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Indicator 3: Fatal Work-Related Injuries |
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| • Annual number of fatal work-related injuries |
| • Annual rate of fatal work-related injuries among persons 16 years or older |
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Data Source: Numbers of fatalities: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
Employment statistics used to calculate rates: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey.
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A fatal work-related injury is an injury occurring at work that results in death. Since 1992 the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has conducted the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), using multiple data sources to provide complete counts of all fatal work-related injuries in the nation and in every state. CFOI includes fatalities resulting from non-intentional injuries such as falls, electrocutions, and acute poisonings as well as from motor vehicle crashes that occurred during travel for work. Also included are intentional injuries (i.e., homicides and suicides) that occurred at work. Fatalities that occur during a person’s commute to or from work are not counted.
During the last ten years, on average, more than 5,800 workers died as a result of fatal work-related injuries each year in the U.S. – more than 16 workers per day. Overall, the fatal occupational injury rate declined from 4.8 deaths per 100,000 workers in 1996 to 4.0 deaths per 100,000 workers in 2005.
Source of 1992-2004 rate change data: http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0004.pdf |
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| Data |
| • 2000 click here to view table |
| • 2001 click here to view table |
| • 2002 click here to view table |
| • 2003 click here to view table |
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1 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. 2005. Available at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0004.pdf |
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