ND & MN work place deaths decline

A total of 67 fatal work-injuries were recorded in Minnesota in 2020 during the annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), a decrease from the 80 fatal work-injuries in 2019. Minnesota’s 2020 fatal-injury rate is 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers.  North Dakota reported 26 job related deaths compared to 37 the previous year.   Nationally, there were 4,764 fatally injured workers in 2020.

In Minnesota:

• Men accounted for 61 of the 67 fatally injured workers in 2020. Forty-one percent were involved in transportation incidents. There were six fatally injured female workers, the same number as in 2019.
• Workers age 55 and older accounted for 35 fatalities, with transportation incidents accounting for the largest event (15 fatalities).
• Transportation incidents accounted for 28 fatalities, the most for any incident type, which was down from 36 transportation incidents in 2019. Seventeen transportation fatalities occurred during roadway incidents involving one or more motorized land vehicles and six occurred during non-roadway incidents. There were also two aircraft incidents.