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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