2015 SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES & ILLNESSES SUMMARY ESTIMATES CHART DATA

Chart 1: Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates ⁽¹⁾ by case type, private industry, 2003-2015
Survey Year	Total recordable cases	Cases with days away from work, job transfer or restriction	Cases with days away from work	Cases with job transfer or restriction	Other recordable cases
2003	5.0	2.6	1.5	1.1	2.4
2004	4.8	2.5	1.4	1.1	2.3
2005	4.6	2.4	1.4	1.0	2.2
2006	4.4	2.3	1.3	1.0	2.1
2007	4.2	2.1	1.2	0.9	2.1
2008	3.9	2.0	1.1	0.9	1.9
2009	3.6	1.8	1.1	0.8	1.8
2010	3.5	1.8	1.1	0.8	1.7
2011	3.4	1.8	1.0	0.7	1.7
2012	3.4	1.8	1.0	0.7	1.6
2013	3.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	1.6
2014	3.2	1.7	1.0	0.7	1.5
2015	3.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	1.4
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Note: Components may not add to totals due to rounding. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 2: Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates ⁽¹⁾ by employment size, private industry, 2011-2015
Survey Year	1-10 employees	11-49 employees	50-249 employees	250-999 employees	1,000+ employees
2011	1.8	3.2	4.2	3.7	3.8
2012	1.6	3.1	4.2	3.6	3.7
2013	1.7	3.1	4.0	3.5	3.6
2014	1.5	2.9	3.9	3.3	3.5
2015	1.4	2.8	3.7	3.3	3.3
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 3: Distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases by category of illness, private industry, 2015
Type of illness	Percent of total illness cases⁽¹⁾
Skin diseases	15.6
Hearing loss	12.0
Respiratory conditions	8.6
Poisoning	1.2
Other illnesses	62.6
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ Illness cases account for 4.8% of SOII cases; injuries account for the remaining 95.2% of SOII cases. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 4: Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by private industry sector, 2015
Private industry sector	Number of illnesses (in thousands)	Number of injuries (in thousands)
Health care and social assistance	36.0	562.3
Manufacturing	40.8	425.7
Retail trade	10.8	399.6
Accommodation and food services	7.7	269.7
Construction	5.1	199.6
Transportation and warehousing	7.4	194.2
Wholesale trade	4.5	170.2
Administrative and waste services	6.9	117.1
Other services (except public administration)	2.2	70.0
Professional and technical services	4.0	64.9
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	3.1	53.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2.7	52.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	1.3	48.6
Educational services	1.2	37.3
Information	1.9	30.9
Finance and insurance	2.3	26.8
Management of companies and enterprises	0.9	19.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	0.7	12.1
Utilities	1.0	11.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 5: Incidence rates⁽¹⁾ and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by private industry sector, 2015
Private industry sector	Incidence rate	Number of cases (in thousands)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	5.7	56.1
Transportation and warehousing	4.5	201.6
Health care and social assistance	4.3	598.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4.1	55.3
Manufacturing	3.8	466.5
Construction	3.5	204.7
Retail trade	3.5	410.4
Accommodation and food services	3.3	277.4
Wholesale trade	3.1	174.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	2.7	49.9
Administrative and waste services	2.4	124.0
Other services (except public administration)	2.3	72.2
Utilities	2.2	12.0
Educational services	2.1	38.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1.4	12.8
Information	1.3	32.9
Management of companies and enterprises	1.0	20.7
Professional and technical services	0.9	68.9
Finance and insurance	0.5	29.1
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 6: Incidence rates⁽¹⁾ and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries by private industry sector, 2015
Private industry sector	Incidence rate	Number of cases (in thousands)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	5.4	53.0
Transportation and warehousing	4.4	194.2
Health care and social assistance	4.0	562.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3.9	52.6
Construction	3.4	199.6
Manufacturing	3.4	425.7
Retail trade	3.4	399.6
Accommodation and food services	3.3	269.7
Wholesale trade	3.0	170.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	2.6	48.6
Administrative and waste services	2.3	117.1
Other services (except public administration)	2.3	70.0
Educational services	2.0	37.3
Utilities	2.0	11.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1.4	12.1
Information	1.2	30.9
Management of companies and enterprises	0.9	19.8
Professional and technical services	0.8	64.9
Finance and insurance	0.5	26.8
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 7: Incidence rates⁽¹⁾ and numbers of nonfatal occupational illnesses by private industry sector, 2015
Private industry sector	Incidence rate	Number of cases (in thousands)
Manufacturing	32.9	40.8
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	31.2	3.1
Health care and social assistance	25.8	36.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	20.4	2.7
Utilities	18.6	1.0
Transportation and warehousing	16.7	7.4
Administrative and waste services	13.6	6.9
Accommodation and food services	9.2	7.7
Retail trade	9.2	10.8
Construction	8.6	5.1
Wholesale trade	7.9	4.5
Information	7.8	1.9
Mining quarrying and oil and gas extraction	7.5	0.7
Other services (except public administration)	7.0	2.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	6.8	1.3
Educational services	6.6	1.2
Professional and technical services	5.0	4.0
Finance and insurance	4.3	2.3
Management of companies and enterprises	4.3	0.9
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 8: Incidence rates⁽¹⁾ of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction, by private industry sector, 2015
Private industry sector	Cases with days away from work	Days of job transfer or restriction only
Transportation and warehousing	2.0	1.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	1.9	1.6
Construction	1.3	0.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1.1	1.0
Health care and social assistance	1.1	0.9
Retail trade	1.1	0.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	1.1	0.6
Wholesale trade	1.1	0.9
Manufacturing	1.0	1.2
Administrative and waste services	0.9	0.5
Accommodation and food services	0.9	0.5
Other services (except public administration)	0.8	0.4
Utilities	0.7	0.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	0.6	0.3
Educational services	0.6	0.3
Information	0.6	0.2
Management of companies and enterprises	0.3	0.2
Finance and insurance	0.2	0.0
Professional and technical services	0.2	0.1
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 9: Number of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases (in thousands) with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction, by private industry sector, 2015
Private industry sector	Cases with days away from work	Days of job transfer or restriction only
Health care and social assistance	158.4	121.4
Retail trade	123.8	109.0
Manufacturing	122.6	147.2
Transportation and warehousing	91.0	54.2
Construction	79.9	36.2
Accommodation and food services	78.6	41.9
Wholesale trade	60.3	53.4
Administrative and waste services	43.6	24.2
Other services (except public administration)	23.6	12.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	20.6	10.4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	18.7	15.7
Professional and technical services	18.0	8.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	14.1	12.7
Information	14.1	5.4
Educational services	10.5	4.9
Finance and insurance	9.5	2.4
Management of companies and enterprises	5.7	4.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	5.2	2.6
Utilities	4.1	2.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 10: Industries reporting 100,000 or more nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, all ownerships, 2015
Industry	Ownership	NAICS code⁽¹⁾	Number of cases (in thousands)	Incidence rate (per 100 full-time workers) ⁽²⁾
Elementary and secondary schools	Local government	6111	259.5	4.8
General medical and surgical hospitals	Private industry	6221	214.1	6.0
Restaurants	Private industry	72251	185.2	3.0
Nursing and residential care facilities	Private industry	623	171.9	6.8
Specialty trade contractors	Private industry	238	138.0	3.7
Ambulatory health care services	Private industry	621	130.0	2.4
General merchandise stores	Private industry	452	103.3	4.5
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2012. ⁽²⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 11: Distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases and employment⁽¹⁾ by ownership, 2015
Category	Ownership	Percent
Injury and illness cases	State government	4.1
Injury and illness cases	Local government	16.5
Injury and illness cases	Private industry	79.4
Employment	State government	3.3
Employment	Local government	10.1
Employment	Private industry	86.5
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ 2015 annual average from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), excluding federal government workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 12: Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates⁽¹⁾ by case type and ownership, 2015
Ownership	Total recordable cases	Cases with days away from work, job transfer or restriction	Cases with days away from work	Cases with job transfer or restriction	Other recordable cases
State government	3.7	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.8
Local government	5.6	2.5	1.8	0.8	3.0
Private industry	3.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	1.4
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. Note: Components may not add to totals due to rounding. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 13: Incidence rates⁽¹⁾ and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries, state government, 2015
Industry sector	NAICS code⁽²⁾	Incidence rate	Number of cases (in thousands)
Nursing and residential care facilities	623	12.0	13.7
Correctional institutions	92214	8.3	33.8
Hospitals	622	8.1	24.0
Police protection	92212	6.9	7.6
Colleges and universities	6113	1.9	23.9
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. ⁽²⁾ North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2012. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 14: Incidence rates⁽¹⁾ and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries, local government, 2015
Industry sector	NAICS code⁽²⁾	Incidence rate	Number of cases (in thousands)
Police protection	92212	11.3	47.8
Fire protection	92216	10.2	20.7
Heavy and civil engineering construction	237	8.0	7.8
Nursing and residential care facilities	623	7.2	4.2
Water sewage and other systems	2213	7.1	10.6
Hospitals	622	5.2	27.7
Elementary and secondary schools	6111	4.8	259.5
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. ⁽²⁾ North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2012 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Chart 15: State nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates⁽¹⁾ compared to the national rate, private industry, 2015
State	Incidence rate	Compared to the national rate
Alabama	3.0	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Alaska	3.9	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Arizona	2.9	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Arkansas	2.6	State rate statistically less than national rate
California	3.3	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Connecticut	3.2	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Delaware	2.6	State rate statistically less than national rate
District Of Columbia	1.6	State rate statistically less than national rate
Georgia	2.7	State rate statistically less than national rate
Hawaii	3.4	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Illinois	2.9	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Indiana	3.7	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Iowa	3.7	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Kansas	3.0	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Kentucky	3.5	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Louisiana	1.9	State rate statistically less than national rate
Maine	4.8	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Maryland	2.9	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Massachusetts	2.7	State rate statistically less than national rate
Michigan	3.3	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Minnesota	3.5	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Missouri	3.0	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Montana	4.3	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Nebraska	3.4	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Nevada	3.8	State rate statistically greater than national rate
New Jersey	2.7	State rate statistically less than national rate
New Mexico	3.1	State rate not statistically different from national rate
New York	2.4	State rate statistically less than national rate
North Carolina	2.6	State rate statistically less than national rate
Ohio	2.8	State rate statistically less than national rate
Oregon	3.7	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Pennsylvania	3.5	State rate statistically greater than national rate
South Carolina	2.5	State rate statistically less than national rate
Tennessee	3.1	State rate not statistically different from national rate
Texas	2.3	State rate statistically less than national rate
Utah	3.5	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Vermont	4.6	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Virginia	2.4	State rate statistically less than national rate
Washington	4.4	State rate statistically greater than national rate
West Virginia	3.2	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Wisconsin	3.6	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Wyoming	3.3	State rate statistically greater than national rate
Footnotes: ⁽¹⁾ The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. NOTE: Rates not available for states not participating in Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2016

Last Modified Date: May 10, 2017

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