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In 2021, a U.S. employee died every 101 minutes from a work-related injury. The 5,190 workplace fatalities recorded in 2021 represent a nearly 9 percent increase compared to 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
The fatality rate was 3.6 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, the highest annual rate since 2016. By comparison, the fatality rate was 3.4 per 100,000 FTEs in 2020 and 3.5 per 100,000 in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic started.
In addition, according to 2021 data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries:
“A one-year increase of nearly 9 percent in fatal work injuries serves as a call to action for OSHA, employers and other stakeholders to redouble our collective efforts to make our nation’s workplaces safer,” said Doug Parker, assistant secretary of labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Each of these deaths cruelly impacts these workers’ families, friends, co-workers and communities. They are clear reminders of the important work that must be done.”
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