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National census of fatal occupational injuries in 2007.

Results Indicate...   Whitman News.

Preliminary results indicate a total of 5,488 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2007, a decrease of 6% from the total of 5,840 fatal work injuries finally reported for 2006. Final results for 2007 will be released in April 2009. Based on these preliminary counts, the rate of fatal injury for U.S. workers in 2007 was 3.7 fatal work injuries per 100,000 workers.

Fatal Industry Death Statistics 2007   
Category Total Hwy Fall Hit Murder
total 5,465 633 327 347 276
Crop production 249 11 - 5 16
Animal production 162 12 - 7 10
Forestry, logging 92 12 - 4 66
Mining, except oil and gas 53 11 - 9 13
Support mining 112 36 - 5 18
building construction 244 9 3 44 10
Heavy construction 216 19 - 14 13
Specialty trade contractors 680 11 1 43 7
Manufacturing 392 15 4 12 15
Food manufacturing 49 29 6 12 -
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 71 10 - 14 18
Wholesalers, durable goods 98 31 4 7 18
Wholesalers, nondurable goods 89 44 4 10 6
Retail trade 336 17 48 9 4
Transportation, warehousing 836 54 7 4 5
Utilities 33 9 - 12 9
Information 77 49 8 14 -
Finance and insurance 45 27 49 7 -
Real estate 71 20 23 18 4
Professional, technical svcs 75 24 9 13 -
Admin and waste svcs 386 20 8 23 11
Educational svcs 35 9 - - -
Health, social assistance 114 34 15 9 -
Arts, entertainment, recreation 92 12 10 14 8
Accommodation, food svcs 159 9 64 9 -
Other svcs, except public admin 170 18 24 9 11
Federal government 106 22 - 7 5
State government 107 27 21 8 3
Local government 316 32 19 5 6
 
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