2007 SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES & ILLNESSES
SUMMARY ESTIMATES CHARTS PACKAGE
October 23, 2008
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Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates
by case type, private industry, 2003-2007
6
2003
5.0
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
5
4.8
4.6
4.4
4
3
4.2
2004
2005
2006
2007
TRC=total recordable cases
DART=days away from work, job transfer, or restriction cases
DAFW=days away from work cases
DJTR=days of job transfer or restriction only cases
ORC=other recordable cases
2.6 2.5
2.4 2.3
2
2.4 2.3
2.1
1.5 1.4 1.4
1.3 1.2
1
2.2 2.1 2.1
1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
.9
0
TRC
DART
DAFW
DJTR
ORC
Case type
Incidence rates of injuries and illnesses combined declined significantly in 2007 for
several case types—TRC, DART, DAFW, and DJTR—but remained unchanged for ORC.
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses among private industry workplaces in 2007 occurred at
their lowest rate since the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses first published
estimates based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 2003.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
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Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates
by employment size class, private industry, 2003-2007
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
6.2
5.9 5.8
6
5.8
5.5
5.3
5
5.7
5.4
5.2
5.4
5.0
4.7
4.3 4.2
4
4.1
5.2
4.9
4.5
3.9 3.8
3
2
2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9
1
Size 1
1-10 employees
Size 2
11-49 employees
Size 3
50-249 employees
Size 4
250-999 employees
Size 5
1000+ employees
Employment size class
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred with the greatest frequency among mid-size establishments
(those employing 50 to 249 workers) and least often among small establishments (those employing
1 to 10 workers) compared to establishments of other sizes in 2007. While rates among size 1 and
size 2 establishments remained relatively unchanged in 2007 compared to 2006, rates for the
largest three size classes decreased significantly in 2007 from the year earlier.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
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Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates by
private goods-producing and service-providing domains, 2003-2007
5.0
4.8
4.6
4.4
4.2
Total Private industry
6.7
6.5
Goods-producing industries
2003
6.2
5.9
2004
5.4
2005
2006
4.4
4.2
4.1
3.9
3.8
Service-providing
industries
0
1
2
3
4
2007
5
6
7
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
Similar to private industry, the rate at which nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred among both
goods-producing industries as a whole and service-providing industries as a whole declined
significantly in 2007—from 5.9 to 5.4 cases and 3.9 to 3.8 cases per 100 workers, respectively.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates
among goods-producing private industry sectors, 2006-2007
6.0
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
& hunting
5.4
2006
3.5
Mining
2007
3.1
5.9
Construction
5.4
6.0
Manufacturing
5.6
0
1
2
3
4
5
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
6
7
Total recordable nonfatal injury and illness incidence rates among all
four goods-producing industry sectors declined significantly in 2007.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal injury and illness incidence rates
among service-providing private industry sectors, 2006-2007
4.1
4.0
Wholesale trade
4.9
4.8
Retail trade
6.5
6.4
Transportation & warehousing
4.1
4.0
Utilities
1.9
2.0
Information
.9
.9
Finance & insurance
3.3
Real estate & rental & leasing
2006
2.9
1.2
1.3
Professional, scientific, & technical services
2007
2.1
1.9
Management of companies
3.4
3.3
Admin & support & waste management & remediation
2.3
2.4
Education services
5.8
5.6
Health care & social assistance
5.3
5.3
Arts, entertainment, & recreation
4.5
4.4
Accommodation & food services
2.9
3.1
Other services
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
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With its rate statistically unchanged from 2006, transportation and warehousing continued to
experience injuries and illnesses at a higher rate (6.4 cases per 100 workers) than all other serviceproviding industry sectors in 2007. Among the 15 service-providing private industry sectors, only
health care and social assistance saw its rate of injuries and illnesses decline significantly in 2007.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Number of cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction
by case type among goods-producing private industry sectors, 2007
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
& hunting
Cases with days away from work
Mining
Cases with job transfer or restriction only
Construction
Manufacturing
0
100
200
300
400
500
Number in thousands
Manufacturing has continued a trend from 1998 to 2007 during which it has been the only industry sector where
the number of cases with job transfer or restriction only exceeded the number of cases with days away from work.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Number of cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction
by case type among service-providing private industry sectors, 2007
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation & warehousing
Utilities
Information
Finance & insurance
Cases with days away from work
Real estate & rental & leasing
Cases with job transfer or restriction only
Professional, scientific, & technical services
Management of companies & enterprises
Admin & support & waste management & remediation
Education services
Health care & social assistance
Arts, entertainment, & recreation
Accommodation & food services
Other services
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Number in thousands
No service-providing industry sector experienced a higher number of cases with job transfer or
restriction only compared to cases with days away from work in 2007. However, the numbers of such
cases for the management of companies and enterprises sector were relatively the same in 2007.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction,
goods-producing and service-providing industries, 2007
Cases with days away from work
Total Private Industry
Cases with job transfer or restriction only
1.2
Goods-producing industries
.9
1.5
1.4
1.1
Service-providing industries
0
.8
1
2
3
4
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
Among private industry workplaces in 2007, the rate for cases with days away from work (1.2 cases per 100
full-time workers) was higher than the rate for cases involving job transfer or restriction only (0.9 cases). This
was also true for goods-producing industries as a whole and for service-providing industries as a whole.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction
by case type and goods-producing private industry sector, 2007
Cases with days away from work
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
& hunting
Cases with job transfer or restriction only
1.8
Mining
1.0
1.4
Construction
.6
1.9
Manufacturing
.9
1.3
0
1.7
1
2
3
4
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
Manufacturing has continued a trend from 1998 to 2007 during which it has been the only
industry sector where the rate at which injury and illness cases occurred involving cases with job
transfer or restriction only exceeded the rate at which cases with days away from work occurred.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction
by case type and service-providing private industry sector, 2007
Cases with days away from work
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation & warehousing
Utilities
Information
Finance & insurance
Real estate & rental & leasing
Professional, scientific, & technical services
Management of companies & enterprises
Admin & support & waste management & remediation
Education services
Health care & social assistance
Arts, entertainment, & recreation
Accommodation & food services
Other services
Cases with job transfer or restriction only
1.3
1.1
1.4
1.2
2.7
1.2
.9
.7
.3
1.6
.4
.1
1.0
.3
.5
.2
.5
.4
1.2
.7
.6
.3
1.4
1.1
1.4
1.1
1.0
.6
1.0
0
.5
1
2
3
4
5
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
As was true in 2006, the rates at which both days-away-from-work cases (2.7 cases per 100
workers) and job transfer or restriction only cases (1.6 cases) occurred were higher in
transportation and warehousing than for any other service-providing industry sector in 2007.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Industries with at least 100,000 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, private
industry, 2007
General medical & surgical hospitals (NAICS 6221)
253.5
General merchandise stores (NAICS 452)
142.0
Administrative & support services (NAICS 561)
140.0
Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621)
130.2
Nursing care facilities (NAICS 6231)
121.6
Transportation equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336)
120.0
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods (NAICS 423)
119.8
Limited-service eating places (NAICS 72221)
116.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332)
112.8
Building equipment contractors (NAICS 2382)
112.7
Supermarkets & other grocery stores (NAICS 44511)
112.0
Full-service restaurants (NAICS 7221)
104.7
Food manufacturing (NAICS 311)
102.2
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods (NAICS 424)
100.9
0
20
40
60
80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280
Number in thousands
These same 14 industries reporting 100,000 or more injury and illness cases in 2007 also did so in
2006—together combining to account for 1.8 million (45 percent) of the 4 million total cases reported
nationally in 2007. General medical and surgical hospitals (NAICS 6221) again reported more injuries
and illnesses than any other private sector industry in 2007. This industry alone accounted for more than
6 percent of all nonfatal injury and illness cases reported among private industry workplaces in 2007.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
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Distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases in health care and
social assistance industries, private industry, 2007
Community care
facilities for elderly
Residential mental
5.9% Other residential
retardation, mental
care facilities
health & substance
1.5%
abuse facilities
4.9%
Nursing care
facilities
18.1%
Social
assistance
10.0%
Hospitals
General medical &
surgical hospitals
37.8%
Hospitals
40.1%
Ambulatory health
care services
19.4%
670,600 injury and illness cases
Psychiatric & substance
abuse hospitals
1.0%
Specialty (exc.
psychiatric & substance
abuse) hospitals
1.3%
Hospitals continued in 2007 to account for more than 4 in 10 injuries and illnesses among health care and social
assistance industries, with general medical and surgical hospitals (NAICS 6221) accounting for the majority of these.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal injury and illness incidence rates in selected health care
and social assistance industries, private industry, 2007
Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621)
3.0
General medical & surgical hospitals (NAICS 6221)
7.7
Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals (NAICS 6222)
8.5
Specialty (exc. psychiatric & substance abuse) hospitals
(NAICS 6223)
6.6
Nursing care facilities (NAICS 6231)
9.7
Residential mental retardation, mental health &
substance abuse facilities (NAICS 6232)
7.6
Community care facilities for elderly (NAICS 6233)
8.0
Other residential care facilities (NAICS 6239)
7.0
Social assistance (NAICS 624)
3.9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
The rate at which injuries and illnesses occurred among specialty (exc. psychiatric and substance abuse)
hospitals (NAICS 6223) nationally in 2007—6.6 cases per 100 workers—was significantly lower than the rate
for other types of hospitals. Similarly, nursing care facilities (NAICS 6231) experienced injuries and illnesses at
a rate (9.7 cases) that was significantly higher than rates for other nursing and residential care facilities in 2007.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
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Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness cases
by category of illness, private industry, 2007
Skin diseases
0.9%
4,002,700 total cases
Respiratory
conditions
0.4%
Poisoning
0.1%
Hearing loss
0.6%
Injuries
94.8%
Illnesses
5.2%
All other
illnesses
3.2%
Illnesses accounted for approximately 1 in 20 of the 4 million injury and illness cases reported among private
industry workplaces in 2007, with the “All other illnesses” category accounting for more than 6 in 10 illness cases.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates by
goods-producing and service-providing sectors, 2003-2007
4.7
4.5
4.4
4.2
4.0
Total Private Industry
6.1
5.9
5.7
5.5
Goods-producing industries
5.0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
4.2
4.0
3.9
3.7
3.7
Service-providing
industries
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
The rate of nonfatal occupational injuries declined to 4.0 cases per 100 full-time workers among private industry
workplaces in 2007—compared to 4.2 cases in 2006. The decline in the overall injury rate was primarily due to
a decrease in the rate among goods-producing industries as a whole—falling from 5.5 cases in 2006 to 5.0
cases in 2007—while the injury rate for service-providing industries as a whole remained unchanged in 2007.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
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Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates by
goods-producing private industry sector, 2006-2007
5.6
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting
5.0
2006
3.4
Mining
2007
3.0
5.8
Construction
5.2
5.5
Manufacturing
5.1
0
1
2
3
4
5
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
6
Total recordable nonfatal injury rates declined among all four goodsproducing industry sectors in 2007, compared to a year earlier.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates
by service-providing private industry sector, 2006-2007
4.0
4.0
Wholesale trade
4.8
4.7
Retail trade
6.3
6.2
Transportation and warehousing
3.7
3.6
Utilities
1.8
1.9
Information
0.8
0.8
Finance and insurance
3.1
2.9
Real estate & rental & leasing
2006
1.1
1.2
Professional, scientific, & technical services
2007
2.0
1.8
Management of companies & enterprises
3.2
3.2
Admin & support & waste management & remediation
2.2
2.3
Education services
5.4
5.3
Health care and social assistance
4.9
5.1
Arts, entertainment, & recreation
4.4
4.3
Accommodation & food services
2.8
3.0
Other services
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
7
Transportation and warehousing, whose rate was relatively unchanged from 2006, experienced a higher
rate of injuries (6.2 cases per 100 workers) than any other service-providing industry sector in 2007. No
service-providing industry sector experienced a significant change in its injury rate in 2007.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries
by goods-producing private industry sector, 2007
Goods-producing industry sectors
GoodsServiceproviding producing
30.3%
69.6%
Construction
9.8%
Manufacturing
18.8%
3,796,400 total injury cases
Agriculture, forestry,
fishing & hunting
1.2%
Mining
0.6%
More than 3 in 10 injury cases reported in private industry nationally in 2007
occurred in goods-producing industries. Manufacturing accounted for more
than 6 in 10 injury cases reported among goods-producing industries.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries
by service-providing private industry sector, 2007
Information
Utilities 1.3%
Finance &
insurance
1.3%
0.5%
Transportation &
warehousing
6.8%
GoodsServiceproducing providing
30.3%
69.6%
Wholesale
trade
6.1%
Retail trade
15.0%
Real estate &
rental & leasing
Professional, scientific, &
1.4%
technical services
2.1%
Management of
companies
0.8%
Health care
& social
assistance
16.6%
3,796,400 total injury cases
Other services
2.5%
Accommodation &
food services
8.5%
Admin & support & waste
management &
remediation
4.1%
Education
services
1.0%
Arts, entertainment,
& recreation
1.7%
Nearly 7 in 10 workplace injuries reported among private industry establishments in 2007 occurred in
service-providing industries, with more injury cases reported in health care and social assistance than
any other service-providing industry sector.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by
goods-producing and service-providing sectors, 2003-2007
30.7
27.9
26.7
24.6
21.8
Total Private Industry
58.6
53.5
Goods-producing industries
48.5
42.6
2003
2004
36.7
2005
2006
21.6
19.6
19.6
18.8
17.0
Service-providing
industries
0
10
20
2007
30
40
50
60
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers
The rate of nonfatal occupational illnesses among private industry workplaces declined in 2007 to 21.8 cases per 10,000
full-time workers, compared to 24.6 cases in 2006. Illness rates also declined for goods-producing industries as a whole
and for service-providing industries as a whole in 2007—from 42.6 to 36.7 cases and 18.8 to 17.0 cases, respectively.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates
by goods-producing private industry sector, 2006-2007
41.3
Agriculture, forestry,
fishing & hunting
33.7
11.8
Mining
9.0
2006
2007
14.9
Construction
12.5
57.7
Manufacturing
50.5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers
Among goods-producing industry sectors, only manufacturing experienced a statistically significant
decline in the rate of illnesses reported in 2007 compared to 2006, while other goods-producing sectors’
rates were statistically unchanged. While the illness rate in manufacturing declined in 2007, it remained
higher than illness rates for other goods-producing industries and more than twice that of private industry.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates
by service-providing private industry sector, 2006-2007
10.3
8.7
Wholesale trade
13.2
14.7
Retail trade
25.7
23.5
Transportation & warehousing
39.7
38.9
Utilities
14.0
14.0
Information
9.9
10.7
13.5
8.0
10.8
10.9
14.8
9.8
Finance & insurance
Real estate & rental & leasing
Professional, scientific, & technical services
Management of companies & enterprises
2006
2007
20.3
17.4
Admin & support & waste management & remediation
12.5
10.1
Education services
40.8
Health care & social assistance
34.0
33.5
Arts, entertainment, & recreation
25.0
13.5
12.6
10.8
11.4
Accommodation & food services
Other services
0
10
20
30
40
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers
50
Health care & social assistance and Arts, entertainment, & recreation were the
only two industry sectors in which illness rates declined significantly in 2007.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses:
State nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates*
compared to the national rate, private industry, 2007
AK
(5.5)
WA
(6.1)
MT
(6.3)
OR
(5.1)
MN
(4.7)
ID
WI
(5.3)
SD
WY
(4.6)
NV
(4.8)
CA
(4.4)
NE
(5.0)
UT
(5.0)
AZ
(4.4)
CO
KS
(5.1)
OK
(4.5)
NM
(4.6)
TX
(3.4)
NY
(3.1)
NH
MI
(4.9)
IA
(5.5)
IL
(3.8)
MO
(4.6)
IN
(5.1)
OH
WV
(5.2)
KY
(5.2)
VA
(3.2)
NC
(3.7)
TN
(4.5)
AR
(3.9)
MA
(4.0)
RI
CT (5.1)
(4.8)
PA
NJ
(3.5)
DE
(3.4)
MD
(3.7)
DC
(1.9)
SC
(3.6)
MS
HI
(4.6)
ME
(6.4)
VT
(5.9)
ND
AL
(4.5)
GA
(3.5)
LA
(2.9)
State private industry TRC rate higher than national rate
State private industry TRC rate lower than national rate
State estimates not significantly different from national rate
State estimates unavailable (collected for national estimates only)
FL
(3.9)
Compared to the national rate of 4.2 cases per 100 full-time workers, injury and illness rates
were higher in 26 States, lower in 14 States, and not statistically different in 3 States in 2007.
* Total recordable case (TRC) incidence rate per 100 full-time workers (in parenthesis)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2008
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