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Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure

Charts related to the latest "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries" news release   |   More chart packages

Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, 2022
Event or exposure Number of fatal occupational injuries

Transportation incidents

2,066

Aircraft incidents

101

Pedestrian struck by aircraft or propeller

 

Aircraft crash during takeoff or landing

21

Explosion or fire on aircraft

 

Aircraft crash due to low-altitude entanglement

5

Other in-flight crash

70

Parachuting incident

 

Fall on aircraft during transport

 

Rail vehicle incidents

43

Collision between rail vehicle and another vehicle

29

Derailment

 

Explosion or fire on rail vehicle, transportation

 

Fall or jump from and struck by rail vehicle, transportation

 

Fall or jump from rail vehicle, transportation

 

Fall on rail vehicle, transportation

 

Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle, transportation

9

Animal and other non-motorized vehicle transportation incidents

11

Animal transportation

4

Pedal cycle

7

Pedestrian vehicular incidents

325

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone

44

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway

85

Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road

65

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area

116

Water vehicle incidents

31

Water vehicle or propeller struck person

 

Water vehicle collisions

 

Explosion or fire on water vehicle

 

Capsized or sinking water vehicle

6

Fall or jump and struck by water vehicle

 

Fall or jump from water vehicle

16

Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle

1

Fall on water vehicle

 

Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle

1,369

Roadway collision with other vehicle

763

Roadway collision with object other than vehicle

352

Roadway noncollision incident

249

Nonroadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles

185

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle

12

Nonroadway collisions with object other than vehicle

40

Nonroadway noncollision incident

128

Falls, slips, trips

865

Slip or trip without fall

 

Slip without fall

 

Trip without fall

 

Falls on same level

144

Fall on same level due to tripping

23

Fall on same level due to slipping

23

Fall while sitting

6

Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.

 

Falls to lower level

700

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment

33

Fall through surface or existing opening

90

Other fall to lower level

561

Jumps to lower level

7

Jump from collapsing structure or equipment

 

Other jump to lower level

6

Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system

3

Contact with objects and equipment

738

Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance

 

Struck by object or equipment

484

Struck by powered vehicle, nontransport

181

Struck by rolling object or equipment, other than powered vehicle

13

Struck by falling object or equipment, other than powered vehicle

238

Struck by discharged or flying object

19

Injured by handheld object or equipment

8

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld

12

Struck against object or equipment

12

Struck against moving object or equipment

 

Struck against stationary object or equipment

9

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects

142

Caught in running equipment or machinery

102

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

21

Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects

 

Entangled in other object or equipment

 

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

95

Excavation or trenching cave-in

40

Mine collapse or cave-in

4

Other cave-in

 

Landslide

3

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

21

Engulfment in other collapsing material

15

Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure

 

Rubbed or abraded by kneeling on surface

 

Rubbed or abraded by objects being handled

 

Rubbed or abraded by foreign matter in eye

 

Rubbed or abraded by shoes, apparel, or accessories

 

Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration

 

Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vehicle or mobile equipment vibration

 

Rubbed, abraded, or jarred by other machine or equipment vibration

 

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

849

Intentional injury by person

791

Homicides (Intentional injury by other person)

524

Suicides (Self-inflicted injury, intentional)

267

Injury by person, unintentional or intent unknown

24

Injury by other person, unintentional or intent unknown

 

Self-inflicted injury, unintentional or intent unknown

 

Animal and insect related incidents

33

Bites and stings

13

Struck by animal

18

Multiple types of animal and insect incidents

 

Exposure to harmful substances or environments

839

Exposure to electricity

145

Direct exposure to electricity

81

Indirect exposure to electricity

58

Exposure to radiation and noise

 

Exposure to light and other radiation

 

Exposure to noise

 

Exposure to temperature extremes

51

Exposure to environmental heat

43

Exposure to environmental cold

3

Contact with hot objects or substances

5

Contact with cold objects or substances

 

Exposure to air and water pressure change

 

Exposure to change in water pressure

 

Exposure to change in air pressure

 

Exposure to other harmful substances

586

Nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol, unintentional overdose

525

Inhalation of harmful substance

49

Ingestion of harmful substance

 

Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue

 

Exposure to other harmful substance, multiple routes of exposure

1

Exposure to oxygen deficiency, n.e.c.

56

Drowning, submersion, n.e.c.

32

Choking on object or substance

17

Depletion of oxygen

6

Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.

 

Fires and explosions

107

Fires

53

Collapsing building, structure, or structural element during fire

 

Other structural fire without collapse

 

Vehicle or machinery fire

 

Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source

 

Small-scale (limited) fire

 

Forest or brush fire

 

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids

 

Explosions

54

Dust explosion

 

Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids

 

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire

 

Demolition or blasting explosion

 

See data definitions at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm.