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There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023

January 15, 2025

Private industry employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Of these, 946,500 involved days away from work. Nonfatal cases involving days away from work occurred at a rate of 0.9 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023, down from 1.2 in 2022.
Rate of nonfatal work injuries and illnesses involving days away from work, by state, private industry, 2023
State Rate per 100 full-time workers

Alabama

 0.7

Alaska

 1.4

Arizona

 0.6

Arkansas

 0.6

California

 1.2

Colorado

 0.8

Connecticut

 1.1

Delaware

 1.0

District of Columbia

 0.6

Florida

 -

Georgia

 -

Hawaii

 1.6

Idaho

 -

Illinois

 1.0

Indiana

 0.7

Iowa

 1.0

Kansas

 0.7

Kentucky

 0.9

Louisiana

 0.5

Maine

 1.3

Maryland

 1.0

Massachusetts

 1.1

Michigan

 0.7

Minnesota

 1.0

Mississippi

 -

Missouri

 0.8

Montana

 1.3

Nebraska

 0.8

Nevada

 0.9

New Hampshire

 -

New Jersey

 1.0

New Mexico

 -

New York

 1.2

North Carolina

 0.7

North Dakota

 -

Ohio

 0.8

Oklahoma

 0.8

Oregon

 1.5

Pennsylvania

 0.9

Puerto Rico

 1.9

Rhode Island

 -

South Carolina

 0.8

South Dakota

 -

Tennessee

 0.7

Texas

 0.6

U.S. Virgin Islands

 0.7

Utah

 0.5

Vermont

 1.5

Virginia

 0.8

Washington

 1.3

West Virginia

 1.1

Wisconsin

 0.9

Wyoming

 1.1

Note: Dashes indicate data are not available or do not meet publication guidelines.

Of states with available information, Hawaii had a nonfatal injury and illness rate of 1.6 cases per 100 full-time workers for cases involving days away from work in 2023. Oregon and Vermont each had a rate of 1.5, and Alaska had a rate of 1.4. Louisiana and Utah had rates of days away from work cases at 0.5 cases per 100 full-time workers each.

These data are from the Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities program. To learn more about injuries and illnesses in the workplace, see "Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses—2023.” We also have more charts on nonfatal work injuries and illnesses.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/there-were-2-6-million-nonfatal-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses-in-2023.htm (visited March 18, 2025).

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