TABLE A‐7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, all United States, 2019 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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TABLE A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, all United States, 2019
Worker Characteristics	Total fatal injuries (number)	Event or exposure(1)
Worker Characteristics	Total fatal injuries (number)	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	5,333	2,122	841	732	880	642	99

Employee status
Wage and salary(4)	4,240	1,735	632	546	683	548	83
Self-employed(5)	1,093	387	209	186	197	94	16

Gender
Women	437	170	120	18	65	59	3
Men	4,896	1,952	721	714	815	583	96

Age
Under 16 years	17	8	-	5	-	2	-
16 to 17 years	17	9	-	3	-	-	-
18 to 19 years	50	19	8	7	5	11	-
20 to 24 years	325	127	79	39	-	43	-
25 to 34 years	866	328	149	110	92	164	-
35 to 44 years	967	360	173	134	112	166	22
45 to 54 years	1,082	428	179	153	180	125	14
55 to 64 years	1,212	484	163	169	256	109	23
65 years and over	793	355	88	112	203	20	10

Race or ethnic origin(6)
White, non-Hispanic	3,297	1,377	487	467	505	388	60
Black or African-American, non-Hispanic	634	257	160	67	58	79	10
Hispanic or Latino	1,088	368	111	174	267	149	-
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	30	14	-	-	6	5	-
Asian, non-Hispanic	181	57	63	16	30	10	5
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	14	-	-	-	5	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 2020