According to the Census of Fatal Occupational injuries (CFOI), 121 fatal work injuries were recorded in Missouri in 2022. The CFOI was conducted by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Research & Analysis Section, in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) U.S. Department of Labor. Of these work-related fatalities, 110 occurred in private industry sectors.
Transportation incidents were the leading event or exposure of fatal work injuries in Missouri in 2022. Of the 121 total fatal work injuries, 57 (47%) were transportation incidents. Most 45 (37%) of the transportation incidents were roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles. The event or exposure with the second most fatal occupational injuries was contact with objects and equipment, accounting for 24 (20%) of the fatalities. There were nine homicides in Missouri in 2022. All homicides were shootings by another person and intentional.
Men were the victims in 112 (93%) of the 121 fatal work injuries that occurred in Missouri in 2022. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 85 (70%) of the occupational fatalities in 2022. Hispanic or Latino workers accounted for 17 (14%) of the occupational fatalities in 2022. The age category 55 to 64 years had 29 (24%) work-related fatalities. The age category of 65 years and older had 23 (19%) work-related fatalities. The age category 25 to 34 years accounted for 21 (17%) work-related fatalities.
Private sector wage and salary workers accounted for 98 (81%) of the total work-related fatalities in Missouri in 2022. Self-employed workers accounted for 23 (19%) of occupational fatalities, while government workers accounted for 11 (9%).
In 2022, the private sector with the most fatal work injuries in Missouri was Transportation, with 55 (45%) and warehousing accounting for 27 (22%) work-related fatalities. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting accounted for 21 (17%) of the work-related fatalities
The U.S. Department of Labor’s BLS, in conjunction with state agencies, developed the CFOI program in 1992 to produce accurate, comprehensive, descriptive, timely and accessible counts of fatal workplace injuries that occur in a given year. A fatality is counted in the state where the incident occurred, regardless of the state of employment, to prevent duplication of reporting across states. The BLS compiles and analyzes the data from 48 participating states and releases its yearly report at the end of the following year.