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Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries for selected occupations, 2019-23 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | | | | | ___________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ | | | | | Total(1) | 5,333 | 4,764 | 5,190 | 5,486 | 5,283 | | | | | Occupation (SOC)(2) | | | | | Management occupations | 380 | 361 | 323 | 342 | 310 Business and financial operations occupations | 29 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 25 Computer and mathematical occupations | 15 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 Architecture and engineering occupations | 43 | 31 | 29 | 41 | 37 Life, physical, and social science occupations | 15 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 28 Community and social services occupations | 31 | 26 | 40 | 19 | 25 Legal occupations | 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 Educational instruction and library occupations | 24 | 13 | 16 | 28 | 38 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and | | | | | media occupations | 40 | 36 | 45 | 49 | 47 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations| 56 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 59 Healthcare support occupations | 38 | 44 | 32 | 38 | 41 Protective service occupations | 231 | 229 | 302 | 335 | 276 Fire fighting and prevention workers | 24 | - | - | - | - Law enforcement workers | 97 | 115 | - | - | 97 Food preparation and serving related occupations | 99 | 82 | 101 | 123 | 106 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance | | | | | occupations | 333 | 307 | 356 | 352 | 337 Building cleaning and pest control workers | 63 | 61 | 80 | 74 | 67 Grounds maintenance workers | 229 | 202 | 225 | 222 | 226 Personal care and service occupations | 61 | 58 | 64 | 61 | 61 Sales and related occupations | 240 | 200 | 200 | 212 | 219 Supervisors, sales workers | 99 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 58 Retail sales workers | 96 | 95 | 83 | 112 | 130 Office and administrative support occupations | 92 | 69 | 91 | 82 | 86 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 291 | 264 | 218 | 223 | 235 Agricultural workers | 183 | 148 | 133 | 146 | 147 Fishing and hunting workers | 44 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 19 Forest, conservation, and logging workers | 49 | 42 | 46 | 55 | 55 Construction and extraction occupations | 1,066 | 976 | 951 | 1,056 | 1,055 Supervisors of construction and | | | | | extraction workers | 136 | 88 | 117 | 113 | 113 Construction trades workers | 809 | 771 | 726 | 811 | 809 Extraction workers | 50 | 59 | 54 | 70 | 63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 438 | 393 | 475 | 431 | 443 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, | | | | | installers, and repairers | 155 | 135 | 152 | 140 | 163 Production occupations | 245 | 224 | 242 | 268 | 280 Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,481 | 1,282 | 1,523 | 1,620 | 1,495 Air transportation workers | 85 | 50 | 68 | 74 | 63 Motor vehicle operators | 1,091 | 933 | 1,103 | 1,198 | 1,090 Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 834 | 766 | 874 | 934 | 823 Material moving workers | 238 | 218 | 284 | 281 | 268 Military occupations(3) | 65 | - | - | - | - ______________________________________________________________________________________________|__________ 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 CFOI has used several versions of the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) system since 2003 to define occupation. For complete information on the version of SOC used in these years, see the CFOI definitions page. Cases where occupation is unknown are included in the total. 3 Includes fatal injuries to persons identified as resident armed forces regardless of individual occupation listed. 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