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Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Statistics for Pennsylvania

Fatal occupational injuries in Pennsylvania by selected event groups
Year	Total fatalities	Highway incidents		Falls to a lower level		Homicides		Struck by an object or equipment
Year	Total fatalities	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
2000	199	41	21	27	14	22	11	24	12
2001(1)	225	41	18	24	11	26	12	24	11
2002	188	43	23	21	11	14	7	16	9
2003	208	41	20	22	11	28	13	17	8
2004	230	56	24	30	13	23	10	33	14
2005	224	60	27	26	12	28	13	21	9
2006	240	49	20	31	13	27	11	30	13
2007	220	64	29	29	13	32	15	22	10
2008	241	47	20	29	12	24	10	26	11
2009	168	35	21	27	16	24	14	17	10
2010	219	45	21	40	18	24	11	22	10
Footnotes: (1) Totals for 2001 exclude fatalities from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
* Data for 2010 are preliminary. Data for prior years are revised and final.

Map of total workplace fatalities for metropolitan areas in the United States, 2008

Men accounted for 91 percent (199) of the work-related fatalities in Pennsylvania. Twenty women were fatally injured on the job.
Workers 25-54 years old—the prime working age group—made up 54 percent, or 119, of the commonwealth's work-related fatalities.
Two industry sectors made up 36 percent of the workplace fatalities in Pennsylvania—the construction sector and the transportation and warehousing sector (39 fatalities each).
The transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of workplace fatalities at 57, followed by the construction and extraction occupations with 49.

Last Modified Date: November 18, 2011