WASHINGTON, DC – There were 43 fewer workplace fatalities in 2017 than the previous year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017 (CFOI) report released this week.
The number of fatal work injuries dropped to 5,147 in 2017 from 5,190 in 2016. By comparison, the lowest number of fatal work injuries within the last 15 years happened in 2009, when 4,551 were recorded.