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Number and rate of fatal work injuries, civilian workers, by major occupational group

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Number and rate of fatal work injuries, civilian workers, by major occupational group, 2024
Occupation Number of fatal work injuries Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)

Transportation and material moving

 1,391 12.5

Construction and extraction

 1,032 12.6

Service

 824 3.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 437 8.9

Management, business, and financial operations

 342 1.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry

 248 25.4

Professional and related

 220 0.6

Sales and related

 189 1.5

Production

 238 3.1

Office and administrative support

 91 0.6

See data definitions at www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries-definitions.htm.