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Rate and number of fatal work injuries in selected occupations

Charts related to the latest "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries" news release   |   More chart packages

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Rate and number of fatal work injuries in selected occupations, 2024
Occupation Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Number of fatal work injuries

All workers

 3.3

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Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

 19.4 175

Construction managers

 1.2 15

Food service managers

 1.4 17

Property, real estate, and community association managers

 2.0 14

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

 3.5 11

Registered nurses

 0.4 13

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

 3.3 11

Firefighters

 4.0 26

Police officers

    

Security guards and gambling surveillance officers

 7.7 64

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

 2.9 28

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

 12.3 33

Grounds maintenance workers

 20.9 239

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

 1.4 42

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

 0.6 7

Cashiers (including gambling change persons and booth cashiers)

 3.1 54

Retail salespersons

 2.4 53

Miscellaneous agricultural workers

 19.0 147

Fishing and hunting workers

 88.8 24

Logging workers

 110.4 51

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

 12.8 105

Carpenters

 7.5 89

Construction laborers

 15.8 334

Construction equipment operators

 11.7 49

Electricians

 5.3 53

Painters and paperhangers

 6.6 32

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

 6.9 47

Roofers

 48.7 104

Structural iron and steel workers

 37.8 14

Helpers, construction trades

 35.8 18

Underground mining machine operators

 35.6 12

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

 13.1 38

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

 6.3 57

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

 8.6 29

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

 6.7 33

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 7.0 33

Maintenance and repair workers, general

 10.8 76

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

 13.8 21

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

 11.5 15

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

 1.9 15

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

 6.9 42

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

 36.7 73

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 25.7 950

Industrial truck and tractor operators

 5.0 30

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 5.4 110

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

 37.4 36

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