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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce deaths from work-related injuries — OSH‑01 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
3.6 work-related deaths per 100,000 full-time workers (2021)

Target:
2.9 per 100,000

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
3.5 work-related deaths per 100,000 full-time workers occurred in 2017

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Work-related injury deaths—All industries, 2017-2021 ◊
(work-related deaths per 100,000 full-time workers)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
3.5
CI 3.5 / 3.5
SE 0.009
3.5
CI 3.5 / 3.5
SE 0.009
3.5
CI 3.5 / 3.5
SE 0.009
3.4
CI 3.4 / 3.5
SE 0.009
3.6
CI 3.6 / 3.6
SE 0.009