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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Fatal work injuries totaled 106 in 2017 for Wisconsin, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Charlene Peiffer noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Wisconsin was little changed from the previous year. Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 138 in 1993 to a low of 77 in 2008. (See chart 1.)
Nationwide, a total of 5,147 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2017, down slightly from the 5,190 fatal injuries reported in 2016, according to the results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program.
Type of incidentIn Wisconsin, transportation incidents resulted in 35 fatal work injuries and accounted for 33 percent of all workplace fatalities in the state. (See table 1.) The number of worker deaths from transportation incidents decreased from 38 in the previous year.
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals resulted in 20 fatal work events in the state, down from 23 in 2016. Contact with objects or equipment also accounted for 20 fatal work injuries, up from 16 in the prior year.
Nationally, transportation incidents were the most frequent fatal workplace event in 2017, accounting for 40 percent of fatal work injuries. (See chart 2.) Falls, slips, or trips was the second-most frequent type of event (17 percent), followed by violence and other injuries by persons or animals (16 percent) and contact with objects and equipment (14 percent).
IndustryThe private agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting industry had the largest number of fatalities in Wisconsin with 24, up from 20 in the previous year. (See table 2.) Transportation incidents resulted in 10 of the 24 fatalities in the industry. The crop production sector accounted for one-half of the workplace fatalities in the agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting industry.
The private construction industry had 17 workplace fatalities, up from 12 in the previous year. The specialty trade contractors sector accounted for 14 of the 17 workplace fatalities in the construction industry. The manufacturing industry had 9 workplace fatalities, down from 12 in the previous year. Food product manufacturing accounted for 5, or 56 percent, of the fatalities within the manufacturing industry.
OccupationManagement occupations had the highest number of workplace fatalities with 27. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers accounted for 21 of the 27 workplace fatalities within the management occupational group. The transportation and material moving occupational group had the second-most number of fatal injuries with 17. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers accounted for 8 of the 17 fatalities among transportation and material moving workers. The construction and extraction occupational group had 15 worker deaths; construction trades workers suffered 13 fatal injuries within this group. (See table 3.)
Additional highlightsMen accounted for 92 percent of the work-related fatalities in Wisconsin, compared to the 93-percent national share. (See table 4.) Transportation incidents made up 33 percent of the fatalities for men in Wisconsin.
White non-Hispanics accounted for 87 percent of those who died from a workplace injury. Nationwide, this group accounted for 67 percent of work-related deaths.
Workers 25-54 years old accounted for 44 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities in 2017, compared to 55 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally.
Of the 106 fatally-injured workers in Wisconsin, 62 percent worked for wages and salaries; the remainder were self-employed. The most frequent fatal event for both groups of workers was transportation incidents.
Background of the program. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, compiles a count of all fatal work injuries occurring in the U.S. during the calendar year. The CFOI program uses diverse state, federal, and independent data sources to identify, verify, and describe fatal work injuries. This ensures counts are as complete and accurate as possible. For the 2017 national data, over 23,400 unique source documents were reviewed as part of the data collection process. For technical information and definitions for CFOI, please go to the BLS Handbook of Methods on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/home.htm.
Federal/State agency coverage. The CFOI includes data for all fatal work injuries, even those that may be outside the scope of other agencies or regulatory coverage. Thus, any comparison between the BLS fatality census counts and those released by other agencies should take into account the different coverage requirements and definitions being used by each agency. More on the scope of CFOI can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/cfoiscope.htm and www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm.
Acknowledgments. BLS thanks the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene for their efforts in collecting accurate, comprehensive, and useful data on fatal work injuries. BLS also appreciates the efforts of all federal, state, local, and private sector entities that provided source documents used to identify fatal work injuries. Among these agencies are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; the National Transportation Safety Board; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Mine Safety and Health Administration; the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (Federal Employees' Compensation and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation divisions); the Federal Railroad Administration; the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; state vital statistics registrars, coroners, and medical examiners; state departments of health, labor, and industrial relations and workers' compensation agencies; state and local police departments; and state farm bureaus.
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Event or exposure (1) | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Number | Number | Percent | |
Total | 105 | 106 | 100 |
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals | 23 | 20 | 19 |
Intentional injury by person | 21 | 19 | 18 |
Homicides (Intentional injury by other person) | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Shooting by other person--intentional | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Suicides (Self-inflicted injury--intentional) | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Shooting--intentional self-harm | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Transportation incidents | 38 | 35 | 33 |
Pedestrian vehicular incident | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle | 22 | 21 | 20 |
Roadway collision with other vehicle | 12 | 14 | 13 |
Roadway collision--moving in same direction | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Roadway collision--moving in opposite directions, oncoming | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Roadway collision--moving perpendicularly | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Roadway noncollision incident | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicles | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Nonroadway noncollision incident | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Fires and explosions | -- | 7 | 7 |
Explosions | -- | 6 | 6 |
Dust explosion | -- | 5 | 5 |
Falls, slips, trips | 16 | 18 | 17 |
Falls to lower level | 12 | 15 | 14 |
Other fall to lower level | 8 | 13 | 12 |
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | -- | 1 | 1 |
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | -- | 4 | 4 |
Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Exposure to other harmful substances | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol--unintentional overdose | -- | 3 | 3 |
Contact with objects and equipment | 16 | 20 | 19 |
Struck by object or equipment | 12 | 19 | 18 |
Struck by powered vehicle--nontransport | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Struck by falling object or equipment--other than powered vehicle | 4 | 9 | 8 |
Struck by discharged or flying object | -- | 4 | 4 |
Footnotes: | |||
NOTE: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Industry (1) | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Number | Number | Percent | |
Total | 105 | 106 | 100 |
Private industry | 98 | 96 | 91 |
Natural resources and mining | 20 | 24 | 23 |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 20 | 24 | 23 |
Crop production | 9 | 12 | 11 |
Animal production and aquaculture | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Cattle ranching and farming | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Dairy cattle and milk production | 10 | 4 | 4 |
Construction | 12 | 17 | 16 |
Construction | 12 | 17 | 16 |
Specialty trade contractors | 10 | 14 | 13 |
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Roofing contractors | -- | 3 | 3 |
Building equipment contractors | -- | 5 | 5 |
Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors | -- | 3 | 3 |
Building finishing contractors | -- | 3 | 3 |
Drywall and insulation contractors | -- | 1 | 1 |
Residential drywall and insulation contractors | -- | 1 | 1 |
Manufacturing | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Manufacturing | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Food manufacturing | -- | 5 | 5 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 24 | 18 | 17 |
Wholesale trade | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Retail trade | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Transportation and warehousing | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Truck transportation | 7 | 7 | 7 |
General freight trucking | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Specialized freight trucking | -- | 4 | 4 |
Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, long-distance | -- | 3 | 3 |
Information | -- | -- | -- |
Information | -- | -- | -- |
Telecommunications | -- | -- | -- |
Wired telecommunications carriers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Financial activities | -- | 7 | 7 |
Finance and insurance | -- | -- | -- |
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities | -- | 1 | 1 |
Other financial investment activities | -- | 1 | 1 |
Investment advice | -- | 1 | 1 |
Real estate and rental and leasing | -- | 4 | 4 |
Real estate | -- | 4 | 4 |
Professional and business services | 15 | 7 | 7 |
Professional and technical services | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Legal services | -- | 1 | 1 |
Offices of lawyers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Administrative and waste services | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Administrative and support services | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Educational and health services | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Health care and social assistance | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Hospitals | -- | 3 | 3 |
General medical and surgical hospitals | -- | 3 | 3 |
Social assistance | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Vocational rehabilitation services | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Leisure and hospitality | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | -- | -- | -- |
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries | -- | 1 | 1 |
Spectator sports | -- | 1 | 1 |
Spectator sports | -- | 1 | 1 |
Accommodation and food services | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Other services, except public administration | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Other services, except public administration | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | -- | -- | -- |
Grantmaking and giving services | -- | 1 | 1 |
Grantmaking and giving services | -- | 1 | 1 |
Voluntary health organizations | -- | 1 | 1 |
Government (2) | 7 | 10 | 9 |
State government | -- | 5 | 5 |
Local government | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Footnotes: | |||
NOTE: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Occupation (1) | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Number | Number | Percent | |
Total | 105 | 106 | 100 |
Management occupations | 17 | 27 | 25 |
Other management occupations | 15 | 25 | 24 |
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers | 12 | 21 | 20 |
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers | 12 | 21 | 20 |
Business and financial operations occupations | 5 | -- | -- |
Business operations specialists | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fundraisers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Fundraisers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Legal occupations | -- | 1 | 1 |
Lawyers, judges, and related workers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Lawyers and judicial law clerks | -- | 1 | 1 |
Lawyers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Education, training, and library occupations | 1 | -- | -- |
Other teachers and instructors | -- | 1 | 1 |
Self-enrichment education teachers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Self-enrichment education teachers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | -- | 1 | 1 |
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Athletes and sports competitors | -- | 1 | 1 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Health technologists and technicians | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | -- | 1 | 1 |
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | -- | 1 | 1 |
Protective service occupations | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Office and administrative support occupations | -- | 4 | 4 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Forest, conservation, and logging workers | -- | -- | -- |
Logging workers | -- | -- | -- |
Fallers | -- | 1 | 1 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Construction trades workers | 8 | 13 | 12 |
Electricians | -- | 3 | 3 |
Electricians | -- | 3 | 3 |
Roofers | -- | 3 | 3 |
Roofers | -- | 3 | 3 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Maintenance and repair workers, general | -- | 4 | 4 |
Maintenance and repair workers, general | -- | 4 | 4 |
Production occupations | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Other production occupations | -- | 5 | 5 |
Miscellaneous production workers | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 19 | 17 | 16 |
Motor vehicle operators | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers | 11 | 9 | 8 |
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Material moving workers | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Footnotes: | |||
NOTE: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Worker characteristics | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Number | Number | Percent | |
Total | 105 | 106 | 100 |
Employee status | |||
Wage and salary workers (1) | 67 | 66 | 62 |
Self-employed (2) | 38 | 40 | 38 |
Gender | |||
Men | 89 | 97 | 92 |
Women | 16 | 9 | 8 |
Age (3) | |||
20 to 24 years | 5 | 6 | 6 |
25 to 34 years | 19 | 15 | 14 |
35 to 44 years | 12 | 16 | 15 |
45 to 54 years | 21 | 16 | 15 |
55 to 64 years | 20 | 24 | 23 |
65 years and over | 23 | 29 | 27 |
Race or ethnic origin (4) | |||
White (non-Hispanic) | 90 | 92 | 87 |
Black or African-American (non-Hispanic) | 9 | 4 | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Asian (non-Hispanic) | -- | 3 | 3 |
Footnotes: | |||
NOTE: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. CFOI fatality counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Last Modified Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019