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On Tuesday, OSHA released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, showing an overall increase of 5.7% and that construction and transportation had the highest fatality rates across industries. Workers in construction and extraction occupations had the second most fatalities (1,056) in 2022 compared to other occupation groups. Falls, slips, or trips were the events precipitating 423 of these fatalities. The fatality rate for this occupation group increased from 12.3 deaths per 100,000 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) workers in 2021 to 13.0 in 2022. With a rate of 14.6 fatalities per 100,000 FTE workers, transportation and material moving occupations had the most fatalities in 2022 (1,620), up from 1,523 in 2021. OSHA noted with concern that in 2022 the fatality rate among Black workers rose 12.4% and the rate for Hispanic workers rose 10.4%. OSHA also finds that “work-related overdoses and suicides continue to be causes of great concern.” Click here for more information and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
On Tuesday, OSHA released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, showing an overall increase of 5.7% and that construction and transportation had the highest fatality rates across industries. Workers in construction and extraction occupations had the second most fatalities (1,056) in 2022 compared to other occupation groups. Falls, slips, or trips were the events precipitating 423 of these fatalities. The fatality rate for this occupation group increased from 12.3 deaths per 100,000 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) workers in 2021 to 13.0 in 2022. With a rate of 14.6 fatalities per 100,000 FTE workers, transportation and material moving occupations had the most fatalities in 2022 (1,620), up from 1,523 in 2021. OSHA noted with concern that in 2022 the fatality rate among Black workers rose 12.4% and the rate for Hispanic workers rose 10.4%. OSHA also finds that “work-related overdoses and suicides continue to be causes of great concern.”
Click here for more information and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.