Injury & Incident Data - Stop Construction Falls

The latest data tracking fall injuries, incidents, and fatalities are shared here.

Construction workers are just as likely to die from a fall to a lower level today as they were in 2012.

In 2024, on average at least one worker died per day from a fatal fall to a lower level (373 workers). From 2012 to 2024, the number of fatal falls to a lower level increased by 32.7% but the rate remained the same.

Data shared on this page underscore how important it is to take action to prevent falls. Fall prevention saves lives.

CPWR Data Bulletins

All resources in this section are currently only available in English.

Small Establishments in Construction: Employment, Injuries, and Training
– DataBulletin-April2026
– DataBulletin-April2026-Charts
– DataBulletin-April2026-ChartData
Hispanic Construction Workers: Employment, Business Ownership, and Injury Trends
– DataBulletin-December2024
– DataBulletin-December2024-Charts
– DataBulletin-December2024-ChartData
Fatal Injury Trends in the Construction Industry, 2011-2022
– DataBulletin-July2024
– DataBulletin-July2024-Charts
– DataBulletin-July2024-ChartData
Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in the U.S Construction Industry, 2011-2022
– DataBulletin-March2024
– DataBulletin-March2024-Charts
– DataBulletin-March2024-ChartData
Fatal and Nonfatal Focus Four Injuries in Construction (2023)
– DataBulletin-March2023
– DataBulletin-March2023-Charts
– DataBulletin-March2023-ChartData
Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in the Construction Industry (2022)
– DataBulletin-May-2022
– DataBulletin-May2022-Charts
– DataBulletin-May2022-Chart Data
OSHA Inspections and Citations for Fall Protection in Construction and the Impact of COVID-19 (2021)
– DataBulletin-September-2021
– DataBulletin-September-2021-Charts
– DataBulletin-September-2021-ChartData
Fatal Injury Trends in the Construction Industry (2021)
– DataBulletin-February-2021
– DataBulletin-February2021-Charts
– DataBulletin-February2021-ChartData
New Trends of Fatal Falls in the Construction Industry (2020)
– DataBulletin-Falls-Special-Issue-2020
– DataBulletin-Falls-Special-Issue-2020-Charts
– DataBulletin-Falls-Special-Issue-2020-ChartData

CPWR Data Dashboards

All resources in this section are currently only available in English.

Additional Surveillance Data

All resources in this section are currently only available in English.

Fatal Work-Related Falls in the United States, 2003-2015 (2018) – Christina M. Socias-Morales, Cammie K. Chaumont Menéndez, Suzanne M. Marsh
Sixth Edition of the CPWR Chartbook (2018) – CPWR
MMWR Occupational Ladder Fall Injuries — United States, 2011 (2014) – Christina M. Socias, Cammie K. Chaumont Menéndez, James W. Collins, Peter Simeonov
5th Edition of the CPWR Chartbook: Leading Causes of Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in Construction (2013) – CPWR
5th Edition of the CPWR Chartbook: Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries From Falls in Construction (2013) – CPWR
5th Edition of the CPWR Chartbook: OSHA’s Enforcement of Construction Safety and Health Regulations (2013) – CPWR
Fatal falls from roofs among U.S. construction workers (2013) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Sang D Choi, James G Borchardt, Xuanwen Wang, Julie A Largay
Analysis of Construction-related Falls Treated in ERs (2012) – Kirill S. Shishlov, Ashley L. Schoenfisch, Douglas J. Myers, ScD, and Hester J. Lipscom
Fatal falls among older construction workers (2012) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Xuanwen Wang, Christina Daw
Non-Fatal Construction Industry Fall-Related Injuries Treated in US Emergency Departments, 1998-2005 (2011) – Kirill S Shishlov, Ashley L Schoenfisch, Douglas J Myers, Hester J Lipscomb
Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries among Hispanic Construction Workers, 1992-2008 (2010) – CPWR
Fatal falls among Hispanic construction workers (2009) – Xiuwen Sue Dong, Alissa Fujimoto, Knut Ringen, Yurong Men
Falls in residential carpentry and drywall installation: findings from active injury surveillance with union carpenters (2003) – Hester J Lipscomb, John M Dement, James Nolan, Dennis Patterson, Leiming Li, Wilfred Cameron