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 deaths. Falls, slips and trips followed, with over 880 deaths. 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
- Service: 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
Jobs with highest death rate per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
- Fishing and hunting: 145 당 100,000
- Logging: 68.9 당 100,000
- Aircraft pilots and flight engineers: 61.8 당 100,000
- Roofers: 54 당 100,000
- Construction: 40 당 100,000
