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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.
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 (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
Total fatal injuries (all sectors): 5,190 in 2021
Roadway incidents (all sectors): 1,253 in 2021
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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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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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.