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Declining workplace fatalities in manufacturing, 2003–17
September 26, 2019
The number of fatal work injuries in the private manufacturing industry declined 28 percent, from 420 in 2003 to a low of 303 in 2017. Workers in the private manufacturing industry experienced a total of 5,480 fatal injuries between 2003 and 2017. The highest annual count of fatal injuries during this period was 463 in 2004. Since then, the number and rate of fatal injuries has declined.
Number and rate of fatal work injuries in private manufacturing, 2003–17
Year
Number of fatal work injuries
Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)
2003
420
2.5
2004
463
2.8
2005
393
2.4
2006
456
2.7
2007
400
2.4
2008
411
2.5
2009
319
2.3
2010
329
2.3
2011
327
2.2
2012
327
2.2
2013
312
2.1
2014
349
2.3
2015
353
2.3
2016
318
2.0
2017
303
1.9
Transportation incidents and contact with objects and equipment resulted in the largest number of fatal work injuries in manufacturing in 2017, with 79 fatal injuries each. These two categories accounted for about half of the 303 workplace fatalities in manufacturing in 2017.
United States Department of Labor
