About one in five workplace fatalities in 2019 were from drivers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Work-related deaths reached a 12-year high in 2019, when more than 5,300 deaths were recorded, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
One worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury in 2019, the BLS reported this month.
The number of work-related deaths has risen steadily over the past five years, and 2019 was the worst year since 2007 for deaths at work.
Drivers accounted for 1,480 of all work-related deaths in 2019, about one in five of workers who died on the job, the BLS said.
More than 1,060 deaths occurred in the private construction industry, another 12-year high.
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Workers in the fishing and hunting industry have the highest death rates per 100,000 full-time workers, according to the BLS, with 145 deaths per 100,000 people.
They were followed by loggers, pilots and flight engineers, and roofers.
An overwhelming number of workplace fatalities were in transportation accidents, causing more than 2,000 deaths.
Falls, slips and trips followed, with more than 880 deaths.
Suicides and unintentional overdoses also caused more than 300 work-related deaths in 2019.
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Among the worrying trends for 2019 is the rise in work-related deaths among Hispanic and Latino workers.
Last year, 1,088 Hispanic or Latino workers died on the job, according to the BLS.
Just three years earlier, in 2016, that number was 879. It's the steepest increase among racial and ethnic groups.
Jobs with the highest number of work-related deaths in 2019
Transportation and transfer of materials:
1,481
Construction and extraction:
1,066
Servings:
762
Installation, maintenance and repair:
438
Administration, business, financial operations:
409
Fatal occupational injuries by event
Transportation incidents:
2,122
Falls, slips, trips:
880
Violence and other injuries done by people or animals (includes homicides and suicides):
841
Contact with objects and equipment:
732
Exposure to harmful substances or environmental conditions (includes substance overdose):
642
Jobs with the highest death rate per 100,000 full-time workers
Fishing and hunting:
145 per 100,000
Tree felling:
68.9 per 100,000
Pilots and flight engineers:
61.8 per 100,000
Roofers:
54 per 100,000
Construction:
40 per 100,000