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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, 2021
Event or exposure Number of fatal occupational injuries

Transportation incidents

1,982

Aircraft incidents

100

Pedestrian struck by aircraft or propeller

 

Aircraft crash during takeoff or landing

30

Explosion or fire on aircraft

 

Aircraft crash due to low-altitude entanglement

7

Other in-flight crash

57

Parachuting incident

 

Fall on aircraft during transport

 

Rail vehicle incidents

33

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

 

Animal and other non-motorized vehicle transportation incidents

18

Animal transportation

 

Pedal cycle

 

Pedestrian vehicular incidents

337

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone

49

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway

93

Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road

53

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area

132

Water vehicle incidents

39

Water vehicle or propeller struck person

 

Water vehicle collisions

 

Explosion or fire on water vehicle

 

Capsized or sinking water vehicle

17

Fall or jump and struck by water vehicle

 

Fall or jump from water vehicle

17

Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle

 

Fall on water vehicle

 

Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle

1,253

Roadway collision with other vehicle

649

Roadway collision with object other than vehicle

319

Roadway noncollision incident

279

Nonroadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles

201

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle

11

Nonroadway collisions with object other than vehicle

31

Nonroadway noncollision incident

153

Falls, slips, trips

850

Slip or trip without fall

 

Slip without fall

 

Trip without fall

 

Falls on same level

145

Fall on same level due to tripping

30

Fall on same level due to slipping

27

Fall while sitting

 

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

7

Falls to lower level

680

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment

51

Fall through surface or existing opening

77

Other fall to lower level

541

Jumps to lower level

5

Jump from collapsing structure or equipment

 

Other jump to lower level

5

Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system

 

Contact with objects and equipment

705

Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance

 

Struck by object or equipment

473

Struck by powered vehicle, nontransport

169

Struck by rolling object or equipment, other than powered vehicle

11

Struck by falling object or equipment, other than powered vehicle

227

Struck by discharged or flying object

24

Injured by handheld object or equipment

6

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld

22

Struck against object or equipment

 

Struck against moving object or equipment

 

Struck against stationary object or equipment

 

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects

143

Caught in running equipment or machinery

93

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

17

Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects

 

Entangled in other object or equipment

6

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

79

Excavation or trenching cave-in

25

Mine collapse or cave-in

 

Other cave-in

 

Landslide

 

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

27

Engulfment in other collapsing material

23

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

761

Intentional injury by person

718

Homicides (Intentional injury by other person)

481

Suicides (Self-inflicted injury, intentional)

236

Injury by person, unintentional or intent unknown

22

Injury by other person, unintentional or intent unknown

14

Self-inflicted injury, unintentional or intent unknown

8

Animal and insect related incidents

21

Bites and stings

 

Struck by animal

18

Multiple types of animal and insect incidents

 

Exposure to harmful substances or environments

798

Exposure to electricity

152

Direct exposure to electricity

98

Indirect exposure to electricity

50

Exposure to radiation and noise

 

Exposure to light and other radiation

 

Exposure to noise

 

Exposure to temperature extremes

43

Exposure to environmental heat

36

Exposure to environmental cold

 

Contact with hot objects or substances

 

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

551

Nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol, unintentional overdose

464

Inhalation of harmful substance

72

Ingestion of harmful substance

 

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

10

Exposure to other harmful substance, multiple routes of exposure

 

Exposure to oxygen deficiency, n.e.c.

50

Drowning, submersion, n.e.c.

32

Choking on object or substance

8

Depletion of oxygen

6

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

 

Fires and explosions

76

Fires

31

Collapsing building, structure, or structural element during fire

7

Other structural fire without collapse

11

Vehicle or machinery fire

3

Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source

 

Small-scale (limited) fire

1

Forest or brush fire

 

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids

5

Explosions

45

Dust explosion

4

Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids

16

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire

23

Demolition or blasting explosion

 

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