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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Southwest Fatal Occupational Injuries by State

Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, United States and selected states, 2018
Area Total
fatal
injuries (1)		 Event or exposure (2)
Violence and
other injuries
by persons
or animals		 Transportation
incidents		 Fires and
explosions		 Falls, slips,
trips		 Exposure to
harmful
substances
or environments		 Contact with
objects and
equipment

United States

 5,250 828 2,080 115 791 621 786

  Arkansas

 76 8 40 - 8 3 16

  Louisiana

 98 12 41 - 13 18 13

  New Mexico

 43 6 24 - 4 - 6

  Oklahoma

 91 4 48 7 11 11 9

  Texas

 488 71 223 20 71 43 58

(1) Totals include other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately.
(2) Based on BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) 2.01 implemented for 2011 data forward.

NOTE: Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Source: BLS Southwest Information Office, Dallas; CFOI Survey.

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