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Thursday, February 29, 2024

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Fatal Work Injuries in Michigan — 2022

Fatal work injuries totaled 139 in 2022 for Michigan, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Michigan was down from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 182 in 1999 to a low of 94 in 2009. Nationwide, a total of 5,486 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021, according to the results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).


Fatal event or exposure

In Michigan, violence and other injuries by persons or animals resulted in 37 fatal work injuries and accounted for 27 percent of all fatal workplace injuries in the state. (See chart 2 and table 1.) Worker deaths due to violence or other injuries by persons or animals were up from 17 over the year.

Transportation incidents accounted for 29 fatalities, down from 47 in 2021. Falls, slips, and trips along with contact with objects and equipment were the third-most frequent fatal work events with 26 fatalities each, both up from 23 in the prior year. Exposure to harmful substances or environments resulted in 17 work-related deaths compared to 26 in 2021.

Nationally, transportation incidents were the most frequent fatal event in 2022, accounting for 38 percent of fatal work injuries. Falls, slips, and trips were the second-most common fatal event (16 percent), followed by violence and other injuries by persons or animals along with exposure to harmful substances or environments (15 percent each).


Industry

The private construction industry sector had the highest number of fatalities in Michigan with 28, down from 29 in the previous year. (See table 2.) Falls, slips, or trips resulted in 15 of the 28 fatalities in the industry. The specialty trade contractors subsector accounted for 16 of the 28 fatal workplace injuries in the construction industry.

The manufacturing industry sector had 21 fatal workplace injuries, up from 14 in the previous year. The transportation equipment manufacturing subsector accounted for seven, or 33 percent, of the fatal injuries in this industry.

Occupation

The transportation and material moving occupational group had the highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 34. (See table 3.) Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers accounted for 11 of the 34 fatalities among transportation and material moving workers. The construction and extraction occupational group had the second-highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 26. Construction trades workers suffered 21 of the work-related deaths within the construction and extraction group.

Additional highlights
  • Men accounted for 93 percent of the work-related fatalities in Michigan, similar to the national share. (See table 4.) Transportation incidents and contact with objects or equipment each accounted for 20 percent of the fatalities for men in Michigan.
  • White non-Hispanics accounted for 78 percent of those who died from a workplace injury. Nationwide, this group accounted for 58 percent of work-related deaths.
  • Workers 25-54 years old accounted for 58 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities in 2022, similar to the national share.
  • Of the 139 fatal work injuries in Michigan, 78 percent worked for wages and salaries; the remainder were self-employed. Violence and other injuries by persons or animals accounted for 24 percent of work-related fatalities among wage and salary workers and 35 percent among self-employed workers.

Technical Note

Background of the program. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, is a count of all fatalities resulting from workplace injuries occurring in the U.S. during the calendar year. The CFOI uses a variety of state, federal, and independent data sources to identify, verify, and describe fatal work injuries. This ensures counts are as complete and accurate as possible. For the 2022 national data, over 27,200 unique source documents were reviewed as part of the data collection process. For technical information and definitions for the CFOI, see the BLS Handbook of Methods and the CFOI definitions.

Federal/State agency coverage. The CFOI includes data for all fatal work injuries, some of which may be outside the scope of other agencies or regulatory coverage. Comparisons between CFOI counts and those released by other agencies should account for the different coverage requirements and definitions used by each agency. For more information on the scope of CFOI, see Scope of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: Concepts.

Latency Cases. Latent fatal occupational injury cases occur when the date of injury differs from the date of death. In some cases, the death occurs in a different year than the occupational injury and are known as cross-year latent cases. In 2022, there were 186 cases nationally where this occurred, and 157 of these latent cases occurred more than 30 days prior to the start of 2022. For more information on latent cases, see Understanding latency in fatal occupational injuries.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. CFOI reports fatal workplace injuries only. These may include fatal workplace injuries complicated by an illness such as COVID-19. Fatal workplace illnesses not precipitated by an injury are not in scope for CFOI. CFOI does not report any illness related information, including COVID-19. Additional information is available on the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, Compensation, Occupational Requirements, and Work Stoppages Statistics.

Acknowledgments. BLS thanks the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity for their efforts in collecting accurate, comprehensive, and useful data on fatal work injuries. BLS also appreciates the efforts of all federal, state, local, and private sector entities that provided source documents used to identify fatal work injuries. Among these agencies are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; the National Transportation Safety Board; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Mine Safety and Health Administration; the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (Federal Employees' Compensation and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation divisions); the Federal Railroad Administration; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; state vital statistics registrars, coroners, and medical examiners; state departments of health, labor, and industrial relations and workers' compensation agencies; state and local police departments; and state farm bureaus.

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Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, Michigan, 2021–22
Event or exposure (1) 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

140 139 100

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

17 37 27

Intentional injury by person

14 37 27

Homicides--Intentional injury by other person

-- 23 17

Shooting by other person--intentional

-- 20 14

Suicides--Self-inflicted injury--intentional

-- 14 10

Shooting--intentional self-harm

-- 4 3

Hanging, strangulation, asphyxiation--intentional self-harm

-- 8 6

Transportation incidents

47 29 21

Pedestrian vehicular incident

12 7 5

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area

5 5 4

Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle

24 17 12

Roadway collision with other vehicle

13 13 9

Roadway collision--moving in same direction

3 3 2

Roadway collision--moving in opposite directions, oncoming

2 3 2

Roadway collision--moving and standing vehicle in roadway

3 4 3

Roadway collision with object other than vehicle

6 3 2

Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway

6 3 2

Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicles

7 3 2

Nonroadway noncollision incident

-- 3 2

Fires and explosions

4 2 1

Falls, slips, trips

23 26 19

Falls to lower level

17 21 15

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment

4 3 2

Other fall to lower level

12 15 11

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet

3 4 3

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet

2 3 2

Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet

-- 3 2

Exposure to harmful substances or environments

26 17 12

Exposure to other harmful substances

18 17 12

Contact with objects and equipment

23 26 19

Struck by object or equipment

16 17 12

Struck by powered vehicle--nontransport

8 5 4

Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached

-- 3 2

Struck by falling object or equipment--other than powered vehicle

5 10 7

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery--other than vehicle part

-- 4 3

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects

6 4 3

Caught in running equipment or machinery

5 4 3

Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material

1 3 2

Footnotes:
(1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by industry, Michigan, 2021–22
Industry (1) 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

140 139 100

Private Industry (2)

133 131 94

Goods producing

-- -- --

Natural resources and mining

24 13 9

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

22 13 9

Crop production

12 8 6

Forestry and logging

-- 3 2

Logging

-- 3 2

Logging

-- 3 2

Construction

29 28 20

Construction

29 28 20

Construction of buildings

4 10 7

Specialty trade contractors

18 16 12

Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors

11 8 6

Framing contractors

-- 3 2

Roofing contractors

6 4 3

Building finishing contractors

-- 4 3

Manufacturing

14 21 15

Manufacturing

14 21 15

Food manufacturing

-- 4 3

Transportation equipment manufacturing

4 7 5

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing

-- 4 3

Service providing (3)

-- -- --

Trade, transportation, and utilities

-- 28 20

Retail trade

5 8 6

Transportation and warehousing

22 17 12

Truck transportation

14 10 7

Couriers and messengers

-- 3 2

Information

-- 3 2

Information

-- 3 2

Professional and business services

17 12 9

Professional, scientific, and technical services

3 3 2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

3 3 2

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

14 9 6

Administrative and support services

12 9 6

Services to buildings and dwellings

11 6 4

Educational and health services

3 5 4

Health care and social assistance

3 4 3

Ambulatory health care services

-- 3 2

Leisure and hospitality

-- 13 9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

-- 4 3

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

-- 3 2

Accommodation and food services

6 9 6

Accommodation

-- 3 2

Traveler accommodation

-- 3 2

Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels

-- 3 2

Food services and drinking places

-- 6 4

Restaurants and other eating places

-- 4 3

Restaurants and other eating places

-- 4 3

Limited-service restaurants

-- 4 3

Other services, except public administration

9 6 4

Other services, except public administration

9 6 4

Repair and maintenance

5 4 3

Automotive repair and maintenance

4 3 2

Automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance

4 3 2

General automotive repair

4 3 2

Government (4)

-- -- --

Local government

4 7 5

Footnotes:
(1) CFOI has used several versions of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) since 2003 to define industry. For complete information on the version of NAICS used in this year, see our concepts page at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm#industry.
(2) Cases where ownership is unknown are included in private industry counts.
(3) Cases where industry is unknown are included in the service sector counts.
(4) Includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Cases classified as foreign government and other government are included in all government counts, but not displayed separately.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation, Michigan, 2021–22
Occupation (1) 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

140 139 100

Management occupations

17 10 7

Other management occupations

17 9 6

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

12 4 3

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

12 4 3

Construction managers

2 3 2

Construction managers

2 3 2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

3 3 2

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers

-- 3 2

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

-- 4 3

Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners

-- 3 2

Protective service occupations

6 8 6

Other protective service workers

5 3 2

Security guards and gambling surveillance officers

-- 3 2

Security guards

-- 3 2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

13 7 5

Building cleaning and pest control workers

-- 3 2

Building cleaning workers

-- 3 2

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

-- 3 2

Grounds maintenance workers

7 3 2

Grounds maintenance workers

7 3 2

Personal care and service occupations

-- 2 1

Sales and related occupations

-- 7 5

Supervisors of sales workers

-- 3 2

First-line supervisors of sales workers

-- 3 2

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

-- 3 2

Retail sales workers

-- 4 3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

8 10 7

Agricultural workers

-- 7 5

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

-- 7 5

Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse

-- 6 4

Forest, conservation, and logging workers

-- 3 2

Logging workers

-- 3 2

Fallers

-- 3 2

Construction and extraction occupations

27 26 19

Construction trades workers

21 21 15

Carpenters

-- 6 4

Carpenters

-- 6 4

Construction laborers

5 7 5

Construction laborers

5 7 5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

11 15 11

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

4 5 4

Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

7 8 6

Production occupations

9 8 6

Other production occupations

3 4 3

Miscellaneous production workers

-- 4 3

Transportation and material moving occupations

35 34 24

Motor vehicle operators

27 22 16

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

25 19 14

Driver/sales workers

1 4 3

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

19 11 8

Light truck drivers

5 4 3

Material moving workers

4 10 7

Laborers and material movers

3 5 4

Footnotes:
(1) CFOI has used several versions of the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) system since 2003 to define occupation. For complete information on the version of SOC used in these years, see our definitions page at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm#occupation. Cases where occupation is unknown are included in the total.

NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by selected demographic characteristics, Michigan, 2021–22
Worker characteristics 2021 2022
Number Number Percent

Total

140 139 100

Employee status

Wage and salary workers (1)

99 108 78

Self-employed (2)

41 31 22

Gender

Men

127 129 93

Women

13 10 7

Age (3)

20 to 24 years

6 5 4

25 to 34 years

17 25 18

35 to 44 years

29 25 18

45 to 54 years

24 30 22

55 to 64 years

33 32 23

65 years and over

24 20 14

Race or ethnic origin (4)

White, non-Hispanic

113 108 78

Black or African-American, non-Hispanic

20 21 15

Hispanic or Latino

5 7 5

Asian, non-Hispanic

-- 3 2

Footnotes:
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) Information may not be available for all age groups.
(4) 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 revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024