On Dec. 19, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, which showed an overall increase of 5.7 percent and that the construction and transportation industries had the highest fatality rates.

OSHA noted with concern that in 2022, the fatality rate among Black workers rose 12.4 percent and the rate for Hispanic workers rose 10.4 percent. OSHA also found that “work-related overdoses and suicides continue to be causes of great concern.”