작년에 미국에서 가장 치명적이었습니다, 노동 통계국에 따르면

업무 관련 사망자가 12 년 만에 최고치를 기록했습니다. 2019 이상 5,300, 에 따르면 new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

노동자는 매번 죽었다 99 업무 관련 부상으로부터 분 2019, the BLS reported this month. The number of work-related deaths has steadily increased over the last five years, 과 2019 was the deadliest year since 2007 for deaths on the job.

Drivers accounted for 1,480 의 all work-related deaths 에 2019 — around one in five workers who died on the job, BLS said. 이상 1,060 deaths occurred in the private construction industry, another 12-year high.

But workers in the fishing and hunting industry had the highest mortality rates 당 100,000 full-time workers, according to BLS, 와 145 deaths per 100,000 사람들. They were followed by loggers, pilots and flight engineers and roofers.

An overwhelming number of workplace deaths were transportation incidents, which accounted for over 2,000 사망자. Falls, slips and trips followed, 이상으로 880 사망자. Suicides and unintentional overdoses both accounted for more than 300 work-related deaths in 2019, 너무.

Among 2019’s disturbing trends was the increase in work-related deaths among Hispanic and Latino workers. 작년, 1,088 Hispanic or Latino workers died on the job, according to the BLS. Just three years earlier, 에 2016, that number was 879. It’s the most marked increase among race and ethnic groups.

Jobs with highest number of work-related deaths in 2019

Transportation and material moving: 1,481
Construction and extraction: 1.066
서비스: 762
Installation, maintenance and repair: 438
Management, 사업, financial operations: 409

Fatal work injuries by event

Transportation incidents: 2,122
Falls, slips, trips: 880
Violence and other injuries by people or animals (includes homicides and suicides): 841
Contact with objects and equipment: 732
Exposure to harmful substances or environment (includes substance overdoses): 642