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