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NAICS 11

The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector comprises Employment establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, Total private employment in Nebraska, 2012 ranch, or their natural habitats. The establishments in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, Employees Establishments orchards, or hatcheries. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or a 12,912 1,769 number of separate tracts which may be held under different tenures. Source: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2012 Source: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (NAICS 11)

Number of Injuries and Illnesses Fatal Injury Facts In 2012, an estimated 500 total non-fatal injuries and illnesses occurred in Out of 13 fatal work injuries among workers in the Nebraska’s private agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting industry agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting industry sector. 2012:

Annual number of injuries and illnesses in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Nebraska, 2008–2012  11 (85%) fatalities were men.  9 (69%) were self-employed workers. 700 600  Vehicles were a primary source of injury in 7 600 500 500 500 (54%) fatalities, and machinery was a primary 500 source of injury in 4 (31%) fatalities. 400 400  10 (77%) deaths occurred on a farm. 300  9 (69%) were among workers with illnesses management occupations. 200

100 Annual number of fatal occupational injuries in Number of injuries and and of injuries Number 0 agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Nebraska, 2008-2012

Year Number Source: BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (NAICS 11, private industry) 2008 20 Rate of Injuries and Illnesses 2009 18 In 2012, the estimated non-fatal injury/illness rate in Nebraska’s private 2010 18 agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector was 6.2 per 100 full-time 2011 18 workers, which was higher than the U.S. rate of 5.5 per 100 full-time workers. 2012 13

Annual rate of non-fatal injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Nebraska and Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (NAICS 11)

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Source: BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (NAICS 11, private industry)