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Over the years, the construction industry has had among the highest rates of reported work-related deaths and injuries. Some published reports have indicated that nonfatal occupational injury rates have been decreasing in the1990s and that the decrease has been greater for construction than for any other industry, except possibly manufacturing (Ruser 1998; Karr 2000). These trends have varied considerably among the construction trades. A total of 5,702 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2005, down about 1 percent from the revised total of 5,764 fatal work injuries recorded in 2004. The private construction industry accounted for 1,186 fatal work injuries, the most of any industry sector and about one out of every five fatal work injuries recorded in 2005. While the total number of construction fatalities was 4 percent lower in 2005, the number of fatalities in residential building construction (NAICS 2361), utility system construction (NAICS 2371), and highway, street, and bridge construction (NAICS 2373) increased.
These increases were offset by a substantial decrease in the number of fatalities to specialty trade contractors (NAICS 238) from 759 in 2004 to 675 in 2005, a decline of 11 percent. Roofing contractor fatalities, which fell from 116 in 2004 to 75 in 2005, accounted for almost half of the decrease in the number of specialty trade contractor fatalities.
The 881 fatalities in transportation and warehousing in 2005 represented a 5 percent increase over the 840 cases reported in 2004. Although fewer fatalities were reported for air and water transportation, the 585 truck transportation fatalities, accounting for 10 percent of all work fatalities in 2005, were up 13 percent.
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