Fatal work injuries in 2020 at 4,764, down 10.7% from 2019

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic News Release USDL-21-2145

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary, 2020
For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Thursday, December 16, 2021
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NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2020

There were 4,764 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2020, a 10.7-percent decrease from 5,333 in 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) The fatal work injury rate was 3.4 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, down from 3.5 per 100,000 FTE in 2019. (See chart 2.) These data are from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).

(Charts 1 and 2 appear here in the printed release)

Key findings from the 2020 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

- The 4,764 fatal occupational injuries in 2020 represents the lowest annual number since 2013.
- A worker died every 111 minutes from a work-related injury in 2020.
- Transportation incidents remained the most frequent type of fatal event with 1,778 fatal injuries, accounting for 37.3 percent of all work-related fatalities.
- The share of Hispanic or Latino workers fatally injured on the job continued to grow, increasing to 22.5 percent (1,072 fatalities) from 20.4 percent (1,088 fatalities) in 2019.
- Suicides decreased 15.6 percent from 307 in 2019 to 259 in 2020, representing the lowest count for occupational suicides since 2015.

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Fatal injury counts by occupation will be available at www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm. Fatality rates by occupation, industry, and worker demographics will be available at www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_rates_2020hb.xlsx.

(Chart 4 appears here in the printed release)

Read more: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm

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1. People not working will always skew the statistics.

2020 (and maybe 2021) should go down as an asterisk year when it comes to any statistics dealing with social issues.