number of fatal work injuries by employee status, 2003–16 · 2017-12-18 · women 43%. men 93%....

4,405 4,587 4,592 4,808 4,6134,183

3,488 3,651 3,642 3,571 3,635 3,728 3,751 4,098

1,170 1,177 1,142 1,032 1,044 1,031

1,063 1,039 1,051 1,057 950 1,093 1,085 1,092

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Wage and salary Self-employed

5,840 5,657

4,585

Number of fatal work injuries by employee status, 2003–16

• A total of 5,190 workers died from an occupational injury in 2016.• This number increased by 7 percent from 2015 and is the highest count since 2008.• Self-employed workers have consistently accounted for around one-fifth of fatal work injuries.

1Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.

5,575 5,764 5,7345,214

4,551 4,690 4,693 4,628 4,821 4,8365,190

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 are annual average estimates 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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2017.

Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by employee status, 2006–16

• The 2016 all-worker fatal work injury rate was 3.6 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTEs).

• The rate for self-employed workers has consistently been higher than that of all workers since the adoption of hours-based rates.

2

4.2 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6

10.6 11.011.6

12.7 12.613.1 12.8

11.8

13.613.1 13.1

3.7 3.5 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0

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101112131415

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Self-employed

All Workers

Wage and salary

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• More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event in 2016. • Roadway incidents alone accounted for about one out of every four fatal work injuries.

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Fatal occupational injuries by major event, 2016

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.

Falls to lower level697

Homicides500

Roadway incidents1,252

152

366

831

88

518

761

849

866

2,083

Fires and explosions

Falls, slips, trips

Transportation incidents

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

Exposure to harmful substancesor environments

Contact with objects and equipment

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

Number of fatal work injuries

Total = 5,190

-33

29

39

49

94

163

354

-100 0 100 200 300 400

Change in fatal work injury counts by event, 2015–16

• The all-event total for 2016 was higher by 354 cases over the 2015 total. • Violence and other injuries by persons or animals saw the greatest increase from 2015.• All types of injuries saw increases in 2016 except for fires and explosions, which decreased by 33 fatal injuries.

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Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

Falls, slips, trips

Exposure to harmful substances or environments

ALL EVENTS

2016 Total = 5,190

2015 Total = 4,836


12% 12%

16%

12%

10%

7%

16%15%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

Less than 6 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25 26 to 30 More than 30 UnspecifiedHeight of fall (feet)

Percent of fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2016

• A total of 697 work-related fatal falls to lower level were recorded in 2016, up 8 percent from 2015. • Of the cases where height of fall was known (591 cases), 47 percent were falls of 15 feet or less. • About one in five falls with a known height were from more than 30 feet.

Total = 697

5Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding..

16

48

50

130

245

342

624

628

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Other transportation incidents

Water vehicle incidents

Rail vehicle incidents

Aircraft incidents

Nonroadway incidents

Pedestrian vehicular incidents

Other roadway incidents

Roadway collision with another vehicle

Fatal occupational injuries due to transportation incidents, 2016

• Transportation incidents increased from 2,054 in 2015 to 2,083 in 2016. • Together, roadway collisions with another vehicle and other roadway incidents account for about 60

percent of fatal work-related transportation injuries.

Total = 2,083

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.6

93

122

110

137 135142

73

56

78

6471 68

49

79

66

36

53 63

36

18

62

24 21 180

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents by selected events, 2011–16

• A total of 159 multiple-fatality incidents were recorded in 2016 (incidents in which more than one worker was killed).

• These incidents resulted in 369 worker deaths.

Note: Not all event categories shown.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.

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Roadway incidents

Aircraft incidents

Homicides


N=353N=357 N=387 N=379 N=343 N=369

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f fat

ally

inju

red

wor

kers

Men 57%

Women43%

Men 93%

Fatal work injuries and hours worked by gender of worker, 2016

• A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2016.• Men had a fatal work injury rate of 5.8 deaths per 100,000 full time equivalent workers while the rate for

women was 0.6.

Women 7%

Hours worked = 283,100,855,820 Fatal work injuries = 5,190

8Note: 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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2017.


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Distribution of fatal injury events by gender of worker, 2016

• Women experienced a higher proportion of fatal injuries due to homicides and exposure to harmful substances and environments relative to men.

• Men incurred a higher proportion of injuries from roadway incidents; falls, slips, and trips; and contact with objects and equipment.

Roadway incidents

Homicides

Falls, slips, trips

Exposure to harmful substances or environments


Fires and explosions2%

9%

10%

15%

17%

24%

2%

24%

13%

6%

11%

22%

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

Women = 387

Men = 4,803

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Percent of work-related homicides by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2016

40%

8%4%

14%18% 16%

2%

10%13% 13%

29%

33%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Relative ordomestic partner

Student, patient, orcustomer/client

Inmate, detainee,or suspect not yet

apprehended

Coworker or workassociate

Other orunspecified

assailant

Robber

Women = 91 Men = 409

• Relatives or domestic partners were the most frequent assailant in work-related homicides involving women.• Robbers were the most common work-related homicide assailant for men.

10Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding..

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Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 2003–16

• Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers decreased in 2016.• Around two-thirds of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2016 were born outside of the United States.

520596 638 667 634

503429 441 512 484 542 513

605 588

274

306 285323

303

301284 266

237 264275 291

298 291

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Foreign-born Native-born

794

902990

923 937

804

713 707749 748

817 804

903


879

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2011N=843

2012N=824

2013N=879

2014N=846

2015N=943

2016N=970

Mexico Asia CentralAmerica

(exc. Mexico)

Europe Caribbean Africa SouthAmerica

Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers by country or region of birth, 2011–16

• Foreign-born fatalities were the highest number in 2016 (970) since 2007.• About one-fifth of fatalities in 2016 were to foreign-born workers.• Fatalities involving workers born in Asia increased in 2016 to 183.

Note: Not all countries or regions of birth are shown.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.

12

13

2.1 1.92.4 2.5

3.1 3.54.7

9.6

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

16 to 17 18 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and overAge group

Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by age group, 2016

• Workers age 65 and over had the highest fatal injury rate of all workers. • The largest number of fatal work injuries involved workers in the 55 to 64 and 45 to 54 age groups.

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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2017.

All-worker fatal work injury rate = 3.6


30

46

89

117

159

179

223

282

298

318

497

540

593

825

991

2.8

1.7

10.1

1.2

0.7

4.8

3.2

1.9

2.6

2.0

2.2

3.1

23.2

14.3

10.1

Utilities

Information

Financial activities

Educational and health services

Wholesale trade

Other services (exc. public admin.)

Retail trade

Leisure and hospitality

Manufacturing

Government

Professional and business services

Transportation and warehousing

Construction

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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2017.

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

Total fatal work injuries = 5,190

All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6


Number and rate of fatal work injuries by industry sector, 2016

• Private construction had the highest count of fatal injuries in 2016, but the private agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

02004008001,000 2515105600 20


15

8%

10%

11%

15%

16%

19%

48%

16%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Transportation and material moving

Farming, fishing, and forestry

Production

Protective service

Installation, maintenance, and repair

Building and grounds cleaning andmaintenance

Construction and extraction

All workers

Percentage

Contracted workers as a percentage of all fatally-injuredworkers in selected occupation groups, 2016

• There were 856 fatally-injured contracted workers in 2016, which accounted for 16 percent of all fatalities.• Construction and extraction occupations had the highest percentage of fatally injured workers who were

contracted at the time of the incident at 48 percent.


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Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry, 2003–16

• Fatal work injuries in the private mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry decreased by 26 percent to 89 in 2016, a series low for the industry.

• Oil and gas extraction industries accounted for 71 percent of the fatal work injuries in this sector in 2016.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.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).

85 98 98125 122 120

68

107 112142

112144

8963

5654 61

67 61 56

31

65 43

39

43

39

31

26

0

50

100

150

200

250

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Oil and gas extraction industries All other mining

141152

192

159

183 176

99

172 155

181

155

183

120

89

78

216

254

268

290

404

470

787

970

1,388

0.5

2.6

1.8

0.8

24.9

1.6

9.4

3.4

12.4

15.4

1,500 1,000 500 0 10 20 30

Office and administrative support

Production

Sales and related

Professional and related

Farming, fishing, and forestry

Installation, maintenance, and repair

Service

Construction and extraction

Transportation and material moving

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 exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2017.

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries to civilian workersby major occupation group, 2016

• Transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2016.• Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations had the highest fatal work injury rate in 2016.

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Fatal work injury rate(per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)Number of fatal work injuries

Management, business, and financialoperations




217

134

260

918

16

31

101

75

24

91

17.4

18.0

23.1

24.7

25.1

34.1

48.6

55.5

86.0

135.9

Grounds maintenance workers

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

Structural iron and steel workers

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

Roofers

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

Fishers and related fishing workers

Logging workers

50 100500 15001,000 750

Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2016

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 exclusions. For additional information on the fatal work injury rate methodology, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2017.

• In 2016, fatal work injury rates were high for logging workers and fishers and related fishing workers. • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers incurred the greatest number of fatal injuries.

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




First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

18

250


81

60

62

116

632

65

30

49

89

66

89

92

99

101

108

125

134

254

260

786

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Carpenters

Roofers

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

Construction laborers

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers


Violence and other injuries bypersons or animals

Falls, slips, trips

Contact with objects orequipment

Other events

Civilian occupations with high fatal injury counts by leading event, 2016

• The 10 occupations with highest fatal injury counts accounted for 39 percent of all fatal injuries in 2016.• Transportation incidents caused the highest share of fatal injuries in four of the occupations with high fatal injury

counts shown. • Falls, slips, and trips were the leading cause of death in three of the ten, all of which were construction occupations.


First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Laborers and freight stock and material movers hand

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• Thirty-six states had more fatal injuries in 2016 than in 2015; thirteen states and the District of Columbia had fewer. Wyoming had the same total for both years.

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Number of fatal work injuries by state, 2016

No Change

AL(100)

AK(35)

AZ(77) AR

(68)

CA(376)

CO(81)

CT(28)

DE(12)

DC(5)

FL(309)

GA(171)

HI(29)

ID(30)

IL(171)

IN(137)

IA(76)

KS(74) KY

(92)

LA(95)

ME(18)

MD(92)

MA(109)MI(162)

MN(92)

MS(71)

MO(124)

MT(38)

NE(60)NV

(54)

NH(22)

NJ(101)

NM(41)

NY(272)

NC(174)

ND(28)

OH(164)

OK(92)

OR(72)

PA(163)

RI(9)

SC(96)

SD(31)

TN(122)

TX(545)

UT(44)

VT(10)

VA(153)

WA(78)

WV(47)

WI(105)

WY(34)


Fewer than in 2015More than in 2015No Change from 2015

• In 2016, over 23,300 source documents helped identify and verify information on 5,190 fatal work injuries, an average of 4.5 source documents per fatal injury case.

Sources of data on fatal work injuries, 2016

21Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017.

297

730

1,020

1,380

1,406

1,925

3,402

3,657

4,475

5,061

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

State follow-up

Other government

Police

State workers' compensation

Toxicology

OSHA

Coroner/Medical examiner/Autopsy

News media

All other

Death certificate

Number of Documents