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Sources of data on fatal work injuries

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Sources of data on fatal work injuries, 2023
Source Number of documents

Death certificate

5,126

All other

5,076

News media reports

2,495

Coroner/Medical examiner/Autopsy

3,719

OSHA

2,218

Toxicology

1,772

State workers' compensation

1,269

Police Reports

967

Other government

1,121

State follow-up

91

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