Fatal work injuries totaled 57 in 2023 for Nevada, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Nevada was down from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 71 in 2007 to a low of 24 in 2009. 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).

View Chart Data

Chart 1. Number of fatal occupational injuries by employee status, Nevada, 2014–23

Year	Total	Wage and salary	Self-employed
2014	40	34	6
2015	44	33	11
2016	54	42	12
2017	32	28	4
2018	39	32	7
2019	40	34	6
2020	37	32	5
2021	43	38	5
2022	60	55	5
2023	57	49	8
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Transportation incidents (17) were the most frequent type of fatal event in Nevada, accounting for 30 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 (11) accounted for 19 percent of Nevada workplace fatalities; nationally the share was 17 percent.

View Chart Data

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

Event	United States	Nevada
Transportation incidents	37	30
Falls, slips, trips	17	19
Exposure to harmful substances, environments	16	18
Contact incidents	15	14
All other	16	19
Note: Percents may not add to total due to rounding. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• The construction sector had eight fatalities. (See table 2.)
• Contact incidents and falls, slips, and trips each resulted in 3 of the 8 construction sector fatalities.
• The specialty trade contractors subsector accounted for six of the sector’s fatal workplace injuries.

• The transportation and material moving occupational group had the highest number of fatal workplace injuries with 13. (See table 3.)
• Transportation incidents resulted in seven of the transportation and material moving fatalities.
• Driver/sales workers and truck drivers accounted for six of the major group’s fatal workplace injuries.

• Wage and salary workers accounted for 86 percent of fatal workplace injuries in Nevada; the self-employed comprised the remaining 14 percent. (See chart 1 and table 4.) Nationally, wage and salary workers comprised 83 percent of fatalities.
• Workers 25-54 years old accounted for 63 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities, compared to 57 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally. Workers 55 years and older accounted for 28 percent of the state’s work-related fatalities in 2023, compared to 35 percent of on-the-job fatalities nationally.
• White non-Hispanics accounted for 53 percent of those who died from a workplace injury. Nationwide, this group accounted for 56 percent of work-related deaths.

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 Nevada Division of Industrial Relations 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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.