at: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

2009 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Fatal Work Injury Rates Tennessee 2009 Overall rate Industry1 Agriculture,

forestry, fishing, and hunting Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation and utilities Information Wholesale and retail trade Financial activities Professional and business services Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other

services, except public administration Public administration Fatality rate2.........

4.5 53.2 10.9 3.8 13.3 4.8 4.2 1 Industry data from 2003 to 2008 are classified using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Industry data after 2008 are classified using the 2007 NAICS. Because there are substantial differences between NAICS and the Standard Industrial Classification system used from 1992 through 2002, comparisons of industry classifications between prior years and 2003 to the present should not be made.

2 Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. The ownership category Government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based State fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based State fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that a fatality rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using Current Population Survey (CPS) data. The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

(N/EH) x 200,000,000 where N = number of fatal work injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level average hours and at work information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the State level. The imputation to calculate EH (total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) for the state was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because State rates include government workers in their respective industry sector and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

-State of residence versus State of incident: The CPS counts workers by their State of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by State of incident.

-Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

-Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatality rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how State rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

2010 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Fatal Work Injury Rates Tennessee 2010 Overall rate Industry1 Agriculture,

forestry, fishing, and hunting Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation and utilities Information Wholesale and retail trade Financial activities Professional and business services Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other

services, except public administration Public administration Fatality rate2.........

5.4 55.5 19.0 3.6 14.7 3.9 2.7 1.2 3.1 3.9 1 Industry data from 2003 to 2008 are classified using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Industry data after 2008 are classified using the 2007 NAICS. Because there are substantial differences between NAICS and the Standard Industrial Classification system used from 1992 through 2002, comparisons of industry classifications between prior years and 2003 to the present should not be made.

2 Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. The ownership category Government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based State fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based State fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that a fatality rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using Current Population Survey (CPS) data. The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

(N/EH) x 200,000,000 where N = number of fatal work injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level average hours and at work information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the State level. The imputation to calculate EH (total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) for the state was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because State rates include government workers in their respective industry sector and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

-State of residence versus State of incident: The CPS counts workers by their State of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by State of incident.

-Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

-Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatality rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how State rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

2011 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Fatal Work Injury Rates Tennessee 2011 Overall rate Industry1 Agriculture,

forestry, fishing, and hunting Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation and utilities Information Wholesale and retail trade Financial activities Professional and business services Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other

services, except public administration Public administration Fatality rate2.........

4.5 42.4 12.9 3.9 10.4 2.5 5.0 1.5 2.2 3.5 1 Industry data from 2003 to 2008 are classified using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Industry data after 2008 are classified using the 2007 NAICS. Because there are substantial differences between NAICS and the Standard Industrial Classification system used from 1992 through 2002, comparisons of industry classifications between prior years and 2003 to the present should not be made.

2 Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. The ownership category government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based state fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based state fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that a fatality rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using Current Population Survey (CPS) data. The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

(N/EH) x 200,000,000 where N = number of fatal work injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level average hours and at work information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the state level. The imputation to calculate EH (total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) for the state was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because state rates include government workers in their respective industry sector and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates. State industry rates are not comparable to other states because of the large differences in the industry composition of employment by state.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

-State of residence versus state of incident: The CPS counts workers by their state of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by state of incident.

-Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

-Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatality rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how state rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

2012 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Fatal Work Injury Rates Tennessee 2012 Overall rate Industry1 Agriculture,

forestry, fishing, and hunting Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation and utilities Information Wholesale and retail trade Financial activities Professional and business services Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other

services, except public administration Public administration Fatality rate2.........

3.8 21.9 10.4 2.5 12.0 2.4 4.5 2.9 4.3 1 Industry data from 2003 to 2008 are classified using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Industry data after 2008 are classified using the 2007 NAICS. Because there are substantial differences between NAICS and the Standard Industrial Classification system used from 1992 through 2002, comparisons of industry classifications between prior years and 2003 to the present should not be made.

2 Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. The ownership category government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based state fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based state fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

Note: Dashes indicate that a fatality rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using Current Population Survey (CPS) data. The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

(N/EH) x 200,000,000 where N = number of fatal work injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level average hours and at work information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the state level. The imputation to calculate EH (total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) for the state was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because state rates include government workers in their respective industry sector and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates. State industry rates are not comparable to other states because of the large differences in the industry composition of employment by state.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

-State of residence versus state of incident: The CPS counts workers by their state of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by state of incident.

-Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

-Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatal injury rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how state rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

2013 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Fatal Work Injury Rates Tennessee 2013 Overall rate Industry1 Agriculture,

forestry, fishing and hunting

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction Construction Manufacturing Wholesale and retail trade Transpor-tation and utilities Information Financial activities Professional and business services Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other

services, except public administration Public administration Fatality rate2 3.6 20.2 9.5 2.3 2.7 9.6 5.8 1.3 1 Industry data are based on the North American Industry Classification System, 2007.

2 Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment. The ownership category government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based state fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based state fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

Note: Dashes indicate that a fatality rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2015.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using Current Population Survey (CPS) data. The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

(N/EH) x 200,000,000 where N = number of fatal work injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level average hours and at work information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the state level. The imputation to calculate EH (total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year) for the state was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because state rates include government workers in their respective industry sector and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates. State industry rates are not comparable to other states because of the large differences in the industry composition of employment by state.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

-State of residence versus state of incident: The CPS counts workers by their state of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by state of incident.

-Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

-Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatal injury rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how state rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

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Fatal injury rate(2) 2014 Overall Rate 4.5 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 13.1 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 16.3 Construction 10.6 Manufacturing 4.5 Wholesale and retail trade 2.7 Transportation and utilities 13.7 Information Financial activities 1.3 Professional and business services 3.9 Educational and health services 0.5 Leisure and hospitality 1.8 Other services, except public administration 2.7 Public administration

3.2 Footnotes

(1) CFOI has used several versions of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) since 2003 to define industry. For more information on the version of NAICS used in this year, see our definitions page at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm.

(2) Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the Current Population Survey (CPS) employment. The ownership category government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based state fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based state fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

Note: Dashes indicate that a fatal injury rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using CPS data. Each state rate in the table above represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

Fatality rate = (NS/EHS) x 200,000,000 where NS = number of fatal work injuries in the state EHS = total hours worked by all employees in the state during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level "average hours" and "at work" information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the state level. EHS (total hours worked by all employees in the state during the calendar year) was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because state rates include government BROWSE IIF IIF HOME ABOUT IIF IIF NEWS RELEASES NATIONAL DATA STATE DATA IIF DATABASES IIF PUBLICATIONS FACT SHEETS SPECIAL RELEASES UNDERCOUNT RESEARCH INFORMATION FOR SURVEY RESPONDENTS IIF FAQS CONTACT IIF CONTACT US Home Subjects Data Tools Publications Economic Releases Students Beta Current Injury, Illness, and Fatality Data https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/rate2014tx.htm 1 of 2 2/22/17, 3:46 PM

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Fatal injury rate(2) workers in their respective industry and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates. State industry rates are not comparable to other states because of the large differences in the industry composition of employment by state.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

State of residence versus state of incident: The CPS counts workers by their state of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by state of incident.

Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatal injury rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how state rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

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Fatal injury rate(2) 2015 Overall Rate 3.7 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 55.1 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction Construction 8.7 Manufacturing 3.4 Wholesale and retail trade 2.6 Transportation and utilities 9.4 Information Financial activities Professional and business services 6.5 Educational and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services, except public administration Public administration Footnotes:

(1) CFOI has used several versions of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) since 2003 to define industry. For more information on the version of NAICS used in this year, see our definitions page at https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm.

(2) Workers under the age of 16 years, volunteer workers, and members of the resident military are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with the Current Population Survey (CPS) employment. The ownership category government is not presented separately and may be included in any industry category. In 2007, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) adopted hours-based state fatal injury rates. Employment-based rates were used previously. Because of substantial differences between rates calculated using the two methods, hours-based state fatal injury rates should not be compared to the employment-based rates from previous years.

Note: Dashes indicate that a fatal injury rate was not calculated because the data did not meet publication criteria or there were no data reported.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.

Fatal injury rate computation Fatal injury rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal occupational injury and can be used to compare risk among worker groups with varying employment levels. Since employment data are not collected by CFOI, fatal injury rates are calculated using CPS data. Each state rate in the table above represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and was calculated as:

Fatality rate = (NS/EHS) x 200,000,000 where NS = number of fatal work injuries in the state EHS = total hours worked by all employees in the state during the calendar year 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours4.62963e-4 days <br />0.0111 hours <br />6.613757e-5 weeks <br />1.522e-5 months <br /> per week, 50 weeks per year)

State rates by industry were imputed by using national-level "average hours" and "at work" information from CPS to calculate the average annual number of hours for each employee, since these data are not available at the state level. EHS (total hours worked by all employees in the state during the calendar year) was calculated as:

EHS = HWN x ES where ES = State employment HWN = average annual number of hours for each employee at the national level Fatal injury rate limitations State industry rates are not directly comparable to national industry rates. Because state rates include government BROWSE IIF IIF HOME ABOUT IIF IIF NEWS RELEASES NATIONAL DATA STATE DATA IIF DATABASES IIF PUBLICATIONS FACT SHEETS SPECIAL RELEASES UNDERCOUNT RESEARCH INFORMATION FOR SURVEY RESPONDENTS IIF FAQS CONTACT IIF CONTACT US Home Subjects Data Tools Publications Economic Releases Students Beta Fatal occupational injury rates by industry, 2015, Tennessee https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/rate2015tn.htm 1 of 2 2/22/17, 3:47 PM

Industry(1)

Fatal injury rate(2) workers in their respective industry and are not broken out separately, both the numerator and denominator include a different group of workers than that of the national rates. State industry rates are not comparable to other states because of the large differences in the industry composition of employment by state.

There are several limitations of using CPS data in CFOI rate calculations.

State of residence versus state of incident: The CPS counts workers by their state of residence, whereas the CFOI counts workers by state of incident.

Primary job versus job at the time of incident: The CPS annual average employment data used in the rate calculations count workers according to their primary job, whereas CFOI uses the job held when fatally injured.

Employment sampling errors: The CPS data uses a sample of households, therefore the CPS estimates, and the fatal injury rates based on them, have sampling errors.

For more information on how state rates are calculated and employment data limitations please see Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.

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