Fatal work injury counts by event or exposure, recent years
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Number of fatal work injuries by employee status
Number of fatal work injuries by race or ethnic origin
Number of fatal work injuries by age group
Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by age group
Fatal work injuries to Hispanic or Latino workers
Fatal occupational injuries by event
Fatal work injury counts by event, recent years
Number and rate of fatal work injuries, by industry sector
Number and rate of fatal work injuries, civilian workers, by major occupational group
Distribution of fatal injury events by gender of worker
Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industries
Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates
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Fatal work injury counts by event or exposure
Event or exposure
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Transportation incidents
2,077 2,080 2,122 1,778 1,982
Falls, slips, trips
887 791 880 805 850
Contact with objects and equipment
695 786 732 716 705
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals
807 828 841 705 761
Exposure to harmful substances or environments
531 621 642 672 798
Fires and explosions
123 115 99 71 76
See data definitions at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm .
United States Department of Labor
