Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work

November 08, 2012

The overall rate of severe occupational injuries/illnesses remained essentially unchanged in 2011 at 117 cases per 10,000 full-time workers; 20 percent occurred to just five occupations: laborers; nursing aides; janitors; truck drivers; and police officers. More »

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (Annual)

October 25, 2012

The total recordable cases incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among private industry employers was unchanged for the first time in a decade in 2011 at 3.5 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers. More »

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

September 20, 2012

The preliminary count of fatal work injuries in the U.S. in 2011 was 4,609, down slightly from the final total of 4,690 in 2010. Overall, fatal work injuries are down 21 percent since 2006. More »

Current

• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
  • Final Data (PDF) (Revised Tables)  
  • Preliminary Data (HTML) (PDF 118K) 
• Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
• Industry counts and frequency rates (HTML) (PDF 62K) 
• Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work (HTML) (PDF)

Archived

• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 
• Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
• Industry counts and frequency rates 
• Nonfatal injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work 
• Survey of Workplace Violence Prevention, 2005 (TXT) (PDF 187K)
• Charts and detailed tables
• Survey of Respirator Use and Practices (TXT) (PDF)
• Time of Lost-Workday Injuries and Illnesses, 2002 - First Results Announced By BLS (PDF)

Schedule

• Schedule of upcoming releases

Calculators

Customized Injuries & Illnesses Tools
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Fatal Injuries Profiles Allows users to search nonfatal and fatal data for the nation and for States from the most current Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries programs. Users can search by industry, demographic characteristics, and case characteristics. Historical data for years prior to the current year are also available.
Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison Tool Allows users to calculate injury and illness incidence rates for their specific establishment or firm and to compare them with the averages for the Nation, for States, and for the industry in which the establishment is found.

Databases

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Workplace Injuries & Illnesses
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (2011 forward)
Nonfatal cases involving days away from work: selected characteristics (2011 forward)
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Industry Data

More Tools

• Series Report—Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Flat files (FTP)—For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.

Much of our data are already included in tables and articles. You can Search for those tables and articles that have a specific word or phrase included in their titles.

You can download an electronic version of any article or table from the BLS FTP site.

All IIF Databases »

Select a subject area

• OSHA recordable case rates (TXT) (PDF 95K) - latest incidence rates, by industry, for nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses.
• Fatal injuries - preliminary 2011 data now available
• Nonfatal (OSHA recordable) injuries and illnesses
• Industry incidence rates and counts
• NEW Case and demographic characteristics
• Survey of Workplace Violence Prevention, 2005

• Beyond the Numbers
• Injuries, illnesses, and fatal injuries in mining in 2010
• Facts of the catch: occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to fishing workers, 2003–2009
• The Monthly Labor Review (MLR) publication online
• Workplace safety and health profiles of occupations with green technology jobs
• Stop, drop, and roll: workplace hazards of local government firefighters, 2009
• Updated BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System
• See more Monthly Labor Review Articles
• The Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online - includes articles that relate to occupational safety and health issues
• Data Working for a Working Nation—Uses of BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics
• Assaults and Violent Acts in the Private Retail Trade Sector, 2003–2008
• Beyond Bad Tipping: Workplace Hazards of Food and Beverage Servers, 2003-08
• See more Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online articles
• Fatal Occupational Injuries and Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 2008, Report 1028 -- Includes 46 charts highlighting data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2006, a Collection of Data and Analysis, Report 1015 -- Includes 27 charts, 7 tables, and 3 articles highlighting data gathered from the 2006 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2006, Report 1014 -- Includes 37 charts and accompanying text highlighting summary and case and demographic data gathered from the 2006 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2005: A Collection of Data and Analysis, Bulletin 2593 -- Includes 27 charts, 8 tables, and 3 articles highlighting data gathered from the 2005 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2005, Bulletin 2592 — Includes 37 charts and accompanying text highlighting summary and case and demographic data gathered from the 2005 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2004: A Collection of Data and Analysis, Bulletin 2587 -- Includes 29 charts, 32 tables, and 5 articles highlighting data gathered from the 2004 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2004, Bulletin 2584 — includes 38 charts and accompanying text highlighting summary and case and demographic data gathered from the 2004 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
• Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program - July 2006 - Program Brochure (PDF 3MB)
• National Summary report, Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses, 2003 – detailed industry incidence rates and case counts (PDF 239K)
• National Summary report, Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses, 2002 – detailed industry incidence rates and case counts (PDF 111K)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries in the United States, 1995-1999: A Chartbook
• Use of Workers' Compensation Data for Occupational Injury and Illness Prevention

• History of the current BLS Safety and Health Statistics Programs
• Reliability of BLS Survey data
• Using Survey data to evaluate your firm's injury and illness experience
• BLS Handbook of Methods - documentation about our Safety and Health Programs
• Report on the Youth Labor Force
• Occupational Injury and Illness Classification Manual

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who gets included in the BLS counts of workplace injuries and illnesses?
2. Does the BLS "undercount" workplace injuries and illnesses?
3. How widespread is violence in the workplace? Homicides?
4. When is the next news release of work-related injury, illness, or fatal injury data?
5. I am a safety specialist interested in the types of injuries and illnesses that are occurring in my industry. I would like to know which employees are most likely to be injured, and what events are causing most of the injuries and illnesses. Do you have data that can help me?

All IIF FAQs »

• Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Changes to OIICS, NAICS and SOC
• Hours-based fatal injury rates
• Corrections to "Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work 2007" News Release and Database
• Notice about Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Database (FI)
• Correction to news release "Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2005" and to CH database
• Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses 2003 - Revised Published Employment Data
• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Revised Data
• Recordkeeping changes affect the Occupational Injury and Illness data
• Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Changes to NAICS and SOC

• Census of fatal occupational injuries
• Survey of Occupational injuries and illnesses

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for the administration and interpretation of issues related to record keeping and safety standards. Here are links to assist you with these subjects:

• OSHA home page
• Record keeping (including the revised forms for January 2004)

Other Useful Links

• Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - information related to safety and health issues in coal, metal, and non-metal mining industries
• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)- a government organization that is part of the HHS.
• National Safety Council (NSC) a quasi government organization that was created by Act of Congress and publishes data related to safety, injuries, and fatalities that are both work-related and non-work related.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) a government organization that is part of DOT.
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) a government organization that is an independent government commission.
• SIC (Standard industrial classification) Manual
• NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
• Current Population Survey - Occupational Employment and absences from work
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - ES-202 program

What BLS does not have

• We consider data provided by individual companies to be confidential and not for public release. Costs are not available from the BLS Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities statistical program.

Office of Safety, Health and Working Conditions Contacts

Telephone: (202) 691-6170
Fax: (202) 691-6196 or (202) 691-7862
E-mail: Staff

Written inquiries should be directed to:

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Safety, Health and Working Conditions
Postal Square Building - Suite 3180
2 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, D.C. 20212