Most workers died after they fell or were struck by a heavy object

These were some of the most common ways workers died, according to cases between January 2017 and November 2022 recorded by OSHA.

Data was collected by using regular expressions to search for keywords after scraping OSHA's table. A total of 6,498 cases were analyzed.
Chart: Rachel Phua Source: Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration Get the data Embed