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1.1 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses resulted in days away from work in 2017
November 23, 2018
There were 1.1 million nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 2017 in which the injured or ill worker took at least one day away from work to recuperate. That was about the same as in 2016. The incidence rate in 2017 was 98.0 cases per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers. The rate in 2016 was 100.4. The median days away from work to recuperate was 9 days in 2017, the same as in 2016.
Number, incidence rate, and median days away from work for nonfatal work injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by major occupation group, private industry and state and local government, 2017
Occupation
Incidence rate per 10,000 full-time workers
Median days away from work
Number of cases
Management
33.7
6
23,680
Business and financial operations
12.9
9
7,850
Computer and mathematical
5.0
4
1,810
Architecture and engineering
16.0
5
3,470
Life, physical, and social science
27.4
5
2,390
Community and social service
80.0
7
13,130
Legal
12.3
2
1,150
Education, training, and library
53.9
6
34,450
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
47.0
17
6,810
Healthcare practitioners and technical
91.7
7
61,690
Healthcare support
189.2
6
58,510
Protective service
298.4
13
82,450
Food preparation and serving related
92.4
5
79,450
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
233.2
8
77,670
Personal care and service
79.3
6
27,760
Sales and related
50.8
8
56,120
Office and administrative support
43.7
8
72,010
Farming, fishing, and forestry
132.3
8
15,270
Construction and extraction
178.0
13
90,770
Installation, maintenance, and repair
194.6
10
95,430
Production
127.5
8
101,140
Transportation and material moving
235.3
13
195,800
Transportation and material moving workers had the highest number of cases with days away from work in 2017 (195,800 cases). The incidence rate for these workers fell to 235.3 cases per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers in 2017, down from 244.0 cases in 2016.
Protective service workers had the highest incidence rate of days away from work cases in 2017 at 298.4 cases per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers. That was about the same rate as in 2016. The incidence rates rose in three occupational groups in 2017: installation, maintenance, and repair workers (194.6 cases); business and financial operation workers (12.9 cases); and architecture and engineering workers (16.0 cases).
Workers in arts, design, entertainment, sports and media occupations took a median of 17 days away from work to recuperate from their injuries and illnesses. These cases accounted for 1 percent (6,810 cases) of all cases that resulted in days away from work. Half of these cases occurred to athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. Three occupational groups with more than 75,000 cases took a median of 13 days away from work to recuperate from their injuries and illnesses: transportation and material moving; construction and extraction; and protective service workers.
United States Department of Labor
