Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work in 2016

Among the 23 occupational groups, 6 had at least 64,000 injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work in private industry in 2016. Injuries and illnesses to workers in these occupational groups accounted for more than 60 percent of the 892,270 days-away-from-work cases. Transportation and material moving occupations had the highest number of cases (178,620) in 2016. The incidence rate for transportation and material moving workers was 229.3 cases per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers, more than twice the rate of 91.7 for all workers in 2016. Only construction and extraction workers had an increase in their incidence rate, with 169.2 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in 2016, up from 158.6 cases in 2015.

Contact with objects or equipment was the leading event or exposure resulting in days away from work in 2016 for food preparation and serving workers, construction and extraction workers, and production workers. Overexertion and bodily reaction was the leading event or exposure for transportation and material moving workers; office and administrative support workers; and installation, maintenance, and repair workers.

These data are from the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program. To learn more, see "Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2016" (HTML) (PDF).