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).

Fatal event or exposure

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).

Industry

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.

Occupation

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.

Additional highlights

• 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.

Technical Note

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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Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, Georgia, 2021–22

Event or exposure (1)	2021	2022
	Number	Number	Percent
Total	187	209	100
Violence and other injuries by persons or animals	37	38	18
Intentional injury by person	36	37	18
Homicides--Intentional injury by other person	30	33	16
Shooting by other person--intentional	25	32	15
Transportation incidents	76	88	42
Pedestrian vehicular incident	16	10	5
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle	40	66	32
Roadway collision with other vehicle	29	42	20
Roadway collision--moving in same direction	9	14	7
Roadway collision--moving in opposite directions, oncoming	7	17	8
Roadway collision with object other than vehicle	6	19	9
Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway	6	17	8
Fires and explosions	--	--	--
Falls, slips, trips	22	30	14
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	31	20	10
Contact with objects and equipment	--	28	13
Struck by object or equipment	--	22	11
Overexertion and bodily reaction	--	--	--
Footnotes: (1) Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.
NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries by industry, Georgia, 2021–22

Industry (1)	2021	2022
	Number	Number	Percent
Total	187	209	100
Private Industry (2)	171	187	89
Goods producing	--	--	--
Natural resources and mining	--	3	1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	11	3	1
Construction	40	34	16
Construction	40	34	16
Specialty trade contractors	27	21	10
Manufacturing	9	16	8
Service providing (3)	--	--	--
Trade, transportation, and utilities	--	77	37
Wholesale trade	7	7	3
Retail trade	13	15	7
Transportation and warehousing	33	55	26
Truck transportation	17	42	20
General freight trucking	12	27	13
Information	1	--	--
Financial activities	3	5	2
Professional and business services	--	34	16
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	18	30	14
Administrative and support services	--	27	13
Services to buildings and dwellings	--	20	10
Landscaping services	--	17	8
Educational and health services	--	--	--
Leisure and hospitality	9	--	--
Other services, except public administration	13	6	3
Public administration	--	--	--
Government (4)	16	--	--
Federal government	--	8	4
State government	--	3	1
Local government	12	10	5
Footnotes: (1) CFOI has used several versions of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) since 2003 to define industry. For complete information on the version of NAICS used in this year, see our concepts page at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm#industry. (2) Cases where ownership is unknown are included in private industry counts. (3) Cases where industry is unknown are included in the service sector counts. (4) Includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Cases classified as foreign government and other government are included in all government counts, but not displayed separately.
NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries by occupation, Georgia, 2021–22

Occupation (1)	2021	2022
	Number	Number	Percent
Total	187	209	100
Management occupations	14	6	3
Business and financial operations occupations	--	--	--
Computer and mathematical occupations	--	--	--
Architecture and engineering occupations	--	--	--
Life, physical, and social science occupations	--	--	--
Community and social service occupations	--	--	--
Legal occupations	--	--	--
Educational instruction and library occupations	--	--	--
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	--	--	--
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	4	1	0
Healthcare support occupations	--	--	--
Protective service occupations	13	19	9
Food preparation and serving related occupations	4	3	1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	19	18	9
Grounds maintenance workers	12	11	5
Personal care and service occupations	--	--	--
Sales and related occupations	12	11	5
Office and administrative support occupations	--	--	--
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3	--	--
Construction and extraction occupations	38	36	17
Construction trades workers	32	27	13
Construction laborers	9	11	5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	13	16	8
Production occupations	9	8	4
Transportation and material moving occupations	49	77	37
Motor vehicle operators	32	59	28
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	--	54	26
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	--	50	24
Material moving workers	11	14	7
Footnotes: (1) CFOI has used several versions of the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) system since 2003 to define occupation. For complete information on the version of SOC used in these years, see our definitions page at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm#occupation. Cases where occupation is unknown are included in the total.
NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.

Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries by selected demographic characteristics, Georgia, 2021–22

Worker characteristics	2021	2022
	Number	Number	Percent
Total	187	209	100
Employee status
Wage and salary workers (1)	150	165	79
Self-employed (2)	37	44	21
Gender
Men	157	194	93
Women	30	15	7
Age (3)
20 to 24 years	21	13	6
25 to 34 years	32	42	20
35 to 44 years	29	47	22
45 to 54 years	50	39	19
55 to 64 years	28	39	19
65 years and over	23	24	11
Race or ethnic origin (4)
White, non-Hispanic	101	108	52
Black or African-American, non-Hispanic	45	57	27
Hispanic or Latino	27	36	17
Asian, non-Hispanic	12	5	2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	--	--	--
Footnotes: (1) May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation. Cases where employment status is unknown are included in the counts of wage and salary workers. (2) Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members of partnerships. (3) Information may not be available for all age groups. (4) Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos. Cases where ethnicity is unknown are included in counts of non-Hispanic workers.
NOTE: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.