Fatal Occupational Injuries and Workers’ Memorial Day

Number and rate of fatal injury

Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2010
Year Number of fatal work injuries

1992

 6,217

1993

 6,331

1994

 6,632

1995

 6,275

1996

 6,202

1997

 6,238

1998

 6,055

1999

 6,054

2000

 5,920

2001

 5,915

2002

 5,534

2003

 5,575

2004

 5,764

2005

 5,734

2006

 5,840

2007

 5,657

2008

 5,214

2009

 4,551

2010

 4,690

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Four most frequent work-related fatal injury events, 1992–2010
Year Highway incidents Homicides Falls Struck by object

1992

 1,158 1,044 600 557

1993

 1,242 1,074 618 565

1994

 1,343 1,080 665 591

1995

 1,346 1,036 651 547

1996

 1,346 927 691 582

1997

 1,393 860 716 579

1998

 1,442 714 706 520

1999

 1,496 651 721 585

2000

 1,365 677 734 571

2001

 1,409 643 810 553

2002

 1,373 609 719 505

2003

 1,353 632 696 531

2004

 1,398 559 822 602

2005

 1,437 567 770 607

2006

 1,356 540 827 589

2007

 1,414 628 847 504

2008

 1,215 526 700 520

2009

 985 542 645 420

2010

 1,044 518 646 404

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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2010
Industry Count Rate

Construction

 774 9.8

Transportation and warehousing

 661 13.7

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

 621 27.9

Government

 484 2.2

Professional and business services

 364 2.6

Manufacturing

 329 2.3

Retail trade

 311 2.2

Leisure and hospitality

 238 2.3

Other services (exc. Public administration)

 192 3.0

Wholesale trade

 191 4.9

Mining

 172 19.8

Educational and health services

 171 0.9

Financial activities

 113 1.3

Information

 43 1.5

Utilities

 26 2.8

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Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2010
Occupation Count Rate

Fishers and related fishing workers

 38 152.0

Logging workers

 60 93.5

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

 78 70.6

Farmers and ranchers

 308 42.5

Mining machine operators

 22 37.0

Roofers

 57 32.4

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

 26 29.8

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 718 23.0

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 98 20.7

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

 134 18.1

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Number of fatal work injuries, by state, 2010
2010 2009 Net change

Alabama

 92 75 17

Alaska

 39 17 22

Arizona

 77 76 1

Arkansas

 88 75 13

California

 326 409 -83

Colorado

 85 83 2

Connecticut

 49 34 15

Delaware

 8 7 1

District of Columbia

 16 11 5

Florida

 225 245 -20

Georgia

 108 110 -2

Hawaii

 19 13 6

Idaho

 33 27 6

Illinois

 206 158 48

Indiana

 118 125 -7

Iowa

 77 80 -3

Kansas

 85 76 9

Kentucky

 69 101 -32

Louisiana

 111 140 -29

Maine

 20 16 4

Maryland

 71 65 6

Massachusetts

 54 64 -10

Michigan

 146 94 52

Minnesota

 70 61 9

Mississippi

 68 67 1

Missouri

 106 142 -36

Montana

 36 52 -16

Nebraska

 54 57 -3

Nevada

 38 24 14

New Hampshire

 6 6 0

New Jersey

 81 99 -18

New Mexico

 38 42 -4

New York State

 182 185 -3

North Carolina

 139 129 10

North Dakota

 30 25 5

Ohio

 161 137 24

Oklahoma

 94 82 12

Oregon

 47 66 -19

Pennsylvania

 221 168 53

Rhode Island

 9 7 2

South Carolina

 69 73 -4

South Dakota

 36 24 12

Tennessee

 138 111 27

Texas

 461 482 -21

Utah

 41 48 -7

Vermont

 12 12 0

Virginia

 107 119 -12

Washington

 104 76 28

West Virginia

 95 41 54

Wisconsin

 91 94 -3

Wyoming

 33 19 14

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