by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)
New data shows there were 92 work-related fatalities in Arkansas during 2023, up 22.7% compared with the 75 fatalities in 2022. The 2023 fatality count was just below the record of 93 in 2011.
The data comes from the Arkansas Arkansas Department, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Report data showed 72 deaths in 2023 involving wage and salary workers in the private sector, up from 57 in 2022. Self-employed worker fatalities accounted for 14, up from 7 in 2022. Fatal injuries among local and state government workers accounted for 6 in 2023, down from 10 in 2022. 5 were local government workers, and 1 was a state government worker.
