Number of fatal work injuries, 19922010

Number of fatal work injuries

7,000
6,217 6,331 6,632 6,275 6,202 6,238 6,055 6,054

6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0

5,920 5,915 5,534 5,575

5,764 5,734

5,840 5,657 5,214 4,551 4,690

The 2010 total of 4,690 fatal work injuries represents a 3 percent increase from the 4,551 fatal work injuries reported for 2009.

NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Rate of fatal work injuries, 20062010

Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 5 4.2 4 3 2 1 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 The rate of fatal work injuries in 2010 was 3.6 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, up from 3.5 in 2009. 4.0 3.7

3.5

3.6

Rate = (Fatal work injuries/Total hours worked by all workers) x 200,000,000 where 200,000,000 = base for 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTEs) working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year. The total hours worked figures are annual average estimates of total at work multiplied by average hours for civilians, 16 years of age and older, from the Current Population Survey (CPS). In 2008, CFOI implemented a new methodology, using hours worked for fatal work injury rate calculations rather than employment. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Census Bureau, 2012.

Number of fatal work injuries, by State, 2010

WA 104 MT 36 ID 33 ND 30 SD 36 NE 54 NV 38 CA 326 AZ 77 UT 41 CO 85 KS 85 OK 94 IA 77 MO 106 AR 88 LA 111 MN 70 VT 12 MI 146 IL 206 IN 118 KY 69 OH 161 PA 221 WV 95 VA 107 NC 139 SC 69 NH 6 ME 20 MA 54 NJ CT 49 DE 81 8 MD 71 DC 16 RI 9

OR 47

WY 33

WI 91 NY 182

NM 38 TX 461

TN 138 MS 68 AL 92

GA 108

Decreased in 2010 FL 225 Increased in 2010 No change in 2010

AK 39 HI 19

Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia had more fatal injuries in 2010 than in 2009. Twenty states had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2010 compared to 2009. New Hampshire and Vermont had the same number of fatal injuries in 2010 as in 2009.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Manner in which fatal work injuries occurred, 2010

Exposure to harmful Fires and explosions (4%) substances or environments (9%) Total = 4,690

Falls (14%) Fall to lower level (11%)

Highway incidents (22%) Transportation incidents (40%)

Contact with objects and equipment (16%)

Struck by object (9%)

Homicides (11%) Assaults and violent acts (18%)

More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event. Highway incidents alone accounted for more than one out of every five fatal work injuries in 2010.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Difference in fatal work injury counts, by event, 20092010

2009 Level

ALL EVENTS Fires and explosions Transportation incidents Exposure to harmful substances or environments Falls Contact with objects and equipment Assaults and violent acts -20 -3 -5 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 1 10 62 78

139

2010 Total = 4,690 2009 Total = 4,551

140

160

Change in fatal events from 2009 level Fires and explosions, transportation incidents, exposure to harmful substances or environments, and falls increased from 2009 to 2010. Contact with objects and equipment and assaults and violent acts decreased in 2010 compared to 2009.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Four most frequent work-related fatal injury events, 19922010

Number of fatal work injuries
1,600 1,414 1,365 1,409 1,373 1,353 1,398 1,437 1,356 1,215

1,400 1,343 1,346 1,346 1,242 1,080 1,158 1,036 1,074 1,044 927 1,393

1,496 1,442

1,200

1,044 985

1,000

860

810

822

800

600

400

714 721 734 719 696 651 651 643 600 618 632 706 602 677 609 591 585 571 582 579 559 557 565 553 547 505 531 520 665 691 716

770

827 847 700

607 589 567 540

628 526 504 520

645 646

542 518 420 404

200

0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Highway incidents Homicides Falls Struck by object

Workplace homicides have declined by 52 percent since 1994. Fatal work-related highway incidents have decreased by about 30 percent since 1999.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Work-related fatal falls, by type of fall, 2010

From floor, dock, or ground level (2%) From building girders or other structural steel (4%) Down stairs or steps (5%) From scaffold, staging (7%)

Other or unknown (17%)

Total = 646 From ladder (20%)

From roof (18%) From nonmoving vehicle (12%)

On same level (15%)

Of the 646 fatal falls in 2010, nearly two-fifths involved falls from ladders or roofs.

NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Selected fatal work-related transportation events, excluding highway, 19922010

Number of fatal work injuries 500 436 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Nonhighway Pedestrian Aircraft Railway Water vehicle 66 109 60 45 353 346 280 276 152

Fatal work-related injuries involving aircraft and water vehicle transportation decreased in 2010, while nonhighway, pedestrian, and railway fatal injuries increased.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2010

Total workers = 401 Other (12%) Highway incidents (24%) Homicides (17%) Transportation incidents (50%)

Fires and explosions (20%)

Aircraft incidents (20%)

All other transportation incidents (5%) Transportation incidents accounted for half of the workers killed in multiple-fatality incidents. Fires and explosions accounted for another fifth of the multiple-fatality incidents.

NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2010

Women (8%)

Women (44%)

Men (92%)

Men (56%)

Fatal work injuries = 4,690

Hours worked = 255,947,640,000

A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2010.

SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2012.

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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2010

Highway incidents Homicides Contact with objects and equipment Falls Exposure to harmful substances or environments Fires and explosions 0 5 4% 2% 9% 10% 17% 14% 13% 8%

22%

27% 26%

4%

Men = 4,322 Women = 368

10 15 20 25 Percent of fatal work injuries within gender

30

A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving women resulted from highway incidents and homicides compared to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving men resulted from contact with objects and equipment and fires and explosions.
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SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Number of work-related homicides, by gender of decedent, 19972010

Number of homicides 1,000 860 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Men Women 715 550 525 543 515 473 513 460 469 420 515 428 459 423 145 714 164 651 126 677 134 643 609 128 136

632 119

559 99

567 98

628 540 120 113 526 98 542 83 518 95

Workplace homicides incurred by men were down by 8 percent in 2010, but workplace homicides to women increased by 14 percent.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2010

Number of fatal work injuries 1,200 1,000 800 658 600 279 400 200 0 405 468 494 572 578 520 596 638 815 707 302 730 262 321 323 990 895 841 263 902 794 306 274 923 285 323

937 303 804 713 301 284 266 707

667

634

379

503

429

441

Foreign born

Native born

Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers continued to decrease in 2010 after reaching a series high in 2006. About three-fifths of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2010 were born outside of the United States.
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers, by country or region of birth, 2010

Canada (1%) Australia and Oceania (1%)

Caribbean (6%) South America (6%) Central America, except Mexico (10%)

Africa (4%)

Mexico (38%) Total = 798

Europe (13%) Asia (21%)

Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (38 percent) of foreign-born workers who died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2010.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2010

Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 16 to 17 years 18 to 19 years 20 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and older All worker fatal work injury rate = 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.9 11.9

4.7

Fatal work injury rates for workers 55 years of age and older were higher than the overall U.S. rate, and the rate for workers 65 years of age and older was more than 3 times the rate for all workers.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2010

Construction Transportation and warehousing Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Government Professional and business services Manufacturing Retail trade Leisure and hospitality Other services (exc. public admin.) Wholesale trade Mining Educational and health services Financial activities Information Utilities 900 600 300 774 661 621 484 364 329 311 238 192 191 172 171 113 43 26 0 0.9 1.3 1.5 2.8 30 20 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 10 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.3 3.0 4.9 19.8 Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6 9.8 13.7 27.9

Number of fatal work injuries

Construction had the highest number of fatal injuries in 2010. The agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.
NOTE: All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 16 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining industry, 20032010

Number of fatal work injuries 250 192 183 141 56 152 54 159 61 99 31 50 85 98 98 125 122 120 68 107 67 61 176 56 172 65

200

150

100

0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Oil and gas extraction industries All other mining

Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry increased by 74 percent in 2010, almost back to the 2008 level before the large decline in 2009. Fatalities in the oil and gas industry accounted for about three-fifths of the fatal work injuries in the mining sector in 2010.
NOTE: Oil and gas extraction industries include oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21111), drilling oil and gas wells (NAICS 213111), and support activities for oil and gas operations (NAICS 213112). 17 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major civilian occupation group, 2010
Transportation and material 1,160 moving Construction and extraction Service Management, business, and financial operations Installation, maintenance, and repair Professional and related Sales and related Farming, fishing, and forestry Production Office and administrative support 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 780 638 571 363 281 280 276 225 70 0 0.4 20 30 10 15 25 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 5 2.9 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.6 7.3 Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6 27.0 11.8 14.8

Number of fatal work injuries

Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2010, the highest fatal work injury rate among major occupational groups was for farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 18 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2010

Fishers and related fishing workers Logging workers Aircraft pilots and flight engineers Farmers and ranchers Mining machine operators Roofers Refuse and recyclable material collectors Driver/sales workers and 718 truck drivers Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers Police and sheriff's patrol officers 800 600 400 98 134 200 0 308 22 57 26 23.0 20.7 18.1 150 100 50 200 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6 38 60 78 42.5 37.0 32.4 29.8 70.6 93.5 152.0

Number of fatal work injuries

Fatal work injury rates were high for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight engineers in 2010.
NOTE: Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. The number of fatal work injuries represents total published fatal injuries before the exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology changes please see http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 19 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.