In 2023, Idaho saw its highest number of job-related fatalities in a decade, according to the latest report from the federal Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
Forty-eight people died in workplace incidents in Idaho in 2023 - a 23% increase from the previous year. The fatalities are incidents, like falls and equipment failures, that don’t include deaths from pre-existing conditions like a heart attack happening at work.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted investigations into four of the workplace fatalities that year, and issued citations for two of them.
In Idaho, transportation incidents accounted for half of all on-the-job fatalities. Contact deaths were the second cause of death in Idaho - that’s when victims are struck by or exposed to something that kills them.
According to the U-S Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction sites are some of the most dangerous workplaces in the country for overall injuries, but transportation and material moving industries see the most fatalities.
