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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
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| Characteristic | Total Rate[1],[2] | Total medical treatment facility visits[3] | Emergency room visits only[4] | In-patient overnight hospitalizations (with or without ER visits) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total: | 89.7 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 3.9 |
Sex: | ||||
Men | 94.3 | 37.2 | 32 | 5.2 |
Women | 83.4 | 28.3 | 26.1 | 2.2 |
Age: | ||||
Under 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
16 to 19 | 110.3 | 53.3 | 49 | 4.2 |
20 to 24 | 99.3 | 39.4 | 36.5 | 2.8 |
25 to 34 | 79.8 | 30.6 | 27.9 | 2.7 |
35 to 44 | 81.2 | 30.4 | 26.6 | 3.7 |
45 to 54 | 92.9 | 32.1 | 28.5 | 3.6 |
55 to 64 | 102.8 | 36.6 | 30.3 | 6.3 |
65 and over | 90 | 36.8 | 30.8 | 6 |
Number of days away from work: | ||||
Cases involving 1 day | 12.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
Cases involving 2 days | 9.7 | 4 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
Cases involving 3-5 days | 15.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
Cases involving 6-10 days | 10.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
Cases involving 11-20 days | 9.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.4 |
Cases involving 21-30 days | 5.4 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
Cases involving 31 or more days | 26.2 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 2.2 |
Industry sector: | ||||
Goods producing industries[5] | 103.2 | 44 | 36.8 | 7.3 |
Natural resources and mining[5],[6] | 123.2 | 44.8 | 36.6 | 8.2 |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting[5] | 170.1 | 66.2 | 54.4 | 11.8 |
Mining[6] | 56.9 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 3.1 |
Construction | 115.4 | 54 | 43.5 | 10.5 |
Manufacturing | 93.9 | 38.6 | 33.2 | 5.4 |
Service providing industries | 86.1 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 3 |
Trade, transportation and utilities[7] | 126.5 | 37.9 | 33.2 | 4.7 |
Wholesale trade | 99.8 | 33.5 | 27.8 | 5.6 |
Retail trade | 107.6 | 30.8 | 27.7 | 3.2 |
Transportation and warehousing[7] | 208.3 | 60.5 | 53.3 | 7.2 |
Utilities | 65.5 | 28.6 | 25.3 | 3.3 |
Information | 60.1 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 0.8 |
Financial activities | 30.2 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 1.4 |
Finance and insurance | 12.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 80.4 | 25.8 | 21.5 | 4.3 |
Professional and business services | 42.3 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 2.3 |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 19.5 | 10 | 8.5 | 1.4 |
Management of companies and enterprises | 20.3 | 7 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services | 88.3 | 34.2 | 30.1 | 4.1 |
Education and health services | 100.3 | 38.8 | 36.6 | 2.3 |
Educational services | 58.4 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 2 |
Health care and social assistance | 106 | 41.4 | 39.1 | 2.3 |
Leisure and hospitality | 91.3 | 38.2 | 35.3 | 2.9 |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 113.2 | 42.3 | 38.3 | 4 |
Accommodation and food services | 87.8 | 37.5 | 34.8 | 2.7 |
Other services | 78 | 34.9 | 30.5 | 4.4 |
Occupation[8]: | ||||
Management, business, financial | 20.4 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 1.9 |
Computer, engineering, and science | 8.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
Education, legal, community service, arts, and media | 44.8 | 16.5 | 15.6 | 0.9 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical | 72.9 | 28.7 | 27.1 | 1.6 |
Service | 99.1 | 39.6 | 36.7 | 2.9 |
Sales and related | 46.6 | 13 | 11.7 | 1.3 |
Office and administrative support | 38.4 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 1.1 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry | 120.2 | 46.3 | 36.9 | 9.4 |
Construction and extraction | 127.3 | 57.3 | 47.2 | 10.1 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair | 148.1 | 56.4 | 48.1 | 8.3 |
Production | 106.5 | 43 | 38 | 5 |
Transportation and material moving | 193.7 | 66.5 | 57.6 | 8.9 |
Nature of injury, illness[9]: | ||||
Fractures | 7.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
Sprains, strains, tears | 30.7 | 7.3 | 7 | 0.3 |
Amputations | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Cuts, lacerations, punctures | 9.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
Cuts, lacerations | 7.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
Punctures (except gunshot wounds) | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Bruises, contusions | 7.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
Chemical burns and corrosions | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 |
Heat (thermal) burns | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Multiple traumatic injuries | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
With sprains and other injuries | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 |
With fractures and other injuries | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Soreness, pain | 15.9 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Tendonitis | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- |
All other | 12.6 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
Musculoskeletal disorders[10]: | ||||
Musculoskeletal disorders | 27.2 | 5.3 | 5 | 0.3 |
Part of body affected[9]: | ||||
Head | 7.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 0.3 |
Eye | 2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -- |
Neck | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -- |
Trunk | 19.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
Back | 14.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 0.2 |
Upper extremities | 28.6 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 1 |
Shoulder | 6.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
Arm | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
Wrist | 3.5 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
Hand | 12.3 | 6.6 | 6 | 0.6 |
Lower extremities | 21.5 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
Knee | 7.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
Ankle | 4.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
Foot | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
Toe, toenail | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -- |
Body systems | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Multiple | 8.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.6 |
All other | 1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Source of injury, illness[9]: | ||||
Chemicals, chemical products | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Containers | 10.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
Furniture, fixtures | 4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
Machinery | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.4 |
Parts and materials | 7.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
Person, injured or ill worker | 12.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 |
Worker motion or position | 11.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
Person, other than injured or ill workers | 6.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
Health care patient | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0 |
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 14.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
Handtools | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
Ladders | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Vehicles | 10 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.7 |
Trucks | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
Cart, dolly, hand truck--nonpowered | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -- |
All other | 11.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
Secondary source of injury, illness[9]: | ||||
Containers, furniture, and fixtures | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
Machinery | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Computers and peripheral equipment | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- |
Tools, instruments, and equipment | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Firearms, law enforcement, and other self-defense equipment | 0.1 | -- | -- | -- |
Vehicles | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
Highway vehicle, motorized | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
Ice, sleet, snow | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
Liquids-nonchemical | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
Event or exposure[9]: | ||||
Violence and other injuries by persons or animal | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
Intentional injury by other person | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | -- |
Injury by person unintentional or intent unknown | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -- |
Animal and insect related incidents | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Transportation incidents | 5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
Fires, explosions | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- |
Falls, slips, trips | 23.9 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 1.3 |
Slips, trips without fall | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | -- |
Fall on same level | 14.7 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
Fall to lower level | 5.2 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.7 |
Exposure to harmful substances or environments | 4 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
Contact with object, equipment | 23.5 | 11 | 10 | 1.1 |
Struck by object | 13.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
Struck against object | 5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
Caught in object, equipment, material | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
Overexertion and bodily reaction | 28.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
Overexertion in lifting or lowering | 9.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
Repetitive motion involving microtasks | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -- |
All other | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -- |
Footnotes [1] Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N / EH) X 20,000,000 where, N = number of injuries and illnesses, EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year, 20,000,000 = base for 10,000 full-time equivalent workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). [2] Days away from work include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction. [3] Total medical treatment facility visits include in-patient overnight hospitalization only, emergency room treatment only, and visits treated both in the emergency room and in-patient overnight hospitalization. [4] The following are not considered to be an emergency room: urgent care facility, health unit (within an establishment), infirmary, and clinic. [5] Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. [6] Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2012) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries. [7] Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries. [8] Standard Occupational Classification Manual, 2010, Office of Management and Budget [9] Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System 2.01 [10] Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) include cases where the nature of the injury or illness is pinched nerve; herniated disc; meniscus tear; sprains, strains, tears; hernia (traumatic and nontraumatic); pain, swelling, and numbness; carpal or tarsal tunnel syndrome; Raynaud's syndrome or phenomenon; musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases and disorders, when the event or exposure leading to the injury or illness is overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified; overexertion involving outside sources; repetitive motion involving microtasks; other and multiple exertions or bodily reactions; and rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor | ||||
Last Modified Date: November 7, 2019