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Ice, sleet, and snow-related occupational injury and illness rate down in 2017
March 04, 2019
Ice, sleet, and snow-related occupational injuries and illnesses that resulted in at least one day away from work occurred at a rate of 1.8 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in 2017. That was down from a rate of 2.1 in 2016. From 2008 to 2017, the incidence rate of ice, sleet, and snow-related injuries ranged from a low of 1.4 in 2012 to a high of 3.9 in 2014. Among states for which data are available, 18 states in 2017 had incidence rates equal to or greater than the national rate of 1.8.
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers for occupational injuries and illnesses from ice, sleet, and snow-related events, all ownership, participating states, 2008–17
State
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Total United States
3.1
3.1
3.3
3.2
1.4
2.9
3.9
3.3
2.1
1.8
Alabama
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.3
0.4
0.2
-
Alaska
15.3
14.7
14.5
14.9
14.9
17.6
13.4
9.1
10.1
12.0
Arizona
0.6
0.6
0.8
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
Arkansas
1.4
1.3
1.7
2.2
0.3
3.1
1.6
1.4
0.4
0.3
California
1.1
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
Colorado
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Connecticut
4.5
8.1
4.0
10.1
2.4
5.8
9.3
7.3
4.1
6.4
Delaware
2.2
5.1
4.8
3.7
0.6
1.9
7.3
6.3
2.8
1.2
District of Columbia
0.7
1.7
1.3
1.2
-
-
3.0
2.4
0.6
0.4
Florida
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Georgia
-
-
0.7
0.8
-
-
0.4
-
0.1
0.1
Hawaii
-
-
0.6
-
-
-
0.4
-
-
-
Idaho
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Illinois
5.5
3.7
5.2
4.0
0.8
4.2
5.0
5.9
3.3
1.9
Indiana
7.6
4.3
5.7
4.8
1.2
3.3
7.0
4.9
3.0
1.4
Iowa
13.3
7.9
8.5
3.6
3.2
7.7
8.4
4.7
3.0
2.4
Kansas
2.6
0.8
2.7
4.8
0.8
3.3
2.7
2.1
4.4
1.1
Kentucky
2.1
2.0
5.7
2.4
0.6
1.9
3.8
3.8
1.3
0.2
Louisiana
0.1
-
0.5
0.2
-
-
-
-
-
0.1
Maine
11.5
8.6
3.6
13.0
8.5
10.2
13.5
6.6
9.2
8.2
Maryland
3.0
7.1
5.9
3.2
1.0
2.3
8.2
6.9
2.8
0.8
Massachusetts
0.8
-
2.6
7.8
2.6
4.0
6.9
7.0
3.2
2.9
Michigan
6.2
7.1
5.3
5.6
3.1
4.9
7.9
5.6
3.8
3.6
Minnesota
6.9
6.2
8.7
6.0
5.9
10.8
8.0
4.0
4.1
4.7
Mississippi
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Missouri
0.3
0.2
1.3
3.2
0.4
2.7
5.1
2.1
2.3
1.1
Montana
10.8
11.3
14.5
12.3
8.0
8.2
15.7
8.0
6.1
8.6
Nebraska
4.4
6.3
6.0
6.7
3.7
5.8
3.0
5.1
5.8
6.2
Nevada
1.1
2.8
3.2
1.4
0.8
1.5
0.8
0.8
0.7
1.8
New Hampshire
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
New Jersey
2.1
4.6
4.4
5.7
0.8
3.5
7.5
6.5
2.4
2.8
New Mexico
2.5
0.3
-
4.4
1.8
2.3
1.1
1.3
1.5
0.5
New York
5.7
6.6
5.4
7.0
2.2
5.3
7.9
8.0
4.7
4.0
North Carolina
0.7
2.4
3.0
1.2
0.1
0.1
0.6
1.5
0.1
0.1
North Dakota
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Ohio
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
1.2
4.0
5.1
5.6
2.8
1.2
Oklahoma
2.0
4.3
2.9
4.5
0.8
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Oregon
4.4
2.4
1.5
1.3
1.4
2.6
2.5
1.8
3.6
5.9
Pennsylvania
Not available
Not available
Not available
3.6
2.5
4.1
6.8
5.4
3.4
1.5
Rhode Island
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
South Carolina
0.2
0.9
2.6
1.4
0.3
-
0.9
0.2
0.3
0.1
South Dakota
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Tennessee
1.4
1.0
3.7
2.7
0.2
0.9
2.7
4.7
1.1
0.3
Texas
0.2
0.6
0.6
1.3
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.7
-
0.1
Utah
7.5
8.4
3.2
2.2
6.1
6.0
1.7
2.2
2.8
3.6
Vermont
1.1
-
-
-
-
-
8.3
-
-
0.7
Virginia
0.7
2.2
6.1
1.8
0.6
1.5
5.2
3.5
1.1
0.5
Washington
3.2
3.1
1.2
2.3
3.5
1.9
2.2
1.1
2.1
3.6
West Virginia
5.6
5.2
9.4
3.1
1.5
2.8
7.5
5.0
2.4
1.2
Wisconsin
12.3
7.4
7.4
5.7
4.0
9.5
8.4
3.6
4.7
4.2
Wyoming
10.7
9.9
12.0
10.7
10.7
12.7
13.6
9.1
11.7
9.0
Note: Dash means data do not meet publication standards. "Not available" means state does not participate in the survey.
In 2017 there were 20,460 ice, sleet, and snow-related injuries. Fourteen percent of these (2,890 cases) occurred in the state of New York. The incidence rate for New York was 4.0 cases per 10,000 full-time workers. The incidence rate for Alaska was 12.0 cases per 10,000 full-time workers and accounted 1.4 percent of the cases (290 cases) in 2017.
United States Department of Labor
