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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
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The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program produces a wide range of information about workplace injuries and illnesses. These data are collected and reported annually through the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).
For information on nonfatal workplace injury and illness, see the most recently published industry data. See the latest industry incidence rates (OSHA recordable case rates), or calculate a firm's incidence rate by using BLS's incidence rate calculator. More information on calculating incidence rates.
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Total nonfatal work injury and illness rates, private industry
Year
Total recordable cases
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer
Other recordable cases
2019
2.8
1.5
1.2
2020
2.7
1.7
1
2021
2.7
1.7
1.0
2022
2.7
1.7
1.0
2023
2.4
1.5
1.0
Note: Components may not add to totals due to rounding. For more information on case types, please see our Handbook of Methods concepts page: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/soii/concepts.htm.
Latest Numbers
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses, private industry:
Total recordable cases:
2,569,000 in 2023
Cases involving days away from work:
946,500 in 2023
Median days away from work (DAFW):
10 in 2022
DAFW Cases involving sprains, strains, tears:
547,980 in 2022
DAFW Cases involving injuries to the back:
250,830 in 2022
DAFW Cases involving falls, slips, trips:
450,540 in 2022
Fatal work-related injuries:
Total fatal injuries (all sectors):
5,283 in 2023
Roadway incidents (all sectors):
1,252 in 2023
Falls, slips, trips (all sectors):
885 in 2023
Homicides (all sectors):
458 in 2023
Historical Data
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News Releases
Total of 5,283 fatal work injuries in 2023, down 3.7% from 2022
12/19/2024
There were 5,283 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2023, a 3.7-percent decrease from 5,486 in 2022. The fatal work injury rate was 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, down from 3.7 in 2022.
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Employers report 2.6 million injury and illness cases in 2023, down 8.4% from 2022
11/08/2024
In 2023, employers reported 2.6 million injury and illness cases in private industry, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Illness cases decreased 56.6 percent to 200,100, while injuries remained essentially unchanged at 2.4 million cases in 2023.
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Next Release
The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses data for 2024 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
Publications
The Economics Daily
Health care and social assistance had 562,500 injuries and illnesses in 2023, fewer than in 2022
Total recordable injuries and illnesses decreased in private industry health care and social assistance to 562,500 cases in 2023, down from 665,300 in 2022. The injury and illness incidence rate in health care and social assistance was 3.6 cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, lower than the rate of 4.5 in 2022. read more »
Spotlight on Statistics
Keeping America Moving: Employment in Transportation and Warehousing Industries
In June 2024, the transportation and warehousing industry had an employment level of 6.6 million, accounting for 5 percent of all private-sector jobs. Transportation and warehousing encompasses a wide variety of industries, such as warehousing and storage, truck and air transportation, and school and city buses. This Spotlight examines these industries' differing employment trends, worker characteristics, earnings, fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries, and projected 2032 employment. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
Illnesses caused by viruses (COVID-19) among healthcare and social assistance workers occurred at a rate about five times greater than all workers in 2020
This Beyond the Numbers article explores data on the nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses experienced in the private healthcare and social assistance industry with a focus on illnesses due to COVID-19 that required days away from work. read more »
