Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by state and event or exposure, 2010-2011
Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by state and event or exposure, 2010-2011
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| Total fatal | Event or exposure(4)
| injuries(1) | 2011
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State of injury | | | Violence | | | | Exposure | Contact
| | | and other| Transpor-| | Falls, |to harmful| with
| 2010(2) | 2011(3)p | injuires | tation |Fires and | slips, |substances| objects
| (revised)| |by persons|incidents-|explosions| trips | or | and
| | | or | (6) | | | environ- | equipment
| | |animals(5)| | | | ments |
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Total...................| 4,690 | 4,609 | 780 | 1,898 | 143 | 666 | 401 | 708
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Alabama...................| 92 | 74 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 17
Alaska....................| 39 | 38 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –
Arizona...................| 77 | 65 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 5 | –
Arkansas..................| 88 | 93 | 11 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 11
California................| 326 | 360 | 85 | 118 | 9 | 60 | 36 | 50
Colorado..................| 85 | 87 | 16 | 34 | – | 15 | 5 | 16
Connecticut...............| 49 | 36 | 12 | 13 | – | 7 | 1 | 3
Delaware..................| 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 1 | –
District of Columbia......| 16 | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3
Florida...................| 225 | 227 | 44 | 90 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 26
Georgia...................| 108 | 107 | 17 | 45 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 15
Hawaii....................| 19 | 26 | – | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | –
Idaho.....................| 33 | 37 | – | 26 | – | 3 | – | 5
Illinois..................| 206 | 177 | 44 | 54 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 20
Indiana...................| 118 | 122 | 17 | 61 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 18
Iowa......................| 77 | 93 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16
Kansas....................| 85 | 77 | 7 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9
Kentucky..................| 69 | 86 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17
Louisiana.................| 111 | 109 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 12
Maine.....................| 20 | 26 | 4 | 16 | – | – | 3 | –
Maryland..................| 71 | 71 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9
Massachusetts.............| 54 | 63 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5
Michigan..................| 146 | 139 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 21
Minnesota.................| 70 | 60 | 5 | 16 | – | 14 | 5 | 19
Mississippi...............| 68 | 63 | 9 | 31 | – | 5 | 7 | 9
Missouri..................| 106 | 133 | 14 | 60 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 28
Montana...................| 36 | 49 | 5 | 25 | – | 5 | 3 | 8
Nebraska..................| 54 | 39 | 2 | 25 | – | 3 | – | 5
Nevada....................| 38 | 38 | 9 | 22 | – | 4 | – | –
New Hampshire.............| 6 | 9 | – | 4 | – | – | – | –
New Jersey................| 81 | 98 | 24 | 37 | – | 15 | 7 | 15
New Mexico................| 38 | 51 | 4 | 21 | – | 3 | 6 | 15
New York (including | | | | | | | |
N.Y.C.)..................| 182 | 205 | 48 | 69 | – | 39 | 14 | 34
New York City...........| 68 | 71 | 24 | 13 | – | 15 | 6 | 13
North Carolina............| 139 | 148 | 29 | 51 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 24
North Dakota..............| 30 | 44 | 5 | 23 | – | 3 | – | 9
Ohio......................| 161 | 153 | 22 | 61 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 25
Oklahoma..................| 94 | 77 | 6 | 38 | – | 9 | 10 | 12
Oregon....................| 47 | 57 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 9 | – | 12
Pennsylvania..............| 221 | 186 | 28 | 69 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 32
Rhode Island..............| 9 | 7 | – | – | – | 5 | – | –
South Carolina............| 69 | 81 | 12 | 46 | – | 12 | 5 | 5
South Dakota..............| 36 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 3 | – | – | 7
Tennessee.................| 138 | 120 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 24
Texas.....................| 461 | 433 | 70 | 168 | 18 | 67 | 43 | 66
Utah......................| 41 | 39 | 3 | 24 | – | 5 | – | 5
Vermont...................| 12 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4
Virginia..................| 107 | 127 | 23 | 60 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 21
Washington................| 104 | 58 | 6 | 29 | – | 9 | 5 | 9
West Virginia.............| 95 | 43 | 3 | 18 | – | 6 | 5 | 11
Wisconsin.................| 91 | 89 | 13 | 33 | – | 12 | 9 | 22
Wyoming...................| 33 | 29 | – | 17 | – | 3 | – | –
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1 State totals include other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown
separately.
2 Totals for 2010 are revised and final. Preliminary 2010 data issued August 25, 2011, reported a total of
4,547 fatal work injuries for calendar year 2010. Since then, an additional 143 job-related fatal injuries were
identified, bringing the total job-related fatal injury count for 2010 to 4,690. Includes one fatal injury that
occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of incident could not be determined.
3 Includes two fatal injuries that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State
of incident could not be determined.
4 Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data
forward.
5 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injuries, and attacks by animals.
6 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatal injuries, and fatal injuries resulting from being
struck by a vehicle.
p Data for 2011 are preliminary. Revised and final 2011 data are scheduled to be released in Spring 2013.
NOTE: Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatality counts
exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with State, New York City,
District of Columbia, and Federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Last Modified Date: September 20, 2012
