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Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries for selected events or exposures, 2017-21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | | | | | __________________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ | | | | | Total(1) | 5,147 | 5,250 | 5,333 | 4,764 | 5,190 | | | | | Event or exposure(2) | | | | | Violence and other injuries by persons or animals | 807 | 828 | 841 | 705 | 761 Intentional injury by person | 733 | 757 | 761 | 651 | 718 Homicides | 458 | 453 | 454 | 392 | 481 Shooting by other person—intentional | 351 | 351 | 363 | 304 | 387 Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing | 47 | 44 | 42 | 50 | 45 Suicides | 275 | 304 | 307 | 259 | 236 Transportation incidents | 2,077 | 2,080 | 2,122 | 1,778 | 1,982 Aircraft incidents | 126 | 133 | 152 | 80 | 100 Rail vehicle incidents | 48 | 48 | 47 | 32 | 33 Pedestrian vehicular incident | 313 | 325 | 341 | 330 | 337 Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone | 56 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 49 Water vehicle incident | 68 | 58 | 63 | 74 | 39 Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle | 1,299 | 1,276 | 1,270 | 1,038 | 1,253 Roadway collision with other vehicle | 663 | 677 | 729 | 537 | 649 Roadway collision moving in same direction | 189 | 183 | 194 | 142 | 184 Roadway collision moving in opposite | | | | | directions, oncoming | 214 | 243 | 258 | 198 | 218 Roadway collision moving perpendicularly | 149 | 141 | 153 | 106 | 129 Roadway collision with object other than vehicle| 377 | 373 | 325 | 302 | 319 Vehicle struck object or animal on side | | | | | of roadway | 348 | 345 | 301 | 275 | 283 Roadway noncollision incident | 252 | 222 | 212 | 196 | 279 Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway | 197 | 170 | 164 | 155 | 207 Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle | 209 | 225 | 236 | 206 | 201 Nonroadway noncollision incident | 166 | 164 | 193 | 167 | 153 Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | 111 | 105 | 128 | 101 | 100 Fire or explosion | 123 | 115 | 99 | 71 | 76 Fall, slip, trip | 887 | 791 | 880 | 805 | 850 Fall on same level | 151 | 154 | 146 | 136 | 145 Fall to lower level | 713 | 615 | 711 | 645 | 680 Fall from collapsing structure or equipment | 48 | 50 | 37 | 36 | 51 Fall through surface or existing opening | 85 | 83 | 95 | 63 | 77 Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 531 | 621 | 642 | 672 | 798 Exposure to electricity | 136 | 160 | 166 | 126 | 152 Exposure to temperature extremes | 38 | 60 | 53 | 62 | 43 Exposure to other harmful substances | 317 | 355 | 379 | 448 | 551 Inhalation of harmful substance | 43 | 42 | 59 | 50 | 72 Contact with objects and equipment | 695 | 786 | 732 | 716 | 705 Struck by object or equipment | 503 | 566 | 518 | 468 | 473 Struck by powered vehicle nontransport | 197 | 215 | 205 | 174 | 169 Struck by falling object or equipment | 237 | 278 | 241 | 217 | 227 Struck by discharged or flying object | 28 | 32 | 26 | 37 | 24 Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | 108 | 137 | 120 | 142 | 143 Caught in running equipment or machinery | 76 | 106 | 93 | 89 | 93 Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, | | | | | equipment, or material | 70 | 73 | 83 | 93 | 79 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification systems and definitions of many data elements have changed. See the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries -definitions.htm) for a more detailed description of each data element. 2 Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward. 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. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." 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