Samenvatting
Deaths resulting from work-related injuries during a one-year period in Maryland were identified and reviewed. Of 148 workers killed, all but two were male. Transportation vehicles were involved in 41% of the deaths, with road vehicles accounting for 25% of the total. Other major groups involved nonroad land vehicles (26%) and firearms, primarily handguns (11%). Two thirds of the workers died at the scene or were dead on arrival at the hospital.