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Southwest Fatal Occupational Injuries by State

Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure, United States and selected states, 2017
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

 5,147 807 2,077 123 887 531 695

  Arkansas

 76 9 47 - 10 3 7

  Louisiana

 117 20 49 7 13 16 11

  New Mexico

 44 7 28 - - - 4

  Oklahoma

 91 12 47 - 13 8 9

  Texas

 534 73 234 9 93 49 74

Footnotes:
(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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