For release 10:00 a. m. (ET) Wednesday, December 16, 2020 USDL-20-2265 Technical information: (202) 691-6170 � � Media contact: (202) 691-5902 � NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2019 There were 5, 333 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2019, a 2 percent increase from the 5, 250 in 2018, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1. ) The fatal work injury rate was 3. 5 fatalities per 100, 000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, which was the rate reported in 2018. (See chart 2. ) These data are from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). (Charts 1 and 2 appear here in the printed release) Key findings from the 2019 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries - The 5, 333 fatal occupational injuries in 2019 represents the largest annual number since 2007. - A worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury in 2019. - Fatalities among workers age 55 and over increased 8 percent from 1, 863 in 2018 to 2, 005 in 2019, which is the largest number ever recorded for this age group.
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