Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2010
Number of fatal work injuries
7,000
6,217 6,331
6,000
6,632
6,275
6,202 6,238 6,055 6,054
5,920 5,915
5,764 5,734
5,534 5,575
5,000
5,840
5,657
5,214
4,551 4,690
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
The 2010 total of 4,690 fatal work injuries represents a 3 percent increase from the 4,551 fatal work
injuries reported for 2009.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2010
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
5
4.2
4
4.0
3.7
3.5
3.6
2009
2010
3
2
1
0
2006
2007
2008
The rate of fatal work injuries in 2010 was 3.6 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent
workers, up from 3.5 in 2009.
Rate = (Fatal work injuries/Total hours worked by all workers) x 200,000,000 where 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTEs) working 40 hours
per week, 50 weeks per year. The total hours worked figures are annual average estimates of total at work multiplied by average hours for civilians, 16 years of age and
older, from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
In 2008, CFOI implemented a new methodology, using hours worked for fatal work injury rate calculations rather than employment. For additional information on the fatal
work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2012.
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Number of fatal work injuries, by State, 2010
WA
104
ND
30
MT
36
ID
33
OR
47
MN
70
IA
77
NE
54
NV
38
UT
41
CO
85
CA
326
KS
85
OK
94
NM
38
AZ
77
WI
91
SD
36
WY
33
TX
461
AK
39
VT
12
MI
146
IL
206
MO
106
AR
88
LA
111
TN
138
MS
68
AL
92
NY
182
OH
161
IN
118
KY
69
GA
108
PA
221
WV
95 VA
107
NC
139
SC
69
MA
54
NJ CT
49
DE 81
RI
9
8
MD
71
DC
16
Decreased in 2010
FL
225
HI
19
NH
6 ME
20
Increased in 2010
No change in 2010
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia had more fatal injuries in 2010 than in 2009.
Twenty states had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2010 compared to 2009. New Hampshire and
Vermont had the same number of fatal injuries in 2010 as in 2009.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Manner in which fatal work injuries occurred, 2010
Exposure to harmful Fires and explosions
(4%)
substances or
environments
(9%)
Total = 4,690
Highway incidents
(22%)
Falls (14%)
Fall to lower level
(11%)
Contact with objects
and equipment (16%)
Struck by
object
(9%)
Transportation
incidents (40%)
Homicides
(11%)
Assaults and
violent acts (18%)
More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event. Highway
incidents alone accounted for more than one out of every five fatal work injuries in 2010.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Difference in fatal work injury counts, by event, 2009–2010
2009 Level
ALL EVENTS
139
Fires and explosions
78
Transportation incidents
62
Exposure to harmful substances
or environments
10
Falls
Contact with objects and
equipment
Assaults and violent acts
-20
2010 Total = 4,690
1
2009 Total = 4,551
-3
-5
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Change in fatal events from 2009 level
Fires and explosions, transportation incidents, exposure to harmful substances or environments, and falls
increased from 2009 to 2010. Contact with objects and equipment and assaults and violent acts decreased in
2010 compared to 2009.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Four most frequent work-related fatal injury events, 1992–2010
Number of fatal work injuries
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
1,343 1,346 1,346
1,242
1,080
1,158
1,036
1,074
1,044
927
400
1,365
1,409
1,373 1,353
1,398
1,437
1,356
1,215
860
822
810
714 721 734
719 696
651
651
643
600 618
632
706
602
677
609
591
585
582
579
571
559
557 565
553
547
505 531
520
665
600
1,393
1,414
1,496
1,442
770
985
827 847
700
691 716
607 589
567
1,044
628
645 646
526
540
542 518
504 520
420 404
200
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Highway incidents
Homicides
Falls
Struck by object
Workplace homicides have declined by 52 percent since 1994. Fatal work-related highway
incidents have decreased by about 30 percent since 1999.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Work-related fatal falls, by type of fall, 2010
From floor, dock, or
ground level
(2%)
From building
girders or other
structural steel
(4%)
Other or unknown
(17%)
Down stairs or steps
(5%)
From scaffold,
staging
(7%)
Total = 646
From ladder
(20%)
From roof
(18%)
From
nonmoving
vehicle
(12%)
On same level
(15%)
Of the 646 fatal falls in 2010, nearly two-fifths involved falls from ladders or roofs.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Selected fatal work-related transportation events, excluding highway, 1992–2010
Number of fatal work injuries
500
436
450
400
350
300
353
346
280
276
250
200
150
152
109
100
50
60
66
45
0
Nonhighway
Pedestrian
Aircraft
Railway
Water vehicle
Fatal work-related injuries involving aircraft and water vehicle transportation decreased in 2010, while
nonhighway, pedestrian, and railway fatal injuries increased.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2010
Total workers = 401
Other
(12%)
Highway incidents
(24%)
Transportation incidents
(50%)
Homicides
(17%)
Fires and explosions
(20%)
Aircraft incidents
(20%)
All
other
transportation
incidents
(5%)
Transportation incidents accounted for half of the workers killed in multiple-fatality incidents. Fires and
explosions accounted for another fifth of the multiple-fatality incidents.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2010
Women
(8%)
Women
(44%)
Men
(56%)
Men
(92%)
Fatal work injuries = 4,690
Hours worked = 255,947,640,000
A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2010.
SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2012.
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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2010
Highway incidents
22%
Homicides
10%
Contact with
objects and equipment
26%
17%
4%
14%
13%
Falls
Exposure to
harmful substances or
environments
27%
8%
9%
Men = 4,322
Women = 368
4%
2%
Fires and explosions
0
5
10
15
20
25
Percent of fatal work injuries within gender
30
A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving women resulted from highway incidents and
homicides compared to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving men resulted from
contact with objects and equipment and fires and explosions.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Number of work-related homicides, by gender of decedent, 1997–2010
Number of homicides
1,000
860
900
800
145
700
714
164
600
651
126
677
134
643
128
500
400
300
632
609
119
136
559
567
99
98
628
540
113
120
518
98
542
83
428
459
423
2008
2009
2010
526
95
715
550
525
543
515
473
513
460
469
420
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
200
515
100
0
1997
Men
2007
Women
Workplace homicides incurred by men were down by 8 percent in 2010, but workplace homicides to women
increased by 14 percent.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2010
Number of fatal work injuries
1,200
990
1,000
895
815
800
658
600
279
707
302
730
262
323
321
841
263
902
794
306
923
285
323
937
303
274
804
713
707
284
266
429
441
301
400
200
379
405
468
494
572
578
520
596
638
667
634
503
0
Foreign born
Native born
Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers continued to decrease in 2010 after reaching
a series high in 2006. About three-fifths of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2010 were
born outside of the United States.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers, by country or region of birth, 2010
Caribbean
(6%)
South America
(6%)
Africa
(4%)
Canada
(1%)
Australia and
Oceania
(1%)
Mexico
(38%)
Central America,
except Mexico
(10%)
Total = 798
Europe
(13%)
Asia
(21%)
Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (38 percent) of foreign-born workers
who died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2010.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2010
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
14.0
11.9
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
All worker fatal work
injury rate = 3.6
4.7
3.6
3.0
2.8
16 to 17
years
18 to 19
years
2.0
2.2
2.7
2.9
25 to 34
years
35 to 44
years
0.0
20 to 24
years
45 to 54
years
55 to 64
years
65 years
and older
Fatal work injury rates for workers 55 years of age and older were higher than the overall U.S. rate, and the
rate for workers 65 years of age and older was more than 3 times the rate for all workers.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology
changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2010
Construction
Transportation and
warehousing
Agriculture, forestry,
fishing, and hunting
Government
Professional and
business services
Manufacturing
9.8
774
661
13.7
621
27.9
2.2
484
364
2.6
329
Retail trade
Leisure and hospitality
Other services (exc.
public admin.)
Wholesale trade
2.3
Total fatal work injuries = 4,690
311
2.2
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6
238
2.3
192
3.0
191
4.9
Mining
172
Educational and health
services
Financial activities
171
19.8
0.9
113
1.3
43
Information
Utilities
1.5
26
900
600
300
Number of fatal work injuries
2.8
0
30
20
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
10
Construction had the highest number of fatal injuries in 2010. The agriculture, forestry, fishing, and
hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.
NOTE: All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry.
Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries before
the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining industry, 2003–2010
Number of fatal work injuries
250
192
200
150
100
141
56
152
159
54
61
183
176
61
56
67
172
65
99
31
50
85
98
98
2003
2004
2005
125
122
120
107
68
0
2006
2007
Oil and gas extraction industries
2008
2009
2010
All other mining
Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry increased by 74 percent in 2010, almost back to the 2008
level before the large decline in 2009. Fatalities in the oil and gas industry accounted for about three-fifths of
the fatal work injuries in the mining sector in 2010.
NOTE: Oil and gas extraction industries include oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21111), drilling oil and gas wells (NAICS 213111), and support activities for oil and gas operations
(NAICS 213112).
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major civilian occupation group, 2010
Transportation and material 1,160
moving
14.8
780
Construction and extraction
11.8
3.0
638
Service
Management, business, and
financial operations
571
Installation, maintenance,
and repair
2.6
363
7.3
Professional and related
281
Sales and related
280
Farming, fishing, and forestry
276
Total fatal work injuries = 4,690
1.0
2.0
27.0
2.9
225
Production
Office and administrative
support
70
1,400 1,200 1,000
800
600
400
Number of fatal work injuries
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6
200
0.4
20
10
15
25
30
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
0
5
Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in
2010, the highest fatal work injury rate among major occupational groups was for farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries
before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.
Some of the published fatal occupational injuries, injury rates, and the total hours worked for selected occupations, industries, and a
race/ethnic origin category were improperly calculated for 2006 to 2015. For details on the affected rates and products, please visit
www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cfoi-errata-2016.htm. This chart has been revised with the corrected figures.
Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2010
Fishers and related
fishing workers
38
Logging workers
152.0
60
Aircraft pilots and flight
engineers
93.5
70.6
78
Farmers and ranchers
308
42.5
Mining machine operators
22
Roofers
31.9
30.6
57
Refuse and recyclable
material collectors
29.8
26
Driver/sales workers and 718
truck drivers
23.0
Maintenance and repair
workers, general
600
400
200
Number of fatal work injuries
Total fatal work injuries = 4,690
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6
18.2
202
Construction laborers
800
19.6
68
0
150
50
100
200
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Fatal work injury rates were high for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight engineers in 2010.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries
before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.