Hawaii was among 12 states reporting an increase of 20 percent or more in workplace fatalities in 2006, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The rate of fatal work injuries nationwide last year was 3.9 per 100,000 workers, down from a rate of 4.0 per 100,000 in 2005. Fatal highway incidents remained the most frequent type of work-related fatalities, accounting for nearly one out of four fatal work injuries. Construction accounted for the most fatalities of any industry sector, with a 3 percent increase over 2005. BLS says that the number of workplace homicides in 2006 was series low, and reflected a decline of over 50 percent from the high reported in 1994.