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.

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.

Between 2008 and 2022, the number of workplace fatalities reported by the press in Italy fluctuated. According to the data, in 2022 the number of deaths in the workplace amounted to 453, the highest figure since 2012.

This report analyzes the annual number of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. Common causes of occupational fatalities include falls, machine-related incidents, motor vehicle accidents, electrocution, falling objects, homicides and suicides. Data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In 1995, there were 6,275 occupational injury deaths in the United States. By 2023, this number had decreased to 5,283 deaths. Occupational injury deaths reached a peak in 1994, with 6,632 deaths. The lowest number of occupational injury deaths recorded was in 2009, with 4,551 deaths.

The numbers reflect incidents that were reported to and tracked by the Ministry of Labour. They exclude death from natural causes, death of non- workers at a workplace, suicides, death as a result of a criminal act or traffic accident (unless the OHSA is also implicated) and death from occupational exposures that occurred in the past. Data from the Ministry of Labour reflects Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Employment Standards (ES) information at a point in time and/or for specific reporting purposes. As a result, the information above may not align with other data sources. Notes on critical injuries : For the purposes of the data provided, a critical injury of a serious nature includes injuries that: 1. "Place life in jeopardy" 2. "Produce unconsciousness" 3. "Result in substantial loss of blood" 4. "Involve the fracture of a leg or arm but not a finger or toe" 5. "Involve the amputation of a leg, arm, hand or foot but not a finger or toe" 6. "Consist of burns to a major portion of the body" 7. "Cause the loss of sight Only critical injury events reported to the ministry are included here. This represents data that was reported to the ministry and may not represent what actually occurred at the workplace. The critical injury numbers represent critical injuries reported to the ministry and not necessarily critical injuries as defined by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Non- workers who are critically injured may also be included in the ministry's data. Critical injuries data is presented by calendar year to be consistent with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board harmonized data; Data is reported based on calendar year Individual data for the Health Care program is available for Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, 2011 only. From April 2011 onwards Health Care data is included in the Industrial Health and Safety numbers. Notes on Fatalities : Only events reported to the ministry are included here. The ministry tracks and reports fatalities at workplaces covered by the OHSA. This excludes death from natural causes, death of non-workers at a workplace, suicides, death as a result of a criminal act or traffic accident (unless the OHSA is also implicated) and death from occupational exposures that occurred many years ago. Fatalities data is presented by calendar year to be consistent with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board harmonized data. Fatality data is reported by year of event. *[OHSA]: Occupational Health and Safety Act *[Mar.]: March *[Jan.]: January

In 2023/24, 138 workers died due to fatal injuries at their workplace in Great Britain, more than in the previous year but fewer than there were in 2020/21. During the provided time period, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of workplace fatalities in Britain.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) produces comprehensive, accurate, and timely counts of fatal work injuries. CFOI is a Federal-State cooperative program that has been implemented in all 50 States and the District of Columbia since 1992. To compile counts that are as complete as possible, the census uses multiple sources to identify, verify, and profile fatal worker injuries. Information about each workplace fatal injury—occupation and other worker characteristics, equipment involved, and circumstances of the event—is obtained by cross-referencing the source records, such as death certificates, workers' compensation reports, and Federal and State agency administrative reports. To ensure that fatal injuries are work-related, cases are substantiated with two or more independent source documents, or a source document and a follow-up questionnaire. Data compiled by the CFOI program are issued annually for the preceding calendar year. More information and details about the data provided can be found at https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshfat1.htm

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.

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 *****.

Ensuring social data's reliability is essential in accurately evaluating social and economic impacts across geographical locations, economic sectors and stakeholder categories. Yet, the MRIO model utilized in our research (EXIOBASE) was hindered by out-of-date or significantly proxy fatality statistics, causing potential inaccuracies in our findings. We have comprehensively revised EXIOBASE fatality data to address this shortcoming, incorporating detailed, nation-specific, and up-to-date data. The update includes work-related fatal occupational injuries as well as fatalities associated with occupational exposure to a variety of 17 hazardous substances and conditions such as asbestos, arsenic, benzene, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, diesel engine exhaust, formaldehyde, nickel, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, silica, sulfuric acid, trichloroethylene, asthmagens, particulate matter, gases and fumes, noise and ergonomic factors. Our methodological process is built on three pillars: data acquisition, raw data processing, and computation of fatal injuries by country, gender, year, and EXIOBASE economic sector.

Data were sourced from the World Health Organization (WHO) (Pega et al., 2021) and Eurostat databases (Publications Office of the European Union, 2013). The WHO data was carefully screened based on specific criteria such as age above 15 years, gender, and fatal injuries only. Eurostat data provided granular information on work-related fatalities, classified by economic activities in the European Community (or NACE Rev.2 (Eurostat, 2008)). The WHO provided aggregate fatality data for 2010 and 2016. The strategy for allocating these deaths across Eurostat categories depended on the countries' geographical location, with different methods applied to European and non-European nations.

For European nations, fluctuations in fatality numbers within a NACE Rev.2 sector mirrored the changes registered by Eurostat. For non-European countries, fatality figures were proportionally allocated across economic sectors split according to the NACE Rev.2 classification, reflecting the workforce size associated with each economic sector. Due to the scarcity of data for nations within Asia, America, or Africa, we adopted a regional approach, computing fatality ratios over each NACE Rev.2 category for each region by integrating data for available countries over a reference year. For 2010 and 2016, the aggregate fatality figures for nations within these three zones were established. Due to the temporal proximity of both reference years, we postulated a linear trend in the fatality count between these two years. The number of fatalities for a specific country, year, and per NACE Rev.2 activity was then calculated by applying the previously mentioned fatality ratio to the total number of deaths for that nation. Last, we applied the European annual ratios to their total mortality figures for the few countries that could not be classified as European or belonging to one of the aforementioned zones.

The result is a comprehensive database that includes the number of fatalities (expressed in the number of deaths for work-related fatal occupational injuries and in Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), for fatalities associated with occupational exposure to a specific risk factor), detailed at the country, gender, and NACE Rev.2 sector levels from 2008 to 2019, providing insights into work-related fatal injuries across different health effects and geographical regions.

Nomenclature

Archives:

• Concordance_ISIC_Exiobase.xlsx : Concordance between the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) and the exiobase sectors
• Concordance_ISO3_EXIO3.xlsx - Concordance between the ISO3 code and the Exiobase regions
• Workforce_by_ISO3.csv - Number of active persons per Country (ISO3 code), per Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE), Sex, Year (from 1991 to 2021)
• Workforce_by_EXIO3.csv - Number of active persons per Exiobase region (EXIO3 code), per Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE), Sex, Year (from 1991 to 2021)
• Death_ISO3.csv - Number of death per Country (ISO3 code), per Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE), Sex, Estimate (point, lower, upper), Year (from 2009 to 2019)
• Death_EXIO3.csv - Number of death per Exiobase Region (EXIO3 code), per Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE), Sex, Estimate (point, lower, upper), Year (from 2009 to 2019)
• Death_EXIO3_region_exiobase_sector.csv - Number of death per Exiobase Region (EXIO3 code), exiobase sector, Sex, Estimate (point, lower, upper), Year (from 2009 to 2019)
• Injuries_ISO3.zip - Archive of DALY per Country (ISO3 code), Exiobase Sector, Sex, Estimate (point, lower, upper), Type of Exposure, Year (from 2009 to 2019)
• Injuries_EXIO3.zip - Archive of DALY per Exiobase Region (EXIO3 code), Exiobase Sector, Sex, Estimate (point, lower, upper), Type of Exposure, Year (from 2009 to 2019)
• Workforce_EXIO3_sector_exiobase.xlsx - Number of active persons per Exiobase region (EXIO3 code), per exiobase sector, Sex, Year (from 1991 to 2021).
  This file is available here : Berthet, Etienne and Lavalley, Julien and Anquetil-Deck, Candy and Ballesteros, Fernanda and Stadler, Konstantin and Soytas, Ugur and Hauschild, Michael and Laurent, Alexis, Assessing the Social and Environmental Impacts of Critical Mineral Supply Chains for the Energy Transition in Europe. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4610350 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4610350

Content of Injuries_*.zip:

• arsenic_*.csv
• asbestos_*.csv
• asthmagens_*.csv
• benzene_*.csv
• beryllium_*.csv
• cadmium_*.csv
• chromium_*.csv
• diesel_*.csv
• ergonomic_*.csv
• formaldehyde_*.csv
• gases_*.csv
• nickel_*.csv
• noise_*.csv
• polycyclic_*.csv
• silica_*.csv
• sulfuric_*.csv
• trichloro_*.csv

Here you will find an open data set with the Labour Inspection Authority’s statistics on occupational injury deaths per year for the last five-year period. The Working Environment Act & 5-2 requires employers to notify the Labour Inspection Authority of serious work-related personal injuries to their own employees. Occupational injury death means a work injury that causes the injured employee to die within one year of the accident. The Labour Inspection Authority provides statistics on occupational injury deaths occurring within the Labour Inspection Authority’s administrative area that is limited to the land-based labour market in Norway. Occupational injury deaths in aviation, shipping, fishing and capture, petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf and the construction and operation of land-based petroleum facilities are followed up by other supervisory authorities. Occupational injury deaths in these industries are therefore not included in these statistics. Occupational injury deaths in military occupations are included, with the exception of deaths in war situations. For more information about the data set read here. The open data set consists of: Year (Ar), Number of occupational injury deaths (Number)

Here you will find an open data set with the Labour Inspection Authority’s statistics on occupational injury deaths per year for the last five-year period. The Working Environment Act & 5-2 requires employers to notify the Labour Inspection Authority of serious work-related personal injuries to their own employees. Occupational injury death means a work injury that causes the injured employee to die within one year of the accident. The Labour Inspection Authority provides statistics on occupational injury deaths occurring within the Labour Inspection Authority’s administrative area that is limited to the land-based labour market in Norway. Occupational injury deaths in aviation, shipping, fishing and capture, petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf and the construction and operation of land-based petroleum facilities are followed up by other supervisory authorities. Occupational injury deaths in these industries are therefore not included in these statistics. Occupational injury deaths in military occupations are included, with the exception of deaths in war situations. For more information about the data set read here. The open data set consists of: Year (Ar), Monthly name (Maned), Number of occupational injury deaths (Number)

The spreadsheet contains confirmed work-related fatalities by calendar year and month.\r \r Breakdowns are provided by month and year, age and gender, industry, category and LGA. Details of each fatality are also provided.\r \r Access interactive visualisations of workplace fatalities data here.\r \r Data reflects a snapshot point in time and is subject to revision due to claims development i.e. injuries incurred but that have not yet been reported. Therefore historical published fatality counts can change.\r \r The way we report on lives lost in Victorian workplaces has changed. Previously, this reporting excluded some work-related deaths that were not attributable to duties or obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, such as those caused by transport accidents or occupational diseases.\r \r Now workers who die on the road, suicides attributable to work, industrial diseases such as silicosis, and workplace deaths resulting from a criminal act, are included.\r \r We implemented this change for reporting for the 2020-21 financial year, commencing 1 July 2020.

Here you will find an open data set with the Labour Inspection Authority’s statistics on occupational injury deaths per year for the last five-year period. The Working Environment Act & 5-2 requires employers to notify the Labour Inspection Authority of serious work-related personal injuries to their own employees. Occupational injury death means a work injury that causes the injured employee to die within one year of the accident. The Labour Inspection Authority provides statistics on occupational injury deaths occurring within the Labour Inspection Authority’s administrative area that is limited to the land-based labour market in Norway. Occupational injury deaths in aviation, shipping, fishing and capture, petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf and the construction and operation of land-based petroleum facilities are followed up by other supervisory authorities. Occupational injury deaths in these industries are therefore not included in these statistics. Occupational injury deaths in military occupations are included, with the exception of deaths in war situations. For more information about the data set read here. The open data set consists of: Year (Ar), County name (Pylke), Number of occupational injury deaths (Number)

Fatal occupational injuries (unintentional and homicide), incidence rate (construction), New Jersey.

Rate: fatalities per 100,000 construction workers.

Definition: Number and incidence rate of fatal occupational injuries, when the injury occurred while the individual was working in a construction-related occupation, either on or off of the employer's premises.

Data Source: Occupational Health Surveillance Unit, New Jersey Department of Health

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) is a Federal/State cooperative program that publishes estimates on nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses. Each year, approximately 200,000 employers report for establishments in private industry and the public sector (state and local government). In-scope cases include work-related injuries or illnesses to workers who require medical care beyond first aid. See the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the entire recordkeeping guidelines. The SOII excludes all work–related fatalities as well as nonfatal work injuries and illnesses to the self–employed; to workers on farms with 10 or fewer employees; to private household workers; to volunteers; and to federal government workers. More information and details about the data provided can be found at https://www.bls.gov/iif/soii-overview.htm

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.

This is the data file for the manuscript titled "Are migrant workers at greater risk of workplace deaths? A systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality risks and social determinants among migrant workers". The study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of peer-reviewed literature to examine mortality outcomes among migrant workers and associated risk factors. Studies published between 1 January 2000 to 17 January 2023 in English language were searched in MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, and Ovid Global Health. The registered protocol is available at PROSPERO: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=372893.