Work-related Fatalities

A construction worker wearing an orange hard hat looking out at a construction site.

A fatal work‑related injury is an injury that happens while someone is doing their job that results in their death.

In 2024 alone, there were 5,070 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States. This means that a worker died every 104 minutes from a work-related injury.

Oregon Occupational Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (OR-FACE)

OR-FACE is the program responsible for tracking work-related deaths in Oregon. This program is a partnership between OHA and the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). OR-FACE's website offers various resources, such as incident maps and safety booklets.

More Information

To see data on workplace fatalities for Oregon, visit the OR-OSHA's Fatality and Accident Investigation Reports page. On a federal (nationwide) level, workplace-related deaths are tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).