ST. PAUL – Eighty-one people lost their lives while at work in 2022 in Minnesota.
James Honerman, with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, says transportation incidents accounted for 27 fatalities and that’s the most of any incident type.
Another area of concern is falls at work, slips, and trips at work now have 18 fatalities. Men accounted for 67 of the 81 fatally injured workers in 2022. There were 14 fatally injured female workers, double the number in 2021.
