There were 5,190 in 2016 in the United States, a 7-percent increase from 4,836 in 2015. It is the third consecutive jump in annual workplace fatalities and the first time in nearly a decade that the number surpassed 5,000. Most worker fatalities last year were from transportation incidents, which totaled 2,083, or 40 percent of the death toll. Those are the main findings of new data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier this month. The cause and frequency of death were recorded by the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).

Source: Forbes December 30, 2017 21:00 UTC