Table 5. Fatal occupational injuries by state and event or exposure, 2009-2010
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| Total fatal | Event or exposure(4)
| injuries(1) | 2010
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State of injury | | | | | Contact | | Exposure |
| | | Transpor-| Assaults | with | |to harmful|
| 2009(2) | 2010(3)p | tation | and | objects | Falls |substances| Fires and
| (revised)| |incidents | violent | and | | or |explosions
| | | (5) | acts(6) | equipment| | environ- |
| | | | | | | ments |
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Total...................| 4,551 | 4,547 | 1,766 | 808 | 732 | 635 | 409 | 187
Alabama...................| 75 | 86 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | -
Alaska....................| 17 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | -
Arizona...................| 76 | 75 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | -
Arkansas..................| 75 | 87 | 40 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | -
California................| 409 | 302 | 91 | 73 | 43 | 59 | 26 | 10
Colorado..................| 83 | 80 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3
Connecticut...............| 34 | 49 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8
Delaware..................| 7 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | -
District of Columbia......| 11 | 16 | - | 7 | - | 5 | - | -
Florida...................| 245 | 215 | 88 | 46 | 19 | 32 | 28 | -
Georgia...................| 110 | 82 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4
Hawaii....................| 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | - | 4 | - | -
Idaho.....................| 27 | 33 | 20 | - | 6 | - | 4 | -
Illinois..................| 158 | 203 | 72 | 38 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 7
Indiana...................| 125 | 115 | 54 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4
Iowa......................| 80 | 75 | 43 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | -
Kansas....................| 76 | 84 | 38 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 9
Kentucky..................| 101 | 68 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4
Louisiana.................| 140 | 104 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 15
Maine.....................| 16 | 19 | 12 | - | 3 | 3 | - | -
Maryland..................| 65 | 69 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | -
Massachusetts.............| 64 | 51 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 5 | -
Michigan..................| 94 | 141 | 42 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 17 | -
Minnesota.................| 61 | 69 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | -
Mississippi...............| 67 | 68 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | -
Missouri..................| 142 | 107 | 60 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 6 | -
Montana...................| 52 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -
Nebraska..................| 57 | 54 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | -
Nevada....................| 24 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | - | -
New Hampshire.............| 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | -
New Jersey................| 99 | 78 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 11 | -
New Mexico................| 42 | 38 | 12 | 10 | - | 6 | 6 | -
New York (including | | | | | | | |
N.Y.C.)..................| 185 | 182 | 54 | 45 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 8
New York City...........| 63 | 68 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 3
North Carolina............| 129 | 134 | 43 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 15 | -
North Dakota..............| 25 | 30 | 15 | - | 8 | 5 | - | -
Ohio......................| 137 | 156 | 61 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 4
Oklahoma..................| 82 | 91 | 40 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7
Oregon....................| 66 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | -
Pennsylvania..............| 168 | 219 | 78 | 39 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 7
Rhode Island..............| 7 | 9 | - | 4 | - | - | - | -
South Carolina............| 73 | 65 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3
South Dakota..............| 24 | 36 | 19 | - | 10 | 5 | - | -
Tennessee.................| 111 | 137 | 50 | 15 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 5
Texas.....................| 482 | 456 | 196 | 74 | 64 | 50 | 53 | 18
Utah......................| 48 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | -
Vermont...................| 12 | 13 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | -
Virginia..................| 119 | 104 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | -
Washington................| 76 | 104 | 40 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 7
West Virginia.............| 41 | 95 | 32 | - | 14 | 5 | 8 | 34
Wisconsin.................| 94 | 91 | 28 | 12 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5
Wyoming...................| 19 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 4 | - | 3 | -
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1 State totals include other events and exposures, such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown
separately.
2 Totals for 2009 are revised and final. Preliminary 2009 data issued August 19, 2010, reported a total of
4,340 fatal work injuries for calendar year 2009. Since then, an additional 211 job-related fatal injuries were
identified, bringing the total job-related fatal injury count for 2009 to 4,551. Includes two fatal injuries
that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of incident could not be
determined.
3 Includes one fatal injury that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of
incident could not be determined.
4 Based on the 2007 BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.
5 Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, rail fatal injuries, and fatal injuries resulting from being struck
by a vehicle.
6 Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injuries, and attacks by animals.
p Data for 2010 are preliminary. Revised and final 2010 data are scheduled to be released in Spring 2012.
NOTE: Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. CFOI fatality 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
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics