Fatal work injuries totaled 103 in 2023 for Arizona, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Arizona was unchanged from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 118 in 2000 to a low of 55 in 1993. Nationwide, a total of 5,283 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2023, a 3.7-percent decrease from 5,486 in 2022, 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, Arizona, 2014–23

Year	Total	Wage and salary	Self-employed
2014	88	82	6
2015	69	60	9
2016	77	66	11
2017	90	81	9
2018	82	71	11
2019	94	80	14
2020	97	85	12
2021	67	63	4
2022	103	94	9
2023	103	84	19
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Transportation incidents (42) were the most frequent type of fatal event in Arizona, accounting for 41 percent of all fatal work injuries in the state. Nationally the share was 37 percent. (See chart 2 and table 1.)

• Falls, slips, and trips (19) accounted for 18 percent of Arizona workplace fatalities; nationally the share was 17 percent.

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Chart 2. Percent distribution of total fatal occupational injuries by event, United States and Arizona, 2023

Event	United States	Arizona
Transportation incidents	37	41
Falls, slips, trips	17	18
Exposure to harmful substances, environments	16	16
Violent acts	14	15
All other	17	11
Note: Percents may not add to total due to rounding. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• The transportation and warehousing sector had the highest number of fatalities with 30. (See table 2.) Transportation incidents resulted in 25 of the 30 transportation and warehousing sector fatalities. The truck transportation subsector accounted for 24 of the sector’s fatal workplace injuries.

• The construction sector had 26 fatalities. Falls, slips, and trips and exposure to harmful substances or environments each resulted in 9 construction sector fatalities. The specialty trade contractors subsector accounted for 16 of the sector’s workplace fatalities.

• The transportation and material moving occupational group had the highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 32. (See table 3.) Transportation incidents resulted in 27 of the group’s fatalities.

• The construction and extraction occupational group had 24 fatal work injuries. Construction trades workers accounted for 19 of the group’s fatal workplace injuries.

• Hispanic or Latino workers accounted for 47 percent of those who died from a workplace injury. (See chart 1 and table 4.) Nationwide, this group accounted for 24 percent of work-related deaths.

• Wage and salary workers accounted for 82 percent of workplace fatalities in Arizona; the self-employed comprised the remaining 18 percent. Nationally, wage and salary workers comprised 83 percent of fatalities.

• Males accounted for 94 percent of the work-related fatalities in Arizona; nationally, they accounted for 91 percent of fatalities.

• Workers 25-54 years old accounted for 68 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities, compared to 57 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally.

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. For technical information and definitions for the CFOI, see the national CFOI release Technical notes, the BLS Handbook of Methods, and the CFOI definitions.

Acknowledgments. BLS thanks the Industrial Commission of Arizona 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 nationally. See the national CFOI release Technical Notes for details on cooperating entities.

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