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Sources of data on fatal work injuries

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Sources of data on fatal work injuries, 2024
Source Number of documents

Death certificate

4,867

All other

4,552

News media reports

2,403

Coroner/Medical examiner/Autopsy

3,682

OSHA

2,100

Toxicology

1,810

State workers' compensation

1,133

Police Reports

801

Other government

1,128

State follow-up

53

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