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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
TABLE A-7. Fatal occupational injuries by worker characteristics and event or exposure, all United States, 2017
Worker characteristicsTotal fatal injuries (number)Event or exposure(1)
Transportation incidents(2)Violence and other injuries by persons or animal(3)Contact with objects and equipmentFalls, slips, tripsExposure to harmful substances or environmentsFires and explosions

Total

5,1472,077807695887531123

Employee status

Wage and salary(4)

4,0691,71759849369244698

Self-employed(5)

1,0783602092021958525

Gender

Women

3861521092154366

Men

4,7611,925698674833495117

Age

Under 16 years

15733---

16 to 17 years

73--11-

18 to 19 years

6231108-74

20 to 24 years

2931166435234213

25 to 34 years

87233016510111314221

35 to 44 years

90735515912211113718

45 to 54 years

1,05942716914917610526

55 to 64 years

1,1554921581512438022

65 years and over

775314771262171718

Race or ethnic origin(6)

White, non-Hispanic

3,4491,40548649556738196

Black or African-American, non-Hispanic

5302451364550389

Hispanic or Latino

9033251031362319116

American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic

38176-94-

Asian, non-Hispanic

144485411209-

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic

1747-3--

Footnotes
(1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.
(2) Includes roadway, nonroadway, air, water, rail fatal occupational injuries, and fatal occupational injuries resulting from being struck by a vehicle.
(3) Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injury, and attacks by animals.
(4) May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation.
(5) Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members of partnerships.
(6) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos.

Note: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state, New York City, District of Columbia, and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2018