Fatal Injury Trends in the Construction Industry, 2011-2022

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• Personal Author:
  Trueblood, Amber B. ; Yohannes, Thomas
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Construction is one of the most hazardous industries in the United States: in 2022, its workers accounted for 19.9% of all on-the-job fatal injuries but only 7.5% of employment. Private industry construction had a fatal injury rate 2.5 times higher than all industries (9.6 versus 3.9 per 100,000 full-time equivalents [FTEs]), which was the third highest in the country. This Data Bulletin examines fatal occupational injuries and at-work deaths in construction by major subsector, occupation, demographics, primary source, event/exposure, and cause-of-death. In addition, we identified the most frequently words in fatal injury narratives to examine trends.
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Construction Industry Electric Injuries Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Workers Electrocutions Falls Fatalities Mortality Data Roofers Traumatic Injuries
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Data Bulletin
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063308
• Citation:
  CPWR Data Bulletin. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2021 Feb ; :1-6
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
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