03/03/21 WorkersCompensation.com Baton Rouge, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) - At the same time work-related fatalities recorded for the United States increased to 5,333 in 2019 from 5,250 in 2018, Louisiana's number of work-related fatalities recorded also increased in 2019, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The number of work-related fatalities recorded in 2019 in Louisiana were 119, previously recorded as 98 in 2018. The Louisiana fatal injury rate increased to 6.2 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in 2019, from 5.1 in 2018. The United States fatal injury rate was 3.5 per 100,000 FTE workers in 2019 and remained unchanged from the fatal injury rate of 3.5 in 2018. Louisiana industries reporting the most fatalities in 2019 were trade, transportation, and utilities with 36, followed by natural resources and mining with 20, construction with 18, Professional and business services 14, and government with 12.