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Fatal Injuries Among Landscape Services Workers

An average of 197 landscape services workers(1) died from on-the-job injuries each year between 2003 and 2006. The fatality rate for the landscape services industry, about 25 deaths per 100,000 workers, is similar to that for more recognized high-risk industries such as agriculture and mining. Although landscape services workers make up 0.8% of the U.S. workforce, they experienced 3.5% of the total occupational fatalities. Landscape services workers complete jobs such as landscape and irrigation installation,lawn care, tree removal, general landscape maintenance and snow removal.

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Fatal Injuries Among Landscape Services Workers

An average of 197 landscape services workers(1) died from on-the-job injuries each year between 2003 and 2006. The fatality rate for the landscape services industry, about 25 deaths per 100,000 workers, is similar to that for more recognized high-risk industries such as agriculture and mining. Although landscape services workers make up 0.8% of the U.S. workforce, they experienced 3.5% of the total occupational fatalities. Landscape services workers complete jobs such as landscape and irrigation installation,lawn care, tree removal, general landscape maintenance and snow removal.

Fatal Injuries Among Landscape Services Workers

An average of 197 landscape services workers(1) died from on-the-job injuries each year between 2003 and 2006. The fatality rate for the landscape services industry, about 25 deaths per 100,000 workers, is similar to that for more recognized high-risk industries such as agriculture and mining. Although landscape services workers make up 0.8% of the U.S. workforce, they experienced 3.5% of the total occupational fatalities. Landscape services workers complete jobs such as landscape and irrigation installation,lawn care, tree removal, general landscape maintenance and snow removal.

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Title:

Fatal Injuries Among Landscape Services Workers

Publication date:

2008

Size:

4 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Agronomy, Horticulture, & Plant Pathology , Injuries , Epidemiology , Landscaping , Fatalities , Groundskeepers , Statistical analysis , Lawn equipment , Occupational safety and health , Forestry

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