MNOSHA Compliance: Fatalities investigated
Federal-fiscal-years 2018 through 2022
(Oct. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2022)
Cause of fatality | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asphyxiation | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Contact with object/equipment | 6 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 47 |
COVID-19 | -- | -- | 10 | 6 | 17 | 33 |
Drowning | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Electrocution | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Explosion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fall | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 42 |
Other | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Total | 25 | 21 | 30 | 35 | 50 | 161 |
Percent in construction industry | 16% | 33% | 27% | 37% | 20% | 26% |
Percent in general industry | 84% | 67% | 73% | 63% | 80% | 74% |
Number in construction industry | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
Number in general industry | 21 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 40 | 119 |
Updated April 2023