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The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program produces a wide range of information about workplace injuries and illnesses. These data are collected and reported annually through the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).
Total nonfatal work injury and illness rates, private industry
Year
Total recordable cases
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer
Other recordable cases
2016
2.9
1.6
1.3
2017
2.8
1.5
1.3
2018
2.8
1.6
1.3
2019
2.8
1.5
1.2
2020
2.7
1.7
1
Note: Components may not add to totals due to rounding. For more information on case types, please see our Handbook of Methods concepts page: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/soii/concepts.htm.
Median days away from work:
12 in 2020
Cases involving sprains, strains, tears:
266,530 in 2020
Cases involving injuries to the back:
128,220 in 2020
Cases involving falls, slips, trips:
211,640 in 2020
Total fatal injuries (all sectors):
4,764 in 2020
Roadway incidents (all sectors):
1,038 in 2020
07/19/2023
//CFOI ZUNI3 Resilio 07192023// A total of 5,333 workers died from a work-related injury in the U.S. in 2019, up 2 percent from the 2018 total of 5,250. The fatal work injury rate was 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, which was the rate reported in 2018.
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09/07/2023
//OSH Auto-Suppl Test 09072023// In 2022, employers reported 2.7 million injury and illness cases in private industry, down 5.7 percent from 2021.
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The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2021 are scheduled to be released on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.