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Nonfatal work-related injury and illness rates declined in six states in 2016
November 30, 2017
The 2.9 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses suffered by private industry workers on the job in 2016 occurred at a rate of 2.9 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers nationally. Workers in 21 states experienced rates higher than the national average. Rates ranged from 1.5 cases per 100 workers in the District of Columbia to 4.7 cases in Maine.
Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time equivalent workers in private industry, 2016
State
2016 rate
2015 rate
2015–16 change
statistically significant?
Difference from 2016 national rate
statistically significant?
Alabama
2.7
3.0
Yes
Less than national rate
Alaska
3.6
3.9
No
Greater than national rate
Arizona
2.9
2.9
No
Not statistically different from national rate
Arkansas
2.4
2.6
No
Less than national rate
California
3.3
3.3
No
Greater than national rate
Connecticut
3.3
3.2
No
Greater than national rate
Delaware
2.6
2.6
No
Less than national rate
District of Columbia
1.5
1.6
No
Less than national rate
Georgia
2.7
2.7
No
Not statistically different from national rate
Hawaii
3.5
3.4
No
Greater than national rate
Illinois
2.7
2.9
No
Less than national rate
Indiana
3.4
3.7
Yes
Greater than national rate
Iowa
3.7
3.7
No
Greater than national rate
Kansas
3.3
3.0
Yes
Greater than national rate
Kentucky
3.2
3.5
Yes
Greater than national rate
Louisiana
1.9
1.9
No
Less than national rate
Maine
4.7
4.8
No
Greater than national rate
Maryland
2.8
2.9
No
Not statistically different from national rate
Massachusetts
2.6
2.7
No
Less than national rate
Michigan
3.3
3.3
No
Greater than national rate
Minnesota
3.3
3.5
No
Greater than national rate
Missouri
2.8
3.0
Yes
Not statistically different from national rate
Montana
4.2
4.3
No
Greater than national rate
Nebraska
3.4
3.4
No
Greater than national rate
Nevada
3.7
3.8
No
Greater than national rate
New Jersey
2.6
2.7
No
Less than national rate
New Mexico
3.2
3.1
No
Not statistically different from national rate
New York
2.3
2.4
No
Less than national rate
North Carolina
2.5
2.6
No
Less than national rate
Ohio
2.7
2.8
No
Less than national rate
Oregon
4.0
3.7
No
Greater than national rate
Pennsylvania
3.3
3.5
No
Greater than national rate
South Carolina
2.5
2.5
No
Less than national rate
Tennessee
2.9
3.1
Yes
Not statistically different from national rate
Texas
2.2
2.3
No
Less than national rate
Utah
2.9
3.5
Yes
Not statistically different from national rate
Vermont
4.6
4.6
No
Greater than national rate
Virginia
2.5
2.4
No
Less than national rate
Washington
4.3
4.4
No
Greater than national rate
West Virginia
3.2
3.2
No
Greater than national rate
Wisconsin
3.7
3.6
No
Greater than national rate
Wyoming
3.4
3.3
No
Greater than national rate
Note: Rates not available for states not participating in Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Data for establishments in nine states for which estimates are unavailable are collected by BLS regional offices and used only to tabulate national estimates.
Six states—Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Utah—reported declines in their rate from a year earlier. Kansas was the only state in which the rate rose in 2016.
Differences in the industry composition in each state account for some of the differences in injury and illness incidence rates across states.
United States Department of Labor
