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Transportation and material moving workers experienced 184,470 injuries and illnesses in 2018
December 06, 2019
There were 900,380 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in the private sector in 2018 in which the injured or ill worker took a least one day away from work to recuperate. This was essentially the same number reported for 2017. The incidence rate remained unchanged in 2018 at 89.7 cases per 10,000 full-time workers. In 2018, the median days away from work to recuperate was 8 days, the same as reported in 2017.
Number, incidence rate, and median days away from work for nonfatal work injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by major occupation group, private industry, 2018
Occupation
Number of cases
Incidence rate
Median days away from work
Transportation and material moving
184,470
193.7
13
Production
98,140
106.5
7
Installation, maintenance, and repair
79,380
148.1
10
Construction and extraction
73,630
127.3
11
Food preparation and serving related
73,410
75.2
6
Office and administrative support
64,800
38.4
10
Sales and related
59,610
46.6
8
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
54,400
166.0
7
Healthcare practitioners and technical
50,810
72.9
6
Healthcare support
47,960
142.5
6
Personal care and service
27,670
70.2
5
Management
23,270
30.8
6
Farming, fishing, and forestry
15,390
120.2
7
Education, training, and library
11,370
61.4
4
Protective service
10,000
83.1
11
Community and social service
7,380
58.4
5
Business and financial operations
5,730
8.7
9
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
5,660
36.0
8
Architecture and engineering
2,930
12.3
6
Computer and mathematical
1,550
3.8
6
Life, physical, and social science
1,370
18.7
7
Legal
690
7.5
19
Workers in transportation and material moving occupations experienced 184,470 injuries and illnesses in 2018 that resulted in days away from work. That was 20 percent of all the cases that resulted in days away from work. The incidence rate for transportation and material moving workers was 193.7 cases per 10,000 full-time workers. These workers took a median of 13 days away from work to recuperate from their injuries and illnesses.
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers had 54,400 injuries and illness in 2018 that resulted in days away from work. The incidence rate for these workers was 166.0 cases per 10,000 full-time workers. They took a median of 7 days away from work to recuperate from their injuries and illnesses.
United States Department of Labor
