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Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries for selected occupations, 2017-21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | | | | | ___________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ | | | | | Total(1) | 5,147 | 5,250 | 5,333 | 4,764 | 5,190 | | | | | Occupation (SOC)(2) | | | | | Management occupations | 396 | 387 | 380 | 361 | 323 Business and financial operations occupations | 29 | 38 | 29 | 23 | 27 Computer and mathematical occupations | 11 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 Architecture and engineering occupations | 23 | 30 | 43 | 31 | 29 Life, physical, and social science occupations | 13 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 10 Community and social services occupations | 37 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 40 Legal occupations | 11 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 11 Educational instruction and library occupations | 30 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 16 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and | | | | | media occupations | 47 | 71 | 40 | 36 | 45 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations| 57 | 65 | 56 | 51 | 57 Healthcare support occupations | 28 | 32 | 38 | 44 | 32 Protective service occupations | 266 | 270 | 231 | 229 | 302 Fire fighting and prevention workers | 35 | 33 | 24 | - | - Law enforcement workers | 117 | 127 | 97 | 115 | - Food preparation and serving related occupations | 89 | 100 | 99 | 82 | 101 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance | | | | | occupations | 326 | 350 | 333 | 307 | 356 Building cleaning and pest control workers | 68 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 80 Grounds maintenance workers | 191 | 225 | 229 | 202 | 225 Personal care and service occupations | 69 | 63 | 61 | 58 | 64 Sales and related occupations | 232 | 241 | 240 | 200 | 200 Supervisors, sales workers | 98 | 102 | 99 | 73 | 70 Retail sales workers | 89 | 99 | 96 | 95 | 83 Office and administrative support occupations | 101 | 69 | 92 | 69 | 91 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 264 | 262 | 291 | 264 | 218 Agricultural workers | 155 | 158 | 183 | 148 | 133 Fishing and hunting workers | 41 | 31 | 44 | 42 | 23 Forest, conservation, and logging workers | 57 | 57 | 49 | 42 | 46 Construction and extraction occupations | 965 | 1,003 | 1,066 | 976 | 951 Supervisors of construction and | | | | | extraction workers | 121 | 144 | 136 | 88 | 117 Construction trades workers | 747 | 731 | 809 | 771 | 726 Extraction workers | 41 | 64 | 50 | 59 | 54 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 414 | 420 | 438 | 393 | 475 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, | | | | | installers, and repairers | 143 | 152 | 155 | 135 | 152 Production occupations | 221 | 225 | 245 | 224 | 242 Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,443 | 1,443 | 1,481 | 1,282 | 1,523 Air transportation workers | 59 | 71 | 85 | 50 | 68 Motor vehicle operators | 1,084 | 1,044 | 1,091 | 933 | 1,103 Material moving workers | 235 | 255 | 238 | 218 | 284 Military occupations(3) | 72 | 82 | 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 our definitions page at https://www.bls.gov/iif/definitions/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries- definitions.htm. 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. 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