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<text id=93AC0278> <title> Workers Killed or Disabled On the Job:1960-91 </title> <history> Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics Labor Force & Unions </history> <article> <source>Time Almanac</source> <hdr> Workers Killed or Disabled On the Job, 1960 - 1991, & by Industry Group, 1991 </hdr> <body> <table> <tblhdr><cell>Year<cell type=i>DEATHS: Total: Number (1,000)<cell type=i>Rate(1)<cell type=i>Manufacturing: Number (1,000)<cell type=i>Rate(1)<cell type=i>Nonmanufacturing: Number (1,000)<cell type=i>Rate(1)<cell type=i>Disabling injuries (1,000)(2) <row><cell>1960<cell type=n>13.8<cell type=i>21<cell type=n>1.8<cell type=i>10<cell type=n>12.1<cell type=i>25<cell type=i>1,950 <row><cell>1965<cell>14.1<cell>20<cell>1.8<cell>10<cell>12.3<cell>24<cell>2,100 <row><cell>1970<cell>13.8<cell>18<cell>1.7<cell>9<cell>12.1<cell>21<cell>2,200 <row><cell>1975<cell>13.0<cell>15<cell>1.6<cell>9<cell>11.4<cell>17<cell>2,200 <row><cell>1980<cell>13.2<cell>13<cell>1.7<cell>8<cell>11.5<cell>15<cell>2,200 <row><cell>1984<cell>11.5<cell>11<cell>1.1<cell>6<cell>10.4<cell>12<cell>1,900 <row><cell>1985<cell>11.5<cell>11<cell>1.2<cell>6<cell>10.3<cell>12<cell>2,000 <row><cell>1986<cell>11.2<cell>10<cell>1.1<cell>6<cell>10.1<cell>11<cell>1,800 <row><cell>1987<cell>11.1<cell>10<cell>1.1<cell>6<cell>10.0<cell>11<cell>1,800 <row><cell>1988<cell>10.6<cell>9<cell>1.1<cell>6<cell>9.5<cell>10<cell>1,800 <row><cell>1989<cell>10.4<cell>9<cell>1.1<cell>6<cell>9.3<cell>10<cell>1,700 <row><cell>1990<cell>10.6<cell>9<cell>1.0<cell>5<cell>9.6<cell>10<cell>1,800 <row><cell>1991<cell>9.9<cell>9<cell>.8<cell>4<cell>9.1<cell>9<cell>1,700 </table> <table> <tblhdr><cell>Year & Industry Group<cell type=i>DEATHS: Number (1,000)<cell type=i>Rate(1)<cell type=i>Disabling injuries (1,000)(2) <row><cell type=a>1991, total<cell type=n>9.9<cell type=i>9<cell type=i>1,700 <row><cell>Agriculture(3)<cell>1.4<cell>44<cell>140 <row><cell>Mining & quarrying(4)<cell>.3<cell>43<cell>30 <row><cell>Construction<cell>1.8<cell>31<cell>180 <row><cell>Manufacturing<cell>.8<cell>4<cell>310 <row><cell>Transportation & utilities<cell>1.3<cell>22<cell>140 <row><cell>Trade(5)<cell>1.0<cell>4<cell>320 <row><cell>Service(6)<cell>1.7<cell>4<cell>330 <row><cell>Government<cell>1.6<cell>9<cell>250 </table> <list style=hang> <item>1. Per 100,000 workers. <item>2. Disabling injury defined as one which results in death, some degree of physical impairment, or renders the person unable to perform regular activities for a full day beyond the day of the injury. <item>3. Includes forestry and fishing. <item>4. Includes oil and gas extraction. <item>5. Includes wholesale and retail trade. <item>6. Includes finance, insurance and real estate. </list> <p>Source: National Safety Council, Chicago, IL. </p> </body> </article> </text>