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NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2018 

There were 5,250 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2018, a 2 percent increase from the 5,147 

in 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) The fatal work injury rate 

remained unchanged at 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. (See chart 2.) These data are from 

the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). 

Chart 1. Number of fatal work injuries, 2006-18 Chart 2. Fatal work injury rate, 2006-18

 

Fatal event or exposure

• Transportation incidents remained the most frequent type of fatal event at 2,080, accounting for 40 

percent of all work-related fatalities. (See chart 3 and table 2.)

• Incidents involving contact with objects and equipment increased 13 percent (from 695 to 786), driven 

by a 39 percent increase in workers caught in running equipment or machinery and a 17 percent increase 

in workers struck by falling objects or equipment. 

• Unintentional overdoses due to nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol while at work increased 12 percent 

from 272 to 305. This is the sixth consecutive annual increase.

• Violence and other injuries by persons or animals increased 3 percent in 2018, due to an 11 percent 

increase in work-related suicides from 275 to 304. 

• Fatal falls, slips, and trips decreased 11 percent to 791, after reaching a series high of 887 in 2017. This 

decline was due to a 14 percent drop in falls to a lower level (713 to 615), the lowest total since 2013. 

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 Chart 3. Fatal work injuries by major event or exposure, 2016-18

Occupation

• Driver/sales workers and truck drivers had the most fatalities of any broad occupation group at 966. 

Among all detailed occupations, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers had the most fatalities at 831. 

• In 2018, logging workers, fishers and related fishing workers, aircraft pilots and flight engineers, and 

roofers all had fatality rates more than 10 times the all-worker rate of 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 FTE 

workers. (See chart 4.) 

• Police and sheriff’s patrol officers had 108 fatalities in 2018, up 14 percent from 2017. 

• Fatal injuries to taxi drivers and chauffeurs declined by 24 percent to 47, the lowest total since 2003 

when comparable data for the occupation were first available. 

Fatal injury counts by occupation will be available shortly at www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/all_worker.xlsx. 

Fatality rates by occupation will be available shortly at www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_rates_2018hb.xlsx. 

Independent workers

In 2016, the CFOI began identifying fatal injuries to independent workers. Independent workers are involved in 

a work relationship that is finite and involves a single task, short-term contract, or freelance work. 

• In 2018, there were 621 fatal injuries to independent workers, up from 613 in 2017. 

• Independent workers comprised 12 percent of all fatal injuries in 2018. 

• Occupations with the most fatal work injuries to independent workers in 2018 were heavy and tractor 

trailer-truck drivers (96), followed by first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers 

(61), and construction laborers (48). 

Fatal occupational injury data for independent workers will be available shortly at 

www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/independent-workers.xlsx. 

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 Chart 4. Fatal work injury rates per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers by selected occupations, 2018

Worker demographics

• Fatalities to non-Hispanic Black or African American workers increased 16 percent to 615 in 2018, the 

highest total since 1999. Their fatal injury rate also increased from 3.2 per 100,000 FTE workers in 2017 

to 3.6 in 2018. 

• Hispanic or Latino workers experienced 961 fatalities in 2018, a 6 percent increase from 2017. Sixtyseven percent of fatally-injured Hispanic or Latino workers were born outside of the United States. 

• Though the number of fatalities declined for workers age 65 years and over in 2018, their fatal workinjury rate is still more than double the all-worker rate. (See table 1.) 

• A total of 20 states and the District of Columbia had fewer fatal injuries in 2018 than 2017, while 28 

states had more; Arkansas and Oklahoma had the same number as 2017. (See table 5.) 

Fatal occupational injury data for foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers will be available shortly at 

www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/foreign_b_h.xlsx. 

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TECHNICAL NOTES

Background 

The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational 

Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) program, is a count of all fatal work injuries occurring in the U.S. during 

the calendar year. The CFOI uses a variety of state, federal, and independent data sources to identify, verify, 

and describe fatal work injuries. This ensures counts are as complete and accurate as possible. For the 2018 

data, over 24,800 unique source documents were reviewed as part of the data collection process. For technical 

information and definitions for the CFOI, see the BLS Handbook of Methods on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/home.htm. Fatal injury rates are subject to sampling errors as they are calculated 

using employment data from the Current Population Survey, a sample of households, and the BLS Local Area 

Unemployment Statistics. For more information on measurement error, see www.bls.gov/iif/osh_rse.htm. 

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), another component of the OSHS program, presents 

frequency counts and incidence rates by industry, detailed case circumstances, and worker characteristics for 

nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses for cases that result in days away from work. Counts and incidence 

rates by industry, case type, case circumstances and worker characteristics for 2018 were published in 

November 2019. For these data, access the BLS website: www.bls.gov/iif. 

Identification and verification of work-related fatalities

In 2018, work relationship could not be independently verified by multiple source documents for 12 fatal work 

injuries. However, the information on the initiating source document for these cases was sufficient to determine 

that the incident was likely to be job-related. Data for these fatalities are included. 

Federal/State agency coverage

The CFOI includes data for all fatal work injuries, some of which may be outside the scope of other agencies or 

regulatory coverage. Comparisons between CFOI counts and those released by other agencies should account 

for the different coverage requirements and definitions used by each agency. For more information on the scope 

of CFOI, see www.bls.gov/iif/cfoiscope.htm and www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/concepts.htm. 

Acknowledgements

BLS thanks the participating states, New York City, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and Guam for their efforts in collecting accurate, comprehensive, and useful data on fatal work injuries. 

Although data for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam are not included in the national totals, results 

for these jurisdictions are available. Participating agencies may be contacted to request more detailed state 

results. Contact information is available at www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm. 

BLS also appreciates the efforts of all federal, state, local, and private sector entities that provided source 

documents used to identify fatal work injuries. Among these agencies are the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration; the National Transportation Safety Board; the U.S. Coast Guard; the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration; the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (Federal Employees’ Compensation and 

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation divisions); the Federal Railroad Administration; the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration; state vital statistics registrars, coroners, and medical examiners; state 

departments of health, labor, and industrial relations and workers’ compensation agencies; state and local police 

departments; and state farm bureaus. 

Information in this release is available to sensory-impaired individuals. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal 

Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
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Table 1. Fatal occupational injuries counts and rates by selected demographic characteristics, 2017-18

 Counts Rates1 Rates Margin of Error2

Characteristic 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total3 5,147 5,250 3.5 3.5 0.0 0.0

Employee status

Wage and salary workers4 4,069 4,178 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.0

Self-employed5 1,078 1,072 13.1 12.7 0.3 0.3

no data

Gender no data

Women 386 413 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0

Men 4,761 4,837 5.7 5.7 0.0 0.0

Age

Under 16 years 15 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A

16 to 17 years 7 9 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0

18 to 19 years 62 56 2.6 2.3 0.1 0.1

20 to 24 years 293 282 2.2 2.1 0.0 0.0

25 to 34 years 872 946 2.5 2.7 0.0 0.0

35 to 44 years 907 966 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.0

45 to 54 years 1,059 1,114 3.3 3.4 0.0 0.0

55 to 64 years 1,155 1,104 4.6 4.3 0.0 0.0

65 years and over 775 759 10.3 9.6 0.2 0.2

Race or ethnic origin6

White (non-Hispanic) 3,449 3,405 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0

Black or African-American (non-Hispanic) 530 615 3.2 3.6 0.0 0.0

Hispanic or Latino 903 961 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0

American Indian or Alaskan Native (non-Hispanic) 38 42 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Asian (non-Hispanic) 144 153 1.6 1.7 0.0 0.0

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 17 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Multiple races (non-Hispanic) 9 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Other races or not reported (non-Hispanic) 57 50 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1

 Fatal injury rates are per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. Complete 

national rates can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm#rates. Complete state rates can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm. National and state rates are calculated 

using different methodology and cannot be directly compared. See www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/calculation.htm#comparisons-of-national-and-state-rates for more information on 

how rates are calculated and caveats for comparison. N/A means a rate was not published for this group.

2 Fatal injury rates rely on the census figures from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and the employment from the Current Population Survey (CPS). CPS is a sample of households 

that is designed to represent the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States. Sampling errors occur in the CPS because observations are made on a sample, not on the entire population. 

The margin of error (MOE) is a measure of dispersion around the estimated fatal injury rate, expressed at the 95% confidence level. For more on confidence intervals, see www.bls.gov/iif/osh_rse.htm. 

While the MOE measures the variance in the employment calculations, small fatal injury counts can vary substantially from year to year. See www.bls.gov/iif/dangerous-jobs.htm for more information.

3

 The CFOI has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification systems and definitions of many data elements have changed.

See the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm) for a more detailed description of each data element.

4

 May include volunteers and workers receiving other types of compensation.

5

 Includes self-employed workers, owners of unincorporated businesses and farms, paid and unpaid family workers, and may include some owners of incorporated businesses or members 

of partnerships.

6

 Persons identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. The race categories shown exclude data for Hispanics and Latinos.

Note: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless 

precipitated by an injury event.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
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Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries for selected events or exposures, 2011-18

 Counts

Characteristic 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total1 4,693 4,628 4,585 4,821 4,836 5,190 5,147 5,250

Event or exposure

Violence and other injuries by persons or animals 791 803 773 765 703 866 807 828

Intentional injury by person 718 725 686 689 646 792 733 757

Homicides 468 475 404 409 417 500 458 453

Shooting by other person—intentional 365 381 322 307 354 394 351 351

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing 42 35 38 40 28 38 47 44

Suicides 250 249 282 280 229 291 275 304

Transportation incidents 1,937 1,923 1,865 1,984 2,054 2,083 2,077 2,080

Aircraft incidents 145 127 136 135 139 130 126 133

Rail vehicle incidents 50 38 41 57 50 50 48 48

Pedestrian vehicular incident 316 293 294 318 289 342 313 325

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone 63 65 48 53 44 58 56 58

Water vehicle incident 72 63 60 55 44 48 68 58

Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle 1,103 1,153 1,099 1,157 1,264 1,252 1,299 1,276

Roadway collision with other vehicle 525 565 564 611 660 628 663 677

Roadway collision moving in same direction 150 124 144 146 166 168 189 183

Roadway collision moving in opposite directions, oncoming 172 204 192 230 224 199 214 243

Roadway collision moving perpendicularly 111 134 136 131 154 150 149 141

Roadway collision with object other than vehicle 313 338 332 317 360 342 377 373

Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway 292 318 311 292 335 321 348 345

Roadway noncollision incident 262 247 201 228 240 278 252 222

Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway 208 202 171 193 201 238 197 170

Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle 222 233 227 248 253 245 209 225

Nonroadway noncollision incident 169 175 181 191 182 182 166 164

Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway 113 115 118 127 131 120 111 105

Fire or explosion 144 122 149 137 121 88 123 115

Fall, slip, trip 681 704 724 818 800 849 887 791

Fall on same level 111 120 110 138 125 134 151 154

Fall to lower level 553 570 595 660 648 697 713 615

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 38 35 45 44 55 65 48 50

Fall through surface or existing opening 60 72 68 82 87 87 85 83

Exposure to harmful substances or environments 419 340 335 390 424 518 531 621

Exposure to electricity 174 156 141 154 134 154 136 160

Exposure to temperature extremes 63 41 38 26 40 48 38 60

Exposure to other harmful substances 144 110 124 182 215 268 317 355

Nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol unintentional overdose 73 65 82 114 165 217 272 305

Inhalation of harmful substance 57 40 39 59 45 39 43 42

Contact with objects and equipment 710 723 721 715 722 761 695 786

Struck by object or equipment 476 519 509 503 519 553 503 566

 Struck by powered vehicle nontransport 196 201 197 202 216 232 197 215

Struck by falling object or equipment 219 241 245 243 247 255 237 278

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects 145 124 131 132 99 117 108 137

Caught in running equipment or machinery 118 93 105 105 74 103 76 106

Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or 

material 84 73 78 74 90 82 70 73

1

 The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification 

systems and definitions of many data elements have changed. See the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm) for a more detailed description of 

each data element. Event or exposure is based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.

Note: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths 

unless precipitated by an injury event.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
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Table 3. Fatal occupational injuries counts and rates for selected occupations, 2017-18

 Counts Rates1 Rates Margin of Error2

Characteristic 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total3 5,147 5,250 3.5 3.5 0.0 0.0

Occupation (SOC)

Management occupations 396 387 2.1 2.0 0.0 0.0

Business and financial operations occupations 29 38 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0

Computer and mathematical occupations 11 12 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0

Architecture and engineering occupations 23 30 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.0

Life, physical, and social science occupations 13 18 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.1

Community and social services occupations 37 23 1.4 0.8 0.1 0.0

Legal occupations 11 15 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0

Education, training, and library occupations 30 27 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 47 71 1.6 2.3 0.1 0.1

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 57 65 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.0

Healthcare support occupations 28 32 0.9 1.0 0.0 0.0

Protective service occupations 266 270 7.7 7.4 0.3 0.3

Fire fighting and prevention workers 35 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Law enforcement workers 117 127 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Food preparation and serving related occupations 89 100 1.4 1.5 0.0 0.0

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 326 350 6.4 6.8 0.2 0.2

Building cleaning and pest control workers 68 66 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Grounds maintenance workers 191 225 15.5 18.6 0.9 1.0

Personal care and service occupations 69 63 1.2 1.2 0.0 0.0

Sales and related occupations 232 241 1.6 1.7 0.0 0.0

Supervisors, sales workers 98 102 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Retail sales workers 89 99 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Office and administrative support occupations 101 69 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 264 262 20.9 22.8 1.9 2.5

Agricultural workers 155 158 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fishing and hunting workers 41 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Forest, conservation, and logging workers 57 57 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Construction and extraction occupations 965 1,003 12.2 12.2 0.3 0.3

Supervisors of construction and extraction workers 121 144 17.4 21.0 1.2 1.6

Construction trades workers 747 731 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Extraction workers 41 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 414 420 8.1 8.2 0.2 0.2

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers 143 152 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Production occupations 221 225 2.6 2.6 0.1 0.1

Transportation and material moving occupations 1,443 1,443 15.9 15.0 0.4 0.3

Air transportation workers 59 71 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Motor vehicle operators 1,084 1,044 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Material moving workers 235 255 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Military occupations4 72 82 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1

 Fatal injury rates are per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. Complete national rates 

can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm#rates. Complete state rates can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm. National and state rates are calculated using different methodology 

and cannot be directly compared. See www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/calculation.htm#comparisons-of-national-and-state-rates for more information on how rates are calculated 

and caveats for comparison. N/A means a rate was not published for this group.

2 Fatal injury rates rely on the census figures from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and the employment from the Current Population Survey (CPS). CPS is a sample of households

that is designed to represent the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States. Sampling errors occur in the CPS because observations are made on a sample, not on the entire 

population. The margin of error (MOE) is a measure of dispersion around the estimated fatal injury rate, expressed at the 95% confidence level. For more on confidence intervals, see 

www.bls.gov/iif/osh_rse.htm. While the MOE measures the variance in the employment calculations, small fatal injury counts can vary substantially from year to year. See 

www.bls.gov/iif/dangerous-jobs.htm for more information.

3

 The CFOI has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification systems and definitions of many data elements

have changed. See the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm) for a more detailed description of each data element. Occupation is based

on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2010 system. 

4

 Includes fatal injuries to persons identified as resident armed forces regardless of individual occupation listed.

Note: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths 

unless precipitated by an injury event.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
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Table 4. Fatal occupational injuries counts and rates by selected industries, 2017-18

 Counts Rates1 Rates Margin of Error2

Characteristic 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total3 5,147 5,250 3.5 3.5 0.0 0.0

Industry (NAICS)

Private industry4 4,674 4,779 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0

 Goods producing 1,967 2,055 6.7 6.8 0.1 0.1

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 581 574 23.0 23.4 1.7 1.9

 Crop production 263 250 20.9 20.1 2.1 2.3

 Animal production and aquaculture 152 161 16.4 18.6 1.7 2.4

 Forestry and logging 76 84 N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction5 112 130 12.9 14.1 2.2 2.2

 Mining (except oil and gas) 31 34 15.5 15.0 3.6 3.1

 Support activities for mining 73 83 12.8 13.7 2.9 2.8

 Construction 971 1,008 9.5 9.5 0.2 0.2

 Construction of buildings 196 200 N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Heavy and civil engineering construction 152 180 N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Specialty trade contractors 610 609 N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Manufacturing 303 343 1.9 2.2 0.0 0.0

 Food manufacturing 51 41 2.8 2.2 0.2 0.2

 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 50 56 4.3 4.4 0.3 0.3

 Service providing 2,707 2,724 2.8 2.8 0.0 0.0

 Wholesale trade 174 202 4.8 5.3 0.2 0.2

 Retail trade 287 274 2.0 1.9 0.0 0.0

 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 54 68 2.5 3.2 0.1 0.1

 Food and beverage stores 60 42 2.3 1.6 0.1 0.1

 Transportation and warehousing 882 874 15.1 14.0 0.5 0.4

 Truck transportation 599 607 28.0 28.3 1.5 1.4

 Utilities 28 29 2.6 2.6 0.2 0.2

 Information 43 31 1.6 1.2 0.1 0.0

 Finance and insurance 32 30 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0

 Real estate and rental and leasing 69 78 2.4 2.6 0.1 0.1

 Professional, scientific, and technical services 69 87 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.0

 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 460 497 N/A N/A N/A N/A

 Educational services 43 30 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.0

 Health care and social assistance 146 138 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 91 78 3.2 3.0 0.1 0.1

 Accommodation and food services 171 175 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

 Other services, except public administration 205 195 2.9 2.6 0.1 0.1

Government6 473 471 2.0 1.8 0.0 0.0

 Federal government4 116 124 1.3 1.2 0.1 0.0

 State government4 91 69 1.4 1.1 0.0 0.0

 Local government4 265 276 2.6 2.7 0.1 0.1 1

 Fatal injury rates are per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. 

Complete national rates can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm#rates. Complete state rates can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm. National and state rates are calculated

using different methodology and cannot be directly compared. See www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/calculation.htm#comparisons-of-national-and-state-rates for more information on how

rates are calculated and caveats for comparison. N/A means a rate was not published for this group.

2 Fatal injury rates rely on the census figures from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and the employment from the Current Population Survey (CPS). CPS is a sample of households

that is designed to represent the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States. Sampling errors occur in the CPS because observations are made on a sample, not on the entire population. 

The margin of error (MOE) is a measure of dispersion around the estimated fatal injury rate, expressed at the 95% confidence level. For more on confidence intervals, see www.bls.gov/iif/osh_rse.htm.

While the MOE measures the variance in the employment calculations, small fatal injury counts can vary substantially from year to year. See www.bls.gov/iif/dangerous-jobs.htm for more information.

3

 The CFOI has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification systems and definitions of many data elements have changed. See

the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm) for a more detailed description of each data element. Industry is based on the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

4

 Includes all fatal occupational injuries meeting this ownership criterion across all specified years, regardless of industry classification system.

5

 Includes fatal injuries at all establishments categorized as Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (Sector 21) in the North American Industry Classification System, including establishments

not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction.

6

 Includes fatal injuries to workers employed by governmental organizations regardless of industry. Includes all fatal occupational injuries meeting this ownership criterion across all specified

years, regardless of industry classification system. 

Note: Data for all years are final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths 

unless precipitated by an injury event.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
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Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries counts and rates by state of incident, 2017-18

 Counts Rates1

Characteristic 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total2 5,147 5,250 3.5 3.5

State of incident

Alabama 83 89 4.3 4.5

Alaska 33 32 10.2 9.9

Arizona 90 82 3.0 2.5

Arkansas 76 76 6.1 6.3

California 376 422 2.2 2.3

Colorado 77 72 2.8 2.6

Connecticut 35 48 1.9 2.8

Delaware 10 7 2.4 1.6

District of Columbia 13 10 3.4 2.8

Florida 299 332 3.3 3.5

Georgia 194 186 4.1 3.8

Hawaii 20 22 2.2 3.4

Idaho 37 45 4.8 5.8

Illinois 163 184 2.8 3.1

Indiana 138 173 4.5 5.6

Iowa 72 77 4.7 4.9

Kansas 72 61 5.2 4.5

Kentucky 70 83 3.8 4.2

Louisiana 117 98 6.3 5.1

Maine 18 17 2.7 2.5

Maryland 87 97 3.0 3.4

Massachusetts 108 97 3.2 2.7

Michigan 153 155 3.4 3.4

Minnesota 101 75 3.5 2.7

Mississippi 90 78 6.2 6.7

Missouri 125 145 4.4 5.1

Montana 32 28 6.9 5.5

Nebraska 35 44 3.6 4.7

Nevada 32 39 2.4 2.8

New Hampshire 11 20 1.6 2.9

New Jersey 69 83 1.6 2.0

New Mexico 44 43 4.7 4.7

New York (including N.Y.C.) 313 271 3.5 3.1

New York City 87 73 2.3 2.0

North Carolina 183 178 3.9 3.8

North Dakota 38 35 10.1 9.6

Ohio 174 158 3.3 3.0

Oklahoma 91 91 5.5 5.2

Oregon 60 62 3.2 3.1

Pennsylvania 172 177 3.0 3.0

Rhode Island 8 9 1.6 1.8

South Carolina 88 98 4.2 4.6

South Dakota 30 32 7.3 6.9

Tennessee 128 122 4.4 4.1

Texas 534 488 4.3 3.8

Utah 43 49 2.9 3.4

Vermont 22 11 7.0 3.5

Virginia 118 157 2.9 3.5

Washington 84 86 2.5 2.4

West Virginia 51 57 7.4 7.9

Wisconsin 106 114 3.5 3.8

Wyoming 20 31 7.7 11.5 1

 Fatal injury rates are per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. Fatal injury rates exclude workers under the age of 16 years, volunteers, and resident military. Complete national rates can

be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm#rates. Complete state rates can be found at www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm. National and state rates use different methodology and cannot be directly

compared. See www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cfoi/calculation.htm#comparisons-of-national-and-state-rates for more information on how rates are calculated and caveats for comparison. 

2

 The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification systems and definitions 

of many data elements have changed. See the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm) for a more detailed description of each data element.

Note: Data for all years are final. CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. Margin of error is not available for state rate data.

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