www.agc.org • October 2015

Preliminary Results of Fatal Work Injuries in 2014 Released

A preliminary total of 4,679 fatal work injuries were recorded in the U.S. in 2014, an increase of 2 percent over the revised count of 4,585 fatal work injuries in 2013, according to results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Key preliminary findings include:

Fatal injuries were higher in construction (up 6 percent).
Falls, slips and trips increased 10 percent to 793 in 2014 from 724 in 2013. This was driven largely by an increase in falls to a lower level to 647 in 2014 from 595 in 2013.
Fatal work injuries in construction and extraction occupations increased 5 percent (40 cases) in 2014 to 885. This is the highest total for this occupation group since 2008.
Fatal injuries among construction trade workers increased 3 percent in 2014 to 611 fatalities, the highest count since 2009.
Fatal work injuries to construction laborers, the occupation with construction trade workers with the highest number of fatalities, decreased by 14 cases in 2014 to 206. Conversely, the number of fatally injured electricians increased by 14 cases in 2014 to 78.

Construction fatalities rose to 874 in 2014 from 828 in 2013. the number of fatal work injuries in 2014 was the highest reported total since 2008.

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