Fatal occupational injuries in the Boston metropolitan area nearly doubled in 2013 compared to the previous year, when the number was the lowest in more than a decade, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said yesterday.
There were 42 such fatalities in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available, up from 22 a year earlier in the metro area, which includes Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk and Plymouth counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford counties in New Hampshire.
"2012 was kind of an outlier," said Mark Maggi, a bureau spokesman, noting that since 2000, fatal work injuries have ranged from a high of 49 in 2005 to a low of 22 in 2012. "It was just a year in which there were fewer fatalities on the job. 2013 is a return to a more normal average."
Of the 42 fatalities, violence and other injuries by people or animals resulted in 15 deaths — seven of them suicides. Transportation incidents were responsible for nine deaths, as were falls, slips and trips. Contact with objects and equipment accounted for six deaths, exposure to harmful substances or environments resulted in two, and fire or explosion resulted in one.
The construction sector had the largest number, 12, five of which were caused by falls. Trade, transportation and utilities, grouped together as one sector, accounted for 11.
"It's no real surprise that construction is one of the most dangerous industries," said Mark Erlich of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters. "It's important that every stakeholder in the industry understands that there's no building, no amount of money, that's worth the loss of a life."
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