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Total of 5,190 fatal work injuries in 2016, highest since 2008

12/19/2017

A total of 5,190 workers died from a work-related injury in the U.S. in 2016, the highest annual figure since 2008. The fatal injury rate was 3.6 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, the highest since 2010.
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Employer-reported injury and illness rate declined to 2.9 cases per 100 workers in 2016

11/09/2017

Nearly 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2016 included 892,300 severe cases requiring days away from work. The count (118,050 cases) and rate (94.9 cases per 10,000 full-time workers) of severe cases fell in manufacturing but was unchanged for overall private industry.
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