Fatal work injuries totaled 209 in 2022 for Georgia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Georgia was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 249 in 1994 to a low of 101 in 2012. Nationwide, a total of 5,486 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021, according to the results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).

  

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Chart 1. Number of fatal occupational injuries by employee status, Georgia, 2013–22

Year	Total	Wage and salary	Self-employed
2013	117	102	15
2014	152	124	28
2015	180	138	42
2016	171	134	37
2017	194	158	36
2018	186	146	40
2019	207	156	51
2020	193	170	23
2021	187	150	37
2022	209	165	44

In Georgia, transportation incidents resulted in 88 fatal work injuries and accounted for 42 percent of all fatal workplace injuries in the state. (See chart 2 and table 1.) Worker deaths from transportation incidents were up from 76 over the year.

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals was the second-most frequent fatal work event with 38 fatalities. Fall, slips, and trips resulted in 30 fatalities, followed by contact with objects or equipment with 28.

Nationally, transportation incidents were the most frequent fatal event in 2022, accounting for 38 percent of fatal work injuries. Falls, slips, and trips were the second-most common fatal event (16 percent), followed by violence and other injuries by persons or animals along with exposure to harmful substances or environments (15 percent each).

  

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Chart 2. Percent distribution of total fatal occupational injuries by event, United States and Georgia, 2022

Event	United States	Georgia
Transportation incidents	38	42
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	15	18
Falls, slips, trips	16	14
Contact with objects and equipment	13	13
All other	18	12

The private transportation and warehousing industry sector had the highest number of fatalities in Georgia with 55, up from 33 in the previous year. (See table 2.) Transportation incidents resulted in 40 of the 55 fatalities in the industry. The general freight trucking industry group accounted for 27, or 49 percent, of the 55 fatal workplace injuries in the transportation and warehousing industry.

The private construction industry sector had 34 fatal workplace injuries, down from 40 in the previous year. The specialty trade contractors subsector accounted for 21, or 62 percent, of the fatal injuries in this industry.

The administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industry sector reported 30 fatal workplace injuries, up from 18 in the previous year. The landscaping services industry accounted for 17, or 57 percent, of these fatal injuries.

The transportation and material moving occupational group had the highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 77. (See table 3.) Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers accounted for 50 of the 77 fatalities among transportation and material moving workers. The construction and extraction occupational group had the second-highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 36. Construction laborers suffered 11 of the work-related deaths within the construction and extraction group.

• Men accounted for 93 percent of the work-related fatalities in Georgia, compared to the national rate of 92 percent. (See table 4.) Transportation incidents made up 43 percent of the fatalities for men in Georgia.
• White non-Hispanics accounted for 52 percent of those who died from a workplace injury. Nationwide, this group accounted for 58 percent of work-related deaths.
• Workers 25-54 years old accounted for 61 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities in 2022, compared to 57 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally.
• Of the 209 fatal work injuries in Georgia, 79 percent worked for wages and salaries; the remainder were self-employed. Transportation incidents were the most frequent fatal event for wage and salary workers and for self-employed workers.

Background of the program. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, is a count of all fatalities resulting from workplace injuries occurring in the U.S. during the calendar year. The CFOI uses a variety of 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 2022 national data, over 27,200 unique source documents were reviewed as part of the data collection process. For technical information and definitions for the CFOI, see the BLS Handbook of Methods and the CFOI definitions.

Federal/State agency coverage. The CFOI includes data for all fatal work injuries, some of which may be outside the scope of other agencies or regulatory coverage. Comparisons between CFOI counts and those released by other agencies should account for the different coverage requirements and definitions used by each agency. For more information on the scope of CFOI, see Scope of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: Concepts.

Latency Cases. Latent fatal occupational injury cases occur when the date of injury differs from the date of death. In some cases, the death occurs in a different year than the occupational injury and are known as cross-year latent cases. In 2022, there were 186 cases nationally where this occurred, and 157 of these latent cases occurred more than 30 days prior to the start of 2022. For more information on latent cases, see Understanding latency in fatal occupational injuries.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. CFOI reports fatal workplace injuries only. These may include fatal workplace injuries complicated by an illness such as COVID-19. Fatal workplace illnesses not precipitated by an injury are not in scope for CFOI. CFOI does not report any illness related information, including COVID-19. Additional information is available on the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, Compensation, Occupational Requirements, and Work Stoppages Statistics.

Acknowledgments. BLS 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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