Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2009
7,000
6,217 6,331
6,000
6,632
6,275 6,202 6,238
6,055 6,054 5,920 5,915
5,000
5,534 5,575
5,764 5,734 5,840 5,657
5,214
4,551
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
The 2009 total of 4,551 fatal work injuries represents a 13 percent decrease from the 5,214 fatal work injuries
reported for 2008.
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, 2011.
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Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2009
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
5
4.2
4
4.0
3.7
3.5
3
2
1
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
The rate of fatal work injuries in 2009 was 3.5 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, down
from 3.7 in 2008.
Rate = (Fatal work injuries/Total hours worked by all employees) 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 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, 2011. 2
Number of fatal work injuries, by State, 2009
WA
76
ND
25
MT
52
ID
27
OR
66
MN
61
WI
94
SD
24
WY
19
UT
48
CO
83
IL
158
KS
76
CA
409
OK
82
NM
42
AZ
76
MI
94
IA
80
NE
57
NV
24
KY
101
TX
482
PA
168
WV
41 VA
119
TN
111
AR
75
AL
75
NH
6
NY
185
OH
137
IN
125
MO
142
MS
67
AK
17
VT
12
NC
129
GA
110
DE
7
MD
65
NJ CT
99 34
ME
16
MA
64
RI
7
DC
11
SC
73
LA
140
Decreased in 2009
FL
245
Increased in 2009
HI
13
Thirty-seven States had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2009 compared to 2008. Thirteen States and the
District of Columbia had more fatal injuries in 2009 than in 2008.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
Manner in which fatal work injuries occurred, 2009
Exposure to harmful
substances or
environments
(9%)
Fires and explosions
(2%)
Total = 4,551
Highway incidents
(22%)
Falls (14%)
Fall to lower level
(12%)
Transportation
incidents (39%)
Homicides
(12%)
Assaults and
violent acts (18%)
Struck by
object
(9%)
Contact with objects
and equipment (16%)
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 2009.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
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Difference in fatal work injury counts, by event, 2008–2009
2008 Level
ALL EVENTS
-663
-335
Transportation incidents
Contact with objects and
equipment
Fires and explosions
-196
-61
2008 Total = 5,214
2009 Total = 4,551
Falls
-55
Exposure to harmful substances
or environments
-35
Assaults and violent acts
-800
21
-600
-400
-200
0
200
Change in fatal events from 2008 level
Assaults and violent acts was the only type of event to see an increase in fatal work injuries from 2008 to
2009. Fatal injuries from all other types of events decreased in 2009.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
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Four most frequent work-related fatal injury events, 1992–2009
1,600
Number of fatal injuries
1,400
1,343 1,346 1,346
1,200
1,242
1,158
1,000
1,044
1,080
1,074
600
557
618
565
591
1,365
1,409
1,373 1,353 1,398
1,437
1,356
1,414
1,036
800
600
1,496
1,215
927
655
1,393
1,442
651
547
691
860
716
714
706
582
579
400
822
810
520
721
651
585
734
677
571
719
609
632
505
531
985
847
700
696
643
553
770
827
602
607
559
567
589
628
645
526
540
504
520
542
420
200
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Highway incidents
Homicides
Falls
Struck by object
Workplace homicides have declined by almost 50 percent since 1994, but increased by 3 percent from 2008
to 2009. Highway incidents decreased by 30 percent in the last two years from 2007 to 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, 2011.
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Work-related fatal falls, by type of fall, 2009
Total = 645
Down stairs or steps
(4%)
From building
girders or other
structural steel
(3%)
From floor, dock, or
ground level
(5%)
Other or unknown
(17%)
From roof
(17%)
From ladder
(20%)
On same level
(14%)
From
From
scaffold,
nonmoving staging
vehicle
(8%)
(12%)
Of the 645 fatal falls in 2009, over one-third involved falls from roofs or ladders.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
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Fatal work-related injuries from selected transportation events, excluding
highway incidents, 1992–2009
500
450
400
350
300
Number of fatal work injuries
436
353
346
268
250
261
200
150
159
109
100
50
86
66
34
0
Nonhighway
Pedestrian
Aircraft
Railway
Water vehicle
Fatal work-related injuries involving water vehicle transportation increased in 2009, while nonhighway, pedestrian and
aircraft decreased. Railway incidents stayed the same.
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, 2011.
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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2009
Fires and explosions
(8%)
Total workers = 355
Other
(10%)
Aircraft
(25%)
Homicides
(23%)
Highway
(24%)
Transportation
(60%)
All other
transportation
(10%)
Transportation incidents accounted for three-fifths of the workers killed in multiple-fatality events. Aircraft and
highway transportation incidents each made up about a quarter of these 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, 2011.
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Hours worked and fatal work injuries, by gender of worker, 2009
Women
(7%)
Women
(44%)
Men
(93%)
Men
(56%)
Hours worked = 254,771,380,000
Fatal work injuries = 4,551
A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2009.
SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2011.
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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2009
Highway incidents
21%
Homicides
11%
Contact with
objects and equipment
25%
17%
4%
Falls
14%
14%
Exposure to
harmful substances or
environments
6%
Fires and explosions
25%
Men = 4,216
Women = 335
9%
2%
3%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Percent of fatal work injuries within gender
A higher percentage of fatal work injuries to women resulted from highway incidents, homicides, and
fires and explosions than to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries to men resulted from contact
with objects and equipment and exposure to harmful substances or environments.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
Number of work-related homicides, by gender of decedent, 1997–2009
1,000
900
800
860
145
700
714
164
600
651
126
677
134
643
128
500
400
300
609
136
632
559
119
567
99
98
628
540
113
120
526
542
98
83
428
459
2008
2009
715
200
550
525
543
515
473
513
460
469
420
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Men
Women
515
100
0
1997
2007
Workplace homicides incurred by women were down in 2009, but workplace homicides to men increased by 7 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, 2011.
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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1992-2009
1,200
1,000
895
815
800
634
600
400
200
624 619 638
533
258
275
314
320
288
336
277
342
267
371
658
279
379
707
302
405
730
262
468
323
321
841
263
902
794
306
923
285
990
323
937
303
274
804
713
301
284
494
572
578
520
596
638
667
634
503
429
0
Foreign-born
Native-born
Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers continued to decrease in 2009 after reaching a series
high in 2006. About three-fifths of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2009 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, 2011.
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Fatal occupational injuries involving foreign-born workers,
by country or region of birth, 2009
Canada
South America
(1%)
(4%)
Australia and
Oceania
(1%)
Africa
(5%)
Caribbean
(7%)
Mexico
(40%)
Central America,
except Mexico
(9%)
Total workers = 740
Europe
(11%)
Asia
(21%)
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 2009.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2009
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
14
12.1
12
10
8
6
4
All worker fatal work
injury rate = 3.5
2.5
2.4
2.4
3.0
3.6
4.3
2
0
18 to 19 years20 to 24 years25 to 34 years35 to 44 years45 to 54 years55 to 64 years 65 years and
over
Fatal work injury rates for workers 45 years of age and older were higher than the overall U.S. rate and the rate for
workers 65 years of age and older were nearly 3.5 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.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2009
Construction
Transportation and
warehousing
Agriculture, forestry,
fishing, and hunting
834
9.9
13.3
633
27.2
575
Government
Professional and
business services
461
1.9
422
3.1
2.3
319
Manufacturing
Retail trade
Leisure and
hospitality
Wholesale trade
Other services
(exc. public admin.)
Educational and
health services
Financial activities
307
2.2
231
2.2
Total fatal injuries = 4,551
190
All worker fatal injury rate = 3.5
173
2.8
0.8
150
1.2
108
Mining
99
Information
12.4
1.1
33
Utilities
1,000
5.0
16
800
600
400
Number of fatal work injuries
200
1.7
0
10
20
30
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Although construction had the highest number of fatal injuries in 2009, 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 fatalities 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 fatalities 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, 2011.
Fatal occupational injuries in the private mining industry, 2003–2009
Number of fatal work injuries
250
192
200
150
100
141
56
152
54
159
67
183
176
61
56
61
99
31
50
0
85
2003
98
98
2004
2005
125
122
120
68
2006
Private oil and gas extraction industries
2007
2008
2009
All other private sector mining
Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry declined in 2009. Oil and gas industry fatal work injuries
accounted for more than two-thirds of the fatal work injuries in the mining sector in 2009.
NOTE: Oil and gas extraction are designated as oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21111), drilling oil and gas wells (NAICS 213111) , and support for oil and gas industries
(NAICS 213112).
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by occupation group, 2009
Transportation and material 1,059
moving
13.6
838
Construction and extraction
12.4
634
Service
Management, business, and
financial operations
Installation, maintenance,
and repair
3.0
2.5
564
326
290
Sales and related
Farming, fishing, and forestry
6.6
Total fatal work injuries = 4,551
2.0
239
25.8
All worker fatal injury rate = 3.5
0.8
234
Professional and related
2.7
197
Production
Office and administrative
support
1,200
0.6
93
1,000
800
600
400
Number of fatal work injuries
200
0
8
16
24
32
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2009, 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 fatalities
before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
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 selected occupations with high fatal injury rates, 2009
Fishers and related
fishing workers
203.6
Logging workers
57
65.5
Aircraft pilots and flight
engineers
36
65
59.0
Farmers and ranchers
39.7
Roofers
34.7
Structural iron and steel
workers
30.3
18
Refuse and recyclable
material collectors
26.5
20
Driver/sales workers and
truck drivers
Construction laborers
First-line supervisors/managers
of landscaping, lawn service, and
groundskeeping workers
240
Total fatal work injuries = 4,551
All worker fatal injury rate = 3.5
302
60
647
20.2
18.8
229
17.0
200
160
120
80
40
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
43
0
200
400
600
Number of fatal work injuries
800
Fatal work injury rates were highest for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight engineers in 2009.
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 fatalities
before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.
Distribution of fatal work injuries by selected occupations in the private
construction industry, 2008–2009
Construction laborers
22%
First-line supervisors/
managers of construction
trades and extraction workers
9%
Carpenters
7%
24%
12%
9%
7%
7%
Roofers
Electricians
Construction equipment
operators
4%
Construction managers
4%
Painters, construction and
maintenance
3%
Truck drivers, heavy
and tractor-trailer
3%
0%
Total fatal work injuries in 2009 = 834
7%
5%
Total fatal work injuries in 2008 = 975
6%
2009
6%
2008
5%
4%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Percent of private construction fatal work injuries
Fatal work injuries involving construction laborers accounted for about one out of every four private construction
fatal work injuries in 2009. Total fatal work injuries in construction declined by 14 percent from 2008 to 2009.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2011.