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According to the census of occupational injuries 5,486 people died on the job in 2022, up from the 2021 total of 5,190. The fatal injury rate was 3.7 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. [93] The decrease in the mortality rate is only partly (about 10–15%) explained by the deindustrialization of the US in the last 40 years. [94]
Occupational fatality. An occupational fatality is a death that occurs while a person is at work or performing work related tasks. Occupational fatalities are also commonly called "occupational deaths" or "work-related deaths/fatalities" and can occur in any industry or occupation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Website. www.cdc.gov /niosh. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, / ˈnaɪɒʃ /) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for ...
Much of Washington’s high rate can be attributed to its state government, which had 9.3 workplace injuries per 100 workers in 2022. That was the highest rate of any single industry in any state ...
Work accident. A work accident, workplace accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work " leading to physical or mental occupational injury. [ 1 ] According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 337 million accidents happen on the job each year, resulting, together with ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. The BLS collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is a US labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States. It was enacted by Congress in 1970 and was signed by President Richard Nixon on December 29, 1970. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Its main goal is to ensure that employers ...