2022 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries — 2023-12-19

NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2022 There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) The fatal work injury rate was 3.7 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, up from 3.6 per 100,000 FTE in 2021. (See chart 2.) These data are from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). - A worker died every 96 minutes from a work-related injury in 2022 compared to 101 minutes in 2021. - Fatalities due to violence and other injuries by persons or animals increased 11.6 percent to 849 in 2022, compared to 761 in 2021. Homicides accounted for 61.7 percent of these fatalities, with 524 deaths, an 8.9-percent increase from 2021.