A total of 118 fatal work injuries was recorded in Missouri in 2024, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), 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, 105 occurred in private industry sectors.
Transportation incidents were the leading causes of fatal work injuries in Missouri in 2024. Of the 118 total fatal work injuries, 45 were transportation incidents. Most (28) of the transportation incidents were roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles. The event or exposure with the second most fatal occupational injuries was Contact incidents, accounting for 22 of the fatalities. There was a total of 10 homicides in Missouri in 2024. All of the homicides were shootings by another person, intentional.
Men were the victims in 108 of the 118 fatal work injuries that occurred in Missouri in 2024. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 81 of the occupational fatalities in 2024. Black, African American workers accounted for 17 of the occupational fatalities in 2024. The age category 55 to 64 years had 26 work-related fatalities. The age category of 65 years and older had 25 work-related fatalities. The age category 25 to 34 years accounted for 16 work-related fatalities.
Private sector wage and salary workers accounted for 94 (79.6%) of the total work-related fatalities in Missouri in 2024. Self-employed workers accounted for 24 (28%) of occupational fatalities, and Government workers accounted for 13 (15%).
In 2024, the private sector with the most fatal work injuries in Missouri was Transportation and Warehousing, accounting for 25 work-related fatalities. Construction accounted for 22 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 reduce duplicate 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.