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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
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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).
For information on nonfatal workplace injury and illness, see the most recently published industry data. See the latest industry incidence rates (OSHA recordable case rates), or calculate a firm's incidence rate by using BLS's incidence rate calculator. More information on calculating incidence rates.
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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
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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.
Latest Numbers
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses, private industry
Total recordable cases:
2,654,700 in 2020
Cases involving days away from work:
1,176,300 in 2020
Median days away from work (DAFW):
10 in 2022
DAFW Cases involving sprains, strains, tears:
547,980 in 2022
DAFW Cases involving injuries to the back:
250,830 in 2022
DAFW Cases involving falls, slips, trips:
450,540 in 2022
Fatal work-related injuries
Total fatal injuries (all sectors):
5,190 in 2021
Roadway incidents (all sectors):
1,253 in 2021
Falls, slips, trips (all sectors):
850 in 2021
Homicides (all sectors):
481 in 2021
Historical Data
News Release
News Releases
//CFOI Resilio Test 09292023// 5,333 fatal work injuries in 2022, up 2% from 2022
09/29/2023
//CFOI Resilio Test 09292023// 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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Employers reported 2.7 million injury and illness cases in 2022, down 5.7% from 2021
10/19/2023
In 2022, employers reported 2.7 million injury and illness cases in private industry, down 5.7 percent from 2021. Injury cases declined to 2.1 million in 2022 from 2.7 million in 2021, while illness cases more than quadrupled to 544,600 cases in 2022.
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Next Release
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.
Publications
The Economics Daily
Women accounted for 70.8 percent of workplace illnesses caused by viruses in 2020
Women accounted for 70.8 percent of the 390,020 reported workplace illness cases caused by “other diseases due to viruses, not elsewhere classified” in private establishments in 2020. This category includes COVID-19 cases. read more »
Spotlight on Statistics
Workplace Injuries and Job Requirements for Construction Laborers
In 2020, fatalities caused by falls, slips, and trips accounted for 35.3 percent, (345 of 976) of the fatalities within construction and extraction occupations. Workers in construction and extraction occupations experienced 21,400 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses due to falls, slips, and trips. Of the 345 construction occupation fatalities from falls, 96 were experienced by construction laborers alone. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Challenges in calculating occupational fatality rates
This article explores the challenges associated with calculating occupational fatality rates in three high-risk occupations: firefighters, young farm workers, and police officers. read more »
