2002 OSH SUMMARY ESTIMATES

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December 18, 2003
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Services

Finance, insurance, & real estate

Wholesale & retail trade

Transportation & public utilities

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, & fishing

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Nonfatal workplace injury and illness incidence rates 

industry division, 2002

Private in

Incidence rates for injuries and illnesses ranged from 1.7 per 100 full-timfinance, insurance, and real estate to 7.2 per 100 full-time workers in ma
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Services

Finance, insurance, & real estate

Wholesale & retail trade

Transportation & public utilities

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, & fishing

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Nonfatal workplace injury incidence rates by

industry division, 2002

Private ind

Incidence rates for injuries ranged from 1.5 per 100 full-time workerinsurance, and real estate to 6.9 per 100 full-time workers in constru
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 

Services

Finance, insurance, & real estate

Wholesale & retail trade

Transportation & public utilities

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, & fishing

Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Nonfatal workplace illness incidence rates by

industry division, 2002

Private industry = 33.3

Manufacturing had the highest incidence rate for illnesses in 
Manufacturing23.3 %

Services27.3 %

Finance,insurance,& real estate2.3 %

Whotrade 

Transporta& public ut8.2 %

Construction9.3 %

Agriculture,forestry,& fishing2.0 %

Mining0.5 %

Services, trade, and manufacturing combined accounted for just over 75

percent of all reported occupational injuries for private industry in 2002.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Percent of nonfatal workplace injuries by industry division
Manufacturing44.5 %

Services25.9 %

Finance,insurance,& real estate4.3 %

WhotradTra& p6.9 

Construction3.2 %

Agriculture,forestry,& fishing2.1 %

Mining0.3 %

Manufacturing and services combined accounted for 70 percentof all reported occupational illnesses for private industry in 2002.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Percent of nonfatal workplace illnesses by industry divisio
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1- 10 11 - 49 50 - 249 250 - 999 

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Establishment employment size groups

Nationwide, injury and illness rates generally were higher for mid-size establishemploying 50 to 249 workers than for smaller or larger establishments, althougpattern did not hold for all industries.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

All establishments = 5.3

Total recordable case incidence rates for injuries and illne

establishment employment size group, private industry, 
Nursing and personal

care facilities

Eating and

drinking placesGrocery stores

Department stores

Motor vehicles

and equipment

manufacturing

Trucking and courier

services, except air

Ai

Seven industries, each having at least 100,000 injuries and illnesses, acabout 1.3 million injuries and illnesses, or 27 percent of the 4.7 million t

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Industries with at least 100,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and il

Hospitals
0 100 200 300 400 500 

Services

Finance, insurance & real estate

Wholesale & retail trade

Transportation & public utilities

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, & fishing

Number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses (thousands)

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

by case type and industry division, 2002

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Cases with days away from wCases with job transfer or res

Among industry divisions, only manufacturing had more cajob transfer or restriction than cases with days away from w
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 

Services

Finance, insurance, & real estate

Wholesale & retail trade

Transportation & public utilities

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, & fishing

Private industry

Percent of nonfatal injuries and illnesses

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

by case type and industry division, 2002

Cases with days away from work Cases with job transfe

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003
Total nonfatal cases in

private industry, 2002:

injuries versus illnesses

Nonfatal illness cas

 selected categor

private industry, 2

4,700,600 total cases 294,500 total case

Injuries4,406,100cases

Of the 4.7 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported in 2002, 4.4 million were inThe remainder of these private industry cases (294,500 cases) were work-related illnJust over three-fourths of the illness cases were reported in the “all other illness cat

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborDecember 2003

Poisoning1.6 %

RC7

Illnesses294,500cases