Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure

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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.