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Chart 1. Number of fatal work injuries by employee status, 2003–17
Year	Wage and salary	Self-employed	Total
2003	4,405	1,170	5,575
2004	4,587	1,177	5,764
2005	4,592	1,142	5,734
2006	4,808	1,032	5,840
2007	4,613	1,044	5,657
2008	4,183	1,031	5,214
2009	3,488	1,063	4,551
2010	3,651	1,039	4,690
2011	3,642	1,051	4,693
2012	3,571	1,057	4,628
2013	3,635	950	4,585
2014	3,728	1,093	4,821
2015	3,751	1,085	4,836
2016	4,098	1,092	5,190
2017	4,069	1,078	5,147

Chart 2. Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by employee status, 2006–17
Year	Wage and salary	Self-employed	All Workers
2006	3.7	10.6	4.2
2007	3.5	11.0	4.0
2008	3.2	11.6	3.7
2009	2.8	12.7	3.5
2010	3.0	12.6	3.6
2011	2.9	13.1	3.5
2012	2.8	12.8	3.4
2013	2.8	11.8	3.3
2014	2.8	13.6	3.4
2015	2.8	13.1	3.4
2016	3.0	13.1	3.6
2017	2.9	13.1	3.5

Chart 3. Fatal occupational injuries by major event, 2017
Major event	Number of fatal work injuries
Transportation incidents	2,077
Roadway incidents	1,299
Other	778
Falls, slips, trips	887
Falls to lower level	713
Other	174
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	807
Homicides	458
Other	349
Contact with objects and equipment	695
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	531
Fires and explosions	123

Chart 4. Change in fatal work injury counts by event, 2016–17
Event	2016	2017	Change
ALL EVENTS	5,190	5,147	-43
Contact with objects and equipment	761	695	-66
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	866	807	-59
Transportation incidents	2,083	2,077	-6
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	518	531	13
Fires and explosions	88	123	35
Falls, slips, trips	849	887	38

Chart 5. Percent of fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2017
Height of fall (feet)	Count	Percent
Unspecified	99	14
Less than 6	83	12
6 to 10	92	13
11 to 15	122	17
16 to 20	90	13
21 to 25	57	8
26 to 30	47	7
More than 30	123	17
Total	713	100

Chart 6. Fatal occupational injuries due to transportation incidents, 2017
Transportation incidents	Count
Roadway collision with another vehicle	663
Other roadway incidents	636
Pedestrian vehicular incidents	313
Nonroadway incidents	209
Aircraft incidents	126
Water vehicle incidents	68
Rail vehicle incidents	48
Other transportation incidents	14
Total	2,077

Chart 7. How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents by selected events, 2011–17
Year	Roadway incidents	Aircraft incidents	Homicides	Fires and explosions	Total
2011	93	73	49	36	357
2012	122	56	79	18	353
2013	110	78	66	62	387
2014	137	64	36	24	379
2015	135	71	53	21	343
2016	142	68	63	18	369
2017	141	67	76	36	400

Chart 8. Fatal work injuries and hours worked by gender of worker, 2017
Gender	Fatal work injuries	Hours worked
Men	93%	56%
Women	7%	44%
Total (count)	5,147	285,976,849,170

Chart 9. Distribution of fatal injury events by gender of worker, 2017
Event	Men	Women
Fires and explosions	2%	2%
Homicides	8%	22%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	10%	9%
Contact with objects and equipment	14%	5%
Falls, slips, trips	17%	14%
Roadway incidents	25%	25%
Total (count)	4,761	386

Chart 10. Percent of work-related homicides by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2017
Assailant type	Women	Men
Relative or domestic partner	24%	2%
Student, patient, or customer/client	13%	12%
Inmate, detainee, or suspect not yet apprehended	7%	8%
Co-worker or work associate	14%	17%
Other or unspecified assailant	23%	30%
Robber	18%	30%
Total (count)	83	375

Chart 11. Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 2003–17
Year	Foreign-born	Native-born	Total
2003	520	274	794
2004	596	306	902
2005	638	285	923
2006	667	323	990
2007	634	303	937
2008	503	301	804
2009	429	284	713
2010	441	266	707
2011	512	237	749
2012	484	264	748
2013	542	275	817
2014	513	291	804
2015	605	298	903
2016	588	291	879
2017	568	335	903

Chart 12. Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers by country or region of birth, 2011–17
Country/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Mexico	349	319	360	340	415	362	355
Asia	148	166	153	154	141	183	176
Central America (exc. Mexico)	95	103	127	95	106	129	154
Europe	85	81	95	94	96	100	85
Caribbean	81	58	51	65	68	87	63
Africa	28	36	48	44	47	33	33
South America	36	37	24	35	55	54	44
Total	843	824	879	846	943	970	927

Chart 13. Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by age group, 2017
Age group	Rate
All workers	3.5
16 to 17	0.8
18 to 19	2.6
20 to 24	2.2
25 to 34	2.5
35 to 44	2.9
45 to 54	3.3
55 to 64	4.6
65 and over	10.3

Chart 14. Number and rate of fatal work injuries by industry sector, 2017
Industry sector	Count	Rate
Construction	971	9.5
Transportation and warehousing	882	15.1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	581	23.0
Professional and business services	532	3.0
Government	473	2.0
Manufacturing	303	1.9
Retail trade	287	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	262	2.2
Other services (exc. Public admin.)	205	2.9
Educational and health services	189	0.8
Wholesale trade	174	4.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	112	12.9
Financial activities	101	1.0
Information	43	1.6
Utilities	28	2.6
Total	5,147	3.5

Chart 15. Contracted workers as a percentage of all fatally-injured workers in selected occupation groups, 2017
Selected occupation group	Percentage
Farming, fishing, and forestry	6%
Transportation and material moving	8%
Protective service	14%
Installation, maintenance, and repair	14%
Production	16%
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance	19%
Construction and extraction	47%
All workers	16%

Chart 16. Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry, 2003–17
Year	Oil and gas extraction industries	All other mining	Total mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
2003	85	56	141
2004	98	54	152
2005	98	61	159
2006	125	67	192
2007	122	61	183
2008	120	56	176
2009	68	31	99
2010	107	65	172
2011	112	43	155
2012	142	39	181
2013	112	43	155
2014	144	39	183
2015	89	31	120
2016	63	26	89
2017	81	31	112

Chart 17. Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries to civilian workers by major occupation group, 2017
Major civilian occupation group	Count	Rate
Transportation and material moving	1,443	15.9
Construction and extraction	965	12.2
Service	778	3.3
Management, business, and financial operations	425	1.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair	414	8.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry	264	20.9
Sales and related	232	1.6
Professional and related	229	0.7
Production	221	2.6
Office and administrative support	101	0.6
Total	5,147	3.5

Chart 18. Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2017
Civilian occupations	Count	Rate
Fishers and related fishing workers	41	99.8
Logging workers	55	84.3
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	59	48.6
Roofers	91	45.2
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	30	35.0
Structural iron and steel workers	14	33.4
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	987	26.8
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	258	24.0
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	53	21.0
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	26	18.7
Total	5,147	3.5

Chart 19. Civilian occupations with high fatal injury counts by leading event, 2017
Civilian occupation	Transportation incidents	Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	Falls, slips, trips	Contact with objects or equipment	Other events	Total
Light truck or delivery service drivers	72	-	-	-	15	87
Maintenance and repair workers, general	-	-	28	-	59	87
Roofers	-	-	75	-	16	91
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	-	47	-	-	48	95
Carpenters	-	-	64	-	37	101
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	-	-	-	33	73	106
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	42	-	-	-	67	109
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	-	-	41	-	80	121
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	115	-	-	-	143	258
Construction laborers	-	-	85	-	174	259
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	661	-	-	-	179	840

Chart 20. Number of fatal work injuries by state, 2017
State	Count
Alabama	83
Alaska	33
Arizona	90
Arkansas	76
California	376
Colorado	77
Connecticut	35
Delaware	10
District of Columbia	13
Florida	299
Georgia	194
Hawaii	20
Idaho	37
Illinois	163
Indiana	138
Iowa	72
Kansas	72
Kentucky	70
Louisiana	117
Maine	18
Maryland	87
Massachusetts	108
Michigan	153
Minnesota	101
Mississippi	90
Missouri	125
Montana	32
Nebraska	35
Nevada	32
New Hampshire	11
New Jersey	69
New Mexico	44
New York	313
North Carolina	183
North Dakota	38
Ohio	174
Oklahoma	91
Oregon	60
Pennsylvania	172
Rhode Island	8
South Carolina	88
South Dakota	30
Tennessee	128
Texas	534
Utah	43
Vermont	22
Virginia	118
Washington	84
West Virginia	51
Wisconsin	106
Wyoming	20

Chart 21. Sources of data on fatal work injuries, 2017
Name of source document	Number of documents
State follow-up	238
Other government	671
Police	1,051
State workers' compensation	1,265
Toxicology	1,401
OSHA	1,886
News media	3,304
Coroner/Medical examiner/Autopsy	3,400
Death certificate	4,987
All other	5,238

Last Modified Date: December 18, 2018