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There were 5,283 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2023, a 3.7-percent decrease from 5,486 in 2022. On average, a worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury in 2023.
Workers ages 55 to 64 continued to have the highest number of fatalities in 2023 with 1,089 (20.6 percent of total fatalities). Transportation incidents were the highest cause of fatalities for this age group (401), followed by falls, slips, and trips (226).
The fatal work injury rate for all workers in 2023 was 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 full-time workers, down from 3.7 in 2022.
United States Department of Labor
