number of fatal work injuries, 1992 2011 · number of fatal work injuries involving hispanic or...

6,217 6,3316,632

6,275

6,202

6,2386,055

6,054

5,920

5,915

5,534

5,5755,764 5,734 5,840

5,657

5,214

4,551

4,690 4,693

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Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2011

The 2011 total of 4,693 fatal work injuries represents a slight increase from the 4,690 fatal work injuries reported for 2010.

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, 2013.

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Number of fatal work injuries

Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2011

The rate of fatal work injuries in 2011 was 3.5 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, down from 3.6 in 2010.

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Fatal work injury rate(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)

4.24.0

3.73.5 3.6 3.5

0

1

2

3

4

5

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

NOTE: 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, 2013.

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AL(75)

AK(39)

AZ(69)

AR(93)

CA(390)

CO(92)

CT(37)

DE(10)

DC(9)

FL(226)

GA(111)

HI(26)

ID(37)

IL(177)

IN(125)

IA(93)

KS(78) KY

(93)

LA(111)

ME(26)

MD(71)

MA(68)MI

(141)

MN(60)

MS(63)

MO(132)

MT(49)

NE(39)

NV(38)

NH(9)

NJ(99)

NM(52)

NY(206)

NC(148)

ND(44)

OH(155)

OK(86)

OR(58)

PA(186)

RI(7)

SC(81)

SD(31)

TN(120)

TX(433)

UT(39)

VT(8)

VA(127)

WA(60)

WV(43)

WI(89)

WY(32)

Number of fatal work injuries, by state, 2011

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.

No Change in 2011Decreased in 2011Increased in 2011

Twenty-four states had more fatal injuries in 2011 than in 2010. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2011 compared to 2010. Four states saw no change between the two years.

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Total=4,693

More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event. Roadway incidents alone accounted for nearly one out of every four fatal work injuries in 2011.

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Fatal occupational injuries by major event, 2011

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.

Transportation incidents

41%

Roadway incidents

24%

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals 17%

Homicides10%

Contact with objectsand equipment

15%

Struck by object or equipment

10%

Falls, slips, trips15% Falls to lower level

12%

Exposure to harmful substances or environments

9%

Fires and explosions 3%

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10%11%

14%

12%

6%

8%

21%

18%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

Less than 6 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25 26 to 30 More than 30 Unspecified

Height of fall (in feet)

Percent of fatal falls to lower level

Fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2011

In 2011, falls to lower level accounted for 553 fatal work injuries. Of those cases where height of fall was known, 57 percent involved falls of 20 feet or less.

Total=553

5SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.


Fatal transportation incidents by type, 2011

Total=1,937

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.

Roadway incidents57%

Roadway collision with other vehicle

27%

Pedestrian vehicular incidents

16%

Nonroadway incidents 11%

Aircraft incidents

7%

Water vehicleincidents

4%

Rail vehicle incidents 3% Other 1%

Roadway incidents accounted for the greatest number of work-related transportation fatalities. Of these, 525 deaths resulted from a roadway collision with another vehicle. Pedestrian vehicular incidents constituted the second greatest number of transportation-related fatal injuries.

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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2011


See https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice11.htm. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

NOTE: Event data for 2011 are not comparable to prior years due to the implementation of the revised Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01.

Roadway incidents26%

Aircraft incidents

20%

All other transportation incidents

12%

Homicides14%

Fires and explosions10%

Other

17%

Transportation incidents accounted for nearly three out of five workers killed in multiple-fatality events. Homicides accounted for the second greatest number of workers lost in multiple-fatality incidents.

Total workers = 357

Transportation incidents (59%)

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Males (57%)

Females(43%)

Males (92%)

Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2011

A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2011.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2013.

Females (8%)

Hours worked = 258,293,285,000 Fatal work injuries = 4,693

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3%

9%

16%

15%

9%

23%

2%

6%

8%

14%

20%

27%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Females = 385

Males = 4,308

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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2011

Percent of fatal work injuries within gender

A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving women resulted from roadway incidents and homicides as compared to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving men resulted from contact with objects and equipment and exposure to harmful substances or environments.

Roadway incidents

Homicides

Falls, slips, trips

Exposure to harmful substances or

environments

Contact with objects and equipment

Fires and explosions





Work-related homicides by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2011

38%

14%

6% 6%

13%

22%

2%

12%12% 11%

27%

36%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Relative ordomestic partner

Student, patient,or customer/ client

Inmate, detainee,or suspect not yet

apprehended

Coworker or workassociate

Other assailant Robber

Females = 78

Males = 390

For women, assailants were most likely to be relatives. Of these, nearly all were spouses or domestic partners. Robbers were the most common type of work-related homicide assailant for men and the second-most common for women.

10SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.




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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2011

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, 2013.

Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers increased in 2011 after four consecutive years of decline. Sixty-eight percent of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2011 were born outside of the United States.

379 405468 494

572 578520

596 638 667 634503

429 441512

279302

262321

323 263274

306285

323303

301

284 266237

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Foreign born Native born

658707 730

815

895841

794

902

990923 937

804

713


707749

Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers, by country or region of birth, 2011

Total= 843

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Mexico41%

Asia18%

Central America, except Mexico

11%

Europe10%

Caribbean

10%

South America

4%

Africa3%

Canada2%

Australia and Oceania

1%

Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (41 percent) of foreign-born workers who died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2011.

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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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.

3.0

2.5 2.4

2.93.8

4.4

11.0

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4.0

6.0

8.0

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12.0

18 to 19years

20 to 24years

25 to 34years

35 to 44years

45 to 54years

55 to 64years

65 years andolder

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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2011

Fatal work injury rates for workers 45 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.

All worker fatal work injury rate = 3.5



Utilities

Information

Financial activities

Educational and health services

Mining

Other services (exc. public admin.)

Wholesale trade

Leisure and hospitality

Retail trade

Manufacturing

Professional and business services

Government

Construction

Transportation and warehousing

750 0 30

0.8

1.1

1.9

1.9

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.9

3.0

4.2

4.9

9.1

15.3

15.9

24.9

738

566

505

433

327

268

231

190

183

155

154

98

56

39

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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2011

Transportation and warehousing surpassed construction in having the highest number of fatal injuries in 2011. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.

Total fatal work injuries = 4,693

All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.5

10 20250500

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749


Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting


1%

2%

3%

3%

5%

6%

6%

8%

11%

11%

21%

2% 9% 9% 3%

Education and health services

Information

Other services, (exc. public admin.)

Professional and business services

Mining

Leisure and hospitality

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Manufacturing

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Financial activities

Construction

Government

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Percent of contractor fatal work injuries

Private sector

Federal government

State government

Local government

Other government*

Fatal injuries involving contractors, by industry of contracting establishment, 2011

Total=542

Contractors accounted for 12 percent of all fatal work injuries in 2011. The largest share, 23 percent, of contractors were contracted by a government entity at the time of the fatal injury. Another 21 percent of contracted workers were killed while contracted in the private construction industry.

* Includes unspecified government workers or government workers outside federal, state, and local governments.NOTE: In 2011, the CFOI program began collecting contractor data to capture decedents who were working as contractors at the time of the fatal incident. Industry refers to the firm contracting the decedent. All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers contracted by governmental organizations regardless of industry. See https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htmfor more information.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.

Ownership:

23%

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8598 98

125 122 120

68

107 112

5654 61

67 61 56

31

65 43

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Oil and gas extraction industries All other mining

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141152

Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining industry, 2003–2011


192

Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry decreased by 10 percent in 2011 after increasing the previous year from a series low in 2009. Fatalities in the oil and gas industry accounted for 72 percent of the fatal work injuries in the mining sector in 2011.

159

183176

99

172

155


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).

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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major civilian occupation group, 2011

Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2011, the major occupational group with the highest fatal work injury rate was farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.


All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.5

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Office and administrative support

Production

Sales and related

Professional and related

Farming, fishing, and forestry

Installation, maintenance, and repair

Management, business, and finance

Service

Construction and extraction

Transportation and material moving

1,260 840 420 0 10 20 30

0.6

0.8

1.7

2.2

2.8

3.2

7.1

11.9

15.5

25.3

1,233

798

692

497

354

261

247

240

222

91



19.5

19.7

24.5

26.1

27.1

32.0

36.4

56.1

104.0

127.3

26

64

774

268

18

60

30

71

65

42

150 100 50 0 300 600 900

Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2011


Roofers

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

Logging workers

Fishers and related fishing workers


All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.5Structural iron and steel workers

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

Electrical power-line installersand repairers

Some of the published fatal occupational injuries, injury rates, and the total hours worked for selected occupations, industries, and a race/ethnic origin category were improperly calculated for 2006 to 2015. For details on the affected rates and products, please visit www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cfoi-errata-2016.htm. This chart has been revised with the corrected figures.


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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2013.

Fatal work injury rates were high for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight engineers in 2011.

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