The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries counted 5,070 fatal work injuries across the United States in 2024, down from 5,283 in 2023. The overall rate fell from 3.5 to 3.3 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. The report was released February 19, 2026. In construction and extraction occupations, BLS counted 1,032 fatal work injuries in 2024, compared with 1,055 in 2023. Construction trades workers accounted for 788 of the 2024 deaths, down from 809. First-line supervisors of construction and extraction workers accounted for 105, down from 113; extraction workers accounted for 58, down from 63. These are occupations, not the construction industry as a whole. Fatal falls, slips and trips among construction and extraction workers fell 7.5%, from 400 in 2023 to 370 in 2024, according to the BLS release. Nationwide across all occupations, this event category accounted for 844 deaths, down from 885. The 370 construction and extraction deaths are part of that nationwide 844, not an extra count. Counts alone do not show the likelihood of dying in a particular trade. Those comparisons require occupation-specific exposure or employment denominators and a matching rate. CFOI counts fatal injuries, including injuries to self-employed workers; it does not measure the full burden of nonfatal injuries or work-related illness. Prospective workers can ask employers about training and jobsite safety practices rather than treating a national count as a prediction for any one workplace.