Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2014
Number of fatal work injuries
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
6,331
6,217
6,632
6,275
6,238 6,055
6,202
6,054
5,915
5,575
5,840
5,764
5,920
5,534
5,734
5,657
5,214
4,551
4,000
4,690 4,693
4,585
4,628
4,821
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
The 2014 total of 4,821 fatal work injuries was 5 percent higher than the count of 4,585 fatal work
injuries reported for 2013. The count for 2014 was the highest since 2008.
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, 2016.
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Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2014
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
3.4
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
3
2
1
0
2006
2007
2008
The 2014 rate of fatal work injuries of 3.4 was slightly higher than the final rate in 2013 of 3.3 fatal
work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers.
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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.
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Fatal occupational injuries by major event, 2014
Fires and explosions 3%
Exposure to harmful
substances or environments
8%
Contact with objects
and equipment
15%
Total = 4,821
Other
4%
Struck by object
or equipment
10%
Roadway incidents
24%
Other
7%
Other
17%
Homicides
8%
Violence and other injuries
by persons or animals 16%
Other
3%
Falls to
lower level
14%
Transportation incidents
41%
Falls, slips, and trips 17%
More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event in 2014. 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, 2016.
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Difference in fatal work injury counts by event, 2013–2014
2013 Level
236
ALL EVENTS
Transportation
incidents
119
Falls, slips, trips
94
Exposure to harmful substances
or environments
Contact with objects and
equipment
Violence and other injuries
by persons or animals
Fires and explosions
55
-6
2014 Total = 4,821
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2013 Total = 4,585
-12
-50
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Change in fatal events from 2013 level
Overall, the total for 2014 was higher by 236 cases over the 2013 total. The biggest increase in
2014 involved transportation incidents. Fires and explosions saw the greatest decrease between the
two years.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.
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Fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2014
Percent of fatal falls to lower level
18%
17%
16%
16%
14%
12%
17%
Total = 660
13%
12%
12%
10%
8%
6%
7%
7%
21 to 25
26 to 30
4%
2%
0%
Less than 6
6 to 10
11 to 15
16 to 20
More than 30 Unspecified
Height of fall (in feet)
A total of 660 fatal falls to lower level occurred in 2014, up 11 percent from the total for 2013. Of
the cases where height of fall was known (545 cases), almost 2 out of every 3 were falls of 20 feet
or less.
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, 2016.
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Fatal occupational injuries due to transportation incidents by type, 2014
Other 1%
Water vehicle incidents 3%
Rail vehicle incidents 3%
Total = 1,984
Aircraft
incidents
7%
Nonroadway
incidents 13%
Roadway collision
with other vehicle
31%
Roadway incidents
58%
Pedestrian vehicular
incidents 16%
Other
28%
Roadway incidents accounted for the greatest share of fatal work-related transportation injuries for
2014. Of these, 611 fatal injuries, or 31 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, 2016.
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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2014
Total workers = 379
Other
20%
Roadway incidents
36%
Fires and
explosions 6%
Homicides
9%
Other
11%
Aircraft incidents
17%
Other
5%
Transportation incidents
64%
A total of 166 multiple-fatality incidents occurred in 2014 (incidents in which more than one worker was
killed). Transportation incidents were responsible for nearly two-thirds of the workers killed in multiplefatality incidents. Homicides accounted for the second highest 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, 2016.
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Fatal work injuries and hours worked by gender of worker, 2014
Women
8%
Women
43%
Men
92%
Fatal work injuries = 4,821
Men
57%
Hours worked = 272,662,680,000
A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2014.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.
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Distribution of fatal injury events by gender of worker, 2014
20%
Roadway incidents
Homicides
19%
8%
16%
17%
Falls, slips, trips
7%
Contact with
objects and equipment
0%
15%
5%
Exposure to harmful
substances or environments
Fires and explosions
24%
8%
Women = 367
Men = 4,454
2%
3%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Percent of fatal work injuries within gender
Women experienced a higher proportion of fatal injuries due to homicide relative to men. Men incurred a
higher proportion of injuries from roadway incidents, contact with objects and equipment, and exposure to
harmful substances or environments. Men and women experienced similar proportions of fatal injuries from
falls, slips, and trips and 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, 2016.
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Work-related homicides by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2014
Percent of homicides
40%
35%
34%
32%
30%
Women = 68
25%
Men = 341
27%
21%
20%
16%
15%
12% 12%
2%
15%
10%
10%
5%
18%
1%
0%
Relative or
Student, patient, Inmate, detainee, Coworker or work
domestic partner or customer/client or suspect not yet
associate
apprehended
Other or
unspecified
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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.
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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 2001-2014
Number of fatal work injuries
1,200
1,000
800
895
323
841
263
600
902
794
306
923
285
200
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
804
275
291
542
513
0
Foreign-born
Native-born
The total for fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers decreased in 2014. Around twothirds of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2014 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, 2016.
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Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers by country or region of birth, 2014
Australia and Oceania 1%
Canada 2%
South America 4%
Africa
5%
Total = 846
Caribbean
8%
Mexico
40%
Europe
11%
Central America,
except Mexico
11%
Asia
18%
Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (40 percent) of foreign-born workers who
died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2014.
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, 2016.
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Fatal work injury rates by age group, 2014
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
12.0
10.7
10.0
8.0
6.0
All-worker fatal work
injury rate = 3.4
4.0
2.0
2.0
2.3
2.4
20 to 24
25 to 34
2.8
3.6
35 to 44
45 to 54
4.3
0.0
18 to 19
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 the highest rate of 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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries by industry sector, 2014
Construction
899874
Transportation and warehousing
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
9.8
766
14.1
584
25.6
Government
435
Professional and business services
425
1.9
2.7
349
Manufacturing
2.3
272
Retail trade
1.9
216
Leisure and hospitality
2.0
Wholesale trade
191
Other services (exc. public admin.)
Mining, quarrying, and oil
and gas extraction
Educational and health services
186
2.7
183
14.2
146
0.7
117
Financial activities
1.2
35
Information
Utilities
900
5.1
1.2
17
600
300
Number of fatal work injuries
1.7
0
Total fatal work injuries = 4,821
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.4
10
20
30
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Private construction had the highest count of fatal injuries in 2014, but the private 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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.
Fatal work injuries by selected industry and contracted
worker-adjusted industry, 2014
Construction
19%
13%
16%
15%
Transportation and warehousing
12%
12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
9%
Government
Professional and business services
7%
7%
Manufacturing
Leisure and hospitality
4%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
4%
4%
2%
Financial activities
0%
9%
8%
5%
All-workers = 4,821
Industry
3%
3%
Educational and health services
12%
Contracted worker-adjusted industry
4%
5%
10%
Percent of fatal work injuries
15%
20%
Of the 4,821 fatal work injuries in 2014, 802 involved contracted workers. Nineteen percent of all
fatally injured workers died while directly employed by the private construction industry. Only 13
percent of all fatally injured workers died in a work environment where a firm in the private
construction industry had overall responsibility for operations at the site.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Note: In 2011, the CFOI program began collecting data on contracted workers to capture decedents who were contracted at the time of the fatal incident. Contracted workeradjusted 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, 2016.
Percentage change of fatal work injuries from selected industry to contracted
worker-adjusted industry, 2014
Construction
-32%
Professional and business services
-24%
Transportation and warehousing
-5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
2%
Educational and health services
9%
Leisure and hospitality
Manufacturing
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
Government
12%
Total contracted workers = 802
15%
Total contracted workers who were
working in a different industry
group than directly employed = 563
15%
34%
Financial activities
-70%
65%
-50%
-30%
Outflow
-10%
10%
30%
50%
70%
Inflow
Percentage change from industry to contracted worker-adjusted industry
For fatal work injuries, three industry groups (construction, professional and business services, and
transportation and warehousing) were net providers of contracted 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 data on contracted workers to capture decedents who contracted at the time of the fatal incident. Contracted worker-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, 2016.
Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining, quarrying, and
oil and gas extraction industry, 2003–2014
Number of fatal work injuries
250
192
200
150
100
141
56
152
159
54
61
67
183
61
176
155
56
65
85
39
43
155
39
43
99
31
50
183
181
172
98
98
125
122
120
107
112
142
144
112
68
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Oil and gas extraction industries
All other mining
Fatal work injuries in the private mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry increased 18
percent in 2014, and the fatal injury rate also increased to 14.2 per 100,000 FTE workers in 2014 from
12.4 per 100,000 FTE workers in 2013. Oil and gas extraction industries recorded 144 fatal injuries in 2014,
a new high for that industry group.
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, 2016.
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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.
Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries to civilian workers by major occupation group, 2014
Transportation and material moving
Construction and extraction
1,346
15.4
12.1
902
Service
597
Management, business, and financial
operations
2.6
468
1.9
406
Installation, maintenance, and repair
8.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry
259
Sales and related
239
Professional and related
236
1.7
0.7
212
Production
Office and administrative support
1,500
24.7
2.5
100
1,000
500
Number of fatal work injuries
0.6
0
Total fatal work injuries = 4,821
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.4
10
20
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
30
Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work
injuries in 2014, the major occupation 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, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.
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, 2014
Logging workers
Total fatal work injuries = 4,821
Fishers and related fishing workers
78
110.9
22
All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.4
80.8
64.0
82
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
83
Roofers
Refuse and recyclable material collectors
27
Structural iron and steel workers
15
Farmers, ranchers, and other
agricultural managers
46.1
35.8
28.3
26.7
270
880
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
24.7
Electrical power-line installers
and repairers
19.2
25
68
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
900
600
300
Number of fatal work injuries
18.0
0
150
100
50
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Fatal work injury rates were high for logging workers and fishers and related fishing workers. Of the
10 occupations with high fatal injury rates presented here, driver/sales workers and truck drivers
incurred the largest 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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.
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Number of fatal work injuries by state, 2014
WA
(88)
MT
(28)
OR
(69)
ID
(34)
NV
(40)
CA
(344)
WY
(37)
UT
(54)
AZ
(88)
ME
(19)
ND
(38)
MN
(62)
SD
(29)
IA
(91)
NE
(55)
CO
(84)
NM
(53)
KS
(73)
OK
(98)
TX
(531)
AK
(30)
WI
(99)
MI
(143)
NY
(241)
PA
(179)
OH
IN
IL
(185)
(164) (130)
WV
VA
(38)
MO
(116)
KY
(106)
(82)
NC
TN
(137)
(127)
AR
SC
(67)
(64)
GA
AL
MS
(75) (152)
(75)
LA
(120)
VT(10)
NH(17)
MA(55)
RI(10)
CT(35)
NJ(87)
DE(12)
MD(74)
DC(11)
No Change
FL
(228)
HI
(31)
No change from 2013
Fewer than in 2013
More than in 2013
Twenty-eight states had counts showing more fatal injuries in 2014 than in 2013. Nineteen states
and the District of Columbia had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2014 compared to 2013. Three
states saw no change between the two years.
Data for all years are revised and final.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.
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