2004 SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES & IL

SUMMARY ESTIMATES CHARTS PACKAG

November 17, 2005
5.0

2.6

1.5

1.1

2.4

4.7 4.8

2.5

1.4

1.1

2.3

4.5

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TRC DART DAFW DJTR ORC INJU

2003 2004

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incid

by case type, private industry, 2003 and 2004

Incidence rates for private industry were lower in 2004 with the exception of days of job trrestriction (DJTR) where the incidence rate remained unchanged (1.1 cases per 100 full-tim

TRC=total recordable casesDART=days away from work, job transfer, or restrictionDAFW=days away from workDJTR=days of job transfer or restrictionORC=other recordable casesINJU=injuries only

Case type
2.0

4.3

6.2

5.8 5.7

1.9

4.2

5.9

5.4 

02468

1- 10 11 - 49 50 - 249 250 - 999 100

2003 2004

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Employment size class

Nationwide, injury and illness rates in 2004 generally were higher for mid-size 

establishments employing 50 to 249 workers than for smaller or larger establishments, although this pattern did not hold for all industries.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

All establishments, 2004 = 4.8

Total recordable nonfatal occupational incidence rates of injuries 

by employment size class, private industry, 2003 and 2
0123456

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Education and health services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Service providing

Manufacturing

Construction

Natural resources and mining

Goods producing

Private industry

2004 2003

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incid

by major industry sector, 2003 and 2004 

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

No major industry sector experienced a significant increase in the rate oftotal recordable nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 2004.
0123456

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Health care and social assistance

Education services

Education and health services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Service providing

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Natural resources and mining

Goods producing

Private Industry

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incid

by selected industry sector, 2004

Incidence rates for injuries and illnesses ranged from 1.6 cases per 100 full-time wo

financial activities to 7.3 cases per 100 full-time workers in transportation and wareh
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Health care and social assistance

Education services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Numbers in thousands

Number of cases with days away from work, job transfer, or r

by case type and selected industry sector, 2004

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Cases with days away Cases with job transfe

Among industry sectors, only manufacturing had more cases with job transfer or restriccases with days away from work in 2004. This was also the case for manufacturing in 2
01234

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Health care and social assistance

Education services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job tr

or restriction by case type and selected industry sector, 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Cases with days away Cases with job transfer 

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Transportation and warehousing accounted for the highest incidence rate for days awwork, job transfer, or restriction (DART) of 4.9 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004
Total nonfatal cases in

private industry, 2004:

Injuries versus illnesses

4,257.3 total injury and illness cases

(in thousands)

Injuries94.2%

Of the nearly 4.3 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported in 2004, 4.0 million or 94were injuries. The remainder of these private industry cases (249,000) were occupationa

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Illnesses5.8%

Percent of nonfatal occupational injuries versus illnesses
0123456

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Health care and social assistance

Education services

Education and health services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Service providing

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Natural resources and mining

Goods producing

Private Industry

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury incidence 

by selected industry sector, 2004

Incidence rates for injuries ranged from 1.5 cases per 100 full-time workers in finactivities to 7.0 cases per 100 full-time workers in transportation and warehousi
Percent of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industry s

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Agriculture, forestry,

fishing and hunting

1.3%

Mining

0.5%

Construction

9.8%

Manufactur

20.9%

Wholesale trade

5.8%

Retail trade

Transportation and 15.2%

warehousing

6.9%

Utilities

0.6%

Information

1.3%

Financial activities

2.6%

Professional and

Business services

6.6%

Education services

0.9%

Health care and social

assistance

15.9%

Leisure and hospitality

9.4%

Other services

2.3%

Manufacturing, health care and social assistance, and retail trade combined accoufor 52 percent of all reported occupational injuries for private industry in 2004.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 

Other services

Leisure and hospitality

Health care and social assistance

Education services

Education and health services

Professional and business services

Financial activities

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Service providing

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Natural resources and mining

Goods producing

Private Industry

Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence 

by selected industry sector, 2004

Manufacturing had the highest incidence rate for illnesses of 73.8 cases per 

10,000 full-time workers in 2004.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Percent of nonfatal occupational illnesses by selected industry 

Agriculture, forestry,

fishing and hunting

1.2%

Mining

0.3%

Construction

3.5%

Manufact

42.2%

Wholesale trade

Retail trade 2.9%

6.9%

Transportation and

warehousing

4.1%

Utilities

1.3%

Information

1.7%

Financial activities

3.4%

Professional and

Business services

6.6%

Education services

0.7%

Health care and social

assistance

18.4%

Leisure and hospitality

5.3%

Other services

1.4%

Manufacturing and health care and social assistance combined accounted for ne61 percent of all reported occupational illnesses for private industry in 2004.
Nonfatal illness cas

 category of illne

private industry, 2

249.0 total cases

(in thousands)

All otherillnesses64.6%

The addition of “Hearing loss” as a new category of illness in 2004 accountefor the change in the percent distribution of “All other illnesses,” which fell from 75 percent in 2003 to 65 percent in 2004. 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Percent of nonfatal occupational illnesses, 2003 and 2

Hearing l11.4%

Nonfatal illness cases by

 category of illness,

private industry, 2003

All otherillnesses75.4%

Skin diseases16.1%

Respiratoryconditions7.0% Poisoning 1.5%

269.5 total cases

(in thousands)
104.2

105.7

113.3

114.1

117.2

117.5

119.9

122.3

124.6

134.4

146.1

151.5

215.2

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 

Limited-service eating places

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

Full-service restaurants

Supermarkets and other grocery stores

Building equipment contractors

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

Food manufacturing

Ambulatory health care services

Administrative and support services

General merchandise stores

Transportation equipment manufacturing

Nursing and residential care facilities

Hospitals

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Industries with at least 100,000 nonfatal occupational injuries and 

Fourteen industries, each having at least 100,000 injuries and illnesses, accounted for nemillion injuries and illnesses, or slightly more than 46 percent of the 4.3 million total casThese same fourteen industries each had greater than 100,000 injuries and illnesses in 2

Numbers in thousands
3.9

8

3.3

6.2

2.5

4.1

3.3

6.5

2.7

0 2 4 6 8 

Social assistance - NAICS 624

Nursing and residential care

facilities - NAICS 623

Hospitals - NAICS 622

Ambulatory health care

services - NAICS 621

Health care and social

assistance - NAICS 62

Education services - NAICS 61

2004 2003

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incid

education and health services industries, 2003 and 20

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Within the education and health services major industry sector, the rate of injuries and for health care and social assistance was more than two times higher than the rate for eservices in 2004. Of the four 3-digit NAICS industries within health care and social assithree were among the fourteen industries reporting 100,000 or more cases in 2004. 
8.3

29.9

39.5

17.3

5.1

8.4

30.1

39.7

16.6

5.3

0 20 40 60 

Social assistance - NAICS 624

Nursing and residential care

facilities - NAICS 623

Hospitals - NAICS 622

Ambulatory health care

services - NAICS 621

Health care and social

assistance - NAICS 62

Education services - NAICS 61 2004 2003

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborNovember 2005

Percent of nonfatal occupational Injuries and illnesses, educatio

services industries, 2003 and 2004 

Percent of injuries and illnesses in education and health services

The health care and social assistance sector accounted for 95 percent of all injury and ilwithin education and health services in 2004. Hospitals alone accounted for 40 percent cases in this major industry sector in 2004, reporting more cases (284,600) than any othe