Construction’s per capita rate of worker deaths is not the highest among industries. The agricultural, fishing, forestry and hunting industry averaged 19.5 deaths per 100,000 full-time employees and the transportation and warehousing rate equaled 14.5.
Nevertheless, some of the construction industry’s jobs were among the most dangerous: For instance, roofers’ rate was 59 worker deaths per 100,000 in 2021.
Falls, along with struck-bys, caught-in/betweens and electrocutions — dubbed the “Fatal Four” — continue to kill more construction workers than other causes combined.
