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Traumatic Work-related Deaths (Fatalities)
Traumatic Work-related Deaths (Fatalities)
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Work-related deaths can often be prevented. Injury and death are more likely to occur when rules, regulations and best industry practices are not followed. All workers have a right to work in a workplace where they can go home safe at the end of the day.
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On average, three workers die of a work-related injury each week in Michigan. Data for work-related deaths are available on the MiTracking Data Portal.
MiTracking Work-related Death Indicators
- Number of deaths by:
- Five-year periods.
- Age at time of death.
- Gender.
- Industry in which the individual had worked.
- Incident type: for example, electrocution and struck by object.
- The county in which the fatal injury occurred.
Find Out More
- About These Data (Found on the Data Portal after a query search).
- Metadata (Technical information about the content, quality and context of the data).
- Number of deaths by:
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Michigan
- Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- MSU OEM
National
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)