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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 calculatorMore information on calculating incidence rates.

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Nonfatal injuries and illnesses, private industry

Total recordable cases: 2,569,000 in 2023 Historical Data

Cases involving days away from work: 946,500 in 2023 Historical Data

Median days away from work (DAFW): 10 in 2022 Historical Data

DAFW Cases involving sprains, strains, tears: 547,980 in 2022 Historical Data

DAFW Cases involving injuries to the back: 250,830 in 2022 Historical Data

DAFW Cases involving falls, slips, trips: 450,540 in 2022 Historical Data

Fatal work-related injuries

Total fatal injuries (all sectors): 5,486 in 2022 Historical Data

Roadway incidents (all sectors): 1,369 in 2022 Historical Data

Falls, slips, trips (all sectors): 865 in 2022 Historical Data

Homicides (all sectors): 524 in 2022 Historical Data

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Total of 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022, up 5.7% from 2021

12/19/2023

There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021. The fatal work injury rate was 3.7 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, up from 3.6 per 100,000 FTE in 2021.
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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 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2023 are scheduled to be released on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

Publications

The Economics Daily

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Workers ages 18 to 19 saw a 9.4-percent drop in fatal injuries in 2022

In 2022, there were 77 fatal injuries involving workers between the ages 18 to 19 years, 8 fewer than in 2021. This was the first decrease in fatalities for this age group since 2019, despite 2022 having the second-largest number of fatal injuries for this age group in a decade. Only three age groups—all of which are 19 years and younger—experienced decreases in fatalities in 2022: under 16 years, 16 to 17 years, and 18 to 19 years. read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

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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

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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 »

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