More than 5,000 fatal workplace injuries have been recorded in the United States in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, including truck drivers and building trades workers represent a significant part.
“There were 5,070 fatal workplace injuries recorded in the United States in 2024, down 4.0 percent from 5,283 in 2023,” the BLS revealed Thursday.
Data shows 1,018 deaths work accidents involving motor vehicle drivers in 2024, including a whopping 798 among truck and semi-trailer drivers.
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“Road incidents involving motorized land vehicles decreased 8.5 percent to 1,146 in 2024 from 1,252 in 2023, while pedestrian incidents involving motorized land vehicles increased 19.0 percent to 369 in 2024 from 310 in 2023,” the bureau said.
There were 788 fatal injuries among construction workers in 2024, according to the report, and 239 among grounds maintenance workers.
A significant number of the overall figure for fatal workplace accidents involved homicides and suicides, 470 and 263 respectively in 2024.
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There were 410 linked to drug and alcohol overdoses.
“The decrease in fatal injuries in 2024 is largely due to a 16.2 percent drop in deaths from exposure to harmful substances or environments (to 687 cases from 820). This decrease is in turn due to a drop in drug or alcohol overdoses, which account for 59.7 percent of deaths in this category, dropping to 410 fatal injuries in 2024 from 512 deaths in 2023,” the BLS noted.
Among forestry, conservation and logging workers, there were only 53 fatal workplace injuries in 2024, and among fishing and hunting workers, only 24, the data shows.
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But both categories had a high incidence of fatal workplace accidents per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, with 110.4 for forestry workers and 88.8 per 100,000 for fishing and hunting workers in 2024. according to the BLS. Among roofers, this figure is 48.7 per 100,000 workers.