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Fatal occupational injuries to foreign-born workers

December 26, 2018

A total of 5,147 workers died in 2017 from an injury at work. Of these, 927 (18 percent) were born outside of the United States.

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Number of fatal occupational injuries to foreign-born workers by country or region of birth, 2013–17
Region/country of birth	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Total	879	846	943	970	927
Mexico	360	340	415	362	355
Asia	153	154	141	183	176
Central America, excluding Mexico	127	95	106	129	154
Europe	95	94	96	100	85
Caribbean	51	65	68	87	63
Africa	48	44	47	33	33
South America	24	35	55	54	44

Workers from Mexico each year account for about 40 percent of workplace fatalities that occurred to foreign-born workers. Among the selected areas in 2017, the number of fatal workplace injuries increased from 2016 only for workers from Central America, excluding Mexico. Fatally injured workers in 2017 who were born abroad came from over 80 different countries.

These data are from the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program. To learn more, see “National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017.” We also have more charts on fatal work injuries. We have a table with more data on fatal work injuries to foreign-born workers.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Fatal occupational injuries to foreign-born workers at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/fatal-occupational-injuries-to-foreign-born-workers.htm (visited March 09, 2026).

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