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Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics , United Health Foundation TABLE 53
Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence ( 2021 )
Rank
Fatalities Per 100K Workers 2020
Injury / Illness Per 100 Private Workers 2021
Rank
1 Wyoming
10.4
2.9
18
2 North Dakota
9.0
No Data Available
N / A
3 Montana
8.0
3.4
5
4 Louisiana
7.7
1.9
39
5 Alaska
6.2
3.3
6
5 New Mexico
6.2
2.8
20
7 Arkansas
5.8
2.4
29
8 Alabama
5.5
2.4
30
9 Missouri
5.4
2.6
24
10 Indiana
5.2
3.1
13
10 Kentucky
5.2
3.1
13
10 West Virginia
5.2
2.9
18
13 Oklahoma
5.1
No Data Available
N / A
14 South Carolina
5.0
2.2
32
15 South Dakota
4.7
No Data Available
N / A
16 Kansas
4.6
2.7
22
17 Tennessee
4.4
2.5
28
18 Texas
4.2
2.1
37
19 Nebraska
4.1
3.0
15
20 Georgia
4.0
No Data Available
N / A
21 North Carolina
3.9
2.2
32
22 Mississippi
3.5
No Data Available
N / A
23 Colorado
3.4
No Data Available
N / A
23 Florida
3.4
No Data Available
N / A
23 Ohio
3.4
2.2
32
23 Utah
3.4
2.6
24
23 Wisconsin
3.4
3.2
11
28 Idaho
3.3
No Data Available
N / A
28 Iowa
3.3
3.3
6
28 Michigan
3.3
3.0
15
28 Nevada
3.3
3.3
6
28 Oregon
3.3
3.8
2
28 Vermont
3.3
3.8
2
34 New Hampshire
3.2
No Data Available
N / A
34 Virginia
3.2
2.1
37
36 Illinois
3.1
2.6
24
37 Maine
2.9
4.7
1
37 Massachusetts
2.9
2.4
29
37 New York
2.9
2.2
32
37 Pennsylvania
2.9
2.9
18
41 California
2.8
3.2
11
41 Delaware
2.8
2.2
32
41 Maryland
2.8
2.7
22
41 Minnesota
2.8
3.3
6
45 New Jersey
2.7
2.6
24
46 Hawaii
2.2
3.3
6
47 Arizona
2.1
2.8
20
47 Washington
2.1
3.5
4
49 Connecticut
1.4
3.0
15
50 Rhode Island
1.0
No Data Available
N / A
Dist . of Columbia
3.8
1.0
United States
3.6
2.7
Washington had a relatively low fatality rate per 100,000 workers , but a relatively high reported injury / illness rate per 100 private workers .