A construction worker died March 26 in an accident caused by a partial collapse of a crane near the Government Center.

Sixty-nine workers died as a result of work-related injuries and illnesses in Massachusetts in 2018, a slight decrease from the 74 workers who died in 2017, according to a report released Thursday. Nine worker deaths stemmed from workplace violence in 2018, nearly double the figure from 2017.

In 2016, 70 workers in Massachusetts lost their lives in the workplace, with fatal injuries leading to 61 of the worker deaths in addition to nine firefighters who passed away from work-related diseases,...