Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2013
Number of fatal work injuries
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
6,331
6,217
6,632
6,238
6,275
6,202
6,055
6,054
5,915
5,575
5,920
5,534
4,000
5,840
5,764
5,734
5,657
5,214
4,690 4,693
4,551
4,585
4,628
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
The 2013 total of 4,585 fatal work injuries is about the same as the count of 4,628 fatal work
injuries reported for 2012.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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, 2015.
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Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2013
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
5
4.2
4
4.0
3.7
3.5
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
3
2
1
0
2006
2007
2008
The rate of fatal work injuries in 2013 was 3.3 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent
workers, down slightly from the final 2012 rate of 3.4.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: 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 over, 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, 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, 2015.
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Fatal occupational injuries, by major event, 2013
Fires and explosions 3%
Exposure to harmful
substances or environments
7%
Falls, slips, trips
16%
Total=4,585
Other
3%
Roadway incidents
24%
Falls to lower level
13%
Other
17%
Other
5%
Contact with objects
and equipment 16%
Struck by object
or equipment
11%
Other
8%
Transportation incidents
41%
Homicides
9%
Violence and other injuries
by persons or animals 17%
More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event in 2013. Roadway
incidents alone accounted for nearly one out of every four fatal work injuries.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Difference in fatal work injury counts, by event, 2012–2013
2012 Level
ALL EVENTS
-43
Transportation incidents
-58
Violence and other injuries
by persons or animals
-30
Exposure to harmful substances
or environments
-5
Contact with objects and
equipment
-2
2013 Total = 4,585
2012 Total = 4,628
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Falls, slips, trips
27
Fires and explosions
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
Change in fatal events from 2012 level
Overall, 43 fewer fatal occupational injuries occurred in 2013 compared to 2012. This difference
was seen across all major event categories except fires and explosions and falls, slips, and trips,
which were higher.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2013
Percent of fatal falls to lower level
20%
18%
19%
16%
14%
15%
12%
10%
11%
8%
16%
Total = 595
12%
10%
10%
6%
6%
4%
2%
0%
Less than 6
6 to 10
11 to 15
16 to 20
21 to 25
26 to 30
More than 30 Unspecified
Height of fall (in feet)
In 2013, falls to lower level accounted for 595 fatal work injuries. Of the cases where height of fall
was known (480 cases), 3 out of every 5 were falls of 20 feet or less. One in five cases involved falls
from more than 30 feet.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Fatal occupational injuries due to transportation incidents, by type, 2013
Other <1%
Total = 1,865
Rail vehicle incidents
2%
Water vehicle incidents
3%
Aircraft
incidents
7%
Nonroadway
incidents 12%
Roadway
collision
All other roadway
with other
vehicle
incidents
30%
30%
Roadway incidents
59%
Pedestrian vehicular
incidents 16%
Other 29%
Roadway incidents accounted for the greatest share of work-related transportation fatal injuries for
2013. Of these, 564 deaths, or 30 percent of the total, resulted from a roadway collision with another
vehicle. Outside of roadway incidents, pedestrian vehicular incidents constituted the second greatest
number of transportation-related fatal injuries.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2013
Total workers = 387
Other
13%
Roadway incidents
28%
Fires and explosions
16%
Aircraft incidents
20%
Homicides
17%
Other
5%
Transportation incidents
54%
There were 151 multiple-fatality incidents in 2013 (incidents in which more than one worker was killed).
Transportation incidents accounted for more than half of workers killed in multiple-fatality incidents.
Homicides and fires and explosions accounted for the second and third greatest number of workers lost in
multiple-fatality incidents.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2013
Women
7%
Women
43%
Men
93%
Fatal work injuries = 4,585
Men
57%
Hours worked = 268,127,180,000
A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involve men relative to their hours worked in 2013.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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, 2015.
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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2013
Roadway incidents
24%
Homicides
12%
Contact with
objects and equipment
7%
Exposure to harmful
substances or environments
3%
Fires and explosions
3%
3%
0%
21%
8%
Falls, slips, trips
5%
28%
16%
16%
8%
Women = 319
Men = 4,265
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Percent of fatal work injuries within gender
Homicides were a much higher proportion of fatal work injuries to women than to men. A higher percentage
of fatalities to women also resulted from roadway incidents. Men incurred a higher proportion of injuries
from falls, slips, and trips; contact with objects and equipment; and exposure to harmful substances or
environments. Men and women experienced similar proportions of fatal injuries from fires and explosions.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Work-related homicides, by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2013
Percent of homicides
45%
40%
39%
36%
35%
Women = 66
30%
Men = 338
23%
25%
24%
19%
20%
15%
15%
14%
11%
10%
8%
8%
5%
1%
0%
Relative or
Student, patient, Inmate, detainee, Coworker or work
domestic partner or customer/client or suspect not yet
associate
apprehended
Other assailant
Robber
Assailant
Robbers were the most common type of work-related homicide assailant for men and the secondmost common for women. The most frequent type of assailant in work-related homicides involving
women was a relative or domestic partner.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Data not presented did not meet publication requirements.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2013
Number of fatal work injuries
1,200
1,000
895
815
800
658
600
279
707
302
730
262
323
321
841
263
902
794
306
923
285
200
379
405
468
494
578
323
937
303
274
520
804
713
707
301
400
572
990
596
638
667
634
503
284
266
429
441
749 748
237
264
512
484
817
275
542
0
Foreign born
Native born
The total for fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers increased in 2013 to the highest
level since 2007. Two-thirds of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2013 were born outside
of the United States.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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, 2015.
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Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers, by country or region of birth, 2013
Australia and Oceania 1%
Canada 1%
South America 3%
Africa 5%
Total=879
Caribbean
6%
Mexico
41%
Europe
11%
Central America,
Central
America,
except
Mexico
except Mexico
12%
14%
Asia Asia
21%
17%
Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (41 percent) of foreign-born workers who
died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2013.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2013
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
10.0
9.2
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
All worker fatal work
injury rate = 3.3
4.1
4.0
3.0
2.6
2.0
2.2
2.8
3.4
35 to 44
45 to 54
2.5
1.0
0.0
18 to 19
20 to 24
25 to 34
55 to 64
65 and over
Age group
Fatal work injury rates for workers 45 years of age and over were higher than the overall U.S. rate,
and the rate for workers 65 years of age and over was more than 2 times the rate for all workers.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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,
please see https://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, 2015.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2013
Construction 828
Transportation and warehousing
9.7
733
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting
Government
14.0
500
23.2
484
2.0
430
Professional and business services
2.8
312
Manufacturing
2.1
263
Retail trade
1.9
Leisure and hospitality
207
Wholesale trade
201
Other services (exc. public admin.)
Financial activities
2.7
155
12.4
135
Educational and health services
Utilities
5.3
186
Mining, quarrying, and
oil and gas extraction
Information
1.9
0.7
87
Total fatal work injuries = 4,585
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.3
900
600
300
Number of fatal work injuries
0.9
40
1.5
24
2.6
20
10
30
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
0
Private construction had the highest count of fatal injuries in 2013, but the agriculture, forestry,
fishing and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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, 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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2015.
Fatal work injuries, by industry and contractor-adjusted industry,
by selected industries, 2013
Construction
18%
12%
16%
16%
Transportation and warehousing
11%
11%
11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Government
Professional and business services
7%
7%
8%
Manufacturing
5%
5%
Leisure and hospitality
3%
4%
3%
3%
2%
3%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
Educational and health services
Financial activities
0%
2%
4%
14%
9%
All-workers = 4,585
Contractors = 749
Industry
Contractor-adjusted industry
6%
8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20%
Percent of fatal work injuries
Sixteen percent of all fatal work injuries in 2013 involved contractors. Thirty-five percent of those
who died while employed in the construction industry were actually contracted to another industry,
such as government or financial activities, when the fatal injury occurred.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: In 2011, the CFOI program began collecting contractor data to capture decedents who were working as contractors at the time of the fatal incident. Contractor-adjusted
industry is the industry of the entity that had overall responsibility for the operations at the site where the worker was fatally injured. All industries shown are private with the
exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers contracted by governmental organizations regardless of industry.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htmfor more information. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
Percentage change of fatal work injuries, from industry to contractor-adjusted
industry, by selected industries, 2013
Construction
-32%
Professional and business services
-26%
Transportation and warehousing
-3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
2%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
10%
Leisure and hospitality
10%
Educational and health services
Manufacturing
Government
Financial activities
-70%
13%
Total contractors = 749
14%
Total contractors who were working
in a different industry group than
directly employed = 532
-50%
-30%
Outflow
-10%
31%
66%
10%
30%
50%
70%
Inflow
Percentage change from industry to contractor-adjusted industry
For fatal work injuries, three industry groups, construction; professional and business services; and
transportation and warehousing, were net providers of contract workers. The other industries
presented were net receivers. Fatal injuries in government increased by about one third, and those
in financial activities by two thirds, when workers contracted into the industry were included.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: In 2011, the CFOI program began collecting contractor data to capture decedents who were working as contractors at the time of the fatal incident. Contractor-adjusted
industry is the industry of the entity that had overall responsibility for the operations at the site where the worker was fatally injured. All industries shown are private with the
exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers contracted by governmental organizations regardless of industry.
See https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htmfor more information.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining, quarrying, and
oil and gas extraction industry, 2003–2013
Number of fatal work injuries
250
200
150
100
192
141
56
152
159
54
61
67
183
61
176
181
172
155
56
65
43
155
43
99
31
50
39
85
98
98
2003
2004
2005
125
122
120
107
112
2010
2011
142
112
68
0
2006
2007
2008
Oil and gas extraction industries
2009
2012
2013
All other mining
Fatal work injuries in the private mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry decreased by
14 percent in 2013. Fatalities in the oil and gas extraction industries accounted for 72 percent of the
fatal work injuries in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector in 2013.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries to civilian workers,
by major occupation group, 2013
Transportation and material moving 1,255
Construction and extraction
Service
14.9
845
12.2
632
Management, business, and financial
operations
2.7
429
1.8
370
Installation, maintenance, and repair
7.2
Professional and related
242
Farming, fishing, and forestry
232
23.9
220
Sales and related
1.6
213
Production
2.6
75
Office and administrative support
1,500
0.8
1,000
500
Number of fatal work injuries
0.5
Total fatal work injuries = 4,585
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.3
10
20
30
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
0
Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work
injuries in 2013, the major occupational group with the highest fatal work injury rate was farming,
fishing, and forestry.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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, 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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2015.
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.
Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2013
91.3
Logging workers
59
75.0
Fishers and related fishing workers
27
50.6
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Roofers
64
38.9
Refuse and recyclable material collectors
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
23.6
Farmers, ranchers, and other
agricultural managers
22.9
Mining machine operators
21.6
Electrical power-line installers and repairers
21.5
First-line supervisors of construction
trades and extraction workers
17.8
100
50
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.3
72
33.0
150
Total fatal work injuries = 4,585
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
33
806
231
16
27
122
0
300
600
900
Number of fatal work injuries
The data for 2013 showed fatal work injury rates were high for logging workers and fishers and
related fishing workers. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers incurred the greatest number of fatal
injuries.
Data for all years are revised and final.
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, 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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2015.
Number of fatal work injuries, by state, 2013
WA
(56)
MT
(28)
OR
(49)
ID
(30)
NV
(42)
CA
(396)
WY
(26)
UT
(37)
AZ
(95)
ME
(19)
ND
(56)
MN
(69)
SD
(20)
NE
(39)
CO
(65)
KS
(55)
OK
(92)
NM
(54)
TX
(508)
AK
(32)
WI
(97)
IA
(72)
MI
(135)
NY
(178)
PA
(183)
OH
IN
IL
(149)
(176) (127)
WV
VA
(61)
MO
(128)
KY
(118)
(86)
NC
TN
(109)
(95)
AR
SC
(63)
(75)
GA
AL
MS
(117)
(78)
(68)
LA
(114)
VT(7)
NH(14)
MA(57)
RI(10)
CT(29)
NJ(102)
DE(11)
MD(79)
DC(25)
FL
(239)
HI
(11)
No change from 2012
Fewer than in 2012
More than in 2012
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia had counts showing more fatal injuries in 2013 than in
2012. Twenty-eight states had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2013 compared to 2012. Four states
saw no change between the two years.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015.
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