2009 SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES & ILLNESSES
SUMMARY ESTIMATES CHARTS PACKAGE
October 21, 2010
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Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates
by case type, private industry, 2003-2009
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
5.0
5.0
4.8
4.6
Incidence rate per 100 full-time workers
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.9
3.6
3.0
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.0
2.3
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.8
2.1
1.9
1.5
1.0
2.4
1.4
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.0
1.3
1.0
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.9
2007
2008
1.8
1.1
0.8
0.0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2009
Year
Incidence rates for all case types declined significantly in 2009, with the exception of days-away-from-work cases
whose rate remained relatively unchanged from 2008 at the level of detail at which data are presented in this chart.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates
by employment size, private industry, 2005-2009
2005
2006
6.0
2007
2008
2009
5.8
5.5
5.3
5.2
5.0
4.9
5.0
Incidence rate per 100 full-time workers
5.2
4.9
4.7
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.1
4.1
3.9
4.0
3.8
4.0
3.8
3.4 3.4
3.0
2.0
2.0
1.9 1.9
1.8 1.8
1.0
0.0
1-10 employees
11-49 employees
50-249 employees
Employment size
250-999 employees
1000+ employees
The total recordable case injury and illness incidence rate was highest among mid-size establishments
(those employing between 50 and 249 workers) in 2009 and lowest among small establishments (those
employing fewer than 11 workers) compared to establishments of other sizes.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases
by category of illness, private industry, 2009
Poisoning 1.2%
100%
Illnesses 5.1%
Respiratory conditions 8.8%
Total cases:
3,277,700
Hearing loss 11.7%
75%
Skin diseases 15.6%
50%
Injuries 94.9%
Other illnesses 62.7%
25%
0%
Injuries and Illnesses
Illnesses
Injuries accounted for the overwhelming majority of cases reported for the SOII—94.9 percent, with
illnesses accounting for the remaining 5.1 percent of cases. Most illnesses are classified as “All other
illnesses,” which includes such things as repetitive motion cases and systemic diseases and disorders.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by private industry sector, 2009
623.9
Health care and social assistance
Manufacturing
480.7
Retail trade
475.0
47.9
12.3
269.5
Accommodation and food services
7.9
244.2
Construction
Transportation and warehousing
6.8
199.9
7.0
181.4
Wholesale trade
127.6
Administrative and waste services
3.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
60.8
2.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
56.8
2.5
Information
46.1 | 3.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
42.8 | 2.1
Finance and insurance
41.0 | 4.3
Educational services
39.1 | 2.0
Management of companies and enterprises
4.5
6.7
78.3
Professional and technical services
43.4
Illnesses
28.5 | 1.9
Mining
17.1 | 0.6
Utilities
16.6 | 1.8
0
100
Injuries
200
300
400
500
600
700
Number of cases
(in thousands)
Similar to the distribution of injuries and illnesses reported among all private industry establishments in 2009, injuries accounted for most
cases reported among individual private industry sectors—illnesses accounted for only a fraction of cases reported in each industry sector.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Incidence rates and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses
by private industry sector, 2009
Health care and social assistance
5.4
667.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
5.3
Transportation and warehousing
5.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
44.9
206.9
4.9
63.2
Construction
4.3
Manufacturing
4.3
Retail trade
251.0
528.6
4.2
Accommodation and food services
487.2
3.7
277.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
3.3
Utilities
3.3
Wholesale trade
3.3
59.3
18.4
185.9
Administrative and waste services
2.9
Other services (except public administration)
2.9
134.3
87.4
Mining
2.4
Educational services
2.4
17.7
41.0
1.9
Information
Management of companies and enterprises
49.3
1.7
30.3
1.2
Professional and technical services
Finance and insurance
82.2
45.3
0.8
7.5
6.0
4.5
3.0
Incidence rate
(per 100 full-time workers)
1.5
0
150
300
450
600
750
Number of cases
(in thousands)
Three sectors alone—Health care & social assistance, Manufacturing, and Retail trade—combined
to account for more than half of all cases reported among private industry establishments in 2009.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Incidence rates and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries
by private industry sector, 2009
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
42.8
5.1
Health care and social assistance
5.0
Transportation and warehousing
5.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
623.9
199.9
4.7
60.8
Construction
4.2
Retail trade
4.1
Manufacturing
244.2
475.0
3.9
480.7
3.6
Accommodation and food services
269.5
Real estate and rental and leasing
3.2
Wholesale trade
3.2
56.8
181.4
3.0
Utilities
Other services (except public administration)
16.6
2.8
Administrative and waste services
82.3
2.7
Mining
2.3
Educational services
2.3
127.6
17.1
39.1
1.8
Information
Management of companies and enterprises
46.1
1.6
28.5
1.1
Professional and technical services
Finance and insurance
78.3
41.0
0.8
7.5
6.0
4.5
3.0
Incidence rate
(per 100 full-time workers)
1.5
0
150
300
450
600
750
Number of cases
(in thousands)
Health care and social assistance reported more injury cases than any other private industry sector—623,900
cases—and accounted for 20.1 percent of all injury cases reported among private industry workplaces in 2009.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Incidence rates and numbers of nonfatal occupational illnesses
by private industry sector, 2009
Manufacturing
39.0
Health care and social assistance
47.9
34.8
Utilities
43.4
1.8
32.6
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
2.1
24.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2.4
19.0
Transportation and warehousing
17.4
Administrative and waste services
7.0
14.4
Real estate and rental and leasing
6.7
2.5
13.7
Information
3.2
12.3
Construction
11.6
Educational services
11.5
6.8
2.0
Accommodation and food services
10.6
7.9
Retail trade
10.6
Management of companies and enterprises
10.4
12.3
1.9
Finance and insurance
8.0
4.3
Wholesale trade
7.9
4.5
Mining
7.8
0.6
5.5
Professional and technical services
45.0
30.0
15.0
Incidence rate
(per 10,000 full-time workers)
3.9
0
20
40
60
Number of cases
(in thousands)
Manufacturing and Health care & social assistance together reported the majority of private industry illnesses in 2009, resulting in
an illness rate in Manufacturing that was more than twice the rate of illnesses nationally (18.3 cases per 10,000 full-time workers).
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Incidence rates for nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work,
job transfer, or restriction, by private industry sector, 2009
Transportation and warehousing
2.3
Construction
1.6
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
1.6
Health care and social assistance
1.3
0.7
1.2
1.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1.1
1.3
Real estate and rental and leasing
1.2
Retail trade
1.2
Wholesale trade
1.1
Mining
1.1
Administrative and waste services
1.1
1.0
0.7
1.0
0.9
0.4
0.5
Other services (except public administration)
1.0
0.5
Accommodation and food services
1.0
0.5
Manufacturing
1.0
Utilities
1.0
0.7
Information
Management of companies and enterprises
0.4
0.3
Professional and technical services
Finance and insurance
0.8
0.3
0.6
Educational services
1.3
0.2
DJTR rate
0.4
DAFW rate
0.1
0.2 | 0.1
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
Incidence rate
(per 100 full-time workers)
Manufacturing was the only private industry sector in which the rate of cases involving job transfer or restriction exceeded
the rate of cases involving days away from work in 2009. This has been the case in Manufacturing since 1998.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Numbers of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work,
job transfer, or restriction, by private industry sector, 2009
Health care and social assistance
172.8
Retail trade
131.1
137.0
Manufacturing
117.3
127.1
158.5
Construction
92.5
44.0
Transportation and warehousing
90.7
50.3
Accommodation and food services
71.1
Wholesale trade
37.4
62.4
Administrative and waste services
49.8
49.4
Other services (except public administration)
25.3
29.0
13.9
Professional and technical services
24.0 | 10.0
Real estate and rental and leasing
21.6 | 11.7
Information
17.0 | 8.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
16.6 | 12.8
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
13.8 | 10.4
Educational services
10.4 | 4.1
Finance and insurance
8.7 | 3.7
Mining
7.8 | 2.9
Management of companies and enterprises
DJTR count
DAFW count
7.3 | 6.7
Utilities
5.6 | 4.4
0
100
200
300
400
Number of cases
(in thousands)
Manufacturing reported the most cases involving days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR) among all private industry sectors and
was the only sector in which the of number DJTR cases exceeded the number of cases involving days away from work in 2009.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Industries reporting 100,000 or more nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses,
all ownerships, 2009
General medical and surgical hospitals (Private industry, NAICS 6221)
253.1
Elementary and secondary schools (Local govt., NAICS 6111)
250.6
Food services and drinking places (Private industry, NAICS 722)
7.3
5.0
206.8
Specialty trade contractors (Private industry, NAICS 238)
3.4
168.7
Ambulatory health care services (Private industry, NAICS 621)
4.6
124.2
General merchandise stores (Private industry, NAICS 452)
117.5
Administrative and support services (Private industry, NAICS 561)
115.1
Nursing care facilities (Private industry, NAICS 6231)
113.6
Justice, public order, and safety activities (Local govt., NAICS 9221)
2.7
5.2
2.7
8.9
107.9
Grocery stores (Private industry, NAICS 4451)
11.5
102.5
300
225
150
5.5
75
Number of cases
(in thousands)
0.0
3.5
7.0
10.5
14.0
Incidence rate
(per 100 full-time workers)
Ten industries reported 100,000 or more injury and illness cases in 2009. Together these industries combined to
account for nearly 4 in 10 cases reported among private industry and State and local government workers in 2009.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases
and employment by ownership, 2009
100%
State government 3.7%
State government 4.7%
Local government 10.7%
Local government 16.2%
75%
Total cases: 4,140,700
Total employment: 130,315,800
50%
Private Industry 85.5%
Private Industry 79.2%
25%
0%
Cases
Employment
Nearly 8 in 10 nonfatal injury and illness cases reported in 2009 occurred among private industry workplaces which
accounted for 85.5 percent of total employment covered by the SOII. The remaining 20.9 percent of injury and illness
cases occurred among public sector workers who accounted for 14.4 percent of the employees covered by this survey.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates by case type and ownership, 2009
Private Industry
7.0
State government
Local government
6.3
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 cases
ORC = other recordable cases
Incidence rate per 100 full-time workers
6.0
5.0
4.6
4.0
3.7
3.6
3.0
2.6
2.3
2.0
2.3
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.1
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.0
TRC
DART
DAFW
Case type
DJTR
ORC
The rate of total recordable cases of injuries and illnesses was highest among local government
workplaces in 2009 (6.3 cases per 100 full-time workers), compared to State government and
private industry workplaces whose rates were 4.6 cases and 3.6 cases, respectively.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Incidence rates and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses
by selected industry, State government, 2009
Hospitals (NAICS 622)
11.0
34.7
Correctional institutions (NAICS 92214)
7.8
33.7
Heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237)
5.1
Colleges and universities (NAICS 6113)
3.9
2.5
14.0
10.5
7.0
3.5
Incidence rate
(per 100 full-time workers)
32.3
0
10
20
30
40
Number of cases
(in thousands)
National public sector estimates covering nearly five million State government workers are available from the
SOII in 2009 for just the second consecutive year, presenting injury and illness estimates for select industries.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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Incidence rates and numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses
by selected industry, local government, 2009
Fire protection (NAICS 92216)
29.4
15.3
Heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237)
13.1
Police protection (NAICS 92212)
13.1
12.7
Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623)
55.0
11.1
Transit and ground passenger transportation (NAICS 485)
6.5
7.8
Hospitals (NAICS 622)
14.8
7.0
Water sewage and other systems (NAICS 2213)
38.5
6.5
Elementary and secondary schools (NAICS 6111)
10.0
5.0
16.5
11.0
5.5
Incidence rate
(per 100 full-time workers)
250.6
0
100
200
300
Number of cases
(in thousands)
National public sector estimates covering nearly 14 million local government employees show that nearly 4 in 10 nonfatal
injuries and illnesses reported in local government workplaces occurred among elementary and secondary school workers
in 2009, although the rate of occurrence in this industry was comparatively lower than rates in other industries.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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State nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates*
compared to the national rate, private industry, 2009
WA
(5.1)
MT
(5.3)
ME
(5.6)
ND
OR
(4.4)
MN
(3.8)
ID
SD
WY
(4.0)
NV
(4.3)
CA
(3.7)
WI
(4.2)
UT
(4.0)
AZ
(3.5)
CO
PA
IL
(3.5)
KS
(4.1)
OK
(4.0)
NM
(4.2)
MI
(4.2)
IA
(4.6)
NE
(4.1)
MO
(3.5)
AK
(4.5)
OH
IN
(4.2)
KY
(4.2)
WV
(4.4)
AR
(3.5)
AL
(3.6)
VA
(2.9)
DE(3.1)
MD(3.3)
DC(1.9)
NC
(3.1)
TN
(3.8)
MS
TX
(2.9)
NY
(2.9)
VT(5.2)
NH
MA
RI
CT(4.2)
NJ(3.3)
SC
(3.2)
GA
(3.1)
LA
(2.8)
FL
(3.5)
HI
(4.0)
State rate not available
State rate statistically greater than national rate
State rate not statistically different from national rate
State rate statistically less than national rate
Among the 41 States for which estimates of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses are available for 2009, 22 States
experienced a higher incidence of injuries and illnesses than the national rate (3.6 cases per 100 full-time workers); 11
States experienced a lower rate; and eight States had rates that were not significantly different from the national rate.
* Total recordable case (TRC) incidence rate per 100 full-time workers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2010
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