Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) - Current and Revised Data

The electronic documents are available in TXT or PDF format. If the document you need is not available, contact CFOIstaff@bls.gov or phone area code 202-691-6175 for a paper copy.

CFOI data are published annually with a one time revision of the data approximately 8 months after the initial release. The revised data may include additional records or corrections in coding of the data based on new information received since the initial closeout. The 2002 tables listed on this page include revised data.

• News Releases - initial release of CFOI data. More detailed data are available under the headings that follow.
• 2003 - annual data from CFOI.
• 1992-2002 - revised annual data from CFOI.
• Charts - for 2003 CFOI data and revised data for 1992 to 2002.
• CWC Online articles related to CFOI.
• Archived news releases, tables, charts and articles related to CFOI, from previous publications.
• Create Customized Tables (one screen) - Fatal occupational injuries (1992-most current) - this application (previously called "Public Data Query") requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
• Create Customized Tables (multiple screens) - National data - select specific industries, case characteristics, or worker demographic characteristics. These series begin with 1992 data.
• Most requested series - National data - choose from among our most requested case characteristics, and worker demographic characteristics. These series begin with 1992 data.

2003 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data

• Industry by event or exposure, 2003 (PDF 82K)
• Industry by transportation incidents and homicides, 2003 (PDF 73K)
• Industry by private sector, government workers, and self-employed workers, 2003 (PDF 71K)
• Primary and secondary source of injury by major private industry division, 2003 (PDF 66K)
• Occupation by event or exposure, 2003 (PDF 48K)
• Occupation by transportation incidents and homicides, 2003 (PDF 48K)
• Worker characteristics by event or exposure, 2003 (PDF 9K)
• Event or exposure by age, 2003 (PDF 20K)
• Event or exposure by major private industry division, 2003 (PDF 24K)

1992-2002 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (revised data)

• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries All Worker Profile, 1992-2002 (PDF 233K)

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Charts 1992-2003

• All charts, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2003 (PDF 48K)
  • Number of fatal work injuries, 1992-2003
  • Rate of fatal work injury per 100,000 workers, 1992-2003
  • The manner in which workplace fatalities occurred, 2003
  • Difference in workplace fatality counts from 2002 to 2003 by fatal event
  • The three most frequent work-related fatal events, 1992-2003
  • Employment and fatality profiles by gender of worker, 2003
  • Fatal work injury incidents varied between men and women, 2003
  • Number of fatal work injuries involving Hispanic or Latino workers, 1992-2003
  • Comparison of fatal work injury counts from 2002 to 2003 by age groups
  • Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries by industry sector, 2003
  • Fatal occupational injuries in the private mining industry, 2003
  • Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries by majore occupation groups, 2003
  • Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries for selected occupations, 2003
  • Selected occupations with large numbers of worker fatalities and most frequent event, 2003
  • Occupations in the private construction industry with the highest number of fatalities, 2003

Last Modified Date: September 22, 2004

URL: http://www.bls.gov/IIF
Nonfatal summary information: (202) 691-6179
Nonfatal case and demographic information: (202) 691-6170
Fatality information: (202) 691-6175
Fax: (202) 691-6196
Fatalities questions: cfoistaff@bls.gov
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses questions: oshstaff@bls.gov