Table EH2. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker and case characteristics and medical treatment facility visits, all U.S., private industry, 2020 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table EH2. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker and case characteristics and medical treatment facility visits, all U.S., private industry, 2020
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:	120.7	29.9	25.3	4.5


Sex:
Men	104.1	31.9	26.4	5.4
Women	143.3	27.7	24.3	3.4


Age:
Under 14	-	-	-	-
14 to 15	-	-	-	-
16 to 19	146.3	43.6	40.8	2.7
20 to 24	138.3	33.1	30.6	2.5
25 to 34	109.6	25.9	23.2	2.6
35 to 44	111.6	27.1	24	3.1
45 to 54	123.6	30.1	25.2	4.9
55 to 64	137.1	36.6	28.3	8.3
65 and over	107	35.8	24.8	10.9


Number of days away from work:
Cases involving 1 day	10.3	3.7	3.6	0.1
Cases involving 2 days	8.3	2.9	2.9	0.1
Cases involving 3-5 days	15.6	4.7	4.5	0.3
Cases involving 6-10 days	22.1	3.2	2.9	0.3
Cases involving 11-20 days	27.3	3.5	2.9	0.6
Cases involving 21-30 days	9.2	2.2	1.7	0.5
Cases involving 31 or more days	28	9.6	6.9	2.7

Industry sector:
Goods producing industries^[5]	113.8	40	33.3	6.7
Natural resources and mining^[5],[6]	139.1	47.2	37.1	10
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting^[5]	188.7	65.8	51.2	14.5
Mining^[6]	62.1	18.3	15.2	3.1
Construction	108.6	47.6	38.7	8.9
Manufacturing	113.3	34.7	29.6	5.1
Service providing industries	122.6	27.2	23.2	3.9
Trade, transportation and utilities^[7]	128.7	30.1	25.7	4.4
Wholesale trade	102.4	25.8	21	4.8
Retail trade	114.9	25.2	22.5	2.6
Transportation and warehousing^[7]	192.5	46.3	38.1	8.2
Utilities	62.9	19.4	17.8	1.7
Information	40.1	9.9	8.9	0.9
Financial activities	32.4	10.9	8.5	2.4
Finance and insurance	13.6	3.7	1.8	1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	87.9	32.3	28	4.3
Professional and business services	42.2	13.4	11.6	1.8
Professional, scientific, and technical services	19.2	5.9	5.3	0.6
Management of companies and enterprises	21	4.8	3.5	1.3
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	91	30.2	26.1	4.1
Education and health services	273	44.8	38	6.7
Educational services	39	12.1	10.1	2
Health care and social assistance	304.3	49.2	41.8	7.4
Leisure and hospitality	85.2	30.8	27.1	3.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	100.7	31.5	24.3	7.2
Accommodation and food services	82.8	30.7	27.5	3.1
Other services	85.5	28.2	24.9	3.3


Occupation^[8]:
Management, business, financial	38.2	9.4	6.9	2.4
Computer, engineering, and science	10.5	2.8	2.2	0.6
Education, legal, community service, arts, and media	44	9.3	7.9	1.3
Healthcare practitioners and technical	300.5	46.5	39.3	7.2
Service	197.3	45.2	39.6	5.6
Sales and related	59.8	13.3	12.2	1.1
Office and administrative support	40.3	8.1	6.7	1.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry	154.1	52.9	41.5	11.4
Construction and extraction	142.8	60.7	49.5	11.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair	172.7	57.8	47.4	10.4
Production	149.3	46.3	40.5	5.7
Transportation and material moving	207.7	51.1	43.4	7.7


Nature of injury, illness^[9]:
Fractures	7.7	4.7	3.4	1.3
Sprains, strains, tears	27.4	5.7	5.4	0.3
Amputations	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1
Cuts, lacerations, punctures	7.6	4.1	3.9	0.2
Cuts, lacerations	6.1	3.5	3.3	0.2
Punctures (except gunshot wounds)	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.1
Bruises, contusions	7.1	2.1	2	0.1
Chemical burns and corrosions	0.4	0.2	0.2	0
Heat (thermal) burns	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.1
Multiple traumatic injuries	2.1	1	0.8	0.2
With sprains and other injuries	1.1	0.4	0.4	0
With fractures and other injuries	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2
Soreness, pain	15.4	4.7	4.2	0.6
Carpal tunnel syndrome	0.4	0	0	0
Tendonitis	0.1	0	0	-
All other	50.9	6.3	4.6	1.6


Musculoskeletal disorders^[10]:
Musculoskeletal disorders	25.4	4.1	3.8	0.3


Part of body affected^[9]:
Head	7	3.2	2.9	0.3
Eye	1.6	0.6	0.5	0
Neck	0.9	0.3	0.3	0
Trunk	18.1	4.5	3.7	0.8
Back	13.2	2.7	2.4	0.3
Upper extremities	25.3	9.3	8.5	0.8
Shoulder	6.5	1.4	1.3	0.1
Arm	3.8	1.4	1.2	0.2
Wrist	2.9	0.9	0.9	0.1
Hand	10.5	5.2	4.8	0.5
Lower extremities	19.7	6.4	5.6	0.8
Knee	6.8	1.7	1.5	0.2
Ankle	4.5	1.7	1.5	0.1
Foot	4.6	1.5	1.4	0.1
Toe, toenail	1.1	0.4	0.4	0
Body systems	41.6	2.9	1.8	1.1
Multiple	7	2.9	2.4	0.5
All other	1	0.3	0.2	0


Source of injury, illness^[9]:
Chemicals, chemical products	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.1
Containers	9.5	2	1.8	0.2
Furniture, fixtures	3.1	1	1	0
Machinery	4.3	2.2	1.9	0.3
Parts and materials	6.9	2.6	2.3	0.3
Person, injured or ill worker	11	2.1	2	0.1
Worker motion or position	10.5	1.9	1.8	0.1
Person, other than injured or ill workers	6.6	2.1	2	0.1
Health care patient	5.3	1.6	1.6	0.1
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	13.2	5.2	4.6	0.6
Handtools	3.6	1.7	1.6	0.1
Ladders	2.2	1	0.7	0.3
Vehicles	8.7	3.6	2.8	0.8
Trucks	2.4	1.1	0.9	0.3
Cart, dolly, hand truck--nonpowered	1.1	0.2	0.2	0
All other	50.4	5.9	4.2	1.6


Secondary source of injury, illness^[9]:
Containers, furniture, and fixtures	3.5	1.1	1	0.1
Machinery	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1
Computers and peripheral equipment	0.2	0	0	-
Tools, instruments, and equipment	1.6	0.5	0.5	0
Firearms, law enforcement, and other self-defense equipment	0.1	0	0	0
Vehicles	3.2	1.6	1.3	0.3
Highway vehicle, motorized	2.3	1.3	1.1	0.2
Ice, sleet, snow	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.1
Liquids-nonchemical	1.7	0.6	0.6	0


Event or exposure^[9]:
Violence and other injuries by persons or animal	4	1.7	1.5	0.1
Intentional injury by other person	2.1	0.9	0.9	0
Injury by person unintentional or intent unknown	0.8	0.2	0.2	0
Animal and insect related incidents	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.1
Transportation incidents	4.2	2.3	1.8	0.6
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles	2.7	1.6	1.2	0.4
Fires, explosions	0.2	0.1	0.1	0
Falls, slips, trips	21.7	8.6	7.3	1.3
Slips, trips without fall	3.1	0.8	0.8	0
Fall on same level	13.1	5.2	4.6	0.6
Fall to lower level	5.1	2.4	1.8	0.7
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	43.5	3.7	2.5	1.2
Contact with object, equipment	20.1	8.9	8	0.9
Struck by object	11.3	5	4.5	0.5
Struck against object	4.6	1.7	1.6	0.1
Caught in object, equipment, material	3	1.8	1.5	0.3
Overexertion and bodily reaction	26.2	4.5	4.1	0.3
Overexertion in lifting or lowering	8.1	1.5	1.4	0.1
Repetitive motion involving microtasks	1.7	0.1	0.1	0
All other	0.7	0	0	0

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) 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 changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates of 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, 2018, 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. Notes: Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. Dashes indicate data that do not meet publication guidelines. The scientifically selected probability sample used was one of many possible samples, each of which could have produced different estimates. A measure of sampling variability for each estimate is available upon request -- please contact iifstaff@bls.gov or call (202) 691-6170. For additional information about methodology and coding structures, see the BLS Handbook of Methods: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/soii/home.htm. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

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