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Minnesota OSHA Compliance -- Fatalities investigated



Fatalities investigated by Minnesota OSHA:  2008 through 2012



Occupational fatality type
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total
Asphyxiation/chemical exposure 1 3 2 1 0 7
Burn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crushed by 6 5 5 4 3 23
Drowning 0 1 0 2 0 3
Electrocution 2 0 1 2 2 7
Explosion 0 1 0 1 2 4
Fall 2 6 4 7 5 24
Heat exposure 0 0 0 1 0 1
Natural causes 0 0 3 0 1 4
Struck by 1 2 0 5 4 12
Total 12 18 15 23 17 85
Percent in construction industry 3/12

25%
3/18

17%
3/15

20%
7/23

30%
8/17

47%
24/85

28%
Percent in general industry 9/12

75%
15/18

83%
12/15

80%
16/23

70%
9/17

53%
61/85

72%

Updated February 2013

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