- In its 2020 report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Construction workplace fatalities in 2019 reached a 12-year high. Private-sector construction fatalities increasing by 5% to 1,061, the largest number of deaths since 2007.
- The total annual cost of all construction injuries in the United States is more than $11.5 billion.
- There are several technologies that can improve worker safety though better training, protective devices, autonomous equipment, and analytics to monitor and predict safety hazards.