Transportation Injuries
The second most common source of fatal occupational injuries among construction workers, accounting for just over a quarter of on-the-job deaths from 2011 to 2023, are transportation incidents.
This interactive dashboard characterizes fatal and nonfatal transportation injuries during that period. There are two dashboard level filters, Year and Injury Type, which update all charts and the bolded and underlined key findings.
Following the interactive dashboard, you will find more information on the data sources, definitions, chart notes, a downloadable data file, and recommended citation. Data will be updated annually as available. If you have any questions or comments, please email [email protected].
About the Data
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2011-2023 Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, Daniel Backman, Annie Chen, Grace Cooper, Stephanie Richards, Megan Schouweiler, and Michael Westberry. IPUMS CPS: Version 12.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V12.0
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011-2023 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2011-2022 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
Definitions and Chart Notes
Definitions
- At-work – Indicates if the person was at work at the time of the crash. More information can be found in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User’s Manual.
- Event or exposure – The manner in which the injury or illness was produced or inflicted, such as fall, heat-related illness, etc. Definitions and examples can be found in the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual
- Full-time equivalent worker (FTEs) – Determined by the hours worked per employee on a full-time basis, defined as working 2,000 hours (40 hours x 50 weeks) per year.
- Nonfatal Injuries – Injuries resulting in days away from work.
- Primary source – the objects, substances, equipment, and other factors that were responsible for the injury or illness incurred by the worker. For example, a worker who was climbing up a ladder when they slipped and fell would have a reported primary source of, “Ladders.” For more details, see Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual.
- Transportation incident – Injuries with event/exposure code reported as OIICS 2, which includes events involving “transportation vehicles, animals used for transportation purposes and powered industrial vehicles or powered mobile industrial equipment …. and the injury or illness was due to a collision or other type of traffic incident” (see Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual).
- Work zone – Indicates if the crash occurred within the boundaries of a work zone. More information can be found in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User’s Manual.
Chart Notes
- The fourth and fifth charts are not exclusive to construction workers.
- Due to changes in the OIICS manual starting in 2023, comparability for data by source and event/exposure are impacted between 2011-2022 and 2023 and onwards.