Silver Spring, MD – Nearly 1,100 construction staff died in 2022, in line with a latest data bulletin printed by CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training.
The 1,092 deaths marks a 7.6% improve from the 1,015 in 2021 and the seventh consecutive yr that the construction trade skilled greater than 1,000 fatalities, the bulletin states.
The fatality price in 2022 was 9.3 per 100,000 full-time equal staff, a rise from 9.1 per 100,000 FTEs in 2021, however decrease than a latest excessive of 9.8 per 100,000 FTEs in 2012.
Other findings:
- Hispanic staff accounted for 37.4% of fatalities in 2022 and staff 55 and older accounted for 31.1%
- Falls to a decrease degree have been the reason for 36.4% of fatalities in 2022, whereas vehicular incidents on roadways accounted for almost 14%.
Roofers had the best fatality price amongst construction staff at 57.5 per 100,000 FTEs, adopted by “helpers, construction trade” at 38.5 per 100,000 FTEs.
