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Table 2. Fatal occupational injuries for selected events or exposures, 2016-20 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | | | | | __________________________________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ | | | | | Total(1) | 5,190 | 5,147 | 5,250 | 5,333 | 4,764 | | | | | Event or exposure(2) | | | | | Violence and other injuries by persons or animals | 866 | 807 | 828 | 841 | 705 Intentional injury by person | 792 | 733 | 757 | 761 | 651 Homicides | 500 | 458 | 453 | 454 | 392 Shooting by other person—intentional | 394 | 351 | 351 | 363 | 304 Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing | 38 | 47 | 44 | 42 | 50 Suicides | 291 | 275 | 304 | 307 | 259 Transportation incidents | 2,083 | 2,077 | 2,080 | 2,122 | 1,778 Aircraft incidents | 130 | 126 | 133 | 152 | 80 Rail vehicle incidents | 50 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 32 Pedestrian vehicular incident | 342 | 313 | 325 | 341 | 330 Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone | 58 | 56 | 58 | 56 | 57 Water vehicle incident | 48 | 68 | 58 | 63 | 74 Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle | 1,252 | 1,299 | 1,276 | 1,270 | 1,038 Roadway collision with other vehicle | 628 | 663 | 677 | 729 | 537 Roadway collision moving in same direction | 168 | 189 | 183 | 194 | 142 Roadway collision moving in opposite | | | | | directions, oncoming | 199 | 214 | 243 | 258 | 198 Roadway collision moving perpendicularly | 150 | 149 | 141 | 153 | 106 Roadway collision with object other than vehicle| 342 | 377 | 373 | 325 | 302 Vehicle struck object or animal on side | | | | | of roadway | 321 | 348 | 345 | 301 | 275 Roadway noncollision incident | 278 | 252 | 222 | 212 | 196 Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway | 238 | 197 | 170 | 164 | 155 Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle | 245 | 209 | 225 | 236 | 206 Nonroadway noncollision incident | 182 | 166 | 164 | 193 | 167 Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | 120 | 111 | 105 | 128 | 101 Fire or explosion | 88 | 123 | 115 | 99 | 71 Fall, slip, trip | 849 | 887 | 791 | 880 | 805 Fall on same level | 134 | 151 | 154 | 146 | 136 Fall to lower level | 697 | 713 | 615 | 711 | 645 Fall from collapsing structure or equipment | 65 | 48 | 50 | 37 | 36 Fall through surface or existing opening | 87 | 85 | 83 | 95 | 63 Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 518 | 531 | 621 | 642 | 672 Exposure to electricity | 154 | 136 | 160 | 166 | 126 Exposure to temperature extremes | 48 | 38 | 60 | 53 | 62 Exposure to other harmful substances | 268 | 317 | 355 | 379 | 448 Inhalation of harmful substance | 39 | 43 | 42 | 59 | 50 Contact with objects and equipment | 761 | 695 | 786 | 732 | 716 Struck by object or equipment | 553 | 503 | 566 | 518 | 468 Struck by powered vehicle nontransport | 232 | 197 | 215 | 205 | 174 Struck by falling object or equipment | 255 | 237 | 278 | 241 | 217 Struck by discharged or flying object | 15 | 28 | 32 | 26 | 37 Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | 117 | 108 | 137 | 120 | 142 Caught in running equipment or machinery | 103 | 76 | 106 | 93 | 89 Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, | | | | | equipment, or material | 82 | 70 | 73 | 83 | 93 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) has published data on fatal occupational injuries for the United States since 1992. During this time, the classification systems and definitions of many data elements have changed. See the CFOI Definitions page (www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfdef.htm) for a more detailed description of each data element. 2 Based on the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward. Note: Data for all years are revised and final. Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown separately. Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. N.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." CFOI fatal injury counts exclude illness-related deaths unless precipitated by an injury event. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in cooperation with state, New York City, District of Columbia, and federal agencies, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries