September 26, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Fatal work injuries decrease in construction, increase in transportation and warehousing in 2011
Number of fatal occupation injuries and fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers), selected industries, 2010 and 2011
| Industry |
Number of fatal occupational injuries |
Fatal work injury rate
(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) |
| 2010 |
2011 |
2010 |
2011 |
Total |
4,690 |
4,609 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
Transportation and warehousing |
661 |
733 |
13.7 |
15.0 |
Construction |
774 |
721 |
9.8 |
8.9 |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting |
621 |
557 |
27.9 |
24.4 |
Government |
484 |
495 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
Professional and business services |
364 |
424 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
Manufacturing |
329 |
322 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
Retail trade |
311 |
266 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
Leisure and hospitality |
238 |
224 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
Wholesale trade |
191 |
189 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
Mining |
172 |
154 |
19.8 |
15.8 |
Utilities |
26 |
39 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Fatal work injuries decrease in construction, increase in transportation and warehousing in 2011.
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