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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%)

5

-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

7

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.

9

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.

14

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%