This statistic shows the number of fatal work injuries in the United States from 2003 to 2019, by the status of the employee who was killed. In 2019, ***** of the ***** workers who died from occupational injuries were self-employed.

This statistic shows the number of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the United States from 2006 to 2019, by the status of the employee who was killed. In 2019, the fatal occupational injury rate for self-employed workers was **** per 100,000.

It is widely acknowledged that there are costs involved with fatal injury to workers. These costs cross numerous boundaries, and generally address the overall costs to victims and the affected groups, and to society as a whole. This represents a cause for concern to employers, worker groups, policy makers, medical personnel, economists and others interested in workplace safety and health. This broad-reaching burden can include social costs, organizational costs, familial and interpersonal group costs, as well as personal costs such as suffering and loss of companionship. The data in the accompanying tables focus on monetary costs of fatal occupational injury which largely consist of foregone wages, but also include the direct costs of medical care and the indirect costs of household production and certain ancillary measures.

These data represent a continuation of prior research by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that attempted to delimit the economic consequences of workplace injury for earlier years. Interested parties should be aware that these data serve as a supplemental update to prior NIOSH publications which described the magnitude and circumstances of occupational injury deaths for earlier years 1,2.

The current data build on this research, and the findings are compelling. Over the period studied, 2003-2010, the costs from these 42,380 premature deaths exceeded $44 billion, an amount greater than the reportable gross domestic product for some States. These findings inform the national will to reduce this severe toll on our nation’s workers, institutions, communities, and the nation itself. Researchers and concerned parties within the occupational and public health professions, academia, organizations focusing on workplace safety, labor unions and the business community have all proven to be willing and avid users of this data, and have used this research to continue their efforts, in concert with continuing NIOSH research efforts, to reduce the great toll that injury imposes on our workers, workplaces, and Nation.

This statistic shows the number of fatal work injuries among Hispanic and Latino workers in the United States from 2003 to 2019, separated into whether the worker was foreign-born or native-born. In 2019, *** of the ***** Hispanic or Latino workers that died from occupational injuries were born outside of the United States.

The graph illustrates the annual fatalities among construction workers in the United States from 2018 to 2023. The x-axis displays the years, labeled with abbreviated two-digit numbers from '18 to '23, while the y-axis represents the total number of deaths recorded each year. Over this five-year span, the fatalities range from a low of 951 in 2021 to a high of 1,066 in 2019. The data shows fluctuations in annual deaths, with a decrease in fatalities in 2020 and 2021 followed by an increase in 2022. The graph provides a visual representation of the trends in construction worker fatalities during this period.

Each day, between 12 to 13 U.S. workers die as a result of a traumatic injury on the job. Investigations conducted through the FACE program allow the identification of factors that contribute to these fatal injuries. This information is used to develop comprehensive recommendations for preventing similar deaths. This web page provides access to NIOSH investigation reports and other safety resources.

In 2023, the highest occupational injury death rate in the United States was to be found with logging workers, with a rate of 98.9 deaths per 100,000 workers. Overall, the occupational injury death rate in the U.S. stood at 3.5 deaths per 100,000 workers.

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  Fatal occupational injuries among employees (per 100 000 employees)





  Dataset Description

This dataset provides country-level data for the indicator "8.8.1 Fatal occupational injuries among employees (per 100 000 employees)" across African nations, sourced from the World Health Organization's (WHO) data portal on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/fatal-workplace-injuries-total-for-african-countries.

The number of construction workers with injuries that led them to have days away from work in the United States decreased in 2022 by over 1,000 cases. Additionally, there were ****** workers with injuries, which caused them to have job transfers or restrictions. Finally, there were around ****** employees with other recordable injury cases.

The indicator measures the number of fatal accidents that occur during the course of work and lead to the death of the victim within one year of the accident. The incidence rate refers to the number of fatal accidents per 100 000 persons in employment. An accident at work is 'a discrete occurrence in the course of work which leads to physical or mental harm'. This includes all accidents in the course of work, whether they happen inside or outside the premises of the employer, accidents in public places or different means of transport during a journey in the course of the work (commuting accidents are excluded) and at home (such as during teleworking). It also includes cases of acute poisoning and wilful acts of other persons, if these happened during the course of the work. Copyright notice and free re-use of data on: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/about-us/policies/copyright

In the United States, there were far more occupational injury deaths among men than women. In 2023, there were 4,832 male occupational injury deaths in the United States, compared to 447 deaths among women.

This statistic shows the distribution of work-related fatal injuries in the construction industry in the United States in 2016, broken down by event. During that period, around ** percent of workers in construction died from injuries caused by falls, slips and trips.

This is the report for Fatality, Injury, and Illness Detail Listing (4.12).

In 2021, there were ** work-related deaths less in the construction industry of the United States than in the previous year. The number of fatal injuries in construction increased significantly during the last decade and peaked in 2020. While *** people died in this industry in 2011, by 2020 that number increased to *****.

This is the report for Fatality, Injury, and Illness Map (4.07).

This statistic shows the number of occupational injury deaths per 100,000 employed workers in the U.S. from 1995 to 2011, by gender. In 1995, there were 8.3 male occupational injury deaths per 100,000 employed workers in the United States.

In 2021, about *** occupational injury deaths per 100,000 employed full-time equivalent workers occurred in the United States. This figure has remained relatively steady in recent years, and is a decrease from 2006, when the rate of occupational injury deaths stood at *** per 100,000 employed FTE workers.

This statistic shows preliminary data for the top 10 occupations by fatal work injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the U.S. in 2019. In 2019, the highest occupational injury death rate was to be found among fishers and related fishing workers with a rate of 145 deaths per 100,000 workers.

In 2021, there were 1,140 occupational injury deaths among full-time equivalent workers between the ages of 55 and 64 years old in the United States - the most out of any age group. In that same year, there were seven occupational injury deaths among workers under the age of 16.

Deaths or serious injuries among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other ambulance occupants occur at a high rate during transport. According to a study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), EMTs and paramedics have higher fatality rates when compared to all workers, with forty-five percent of EMT deaths resulting from highway incidents, primarily due to vehicle collisions.1 Data from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration showed that among the persons killed in crashes involving an ambulance between 1992 and 2011, twenty one percent were EMTs and patients, while four percent were ambulance drivers.2 To reduce injury potential to the EMTs and other ambulance occupants, NIOSH, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with private industry partners, have committed to improving the workspace design of ambulance patient compartments for safe and effective perfo