Transportation-related deaths accounted for 34 percent of all Colorado workplace fatalities in 2010, according to the annual Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries released Monday by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Of the 80 on-the-job Colorado deaths in 2010, 27 were transportation-related. Seventeen of those were highway fatalities, down from 24 in 2009. There were 21 deaths from assaults or violent acts and 15 deaths resulting from contact with objects or equipment in 2010.
According to the report, 19 deaths were logged in the trade and utilities industries. There were 15 deaths in the natural-resources and mining category. Construction added 10 deaths to the tally.
All told, there were about three deaths for every 100,000 workers. Men accounted for 72 of the 80 worker deaths in 2010; 59 deaths were white non-Latino workers; 17 were Latino. Workers between the ages of 55 and 64 had the highest number of fatalities, with 18 deaths in 2010.
Reports from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workers’ compensation claims and death certificates are used to determine the figures. Weston Gentry, The Denver Post
