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Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2007
5,840
6,217
6,331
6,632
6,275 6,202 6,238
6,055 6,054 5,920
5,534 5,575
5,9155,764 5,734 5,657
4,800
5,200
5,600
6,000
6,400
6,800
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
The 2007 total of 5,657 work-related fatalities represented a three percent decrease from the 5,840 fatal work injuries reported for 2006.
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Rate of fatal work injuries, 1992–2007
5.2 5.2 5.3
4.5 4.54.3 4.3
4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8
4.9 4.84.8
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The rate of fatal work injuries in 2007 was 3.8 fatalities per 100,000 workers, lower than the rate for any year since the fatality census was first conducted in 1992.
Rate = (Fatal work injuries/Employment) x 100,000. Employment data, except for military, based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). Prior to 1999, resident military figure derived from Bureau of the Census data. From 1999 to the present, figure based on Department of Defense (DOD) figures. Fatalities to workers under 16 were not included in the rate calculation to maintain consistency with CPS data.NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, U.S. Bureau of the Census, and U.S. Department of Defense, 2009.
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NJ106
CT38
VT10
Number of fatal work injuries, by State, 2007
Increased in 2007
Decreased in 2007
Twenty-eight States had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2007 compared to 2006. Twenty-one States and the District of Columbia had more fatal injuries in 2007 than in 2006. Connecticut had the same number of fatal injuries in 2007 as in 2006.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
WA90
OR 69
NV71
CA461
NE63
KS101
OK104
ID31 WY
48
CO126
UT78
TX528
NM52
AZ97
HI23
AK30
AL108
MT54
MS93
TN154
KY112
OH165
IN127
MI120
IL185
WI104
ND25
SD22
MN72
IA89
MO156
AR89
LA139
DE10
ME21
NY220
PA220
WV61 VA
146
SC122
NC167
GA193
FL363
NH14
MA75RI5
MD82
No change in 2007
DC13
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Manner in which workplace fatalities occurred, 2007
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Highway (25%)
Transportation incidents (42%)
Contact with objects and equipment (16%)
Struckby object
( 9%)
Assaults and violent acts (15%)
Falls (15%)
Exposure to harmful substances or environments (9%)
Fires and explosions (3%)
Total fatalities = 5,657
More work-related fatalities resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event. Highway incidents alone accounted for one out of every four fatal work injuries in 2007.
Fall to lower level (13%)
Homicide (11%)
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-200 -175 -150 -125 -100 -75 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100
Contact with objects and equipment
Fires and explosions
Transportation incidents
Assaults and violent acts
Falls
Exposure to harmful substances or environments
Change in fatal events from 2006 level
Difference in workplace fatality counts, by event, 2006–072006 Level
ALL EVENTS
2006 Total = 5,840
2007 Total = 5,657
-108
-73
-183
-50
20
76
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Fatal work injuries resulting from transportation incidents, contact with objects and equipment, exposure to harmful substances or environments, and fires and explosions all decreased in 2007. Fatal work injuries resulting from falls and assaults and violent acts increased in 2007 from 2006 levels.
-50
6
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Highway incidents Homicides Falls Struck by object
Four most frequent work-related fatal events, 1992–2007Number of fatalities
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Workplace homicides have declined over 40 percent since 1994, while fatal falls have trended higher. For the first time since 2003, homicides outnumbered struck by object fatalities as the third most frequent fatal event in 2007.
1,1581,242
1,343 1,346
1,346
1,3931,442
1,496
1,365
1,409
1,373 1,353
1,398
1,356
1,437
1,044
1,074 1,0801,036
927860
714
609
632
559 567 540
600 618 665 651 691
716 706
721734
810719
696
822 827770
557 565 591 547 582 579520
585 571 553 505 531
602 607 589651 677
628
504
643
847
1,414
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From nonmoving vehicle
11%
O n same level10%
From floor, dock, or ground level
6%
From building girders or structural steel
5%
Down stairs or steps3%
From roof19%
From ladder16%
O ther or unknown20%
From scaffold, staging11%
Falls, by type of fall, 2007
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Total falls = 847
Of the 847 fatal falls in 2007, over one-third involved falls from roofs or ladders.
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Employment and fatalities, by gender of worker, 2007
54%46%
Employment = 147,215,000 Fatalities = 5,657
92%
8%
MenMen
Women Women
Men continued to record a disproportionate share of fatalities relative to their employment in 2007.
SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and U.S. Department of Defense, 2009.
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1
5
5
11
26
31
3
17
9
15
10
25
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2007
Highway incidents
Homicides
Falls
Exposure to harmful substances or
environments
Contact with objects and equipment
Fires and explosions
Percent of fatalities within gender
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
A higher percentage of fatal work injuries to women resulted from highway incidents and homicides than to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries to men resulted from falls, exposure to harmful substances and environments, contact with objects and equipment, and fires and explosions.
Men = 5,228 Women = 429
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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1992-2007
275320 336 342 371 379 405
468 494572 578
520596 638 667 634
323 263274
306285
323303
258
314 288 277 267 279302
262321
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Foreign-born Native-born
533
634 624 619 638 658707 730
815
895841
794
NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers decreased in 2007 after reaching a series high in 2006. More than two-thirds of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2007 were born outside of the United States.
902
990923 937
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Fatal occupational injuries to foreign-born workers, by region of origin, 2007
Mexico (44%)
Central America, except Mexico (11%)
Canada (1%)
Total workers = 1,009
NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Europe (9%)
Asia (19%)
Caribbean (7%)
South America (5%)
Africa (3%)Australia and Oceania (0.5%)
Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (44 percent) of foreign-born workers who died at work in the United States.
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0.9
4.14.6
10.2
3.43.12.6 3.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
16 to 17years
18 to 19years
20 to 24years
25 to 34years
35 to 44years
45 to 54years
55 to 64years
65 yearsand over
Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2007
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Fatal work injury rates for workers 45 years of age and over were higher than the overall U.S. rate, but workers 44 years of age and under had lower rates.
All worker fatality rate = 3.8
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Manufacturing
Other services (exc. public admin.)
Professional and business services
Utilities
Wholesale trade
Leisure and hospitality
Government
Construction
Mining
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Transportation and warehousing
Retail trade
Information
Educational and health services
Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2007
10 20 30 4002507501,250
175
348
207
400
260
476
545
585
890
1,204
79
183
149
119
34
10.5
16.9
27.9
2.5
3.1
2.5
2.1
2.2
4.7
25.1
2.5
0.7
1.2
4.0
2.3
Financial activities
Fatality rate(per 100,000 employed)Number of fatalities
5001,0001,500
Total fatalities = 5,657
All worker fatality rate = 3.8
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Although construction had the highest number of fatal injuries in 2007, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting and mining had the highest fatality rates.
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0
50
100
150
200
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Oil and gas extraction industries All other mining
141152
56
85
54
98
Fatal occupational injuries in the private mining industry, 2003–07Number of fatalities
192
67
125
NOTE: Oil and gas extraction industries includes NAICS 211 (oil and gas extraction), NAICS 213111 (drilling oil and gas wells), and NAICS 213112 (support activities for oil and gas operations).SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry declined in 2007, led by a 40 percent decrease in coal mining fatalities (from 47 in 2006 to 28 in 2007). Oil and gas industry fatalities accounted for two-thirds of the fatal work injuries in mining in 2007.
159
61
98
183
61
122
15
20 25 30152505007501,0001,250 01,500 10
Service
Office and administrative support
Sales and related
Installation, maintenance, and repair
Transportation and material moving
Construction and extraction
Professional and related
Production
1,503
1,172
739
380
327
266
254
134
Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major occupation group, 2007
17.1
12.3
3.1
2.6
7.2
2.0
2.8
0.8
0.7
5
Management, business, and financial 556
258 25.4Farming, forestry, and fishing
Fatality rate(per 100,000 employed)Number of fatalities
Total fatalities = 5,657
All worker fatality rate = 3.8
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2007, the highest fatality rate among major occupational groups was for farming, fishing, and forestry.
64 5.5Military
16
100 0 400 800
18
976
30
79
293
40
76
38
Selected occupations with high fatality rates, 2007
111.8
86.4
45.5
39.5
29.4
29.1
28.2
22.8
21.8
Logging workers
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Refuse and recyclablematerial collectors
Structural iron and steel workers
Farmers and ranchers
Electrical power-line installers and repairers
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Fishers and relatedfishing workers
Roofers
Fatality rate(per 100,000 employed) Number of fatalities
8770.7
50150 200 600
Total fatalities = 5,657
All worker fatality rate = 3.8
1,000
146
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Fatal work injury rates were highest for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight engineers in 2007.
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
17
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
2007
2006
Distribution of fatalities by selected occupations in the private construction industry, 2006–07
Percent of private construction fatalities
Construction laborers
Carpenters
Construction managers
First-line managers/ supervisors of construction
trades and extraction workersRoofers
Electricians
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
Painters, construction and maintenance
Total fatalities in 2007 = 1,204
Total fatalities in 2006 = 1,239
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2009.
Fatal work injuries involving construction laborers accounted for more than one out of every four private construction fatalities in both 2006 and 2007.
4%3%
4%
6%5%
6%
4%
7%8%
6%6%
6%
27%
8%
26%
9%
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