Number of fatal work injuries,

Number of fatal work injuries, 1992 2010 Number of fatal work injuries 7,000 6,217 6,331 6,632 6,275 6,202 6,238 6,055 6,054 5,920 5,915 6,000 5,534 5,575 5,764 5,734 5,840 5,657 5,214 5,000 4,551 4,690 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 The 2010 total of 4,690 fatal work injuries represents a 3 percent increase from the 4,551 fatal work injuries reported for 2009. NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. 1

Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006 2010 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 5 4 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.6 3 2 1 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 The rate of fatal work injuries in 2010 was 3.6 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, up from 3.5 in 2009. 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, 2012. 2

Number of fatal work injuries, by State, 2010 WA 104 OR 47 CA 326 NV 38 AK 39 ID 33 WY 33 UT 41 AZ 77 MT 36 CO 85 NM 38 ND 30 SD 36 NE 54 TX 461 KS 85 OK 94 MN 70 IA 77 MO 106 AR 88 LA 111 WI 91 IL 206 MS 68 IN 118 KY 69 TN 138 AL 92 MI 146 OH 161 GA 108 WV 95 VA 107 SC 69 FL 225 PA 221 NC 139 NY 182 VT 12 MD 71 DE 8 NJ 81 NH 6 CT 49 DC 16 ME 20 MA 54 RI 9 Decreased in 2010 Increased in 2010 HI 19 No change in 2010 Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia had more fatal injuries in 2010 than in 2009. Twenty states had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2010 compared to 2009. New Hampshire and Vermont had the same number of fatal injuries in 2010 as in 2009. 3

Manner in which fatal work injuries occurred, 2010 Exposure to harmful substances or environments (9%) Fires and explosions (4%) Total = 4,690 Falls (14%) Highway incidents (22%) Fall to lower level (11%) Transportation incidents (40%) Contact with objects and equipment (16%) Struck by object (9%) Homicides (11%) Assaults and violent acts (18%) More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event. Highway incidents alone accounted for more than one out of every five fatal work injuries in 2010. NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 4

Difference in fatal work injury counts, by event, 2009 2010 2009 Level ALL EVENTS 139 Fires and explosions 78 Transportation incidents 62 Exposure to harmful substances or environments Falls 1 10 2010 Total = 4,690 2009 Total = 4,551 Contact with objects and equipment Assaults and violent acts -3-5 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Change in fatal events from 2009 level Fires and explosions, transportation incidents, exposure to harmful substances or environments, and falls increased from 2009 to 2010. Contact with objects and equipment and assaults and violent acts decreased in 2010 compared to 2009. 5

1,600 Four most frequent work-related fatal injury events, 1992 2010 Number of fatal work injuries 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 1,496 1,343 1,346 1,393 1,442 1,346 1,242 1,080 1,158 1,036 1,074 1,044 600 618 665 651 927 860 714 691 716 706 557 565 591 547 582 579 520 1,365 1,409 1,373 1,353 1,398 1,437 1,356 810 721 734 719 696 651 643 677 632 609 585 571 553 505 531 559 567 540 1,414 822 770 827 847 602 607 589 628 1,215 700 526 985 1,044 645 646 542 518 504 520 420 404 200 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Highway incidents Homicides Falls Struck by object Workplace homicides have declined by 52 percent since 1994. Fatal work-related highway incidents have decreased by about 30 percent since 1999. NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. 6

Work-related fatal falls, by type of fall, 2010 From floor, dock, or ground level (2%) From building girders or other structural steel (4%) Other or unknown (17%) From ladder (20%) Total = 646 Down stairs or steps (5%) From roof (18%) From scaffold, staging (7%) From nonmoving vehicle (12%) On same level (15%) Of the 646 fatal falls in 2010, nearly two-fifths involved falls from ladders or roofs. NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 7

Selected fatal work-related transportation events, excluding highway, 1992 2010 Number of fatal work injuries 500 436 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 353 346 109 66 280 276 152 60 45 Nonhighway Pedestrian Aircraft Railway Water vehicle Fatal work-related injuries involving aircraft and water vehicle transportation decreased in 2010, while nonhighway, pedestrian, and railway fatal injuries increased. NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. 8

How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2010 Total workers = 401 Homicides (17%) Other (12%) Highway incidents (24%) Transportation incidents (50%) Fires and explosions (20%) Aircraft incidents (20%) All other transportation incidents (5%) Transportation incidents accounted for half of the workers killed in multiple-fatality incidents. Fires and explosions accounted for another fifth of the multiple-fatality incidents. NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 9

Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2010 Women (8%) Women (44%) Men (92%) Men (56%) Fatal work injuries = 4,690 Hours worked = 255,947,640,000 A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2010. SOURCE: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2012. 10

Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2010 Highway incidents 22% 27% Homicides 10% 26% Contact with objects and equipment 4% 17% Falls Exposure to harmful substances or environments 8% 9% 14% 13% Men = 4,322 Women = 368 Fires and explosions 4% 2% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Percent of fatal work injuries within gender A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving women resulted from highway incidents and homicides compared to men. A higher percentage of fatal work injuries involving men resulted from contact with objects and equipment and fires and explosions. 11

Number of work-related homicides, by gender of decedent, 1997 2010 Number of homicides 1,000 860 900 800 145 714 651 677 643 700 164 609 632 559 567 628 600 126 134 128 119 540 113 526 542 136 518 500 99 98 120 98 83 95 400 715 300 550 525 543 515 473 513 460 469 515 200 420 428 459 423 100 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Men Women Workplace homicides incurred by men were down by 8 percent in 2010, but workplace homicides to women increased by 14 percent. NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. 12

Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2010 Number of fatal work injuries 1,200 1,000 800 600 658 279 707 730 302 262 815 321 895 323 841 263 794 274 902 306 990 923 937 285 323 303 804 301 713 707 284 266 400 200 379 405 468 494 572 578 520 596 638 667 634 503 429 441 0 Foreign born Native born Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers continued to decrease in 2010 after reaching a series high in 2006. About three-fifths of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2010 were born outside of the United States. NOTE: Data from 2001 exclude fatal work injuries resulting from the September 11 terrorist attacks. 13

Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers, by country or region of birth, 2010 Africa (4%) Caribbean (6%) South America (6%) Canada (1%) Australia and Oceania (1%) Central America, except Mexico (10%) Mexico (38%) Total = 798 Europe (13%) Asia (21%) Workers born in Mexico accounted for the largest portion (38 percent) of foreign-born workers who died from work-related injuries in the United States in 2010. NOTE: Percentages may not add to totals because of rounding. 14

Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 14.0 Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2010 12.0 11.9 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 All worker fatal work injury rate = 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.9 3.6 4.7 0.0 16 to 17 years 18 to 19 years 20 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and older Fatal work injury rates for workers 55 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. 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 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 15

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by industry sector, 2010 Construction Transportation and warehousing Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Government Professional and business services Manufacturing 774 661 621 484 364 329 2.2 2.6 2.3 9.8 13.7 Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 27.9 Retail trade 311 2.2 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6 Leisure and hospitality Other services (exc. public admin.) Wholesale trade 238 192 191 2.3 3.0 4.9 Mining Educational and health services Financial activities 172 171 113 0.9 1.3 19.8 Information 43 1.5 Utilities 26 2.8 900 600 300 Number of fatal work injuries 0 10 20 30 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Construction had the highest number of fatal injuries in 2010. The agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate. 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 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 16

Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining industry, 2003 2010 Number of fatal work injuries 250 200 150 100 141 152 159 54 61 56 192 67 183 176 61 56 99 31 172 65 50 85 98 98 125 122 120 68 107 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Oil and gas extraction industries All other mining Fatal work injuries in the private mining industry increased by 74 percent in 2010, almost back to the 2008 level before the large decline in 2009. Fatalities in the oil and gas industry accounted for about three-fifths of the fatal work injuries in the mining sector in 2010. 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). 17

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major civilian occupation group, 2010 Transportation and material moving 1,160 14.8 Construction and extraction 780 11.8 Service Management, business, and financial operations Installation, maintenance, and repair 638 571 363 3.0 2.6 7.3 Professional and related Sales and related 281 1.0 280 2.0 Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6 Farming, fishing, and forestry Production 276 225 2.9 27.0 Office and administrative support 70 0.4 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Number of fatal work injuries Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2010, the highest fatal work injury rate among major occupational groups was for farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. 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 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 18

Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2010 Fishers and related fishing workers 38 152.0 Logging workers 60 93.5 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 78 70.6 Farmers and ranchers 308 42.5 Mining machine operators 22 37.0 Roofers 57 32.4 Refuse and recyclable material collectors 26 29.8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 718 98 23.0 20.7 Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 134 18.1 800 600 400 200 0 50 100 150 200 Number of fatal work injuries Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) Fatal work injury rates were high for fishers, logging workers, and aircraft pilots and flight engineers in 2010. 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 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 19