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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
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TABLE A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, all United States, 2022
Worker Characteristics Total fatal injuries (number) Event or exposure(1)
Transportation incidents(2) Violence and other injuries by persons or animals(3) Contact with objects and equipment Falls, slips, trips Exposure to harmful substances or environments Fires and explosions

Total

 5,486 2,066 849 738 865 839 107

Employee status

Wage and salary(4)

 4,601 1,775 692 570 713 746 86

Self-employed(5)

 885 291 157 168 152 93 21

Gender

Women

 445 180 102 17 61 73 6

Men

 5,041 1,886 747 721 804 766 101

Age

Under 16 years

 6 - - - - - -

16 to 17 years

 13 3 - - - - -

18 to 19 years

 77 33 17 7 - 11 -

20 to 24 years

 323 126 69 43 30 47 7

25 to 34 years

 962 344 176 121 90 205 23

35 to 44 years

 1,058 385 162 127 136 227 -

45 to 54 years

 1,111 408 184 150 153 187 22

55 to 64 years

 1,175 455 161 152 251 126 24

65 years and over

 761 310 74 133 196 34 11

Race or ethnic origin(6)

White, non-Hispanic

 3,167 1,228 431 453 481 480 78

Black or African-American, non-Hispanic

 734 278 199 76 57 111 -

Hispanic or Latino

 1,248 439 133 169 286 204 16

American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic

 35 17 5 4 - 6 -

Asian, non-Hispanic

 169 51 60 17 23 - -

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic

 9 - - - - 4 -

Footnotes
(1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.
(2) Includes roadway, nonroadway, air, water, rail fatal occupational injuries, and fatal occupational injuries resulting from being struck by a vehicle.
(3) Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and attacks by animals.
(4) May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation. Cases where employment status is unknown are included in the counts of wage and salary workers.
(5) Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members of partnerships.
(6) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos. Cases where ethnicity is unknown are included in counts of non-Hispanic workers.

Note: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. For complete information on how the data are coded and presented see our definitions page at https://www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries-definitions.htm. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state, New York City, District of Columbia, and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, December 2023