In 2021, the highest occupational injury death rate in the United States was to be found with logging workers, with a rate of 82.2 deaths per 100,000 workers. Overall, the occupational injury death rate in the U.S. stood at 3.6 deaths per 100,000 workers.
Occupational injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the United States in 2021, by selected industry sector
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.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (December 16, 2022). Occupational injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the United States in 2021, by selected industry sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284861/occupational-injury-death-rate-in-2012-by-private-industry-sector/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Occupational injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the United States in 2021, by selected industry sector." Chart. December 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284861/occupational-injury-death-rate-in-2012-by-private-industry-sector/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Occupational injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the United States in 2021, by selected industry sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284861/occupational-injury-death-rate-in-2012-by-private-industry-sector/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Occupational Injury Deaths per 100,000 Full-time Equivalent Workers in The United States in 2021, by Selected Industry Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284861/occupational-injury-death-rate-in-2012-by-private-industry-sector/
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Occupational injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in the United States in 2021, by selected industry sector [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/284861/occupational-injury-death-rate-in-2012-by-private-industry-sector/
