In 2014 there were 4,251 worker fatalities in the private industry alone.
874 or 20.5% of those fatalities were in the construction industry alone, which equates to 1 in 5 worker deaths in construction last year.
The leading causes of those deaths were falls, electrocution, struck by object and caught in between. The “Fatal Four” were responsible for more than half (58.1%) of the construction worker deaths in 2014.
- Falls — 349 out of 874 total deaths in construction (39.9%)
- Electrocutions — 74 (8.5%)
- Struck by Object — 73 (8.4%)
- Caught-in/between — 12 (1.4%)
Eliminating the “Fatal Four” would save 508 workers lives in America every year.
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Maryland Construction Safety Consultants
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Taneytown, MD 21787
410-346-8060