The number of nonfatal
occupational injuries and illnesses
reported declined from 4.2 million
cases in 2005 to 4.1 million cases
in 2006.
1
6
2004
2005
2006
TRC = total recordable cases
DART = days away from work, job
transfer, or restriction cases
5.0
5
DAFW = days away from work cases
DJTR = days of job transfer or
restriction only cases
4.8
4.6
Incidence rate per 100 full-time workers
Incidence rates and the number of
cases for all individual case types
declined in 2006, with the
exception of cases of job transfer
or restriction (DJTR), which
remained unchanged at 1.0 case
per 100 full-time employees.
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness
incidence rates, by case type, private industry, 2003–06
2003
C H A R T
The rate of injuries and illnesses
in 2006 was 4.4 per 100 full-time
workers, a decline from 4.6 in
2005. This series has declined in
every year since 2003, the first
year for which NAICS-based
estimates are available.
4.4
ORC
= other recordable cases
4
3
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.2
2
1.5
1.4 1.4
1.3
1.1 1.1
1.0 1.0
1
0
TRC
DART
DAFW
Case type
DJTR
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007
ORC
2.1