Forklift hospitalizations in Mississippi, 2015–2025

As of 2024, forklift hospitalizations in Mississippi stood at 9 hospitalization reports, up on the prior reading, per OSHA Severe Injury Reports data.

OSHA Severe Injury Reports · SIR.FORKLIFT.HOSP · hospitalization reports

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  • 9
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  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
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  • 2024
  • 2025*

This page is part of the Mississippi state hub. For this topic a lower value is the better outcome, so rank 1 marks the lowest reading. Latest-value rank: #3 of 8 in the South group, #10 of 21 overall. Every figure below is computed from a committed source snapshot.

Full series and statistics

Forklift hospitalizations in Mississippi, 2015–2025 (hospitalization reports)
Year Hospitalization reports Change on year Note
2015 10 n/a
2016 10 0
2017 11 +1
2018 13 +2
2019 12 −1
2020 14 +2 Peak in series
2021 10 −4
2022 7 −3 Lowest in series
2023 7 0
2024 9 +2 Latest observation
2025 2 −7

Key statistics

  • Latest value (2024) 9 hospitalization reports Most recent OSHA Severe Injury Reports reading of forklift hospitalizations for Mississippi, dated 2024.
  • Change since 2019 −25% Down from 12 hospitalization reports in 2019 to 9 hospitalization reports in 2024 for Mississippi.
  • CAGR 2019–2024 −5.6% per year Average yearly change in forklift hospitalizations for Mississippi between 2019 and 2024.
  • Peak value (2020) 14 hospitalization reports Mississippi's series high of 14 hospitalization reports came in 2020; the latest value is 9 hospitalization reports.
  • Lowest value (2022) 7 hospitalization reports Lowest value in the available OSHA Severe Injury Reports series for Mississippi; the 2024 reading is 9 hospitalization reports.
  • Rank in South group #3 of 8 Latest forklift hospitalizations ranking for Mississippi: #3 of 8 in the South group. Because lower is better on this measure, the ordering runs ascending.
  • Overall rank #10 of 21 Overall standing for Mississippi on forklift hospitalizations: #10 of 21, by each state's latest value. Because lower is better on this measure, the ordering runs ascending.

FAQs

Where does Mississippi rank on forklift hospitalizations?
Mississippi ranks 10 of 21 states overall and 3 of 8 in the South group, on latest forklift hospitalizations. Because lower is better on this measure, the ordering runs ascending.
Where does the forklift hospitalizations data for Mississippi come from?
From the OSHA Severe Injury Reports (series SIR.FORKLIFT.HOSP). The latest observation for Mississippi is from 2024; the snapshot was retrieved on 2026-08-21.
What is the latest forklift hospitalizations figure for Mississippi?
Forklift hospitalizations in Mississippi stood at 9 hospitalization reports in 2024, according to OSHA Severe Injury Reports data.

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports , series SIR.FORKLIFT.HOSP. Snapshot retrieved August 21, 2026. Licence: U.S. public domain (OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor severe injury reporting data). 2025 is a partial year: this dataset runs to November 30, 2025, so that year covers fewer months than the ones before it. It is charted for continuity but is excluded from the latest figure, the ranks, and every change and trend on this page, which all use 2024, the last complete year. Bar height is each year as a share of the tallest year in this series, the last bar is the latest observation, and change on year is the difference from the preceding observation. See the methodology for coverage and the derivation pipeline.

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