August 29, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Fatal occupational injuries in 2010

Fatal occupational injuries by selected occupations, 2009–2010
Occupation	2009	2010 (p)
Total, all occupations	4,551	4,547
Transportation and material moving	1,059	1,115
Construction and extraction	838	760
Management	538	533
Installation, maintenance, and repair	326	351
Sales and related	290	274
Farming, fishing, and forestry	239	260
Protective service	244	258
Footnotes: (p) = preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Fatal occupational injuries in 2010.

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