Workplace Fatality Rates by Industry Sector, 2012-2024
(Hour-Based Rates)
Deaths per 100,000 workers.
Fatality rate is an hours-based calculation using total hours worked figures that are annual average estimates of total persons at work multiplied by average hours for civilians, 16 years of age and older, from the Current Population Survey.
Hours-based fatality rates should not be compared directly with employment-based rates that CFOI calculated for 1992 to 2007.
In this sector, landscaping services had a fatality rate of 18.5 and waste management services and remediation services had a fatality rate of 16.7 in 2024.
Government fatalities may overlap with specific industry sectors listed.
Fatality rate is an hours-based calculation using total hours worked figures that are annual average estimates of total persons at work multiplied by average hours for civilians, 16 years of age and older, from the Current Population Survey.
Hours-based fatality rates should not be compared directly with employment-based rates that CFOI calculated for 1992 to 2007.
In this sector, landscaping services had a fatality rate of 18.5 and waste management services and remediation services had a fatality rate of 16.7 in 2024.
Government fatalities may overlap with specific industry sectors listed.
Chart: AFL-CIO