Workplace fatalities in the manufacturing industry grew in 2014, according to preliminary data released by the US Department of Labor this month. The initial results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reveal a 9 percent increase in manufacturing fatalities, a total of 341 last year compared to 312 in 2013.
The highest number of deaths—102—resulted from contact with objects and equipment. Deaths from transportation incidents decreased, but more people died in 2014 from fires, explosions, falls and exposure to harmful substances or environments.