Fatal occupational injuries in 2010 - chart package - Bureau of Labor ...

Number of fatal work injuries, 1992–2010 Number of fatal work injuries 7,000 6,217 6,331

6,000

6,632

6,275

6,202 6,238 6,055 6,054

5,920 5,915

5,764 5,734 5,534 5,575

5,000

5,840 5,657 5,214 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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Rate of fatal work injuries, 2006–2010 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 5 4.2 4

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.6

2009

2010

3 2

1 0 2006

2007

2008

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.

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Number of fatal work injuries, by State, 2010 WA 104

ND 30

MT 36 ID 33

OR 47

MN 70

IA 77

NE 54 NV 38

UT 41

CO 85

CA 326

KS 85 OK 94

NM 38

AZ 77

WI 91

SD 36

WY 33

TX 461 AK 39

VT 12 MI 146

IL 206

MO 106 AR 88

LA 111

TN 138 MS 68

AL 92

NY 182 OH 161

IN 118 KY 69

GA 108

PA 221 WV 95 VA 107 NC 139 SC 69

MA 54 NJ CT 49 DE 81

RI 9

8

MD 71

DC 16

Decreased in 2010 FL 225

HI 19

NH 6 ME 20

Increased in 2010

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Manner in which fatal work injuries occurred, 2010 Exposure to harmful Fires and explosions (4%) substances or environments (9%)

Total = 4,690

Highway incidents (22%)

Falls (14%) Fall to lower level (11%)

Contact with objects and equipment (16%)

Struck by object (9%)

Transportation incidents (40%)

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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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

10

Falls Contact with objects and equipment Assaults and violent acts -20

2010 Total = 4,690

1

2009 Total = 4,551

-3 -5 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Four most frequent work-related fatal injury events, 1992–2010 Number of fatal work injuries 1,600

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

1,343 1,346 1,346 1,242 1,080 1,158 1,036 1,074 1,044 927

400

1,365

1,409

1,373 1,353

1,398

1,437 1,356 1,215

860

822

810

714 721 734 719 696 651 651 643 600 618 632 706 602 677 609 591 585 582 579 571 559 557 565 553 547 505 531 520 665

600

1,393

1,414

1,496 1,442

770

985

827 847

700

691 716

607 589 567

1,044

628

645 646

526 540

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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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%)

Down stairs or steps (5%) From scaffold, staging (7%)

Total = 646 From ladder (20%)

From roof (18%) 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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Selected fatal work-related transportation events, excluding highway, 1992–2010 Number of fatal work injuries 500 436 450 400 350 300

353 346

280 276

250 200 150

152 109

100 50

60 66

45

0 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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents, 2010

Total workers = 401 Other (12%) Highway incidents (24%) Transportation incidents (50%)

Homicides (17%)

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Fatal work injuries and hours worked, by gender of worker, 2010 Women (8%)

Women (44%)

Men (56%)

Men (92%)

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.

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Distribution of fatal injury events, by gender of worker, 2010

Highway incidents

22%

Homicides

10%

Contact with objects and equipment

26% 17%

4%

14% 13%

Falls Exposure to harmful substances or environments

27%

8%

9%

Men = 4,322 Women = 368

4% 2%

Fires and explosions 0

5

10 15 20 25 Percent of fatal work injuries within gender

30

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.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Number of work-related homicides, by gender of decedent, 1997–2010 Number of homicides 1,000 860 900 800

145

700

714 164

600

651 126

677

134

643

128

500 400 300

632

609

119

136

559

567

99

98

628 540

113

120

518

98

542 83

428

459

423

2008

2009

2010

526

95

715 550

525

543

515

473

513

460

469

420

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

200

515

100 0 1997

Men

2007

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1997-2010 Number of fatal work injuries 1,200 990

1,000

895 815

800 658 600 279

707 302

730

262

323 321

841 263

902 794 306

923 285

323

937 303

274

804

713

707

284

266

429

441

301

400 200

379

405

468

494

572

578

520

596

638

667

634

503

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers, by country or region of birth, 2010

Caribbean (6%) South America (6%)

Africa (4%)

Canada (1%)

Australia and Oceania (1%)

Mexico (38%)

Central America, except Mexico (10%)

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. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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Fatal work injury rates, by age group, 2010 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 14.0 11.9

12.0 10.0 8.0

6.0 4.0

All worker fatal work injury rate = 3.6

4.7 3.6

3.0

2.8

16 to 17 years

18 to 19 years

2.0

2.2

2.7

2.9

25 to 34 years

35 to 44 years

0.0 20 to 24 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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

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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

9.8

774 661

13.7

621

27.9 2.2

484 364

2.6

329

Retail trade Leisure and hospitality Other services (exc. public admin.) Wholesale trade

2.3

Total fatal work injuries = 4,690

311

2.2

All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6

238

2.3 192

3.0

191

4.9

Mining

172

Educational and health services Financial activities

171

19.8 0.9

113

1.3 43

Information Utilities

1.5

26 900

600

300

Number of fatal work injuries

2.8 0

30 20 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers) 10

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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 16 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining industry, 2003–2010 Number of fatal work injuries 250

192

200

150

100

141 56

152

159

54

61

183

176

61

56

67

172

65 99 31

50

85

98

98

2003

2004

2005

125

122

120

107 68

0 2006

2007

Oil and gas extraction industries

2008

2009

2010

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 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries, by major civilian occupation group, 2010 Transportation and material 1,160 moving

14.8 780

Construction and extraction

11.8 3.0

638

Service Management, business, and financial operations

571

Installation, maintenance, and repair

2.6

363

7.3

Professional and related

281

Sales and related

280

Farming, fishing, and forestry

276

Total fatal work injuries = 4,690

1.0 2.0

27.0 2.9

225

Production Office and administrative support

70

1,400 1,200 1,000

800

600

400

Number of fatal work injuries

All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6

200

0.4 20 10 15 25 30 Fatal work injury rate (per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers)

0

5

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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 18 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.

Some of the published fatal occupational injuries, injury rates, and the total hours worked for selected occupations, industries, and a race/ethnic origin category were improperly calculated for 2006 to 2015. For details on the affected rates and products, please visit www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cfoi-errata-2016.htm. This chart has been revised with the corrected figures.

Occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2010 Fishers and related fishing workers

38

Logging workers

152.0

60

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

93.5

70.6

78

Farmers and ranchers

308

42.5

Mining machine operators

22

Roofers

31.9 30.6

57

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

29.8

26

Driver/sales workers and 718 truck drivers

23.0

Maintenance and repair workers, general

600

400

200

Number of fatal work injuries

Total fatal work injuries = 4,690 All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.6

18.2

202

Construction laborers

800

19.6

68

0

150 50 100 200 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 https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. 19 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2012.