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Source : U . S . Bureau of Labor Statistics , United Health Foundation TABLE 54
Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence ( 2022 , 2023 )
Rank
Fatalities Per 100K Workers 2022
Injury / Illness Per 100 Private Workers 2023
Rank
1 Wyoming
12.7
2.7
14
2 North Dakota
9.8
No Data Available
N / A
3 Mississippi
6.9
No Data Available
N / A
4 New Mexico
6.8
No Data Available
N / A
4 West Virginia
6.8
2.6
15
6 Louisiana
6.4
1.4
40
7 Arkansas
6.1
1.9
37
7 South Carolina
6.1
1.9
37
9 Nebraska
5.8
2.5
20
10 Tennessee
5.7
2.2
29
11 South Dakota
5.6
No Data Available
N / A
12 Alaska
5.1
3.1
7
13 Indiana
5.0
2.5
20
14 Montana
4.8
3.4
3
15 North Carolina
4.6
2.0
35
16 Idaho
4.4
No Data Available
N / A
16 Missouri
4.4
2.6
15
18 Georgia
4.3
No Data Available
N / A
18 Nevada
4.3
3.3
6
18 Texas
4.3
1.8
39
18 Wisconsin
4.3
2.8
11
22 Oklahoma
4.0
2.4
N / A
23 Kentucky
3.9
2.8
11
24 Kansas
3.8
2.5
20
24 Maine
3.8
4.2
1
26 Delaware
3.7
2.2
29
27 Alabama
3.6
2.0
36
27 Iowa
3.6
3.1
7
27 Utah
3.6
2.5
20
27 Vermont
3.6
4.0
2
31 Hawaii
3.5
3.1
7
32 Virginia
3.4
2.1
33
33 Arizona
3.2
2.4
24
33 Michigan
3.2
2.6
15
35 Colorado
3.1
2.7
14
35 Florida
3.1
No Data Available
N / A
35 Pennsylvania
3.1
2.6
15
38 Illinois
3.0
2.4
24
38 Ohio
3.0
2.2
29
40 California
2.9
3.0
10
40 New York
2.9
2.1
33
40 Washington
2.9
3.4
3
43 Maryland
2.8
2.3
27
43 Minnesota
2.8
2.8
11
43 New Hampshire
2.8
No Data Available
N / A
43 Oregon
2.8
3.4
3
47 New Jersey
2.7
2.3
27
48 Massachusetts
2.4
2.2
29
49 Connecticut
2.0
2.6
15
50 Rhode Island
1.4
No Data Available
N / A
Dist . of Columbia
4.4
1.2
United States
3.6
2.4
In the most recent years , Washington had a relatively low fatality rate per 100,000 workers , but a relatively high reported injury / illness rate per 100 private workers .