BLS releases detailed occupational fatality data

Jul 26, 2009

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a compendium of detailed data that analyzes its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for the period 1992-2006.

The document shows a high of 6,632 worker deaths in 1994 and a low of 5,534 in 2002. In 2006, 5,840 fatalities were recorded.

In another analysis, the report charts the rising number of Hispanic worker deaths, from 533 in 1994 to 990 in 2006.

Other categories analyzed include selected fatal transportation events, multiple-fatality incidents, employment and fatalities by worker gender, and fatal occupational injuries by major occupation group.

Read the BLS report.