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Numbers of Worker deaths in Countries in the Americas
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The ILO estimates that in the Americas, a total of 37,313 workers died at work - 13,884 in the Agricultural sector, 5,534 in the industrial sector, and 10,176 in the Service sector

The table immediately below lists the countries in Alphabetical order

To see the countries ordered by the total number of deaths, click here

To download a file that also contains information on the
numbers of employed people in the workforce, click here

  Nos of Deaths Reported by
Government

ILO estimated
numbers of total
deaths

Agriculture Industry Service
Anguilla 1 1 0 0 0
Antigua and Barbuda  - 4 1 0 3
Argentina 1,092 1,705 505 532 668
the Bahamas  - 17 2 1 14
Barbados 1 16 4 2 10
Belize 11* 17 11 4 3
Bermuda 1*  -  -  -  -
Bolivia 22 441 316 51 74
Brazil 3,793 11,304 5,234 2,161 3,909
Canada 798 899      
Chile 454 787 250 194 342
Colombia  - 1,028 565 182 281
Costa Rica 47 206 87 38 81
Cuba  - 890 416 161 313
Dominica  - 5 3 1 1
Dominican Republic  - 405 150 86 168
Ecuador  - 574 315 106 153
El Salvador 193 400 223 45 132
French Guiana  -  -  -  -  -
Grenada  - 7 3 1 3
Guatemala 0 718 533 64 121
Guayana 7* 43 22 9 12
Haiti  - 777 659 36 81
Honduras 27 382 206 60 115
Jamaica 0* 179 78 28 73
Mexico 1,141 6,149 2,572 1,242 2,336
Netherlands antilles 1  -  -  -  -
Nicaragua 25 298 202 29 67
Panama 82 149 65 23 62
Paraguay  - 264 190 33 40
Peru  - 1,316 808 111 397
Puerto Rico 56  -  -  -  -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0* 4 3 1 1
Saint Lucia  - 8 4 1 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 11 6 2 4
Suriname 5 14 6 2 6
Trinidad and Tobago 5 65 15 13 36
the United States 6,055 6,821      
Uruguay  - 164 53 45 66
Venezuela 30* 1,248 377 268 602
Virgin Islands 4*  -  -  -  -
Total 13,851 37,313 13,884 5,534 10,176

 

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