Number of fatal work injuries by employee status, 2003 15Of the cases where height of fall was known (538 cases), more than 2 out of every 5 fatal falls were falls of 15 feet or less

4,405 4,587 4,592 4,808 4,6134,183

3,488 3,651 3,642 3,571 3,635 3,728 3,751

1,170 1,177 1,142 1,032

1,044

1,031

1,063 1,039 1,051 1,057 950 1,093 1,085

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Wage and salary Self-employed

5,8405,657

4,585

Number of fatal work injuries by employee status, 2003–15

A total of 4,836 workers died from an occupational injury in 2015. This number increased slightly from 2014 and is the highest count since 2008. Self-employed workers have consistently accounted for around one-fifth of fatal work injuries.

1Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

5,5755,764 5,734

5,214

4,551 4,690 4,693 4,6284,821 4,836

Note: 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 over, 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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.

Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by employee status, 2006–15

The 2015 rate of fatal work injuries for all workers was 3.4 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTEs). The rate for self-employed workers has consistently been higher than that of all workers since the adoption of hours-based rates.

2

4.2 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4

10.611.0

11.6

12.7 12.613.1 12.8

11.8

13.613.1

3.7 3.5 3.22.8 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Self-employed

All Workers

Wage and salary

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm

More fatal work injuries resulted from transportation incidents than from any other event in 2015. Roadway incidents alone accounted for about one out of every four fatal work injuries.

3

Fatal occupational injuries by major event, 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

Falls to lower level648

Homicides417

Roadway incidents1,264

286

152

790

121

424

703

722

800

2,054

Fires and explosions

Falls, slips, trips

Transportation incidents

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

Exposure to harmful substancesor environments

Contact with objects and equipment

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

Number of fatal work injuries

Total = 4,836

-62

-18

-16

7

34

70

15

-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80

Change in fatal work injury counts from 2014 to 2015 level by event

Overall, the total for 2015 was higher by 15 cases over the 2014 total. Violence and other injuries by persons or animals saw the greatest decrease from the previous year while transportation incidents increased the most from 2014.

4




Violence and other injuries by persons or animals

Falls, slips, trips

Exposure to harmful substances or environments

ALL EVENTS

2015 Total = 4,836

2014 Total = 4,821


10%

13%13%

11%10%

8%

18%17%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

Less than 6 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20 21 to 25 26 to 30 More than 30 Unspecified

Height of fall (feet)

Percent of fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2015

In 2015, the total for falls to lower level was 648 fatal work injuries, down 2 percent from the count for 2014. Of the cases where height of fall was known (538 cases), more than 2 out of every 5 fatal falls were falls of 15 feet or less. About one in five cases with a known height involved falls from more than 30 feet.

Total = 648

5Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding..

15

44

50

139

253

289

604

660

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Other transportation

Water vehicle incidents

Rail vehicle incidents

Aircraft incidents

Nonroadway incidents

Pedestrian vehicular incidents

Other roadway incidents

Roadway collision with another vehicle

Fatal occupational injuries due to transportation incidents, 2015

Transportation incidents increased from 1,984 in 2014 to 2,054 in 2015. Roadway incidents consistently account for the greatest share of fatal work-related transportation injuries. Of these, 660 fatal injuries, or 32 percent of the total transportation incidents, resulted from a roadway collision with another vehicle.

Total = 2,054

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.6

93

122

110

137 135

73

56

78

6471

49

79

66

36

53

36

18

62

24 21

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

How workers died in multiple-fatality incidents by selected events, 2011-15

A total of 134 multiple-fatality incidents were recorded in 2015 (incidents in which more than one worker was killed). These incidents were responsible for 343 worker deaths in 2015. Roadway incidents and aircraft incidents were the two most common causes of multiple-fatality incidents.

Note: Not all event categories shown.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

7

Roadway incidents

Aircraft incidents

Homicides


N=353N=357 N=387 N=379 N=343

Men 57%

Women43%

Men 93%

Fatal work injuries and hours worked by gender of worker, 2015

A disproportionate share of fatal work injuries involved men relative to their hours worked in 2015.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.

Women 7%

Hours worked = 277,470,310,000 Fatal work injuries = 4,836

8

9

Distribution of fatal injury events by gender of worker, 2015

Women experienced a higher proportion of fatal injuries due to roadway incidents and homicides relative to men. Men incurred a higher proportion of injuries from falls, slips, and trips and contact with objects and equipment. Men and women experienced similar proportions of fatal injuries from exposure to harmful substances or environments and from fires and explosions.

Roadway incidents

Homicides

Falls, slips, trips

Exposure to harmful substances or environments


Fires and explosions 3%

16%

9%

17%

8%

26%

2%

6%

10%

12%

18%

31%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Women = 344

Men = 4,492

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Percent of work-related homicides by gender of decedent and assailant type, 2015

43%

10%

2%

18%

8%

20%

2%

11%8%

15%

31%33%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Relative ordomestic partner

Student, patient, orcustomer/client

Inmate, detainee,or suspect not yet

apprehended

Coworker or workassociate

Other orunspecified

assailant

Robber

Women = 61 Men = 356

Robbers were the most common type of work-related homicide assailant for men and the second-most common for women. The most frequent type of assailant in work-related homicides involving women was a relative or domestic partner.

10Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding..

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Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 2003-15

Fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers increased in 2015 to its highest level since 2007. Around two-thirds of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers in 2015 were born outside of the United States.

520596 638 667 634

503429 441

512 484542 513

605

274

306285

323303

301

284 266237 264

275 291

298

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Foreign-born Native-born

794

902

990923 937

804

713 707749 748

817 804

903


0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2011N=843

2012N=824

2013N=879

2014N=846

2015N=943

Mexico Asia CentralAmerica

(exc. Mexico)

Europe Caribbean Africa SouthAmerica

Fatal injuries involving foreign-born workers by country or region of birth, 2011-15

Workers born in Mexico have consistently accounted for the largest portion of foreign-born workers who died from work-related injuries in the United States from 2011 to 2015. Fatalities involving workers born in Asia have trended down since 2012, while fatal injuries involving workers born in Africa have trended up since 2011.

Note: Not all countries or regions of birth are shown.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

12

13

2.1 2.7 2.3 2.7

3.54.3

9.4

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

18 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 and over

Age group

Rate of fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by age group, 2015

The greatest number of fatal work injuries involved workers in the 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 age groups. Workers age 65 and over had the highest fatal injury rate of all workers (9.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers compared to the all-worker rate of 3.4).

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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.

All-worker fatal work injury rate = 3.4


22

42

83

120

139

175

202

225

269

353

457

477

570

765

937

2.2

1.5

0.9

11.4

0.7

4.7

3.0

2.0

1.8

2.3

1.9

3.0

22.8

13.8

10.1

Utilities

Information

Financial activities

Educational and health services

Wholesale trade

Other services (exc. public admin.)

Leisure and hospitality

Retail trade

Manufacturing

Government

Professional and business services

Transportation and warehousing

Construction

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, please see www.bls.gov/iif/oshnotice10.htm.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2016.

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

Total fatal work injuries = 4,836

All-worker fatal injury rate = 3.4


Number and rate of fatal work injuries by industry sector, 2015

Private construction had the highest count of fatal injuries in 2015, but the private agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector had the highest fatal work injury rate.

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

02505007501,000 25.018.7512.56.25


* of 457

3 of 83

3 of 139

14 of 353

21 of 225

33 of 570

36 of 120

69 of 1,231

0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400

Government



Manufacturing



Trade, transportation, and utilities


Construction


Contracted worker Not contracted

In 2015, the private construction industry had the highest number of fatal injuries involving contracted workers. Fifty-three percent (or 497 out of 937 fatal injuries) were contracted workers. Professional and business services saw the second largest number with 139 of 477 (or 29 percent) of fatal injuries involving contracted workers.

Fatal work injuries involving contracted workers byindustry of direct employer, 2015

*Data not presented did not meet publication requirements.Note: In 2011, the CFOI program began collecting data on contracted workers to capture decedents who were contracted workers at the time of the fatal incident. Industry shown here refers to the firm directly employing the decedent. All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers within governmental organizations regardless of industry. See www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm for more information on contracted workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

15

497 of 937

139 of 477


All workers = 4,836Total contracted workers = 829

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm

-7

-2

-9

-132

-11

-5

-308

-49

113

81

137

216

345

342

565

457

629

1,182

74

69

145

75

16, 129

155

25, 162

34, 250

5, 350

411

27, 592

602

21, 650

1,257

-400 -200 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400





Manufacturing


Government

Construction

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Contracted out of employerindustryStayed in industry (contracted andnon-contracted)Contracted into industry

*

*

Fatal work injuries by adjusted industry1, 2015

Components of the adjusted industry calculation

1 Adjusted industry is the industry of the entity that had overall responsibility for the operations at the site at which the worker was fatally injured. The formula for calculating it is:(Decedents directly employed in the industry and not a contracted worker + decedents directly employed in the industry and contracted by an entity in the same industry + decedents directly employed in another industry but contracted by an entity in the industry – decedents directly employed in the industry but contracted by an entity in another industry). All industries shown are private with the exception of government, which includes fatal injuries to workers within governmental organizations regardless of industry. See www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm for more information on contracted workers. *Data not presented did not meet publication requirements.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

In 2015, 937 fatally injured workers were directly employed in private construction. Of these, 308 were injured at sites overseen by non-construction entities. Another 629 workers stayed in their industry and were not contracted or were contracted in the same industry as their direct employer, private construction. An additional 21 workers were contracted into private construction, but were not directly employed by a private construction firm. Thus, an adjusted total of 650 workers were fatally injured while working at a site overseen in the private construction industry.

Total = 4,836

16


http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm

17

Fatal occupational injuries in the private sector mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry, 2003–15

Fatal work injuries in the private mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry decreased by 34 percent in 2015 to the lowest level since 2009. The fatal injury rate also decreased to 11.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers (FTE) in 2015 from 14.2 per 100,000 FTE workers in 2014. Oil and gas extraction industries accounted for 74 percent of the fatal work injuries in this sector in 2015.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.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).

8598 98

125 122 120

68

107 112142

112

144

89

5654 61

67 61 56

31

65 43

39

43

39

31

0

50

100

150

200

250

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Oil and gas extraction industries All other mining

141152

192

159

183176

99

172

155

181

155

183

120

86

228

250

254

284

392

410

632

924

1,301

0.5

1.6

3.0

0.8

25.3

7.6

1.6

2.8

12.5

14.7

1,500 1,000 500 0 10 20 30

Office and administrative support

Sales and related

Production

Professional and related

Farming, fishing, and forestry

Installation, maintenance, and repair

Service

Construction and extraction

Transportation and material moving


Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries to civilian workersby major occupation group, 2015

Although transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of fatal work injuries in 2015, the major occupational group with the highest fatal work injury rate was farming, fishing, and forestry.

18



Management, business, and financialoperations




38

26

252

885

17

33

75

57

23

67

18.1

20.5

22.0

24.3

29.8

38.8

39.7

40.4

54.8

132.7

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

Structural iron and steel workers

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

Roofers

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers

Fishers and related fishing workers

Logging workers

50 100300 1500900 600

Civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates, 2015


In 2015, fatal work injury rates were high for logging workers and fishers and related fishing workers. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers incurred the greatest number of fatal injuries.





Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

19

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers


41

64

47

121

613

56

52

36

90

30

80

83

83

85

106

111

123

235

252

745

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Carpenters

Electricians

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

Construction laborers

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers


Violence and other injuries bypersons or animals

Falls, slips, trips

Exposure to harmful sub-stances or environments

Other events

Civilian occupations with high fatal injury counts by leading event, 2015

Transportation incidents caused the highest share of fatal injuries in five of the occupations with high fatal injury counts shown. Falls, slips, and trips were the leading cause of death in three of the ten, all of which were construction and extraction occupations.


First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse

20


Fewer than in 2014More than in 2014

Twenty-one states had more fatal injuries in 2015 than in 2014. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia had fewer fatal workplace injuries in 2015 compared to 2014.

21

Number of fatal work injuries by state, 2015

No Change

AL(70)

AK(14)

AZ(69) AR

(74)

CA(388)

CO(75)

CT(44)

DE(8)

DC(8)

FL(272)

GA(180)

HI(18)

ID(36)

IL(172)

IN(115)

IA(60)

KS(60)

KY(99)

LA(112)

ME(15)

MD(69)

MA(69)MI(134)

MN(74)

MS(77)

MO(117)

MT(36)

NE(50)NV

(44)

NH(18)

NJ(97)

NM(35)

NY(236)

NC(150)

ND(47)

OH(202)

OK(91)

OR(44)

PA(173)

RI(6)

SC(117)

SD(21)

TN(112)

TX(527)

UT(42)

VT(9)

VA(106)

WA(70)

WV(35)

WI(104)

WY(34)


In 2015, over 21,400 source documents helped identify and verify information on 4,836 fatal work injuries, an average of 4.4 source documents per in-scope fatal injury case.

Sources of data on fatal work injuries, 2015

22Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016.

347

617

993

1,221

1,276

1,705

3,049

3,752

3,796

4,680

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000

State follow-up

Other government

Police report

Toxicology

State workers' compensation

OSHA

Coroner/Medical examiner/Autopsy

News media report

All other

Death certificate

Number of Documents