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Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence( 2023)
Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics TABLE 55
Rank
Fatalities Per 100K Workers 2023
Injury / Illness Per 100 Private Workers 2023
Rank
1 Wyoming
16.0
2.7
14
2 West Virginia
8.3
2.6
16
3 Arkansas
7.5
1.9
38
4 Alaska
7.4
3.1
7
5 Montana
7.1
3.4
3
6 North Dakota
6.9
No Data Available
N / A
7 Mississippi
6.3
No Data Available
N / A
8 Iowa
5.9
3.1
7
9 Louisiana
5.6
1.4
41
10 Idaho
5.4
No Data Available
N / A
10 Tennessee
5.4
2.2
30
12 Indiana
5.1
2.5
21
13 South Carolina
5.0
1.9
38
13 Vermont
5.0
4.0
2
15 Nebraska
4.8
2.5
21
16 Kentucky
4.6
2.8
11
17 New Mexico
4.5
No Data Available
N / A
18 Oklahoma
4.3
2.4
25
18 South Dakota
4.3
No Data Available
N / A
20 Maine
4.2
4.2
1
21 Missouri
4.1
2.6
16
21 Texas
4.1
1.8
40
21 Utah
4.1
2.5
21
24 Georgia
4.0
No Data Available
N / A
24 Nevada
4.0
3.3
6
26 Wisconsin
3.9
2.8
11
27 Kansas
3.8
2.5
21
28 North Carolina
3.7
2.0
36
29 Alabama
3.6
2.0
36
29 Michigan
3.6
2.6
16
31 Massachusetts
3.3
2.2
30
32 Arizona
3.1
2.4
25
32 Florida
3.1
No Data Available
N / A
32 New Hampshire
3.1
No Data Available
N / A
32 Ohio
3.1
2.2
30
36 Pennsylvania
2.9
2.6
16
37 Colorado
2.8
2.7
14
37 New York
2.8
2.1
34
37 Oregon
2.8
3.4
3
40 Virginia
2.7
2.1
34
40 Washington
2.7
3.4
3
42 Hawaii
2.6
3.1
7
43 California
2.5
3.0
10
43 Delaware
2.5
2.2
30
43 Illinois
2.5
2.4
25
43 Minnesota
2.5
2.8
11
47 Maryland
2.4
2.3
28
48 Connecticut
2.0
2.6
16
49 New Jersey
1.8
2.3
28
50 Rhode Island
1.2
No Data Available
N / A
Dist. of Columbia
4.4
1.2
United States
3.6
2.4
Washington had a relatively low fatality rate per 100,000 workers, but a relatively high reported injury / illness rate per 100 private workers.