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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
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//CFOI Charts Test 12/2/2024// Total of 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022, up 5.7% from...

12/19/2023

//CFOI Charts Test via ZUNI3PO 12/2/2024// There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021. The fatal work injury rate was 3.7 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, up from 3.6 per 100,000 FTE in 2021.
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Employers reported 2.7 million injury and illness cases in 2022, down 5.7% from 2021

10/19/2023

In 2022, employers reported 2.7 million injury and illness cases in private industry, down 5.7 percent from 2021. Injury cases declined to 2.1 million in 2022 from 2.7 million in 2021, while illness cases more than quadrupled to 544,600 cases in 2022.
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