Personal injury lawyers Whitley Law Firm decided to investigate the safest and most dangerous states for young workers aged 16 to 24. The research examined data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and analyzed the data on fatal occupational industries from 2011 to 2022 to identify the states with the lowest and highest proportions of young worker fatalities.
The reports outline the total number of deaths in every state each year from 2011 to 2022 to calculate the annual average deaths adjusted to the state’s population.
Maine was deemed the safest state for young workers with 0.37 yearly deaths per 100,000 people. Maine reported a total of three deaths from 2011-2022.
The second safest state was Rhode Island, which had an average annual death count of 0.44 per 100,000 people. Rhode Island reported 3 total deaths between 2011 and 2022.
Ranking as the third safest state was Delaware with 0.49 deaths a year per 100,000 people, and 3 total deaths from 2011 to 2022.
At the other end of the spectrum, Alaska was found to be the most dangerous state for young workers with an annual average of 7.44 deaths per 100,000 people. This corresponded to 36 deaths of young workers from 2011 to 2022.
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