Self-employed workers comprised 33% (4,831) of the total number of machine-related incidents. From 1994 to 2010, the self-employed had an overall annual average fatality rate of 1.7/100,000 FTE compared to the average annual fatality rate of 0.4/100,000 for workers who were not self-employed. There was an average annual decrease of 6.9% (95%CI: 6.1%, 7.7%) for self-employed workers (Fig. 3). The rate for workers who were not self-employed had an average annual decrease of 1.9% (95%CI: 1.1%, 2.7%).