The number of injuries and
illnesses resulting in days
away from work declined
by 4.3 percent in 2004.
Cases requiring days away from work to recuperate fell by 6.3 percent in
service-providing industries, but remained mostly the same in goods-producing
industries.
Injuries and illnesses with days away from work represented about 30
percent of all cases in both 2003 and 2004.
Private industry
Goods-producing industries
Service-providing industries
1,400,000
1,315,920
1,259,320
1,200,000
1,000,000
908,310
850,930
800,000
600,000
407,610
408,400
400,000
200,000
2003
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2005
2004