The latest data tracking fall injuries, incidents, and fatalities are shared here.
Falls are the leading cause of death in construction, and workers are more likely to die from falls today than they were ten years ago.
In 2021, roughly one construction worker per day – 379 workers – died as a result of a fall to lower level. Between 2011 and 2021, the rate of fatal falls to a lower level in construction increased by 13%. Read more about falls in CPWR’s March 2023 Data Bulletin (English).
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.
- 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.
- Falls, Slips, and Trips
- OSHA Inspections and Citations in Construction
- Construction Focus Four
- Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in Construction
- Severe Injuries
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