There were slightly more
than 164,000 injuries and
illnesses with days away
from work among Hispanic
and Latino workers in
2004, up by 4,000 over
2003.
Overall, Hispanic and Latino workers experienced a larger proportion of
occupational injuries and illnesses in 2004. Natural resources and mining and
leisure and hospitality were the only major industry sectors in which these
workers represented a smaller fraction of cases than in the previous year.
Employers do not report race and ethnicity data for about 30 percent of cases.
50.0
2003
46.9 47.0
2004
45.0
40.0
37.3
35.0
32.9
30.4
30.0
29.5
25.0
20.0
17.2
15.0
12.2 13.1
8.2 8.2
10.0
18.3
16.5
14.3 14.8
7.2
15.4
8.2
Black
only
N
White
only
To
at
ta
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l
al
r
e
an s
d ou
m rc
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g
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sp r e
ita an
lit d
y
5.0
Hispanic or Latino only
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2005
Not
reported