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15. During 1999-2001, motor vehicle incidents had the highest costs for all industry divisions except Retail Trade; Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate; and Construction. As in the previous time period, the highest total costs for Retail Trade and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate were for homicides and the highest total costs for Construction were for falls (Tables 11 and 21). 16. Without exception, air transportation incidents had the highest mean costs for each industry division from 1992-1998 (Table 22). The same was true for 1999-2001 with the exception that poisoning had the highest mean cost in the Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate industry division (Table 23). During 1992-1998, machine-related deaths were recorded as the lowest mean cost for three of the ten industry divisions - Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Transportation, Communication and Public Utilties; and Public Administration. Struck by falling objects had the lowest mean costs for Manufacturing and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, while falls had the lowest mean costs in Retail Trade and Services. Nontraffic motor vehicle incidents recorded the lowest mean cost for five of the ten industry divisions during 1999-2001 (Tables 22 and 23). 17. Out of all the occupational divisions, Precision Production/Craft/Repair (Crafts) had the highest number of fatal occupational injuries and total societal costs for 1992-2001 - 10,423 and $9.5 billion, respectively (Table 25). Furthermore, Crafts had the highest number of fatalities and total costs for each year during this period (Table 26). Similarly, Technicians/Related Support Occupations (Tech/Support) exhibited the highest mean and median costs for each year, averaging $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively (Tables 25 and 26). 18. Homicides had the highest total societal costs by external cause of death for four of eleven occupation divisions - Executives/Administrators/Managers, Sales, Clerical, and Service occupations - during 1992-1998. Motor vehicle incidents also had the highest total societal costs by external cause of death for three of eleven occupation divisions during this time period - Professional Specialties, Transportation/Material Movers, and Handlers/Equipment Cleaners/Helpers/ Laborers (Table 27). 19. For five of eleven occupation divisions - Executives/Administrators/Managers, Professional Specialties, Clerical, Farming/Forestry/Fishing, and Transportation/Material Movers occupations - motor vehicle incidents had the highest total societal costs for 1999-2001. For the remaining occupation divisions, homicide (Sales and Service), falls (Precision Production/Craft/Repair and Handlers, Equipment Cleaners/Helpers/Laborers), machines (Machine Operators/Assemblers/Inspectors) and air transport (Technicians/Related Support) had the highest total societal costs (Table 28). 20. The mean cost of fatal occupational injury was highest for transportation incidents (air transport, water transport, and rail transport) over the entire study period for the majority of occupation divisions, ranging from $692,000 to $1.59 million. However, the highest mean cost in any occupation division for external cause of death was $1.61 million for explosions in Professional Specialties during 1999-2001 (Tables 29-30)." - NIOSHTIC-2