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Internet address: http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm Thursday, October 19, 2006 

WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 2005 

Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses occurred at a rate of 4.6 cases per 100 

equivalent full-time workers among private industry employers in 2005, according to the Survey 

of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department 

of Labor. This was a decline from the rate of 4.8 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers 

reported by the BLS for 2004. The rate resulted from a total of 4.2 million nonfatal injuries and 

illnesses in private industry workplaces during 2005, relatively unchanged compared to 2004, 

and a 2 percent increase in the number of hours worked. Incidence rates for injuries and illnesses 

combined declined significantly in 2005 for most case types, with the exception of cases with 

days away from work. (See table 1 and chart 2.) 

This release is the second in a series of three releases from the BLS covering 

occupational safety and health statistics in 2005. The first release, in August 2006, covered 

work-related fatalities from the 2005 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In 

November 2006, a third release will provide details from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and 

Illnesses on the more seriously injured and ill workers and on the circumstances of their injuries 

and illnesses. “More seriously” is defined in this survey as cases requiring at least one day away 

from work to recuperate. 

Goods-producing industries as a whole had an injury and illness incidence rate of 6.2 

cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, while service-providing industries had a rate of 4.1 

cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers. The incidence rate for goods-producing industries 

declined by 0.3 cases and the rate for service-providing industries fell by 0.1 case per 100 

equivalent full-time workers compared to the rates reported for 2004. Among goods-producing 

Note on expanded data on the Internet: BLS released two new web-based tools this past 

year for analyzing occupational injury and illness data. Profiles on the Web

(http://data.bls.gov/GQT/servlet/InitialPage) provides access to injury and illness data by 

industry, demographic characteristics, and case characteristics and will be updated soon to 

include prior years’ data. A second Web tool (http://data.bls.gov/IIRC/) allows employers to 

compute their own injury and illness incidence rate for safety management purposes and 

compare their rate to the rate for their industry. 
industry sectors, incidence rates during 2005 ranged from 3.6 cases per 100 full-time workers in 

mining to 6.3 cases per 100 full-time workers in construction and in manufacturing. (See table 

1.) While rates among service-providing industry sectors ranged up to 7.0 cases per 100 fulltime workers in transportation and warehousing, finance and insurance had the lowest rate within 

this domain at 1.0 case. Despite this low rate, finance and insurance was the only industry sector 

to experience a statistically significant increase in the overall incidence rate in 2005, rising by 

0.1 case per 100 full-time workers. 

Small establishments (those employing 1 to 10 workers) reported the lowest rate for 

injuries and illnesses combined (2.0 cases per 100 full-time workers), while mid-size 

establishments (those employing 50 to 249 workers) reported the highest rate (5.8 cases per 100 

full-time workers). (See table 3.) While incidence rates remained relatively unchanged for 

establishments employing fewer than 1,000 workers, the rate for large establishments (those 

employing 1,000 or more workers) declined significantly in 2005 to 5.2 cases per 100 full-time 

workers, down from 5.4 in 2004. 

Fourteen industries, each having at least 100,000 injuries and illnesses combined, 

accounted for slightly more than 1.9 million cases (46 percent) of the 4.2 million total. (See 

table 4.) These same fourteen industries also reported having at least 100,000 injuries and 

illnesses in both of the previous two years. Hospitals (NAICS 622) has topped this group of 

industries in each of the last three years, followed by nursing and residential care facilities 

(NAICS 623). (NAICS is the North American Industry Classification System, which the Survey 

began using in 2003 as the means of classifying businesses by the type of activity in which they 

are primarily engaged.) 

 

Approximately 2.2 million injuries and illnesses were cases with days away from work, 

job transfer, or restriction; that is, they required recuperation away from work, transfer to another 

job, restricted duties at work, or a combination of these actions. The remaining 2.0 million 

injuries and illnesses were other recordable cases that did not result in time away from work. 

(See table 2.) The incidence rate for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction 

was 2.4 cases per 100 workers, and the rate for other recordable cases was 2.2. Both of these 

rates decreased by 0.1 case per 100 equivalent full-time workers from 2004. 

Cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction are comprised of two case 

types; those requiring at least one day away from work, with or without job transfer or 

restriction, and those requiring only job transfer or restriction. The latter case type may involve 

shortened work hours, a temporary job change, or temporary restrictions on a worker’s regular 

duties; for example, no heavy lifting. Separately, the rate for cases with days away from work 

was 1.4 cases per 100 workers (unchanged from 2004) and the rate for cases with job transfer or 

restriction was 1.0 case per 100 workers (down from 1.1 cases in 2004). The rate in 

manufacturing for cases with job transfer or restriction (2.0) was higher than the rate for daysaway-from-work cases (1.5). (See chart 1.) Among the remaining industry sectors included in 

this chart, the rate for cases with days away from work was higher than the rate for cases with 

job transfer or restriction. 
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

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

Trade, transportation, and utilities

Service providing

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Natural resources and mining

Goods producing

Private Industry

Cases with days away from work

Cases with job transfer or restriction

Chart 1. Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction by case 

type and selected industry sector, 2005

5.0

4.8

4.6

2.6

2.5

2.4

1.5 1.4 1.4

1.1 1.1

1.0

2.4

2.3 2.2

0

1

2

3

4

5

Incidence rate per 100 FTE

TRC DART DAFW DJTR ORC

Type of injury and illness case

Chart 2. Nonfatal injury and illness incidence rates by case type, 2003 -- 2005 

2003

2004

2005

TRC = Total recordable cases 

DART = Days away from work, job transfer or 

restriction cases 

DAFW = Days away from work cases 

DJRT = Days of job transfer or restriction 

cases 

ORC = Other recordable cases
 

Injuries and Illnesses 

Injuries. Of the 4.2 million nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 2005, 

approximately 4.0 million (94.2 percent) were injuries. Of these 4.0 million injuries, 2.7 million 

(68 percent) occurred in service-providing industries which employed 79 percent of the private 

sector workforce covered by this survey. The remaining 1.3 million injuries (32 percent) 

occurred in goods-producing industries which accounted for only 21 percent of the private sector 

employment. (Employment data are derived primarily from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.) The largest shares of injuries were in the 

manufacturing sector (20 percent), the health care and social assistance sector (16 percent), and 

the retail trade sector (15 percent). (See table 5 and chart 3.) 

Chart 3. Percent of nonfatal workplace injuries by industry sector, 2005

Retail trade

14.8%

Wholesale trade

6.0%

Manufacturing

20.2%

Information

1.3%

Utilities

0.6%

Financial activities

2.8%

Professional and business 

services

6.9%

Education services

0.9%

Health care and social 

assistance

15.7%

Leisure and hospitality

9.7%

Other services

2.3%

Transportation and 

warehousing

6.8%

Mining

0.5%

Agriculture, forestry, fishing 

and hunting

1.3%

Construction

10.2%

Illnesses. Workplace illnesses accounted for fewer than 6 percent of the 4.2 million 

injury and illness cases in 2005, unchanged from 2004. There were 242,500 newly reported 

cases of occupational illnesses in private industry in 2005, relatively unchanged from the 

249,000 cases in 2004. Service-providing industries accounted for approximately 55 percent of 

these cases, while goods-producing industries accounted for 45 percent. The manufacturing 

sector accounted for nearly 39 percent of all newly reported cases of occupational illnesses. (See 

table 6 and chart 4.) The “All other illnesses” category accounted for 63 percent of total illness 

cases in 2005, compared to over 65 percent in 2004. Both the number of cases and the incidence 

rate of “All other illnesses” in private industry experienced a statistically significant declined in 
2005, while the remaining categories of illness remained relatively unchanged. Beginning with 

the 2004 calendar year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) included 

“Hearing loss” as a separate illness category. Hearing loss accounted for 11 percent of all 

illnesses in 2005, relatively unchanged from 2004. Prior to 2004, hearing loss cases were 

included in the “All other illnesses” category. 

Chart 4. Percent of nonfatal workplace illnesses by industry sector, 2005

Health care and social 

assistance

18.6%

Manufacturing

38.8%

Utilities

1.0%

Information

2.2%

Financial activities

3.9%

Professional and business 

services

7.1%

Education services

0.8%

Construction

4.2%

Agriculture, forestry, fishing 

and hunting

1.3%

Mining

0.3%

Wholesale trade

2.8%

Retail trade

6.4% Transportation and 

warehousing

4.5%

Other services

2.1%

Leisure and hospitality

6.0%

 The survey measures the number of new work-related illness cases that are recognized, 

diagnosed, and reported during the year. Some conditions (for example, long-term latent 

illnesses caused by exposure to carcinogens) often are difficult to relate to the workplace and are 

not adequately recognized and reported. These long-term latent illnesses are believed to be 

understated in the survey’s illness measures. In contrast, the overwhelming majority of the 

reported new illnesses are those that are easier to directly relate to workplace activity (for 

example, contact dermatitis or carpal tunnel syndrome).

Industry Sectors at a Glance 

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting. This industry includes a broad range of 

establishments engaged in such activities as growing and farming of fruits, vegetables, and 

flowers to animal ranching and farming, growth and harvesting of timber, and the commercial 

fishing and hunting and trapping of fish and game from their natural habitats. This small sector 

accounted for slightly less than one percent of private sector employment and slightly more than 

one percent of all injury and illness cases in 2005. While the incidence rate for this industry 
sector (6.1 cases per 100 full-time workers) was significantly higher than that of private industry 

in 2005, the rate, as well as the number of injury and illness cases, remained relatively 

unchanged from 2004. 

 Mining. Estimates for this industry sector include data obtained from the Mine Safety 

and Health Administration, as well as data for oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211) and related 

support activities collected as part of this survey. The incidence rate of injuries and illnesses in 

this industry sector (3.6 cases per 100 full-time workers) was significantly lower than that of 

private industry in 2005. The number of injury and illness cases, as well as the incidence rate in 

this sector, remained relatively unchanged compared to 2004. However, the incidence rate for 

cases that involved days of job transfer or restriction rose significantly in 2005 to 0.8 cases per 

100 full-time workers, compared to 0.6 cases in 2004. 

 Construction. The incidence rate of injuries and illnesses in this industry sector was 6.3 

cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005, relatively unchanged from 2004. Specialty trade 

contractors (NAICS 238), defined as those establishments whose primary activity is performing 

specific functions involved in building construction, such as masonry, roofing, electrical, 

plumbing, and painting, accounted for the majority of both employment (64 percent) and of 

injury and illness cases (68 percent) and reported the highest rate of injuries and illnesses (6.8 

cases per 100 workers) among the three-digit NAICS industries within construction. The 

number of cases and the incidence rates remained relatively unchanged in 2005 for the two 

remaining three-digit NAICS industries within construction—construction of buildings (NAICS 

236) and heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237). Among four-digit NAICS 

industries within specialty trade contractors, workers employed in foundation, structure, and 

building exterior contractors (NAICS 2381) reported the highest rate in 2005 at 8.5 cases per 100 

workers. Of the eight industries within NAICS 2381, rates ranged from 6.8 cases per 100 

workers for masonry contractors (NAICS 238140) to 13.4 cases per 100 workers for framing 

contractors (NAICS 238130) in 2005. 

 Manufacturing. More than 1 in 5 injury and illnesses cases reported in private industry, 

and nearly 2 in 5 illnesses, occurred in manufacturing in 2005, although this industry accounted 

for only about 13 percent of private sector employment. While the incidence rate of injuries and 

illnesses for this sector (6.3 cases per 100 workers) declined by 0.3 cases compared to 2004, the 

rate remained significantly higher than that of overall private industry in 2005. Three 

manufacturing industries were among the fourteen private sector industries reporting 100,000 or 

more cases in 2005. Transportation equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336) with 146,800 cases, 

fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332) with 121,800 cases, and food 

manufacturing (NAICS 311) with 114,200 cases, accounted for nearly 43 percent of all cases 

reported in manufacturing, but only one-third of manufacturing employment in 2005. The injury 

and illness rate for each of these industries was significantly higher than that for the 

manufacturing sector as a whole. Among these three industries, only the rate for food 

manufacturing changed significantly in 2005, falling by 0.5 cases to 7.7 cases per 100 full-time 

workers. 

 Wholesale and Retail trade. Wholesale trade and Retail trade sectors accounted for 

approximately 1 in 5 private sector employees and an equal number of injury and illness cases in 
2005. While the incidence rates for wholesale trade remained unchanged at 4.5 cases per 100 

full-time workers, both the number and the rate of injury and illness cases in retail trade declined 

in 2005. With significant declines in the number of cases and in the rates among electronics and 

appliance stores (NAICS 443) and sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (NAICS 451), 

the rate for retail trade fell by 0.3 cases to 5.0 cases per 100 full-time workers. 

 Transportation and warehousing. This industry includes establishments engaged in 

transportation of passengers and freight via air, water, rail, and ground, as well as warehousing 

and storage of goods, sightseeing transportation, and various related support activities. This 

sector accounted for nearly 7 percent of all private industry injury and illness cases in 2005, but 

made up only 4 percent of employment. While the incidence rate of injuries and illnesses in this 

industry sector (7.0 cases per 100 workers) remained relatively unchanged compared to 2004, the 

rate for this sector was significantly higher than that of total private industry in 2005. None of 

the ten three-digit NAICS industries within this industry sector experienced significant changes 

in their injury and illness incidence rate in 2005. 

 Utilities. This sector comprises establishments that provide electric power, natural gas, 

water, and sewage removal. This relatively small industry sector accounted for only about onehalf of one percent of private industry employment and injury and illness cases in 2005. The 

injury and illness incidence rate for utilities (4.6 cases per 100 full-time workers) was not 

significantly different from the previous year; however, the number of cases reported in the 

industry did decline significantly in 2005. Incidence rates for industries in this sector ranged 

from 4.0 cases per 100 workers in electric power generation, transmission, and distribution 

(NAICS 2211) to 7.6 cases for water, sewage, and other systems (NAICS 2213). 

 Information. This sector, which includes industries such as motion picture and sound 

recording, telecommunications, Internet service providers, and publishing and broadcasting, 

accounted for 1.4 percent of all private industry injury and illness cases, compared to 2.8 percent 

of employment. Establishments in this industry sector reported injuries and illnesses at a rate of 

2.1 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005, relatively unchanged from the previous year but 

significantly lower than the rate for private industry as a whole (4.6). One-third of information 

sector employees were employed in telecommunications (NAICS 517) and another 29 percent 

were employed in publishing industries (except Internet, NAICS 511). Together these two 

industries accounted for over 72 percent of all injury and illness cases reported in information in 

2005. Incidence rates in this sector ranged from 0.2 cases per 100 full-time workers in Internet 

publishing and broadcasting (NAICS 516) to 2.6 cases in telecommunications. 

 Financial activities. This aggregate encompasses two NAICS sectors—finance and 

insurance and real estate and rental and leasing. Establishments in these sectors reported 

120,600 injuries and illnesses in 2005, resulting in a total recordable case rate of 1.7 cases per 

100 full-time workers. These two sectors accounted for nearly 3 percent of all private industry 

injury and illness cases in 2005, but represented about 7.3 percent of total private sector 

employment. The majority (about 55 percent) of the injuries and illnesses in financial activities 

occurred in real estate and rental and leasing, which only employed one-quarter of the workers in 

the aggregate. The real estate and rental and leasing sector experienced a significantly higher 

rate of total recordable injuries and illnesses than did the finance and insurance sector, with rates 
of 3.7 cases per 100 full-time workers and 1.0 case per 100 full-time workers, respectively, in 

2005. Both of these sectors experienced rates below that of total private industry (4.6 cases per 

100 full-time workers) in 2005. 

 Professional and business services. The three NAICS sectors included in this industry 

aggregate—professional, scientific, and technical services; management of companies and 

enterprises; and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services— 

accounted for more than 15 percent of private sector employment, but less than 7 percent of all 

injury and illness cases and experienced injuries and illnesses at a rate of 2.4 cases per 100 fulltime workers in 2005. This rate was well below that for all private industry (4.6 cases) and was 

unchanged from the previous year. Administrative and support and waste management and 

remediation services accounted for nearly 57 percent of all cases in professional and business 

services, but less than 39 percent of employment and experienced a higher rate of injuries and 

illnesses (3.7 cases per 100 full-time workers) than the other two industry sectors within this 

aggregate. Within administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, 

waste management and remediation services (NAICS 562) experienced injuries and illnesses at a 

rate higher than that of the sector as a whole, reporting a rate of 7.1 cases per 100 full-time 

workers. 

 Education services and Health care and social assistance. While the incidence rate for 

education services remained relatively unchanged in 2005, the rate in health care and social 

assistance declined by 0.3 cases to 5.9 cases per 100 full-time employees. Health care and social 

assistance is composed of four three-digit NAICS industries—ambulatory health care services 

(NAICS 621), hospitals (NAICS 622), nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623), and 

social assistance (NAICS 624). The decline in the incidence rate for health care and social 

assistance was driven by the decline in both the number of cases and the incidence rate for 

ambulatory health care services, which reported 11 percent fewer cases and a rate that fell by 0.5 

cases to 2.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005. Incidence rates for the remaining threedigit NAICS industries in health care and social assistance were not significantly different in 

2005. Of the fourteen industries reporting 100,000 or more cases in 2005, three were in the 

health care and social assistance sector—hospitals (NAICS 622) with 281,500 cases, nursing and 

residential care facilities (NAICS 623) with 209,100 cases, and ambulatory health care services 

(NAICS 621) with 110,600 cases. Hospitals has topped the list of industries reporting 100,000 

or more cases since this survey began tabulating NAICS-based estimates in 2003. The rate of 

illnesses experienced by workers in hospitals was 66.2 cases per 10,000 full-time workers, 

compared to 26.7 cases for all private industry in 2005. 

 Leisure and hospitality. This industry aggregate includes two NAICS sectors—arts, 

entertainment, and recreation and accommodation and food services. Accommodation and food 

services, including hotels and motels, restaurants, and drinking places, accounted for 

approximately 85 percent of employment and 82 percent of cases in this industry aggregate in 

2005. Arts, entertainment, and recreation includes such industries as performance arts, spectator 

sports, performers and their respective agents and promoters, as well as museums, amusement 

parks, and gambling industries and accounted for the remaining 18 percent of cases and 15 

percent of employment in this aggregate. While the injury and illness incidence rates for these 

sectors remained relatively unchanged from 2004, the rate for arts, entertainment, and recreation 
(6.1 cases per 100 full-time workers) in 2005 was higher than the rate for accommodation and 

food services (4.5 cases per 100 workers). Nearly 61 percent (241,300) of all injury and illness 

cases reported in leisure and hospitality occurred in food service and drinking places (NAICS 

722). Two industries within accommodation and food services were among fourteen industries 

in 2005 that reported 100,000 or more cases in each of the last three years. Full-service 

restaurants (NAICS 7221), typically “sit-down” restaurants, and limited-service eating places 

(NAICS 7222), such as cafeterias or fast-food restaurants, reported 111,700 cases and 103,300 

cases, respectively, in 2005. Neither of these industries experienced a significant change in the 

rate or count of total recordable cases in 2005. 

 Other services. This diverse industry sector comprises establishments that provide 

services, but are not accounted for elsewhere in the NAICS structure, including everything from 

repair and maintenance of automobiles to cemeteries and crematories to nail and beauty salons, 

dry cleaning, and religious, civic, professional, and similar organizations. Other services 

accounted for less than 4 percent of total private sector employment and only slightly more than 

2 percent of all injury and illness cases in 2005. The incident rate of injuries and illnesses in this 

sector remained unchanged in 2005 at 3.2 cases per 100 full-time workers. Repair and 

maintenance (NAICS 811) accounted for nearly half of all injury and illness cases reported in 

this sector. 

Background of the Survey 

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State program in which 

employer reports were collected from about 182,400 private industry establishments in 2005 and 

processed by State agencies cooperating with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey 

measures nonfatal injuries and illnesses only and excludes the self-employed; farms with fewer 

than 11 employees; private households; Federal government agencies; and, for national 

estimates, employees in State and local government agencies. 

The survey provides estimates of the number and frequency (incidence rates) of nonfatal 

workplace injuries and illnesses based on logs kept by private industry employers during the 

year. These records reflect not only the year’s injury and illness experience, but also the 

employer’s understanding of which cases are work related under recordkeeping rules revised by 

the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor and made 

effective on January 1, 2002. Effective January 1, 2004, OSHA further revised the 

recordkeeping rules by adding hearing loss as a separately identified illness category. 

 The survey measures the number of new work-related illness cases that are recognized, 

diagnosed, and reported during the year. While the overwhelming majority of newly reported 

illnesses are those that can easily be linked to workplace activity (for example, contact dermatitis 

or carpal tunnel syndrome), some long-term latent illnesses (for example, those resulting from 

exposure to carcinogens) are not adequately recognized and reported due to the difficulty in 

relating them to the workplace and are believed to be understated in the survey’s illness 

measures. 
Occupational injury and illness data for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for railroad 

activities were provided by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA) and the Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), 

respectively. MSHA has not adopted the revised OSHA recordkeeping requirements for 2005. 

Therefore, estimates for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are not comparable with estimates for 

other industries. FRA adopted the revised OSHA recordkeeping requirements in June 2003. 

Therefore, estimates for railroad activities for 2005 can be compared to estimates for other 

industries. However, estimates for railroad activities in 2005 should not be compared to 

estimates for railroad activities from years prior to 2004. 

The survey estimates of occupational injuries and illnesses are based on a scientifically 

selected probability sample, rather than a census of the entire population. Because the data are 

based on a sample survey, the injury and illness estimates probably differ from the figures that 

would be obtained from all units covered by the survey. To determine the precision of each 

estimate, a standard error was calculated. The standard error defines a range (confidence 

interval) around the estimate. The approximate 95-percent confidence interval is the estimate 

plus or minus twice the standard error. The standard error also can be expressed as a percent of 

the estimate, or the relative standard error. For example, the 2005 incidence rate for all 

occupational injuries and illnesses of 4.6 cases per 100 full-time workers in private industry has 

an estimated relative standard error of about 0.6 percent. The 95-percent confidence interval 

would be 4.6 plus or minus 1.2 percent (2 times 0.6 percent) or 4.54 to 4.66. One can be 95 

percent confident that the “true” incidence rate falls within the confidence interval. A relative 

standard error was calculated for each estimate from the survey and will be available on the BLS 

Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm. All findings in this release have been tested 

and found to be statistically significant using the 95-percent confidence interval. 

 The number of injuries and illnesses reported in any year can be influenced by the level 

of economic activity, working conditions and work practices, worker experience and training, 

and the number of hours worked. The data also are subject to nonsampling error. The inability 

to obtain information about all cases in the sample, mistakes in recording or coding the data, and 

definition difficulties are examples of nonsampling error in the survey. Nonsampling errors are 

not measured. However, BLS has implemented quality assurance procedures to minimize 

nonsampling error in the survey. 

Goods-producing industry sectors consist of the following: agriculture, forestry, fishing, 

and hunting; mining; construction; and manufacturing. Service-providing industry sectors 

include: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; 

finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific, and technical 

services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste 

management and remediation services; educational services; health care and social assistance; 

arts, entertainment, and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services (except 

public administration). BLS has generated estimates of injuries and illnesses for many of the 2-, 

3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit private sector industries as defined in the 2002 North American Industry 

Classification System Manual. Because of space limitations, a complete listing of these 

estimates is not possible in this release. The information is available from BLS staff on 202-691-

6170 and from the BLS Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm. 
TABLE 1. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work5

Private industry6 ........................................................................................ 109,127.0 4.6 2.4 1.4 

Goods-producing6 ................................................................................. 22,897.1 6.2 3.4 1.8 

Natural resources and mining6,7 ...................................................... 1,517.7 5.1 2.9 1.8 

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting6 ........................................ 11 969.5 6.1 3.3 2.1 

Crop production6 .......................................................................... 111 428.3 5.7 3.1 1.9 

Animal production6 ...................................................................... 112 144.7 8.2 4.4 2.7 

Forestry and logging .................................................................... 113 71.6 6.4 3.3 2.8 Fishing, hunting and trapping ...................................................... 114 9.2 4.2 2.6 2.3 Support activities for agriculture and forestry .............................. 115 315.7 5.4 3.0 1.9 

Mining7 ............................................................................................. 21 548.2 3.6 2.2 1.5 

Oil and gas extraction .................................................................. 211 124.4 2.1 1.2 .9 Mining (except oil and gas)8 ........................................................ 212 209.2 4.1 2.7 2.0 Support activities for mining ........................................................ 213 214.6 3.9 2.2 1.2 

Construction ...................................................................................... 7,166.6 6.3 3.4 2.4 

Construction .................................................................................... 23 7,166.6 6.3 3.4 2.4 

Construction of buildings ............................................................. 236 1,682.8 5.3 2.8 2.0 Heavy and civil engineering construction .................................... 237 921.5 5.6 3.1 2.1 Specialty trade contractors .......................................................... 238 4,562.3 6.8 3.6 2.6 

Manufacturing .................................................................................... 14,212.8 6.3 3.5 1.5 

Manufacturing .................................................................................. 31-33 14,212.8 6.3 3.5 1.5 

Food manufacturing ..................................................................... 311 1,479.2 7.7 4.9 1.6 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing ............................ 312 192.0 8.1 5.4 2.5 Textile mills .................................................................................. 313 222.4 4.4 2.3 .8 Textile product mills ..................................................................... 314 171.2 4.9 2.8 .9 Apparel manufacturing ................................................................ 315 263.7 3.3 1.5 .8 Leather and allied product manufacturing ................................... 316 40.0 6.6 3.8 1.7 Wood product manufacturing ...................................................... 321 556.8 9.4 5.2 2.5 Paper manufacturing ................................................................... 322 486.2 4.4 2.5 1.2 Printing and related support activities .......................................... 323 648.3 4.1 2.3 1.1 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing ............................... 324 112.3 3.0 1.8 1.0 Chemical manufacturing .............................................................. 325 874.8 3.2 1.8 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work5

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing ............................... 326 800.8 7.1 4.1 1.7 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing ................................ 327 503.0 8.0 4.9 2.5 Primary metal manufacturing ....................................................... 331 466.1 9.1 4.7 2.2 Fabricated metal product manufacturing ..................................... 332 1,509.5 8.0 3.8 1.9 Machinery manufacturing ............................................................ 333 1,153.7 6.5 3.0 1.4 Computer and electronic product manufacturing ......................... 334 1,310.7 2.0 1.0 .5 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component

manufacturing ............................................................................ 335 436.9 5.2 2.8 1.1 

Transportation equipment manufacturing .................................... 336 1,770.1 8.3 4.6 1.7 Furniture and related product manufacturing .............................. 337 565.7 7.3 4.0 1.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing ...................................................... 339 649.3 4.4 2.4 1.0 

Service-providing .................................................................................. 86,229.9 4.1 2.1 1.2 

Trade, transportation, and utilities9 ................................................. 25,564.9 5.2 3.0 1.7 

Wholesale trade ............................................................................... 42 5,724.8 4.5 2.7 1.5 

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ......................................... 423 2,981.1 4.1 2.2 1.3 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods ................................... 424 2,012.4 5.7 3.8 1.9 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers ............... 425 731.3 2.5 1.5 .8 

Retail trade ...................................................................................... 44-45 15,209.1 5.0 2.6 1.5 

Motor vehicle and parts dealers .................................................. 441 1,911.9 4.8 2.1 1.4 Furniture and home furnishings stores ........................................ 442 572.9 5.0 2.8 1.8 Electronics and appliance stores ................................................. 443 531.0 2.4 1.3 .7 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers ... 444 1,265.9 7.5 3.9 2.1 Food and beverage stores ........................................................... 445 2,809.0 6.0 3.2 1.9 Health and personal care stores .................................................. 446 945.5 2.4 1.2 .8 Gasoline stations ......................................................................... 447 866.5 3.5 1.7 1.2 Clothing and clothing accessories stores .................................... 448 1,404.6 2.7 1.0 .6 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores .......................... 451 649.0 3.3 1.3 .8 General merchandise stores ....................................................... 452 2,918.9 6.7 3.9 1.7 Miscellaneous store retailers ....................................................... 453 908.5 3.6 2.0 1.2 Nonstore retailers ........................................................................ 454 425.5 4.6 2.7 1.3 

Transportation and warehousing9 .................................................... 48-49 4,077.7 7.0 4.6 2.9 

Air transportation ......................................................................... 481 505.0 9.9 7.5 5.3 Rail transportation9 ...................................................................... 482 – 2.5 1.9 1.6 Water transportation .................................................................... 483 58.0 3.9 2.4 1.8 Truck transportation ..................................................................... 484 1,381.6 6.1 3.9 2.9 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work5

Transit and ground passenger transportation .............................. 485 384.3 6.2 3.5 2.3 Pipeline transportation ................................................................. 486 37.7 2.1 .9 .6 Scenic and sightseeing transportation ......................................... 487 27.6 5.3 2.4 2.1 Support activities for transportation ............................................. 488 546.8 5.5 3.4 2.3 Couriers and messengers ........................................................... 492 559.1 11.6 8.0 4.0 Warehousing and storage ........................................................... 493 577.3 8.2 5.4 2.2 

Utilities ............................................................................................. 22 553.3 4.6 2.4 1.3 

Utilities ......................................................................................... 221 553.3 4.6 2.4 1.3 

Information ......................................................................................... 3,064.0 2.1 1.1 .7 

Information ....................................................................................... 51 3,064.0 2.1 1.1 .7 

Publishing industries (except Internet) ........................................ 511 904.9 2.2 1.1 .7 Broadcasting (except Internet) .................................................... 515 324.9 2.0 1.0 .6 Internet publishing and broadcasting ........................................... 516 30.7 .2 10 ( ) – 

Telecommunications .................................................................... 517 998.7 2.6 1.5 1.1 Internet service providers, web search portals, and data

processing services ................................................................... 518 380.3 1.1 .5 .3 

Other information services ........................................................... 519 49.6 1.2 .5 .3 

Financial activities ............................................................................. 7,994.2 1.7 .8 .5 

Finance and insurance .................................................................... 52 5,879.7 1.0 .4 .3 

Monetary authorities - central bank ............................................. 521 20.8 1.8 .9 .5 Credit intermediation and related activities .................................. 522 2,852.1 1.0 .4 .3 Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial

investments and related activities .............................................. 523 786.7 .3 .1 .1 

Insurance carriers and related activities ...................................... 524 2,132.4 1.2 .4 .3 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles .................................. 525 87.7 1.1 .4 .2 

Real estate and rental and leasing .................................................. 53 2,114.5 3.7 2.1 1.3 

Real estate .................................................................................. 531 1,443.3 3.3 1.8 1.3 Rental and leasing services ......................................................... 532 645.1 4.6 2.7 1.5 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted

works) ........................................................................................ 533 26.1 .9 .5 .5 

Professional and business services ................................................ 16,732.9 2.4 1.2 .7 

Professional, scientific, and technical services ................................ 54 6,979.3 1.4 .6 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work5

Professional, scientific, and technical services ............................ 541 6,979.3 1.4 0.6 0.4 

Management of companies and enterprises ................................... 55 1,730.9 2.4 1.3 .6 Administrative and support and waste management and

remediation services ...................................................................... 56 8,022.7 3.7 2.0 1.3 

Administrative and support services ............................................ 561 7,688.3 3.4 1.8 1.2 Waste management and remediation services ........................... 562 334.4 7.1 4.7 2.7 

Education and health services ......................................................... 16,385.7 5.5 2.6 1.5 

Educational services ........................................................................ 61 2,129.3 2.4 1.0 .7 

Educational services .................................................................... 611 2,129.3 2.4 1.0 .7 

Health care and social assistance ................................................... 62 14,256.4 5.9 2.8 1.6 

Ambulatory health care services ................................................. 621 5,066.2 2.8 1.0 .6 Hospitals ...................................................................................... 622 4,286.6 8.1 3.3 1.8 Nursing and residential care facilities .......................................... 623 2,835.6 9.1 5.7 2.9 Social assistance ......................................................................... 624 2,068.1 4.3 2.2 1.3 

Leisure and hospitality ..................................................................... 12,687.5 4.7 1.8 1.1 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................................................. 71 1,865.5 6.1 2.9 1.6 

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries ............ 711 379.3 8.3 2.8 1.8 Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions ....................... 712 118.4 5.2 2.0 1.2 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries ....................... 713 1,367.8 5.6 3.0 1.5 

Accommodation and food services .................................................. 72 10,822.0 4.5 1.7 1.0 

Accommodation ........................................................................... 721 1,806.8 6.1 3.3 1.7 Food services and drinking places .............................................. 722 9,015.3 4.1 1.3 .9 

Other services .................................................................................... 3,800.7 3.2 1.5 1.0 

Other services, except public administration ................................... 81 3,800.7 3.2 1.5 1.0 

Repair and maintenance ............................................................. 811 1,231.8 4.0 1.8 1.3 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work5

Personal and laundry services .................................................... 812 1,271.6 2.7 1.6 0.8 Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar

organizations ............................................................................. 813 1,297.3 2.7 1.1 .7 

1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and

were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees during the 

calendar year 

200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Totals include data for industries not shown separately. 3 North American Industry Classification System — United States, 2002 4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly

Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. 5 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without jobtransfer or restriction.

6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 7 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and

reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining cometal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in ot

8 Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to 

Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining codo not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Admrequirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for thestimates in other industries.

9 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provide

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 10 Fewer than 15 cases.

11 Incidence rate less than 0.05.

NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to totalsSOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 
TABLE 2. Numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005

(thousands)

Industry1 NAICS code2

2005

Annual

average

employment3

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work4

Private industry5 ........................................................................................ 109,127.0 4,214.2 2,184.8 1,234.7 

Goods-producing5 ................................................................................. 22,897.1 1,387.6 756.4 394.1 

Natural resources and mining5,6 ...................................................... 1,517.7 76.9 43.2 27.9 

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting5 ........................................ 11 969.5 54.6 29.5 18.9 

Crop production5 .......................................................................... 111 428.3 23.3 12.5 7.7 

Animal production5 ...................................................................... 112 144.7 13.1 7.0 4.3 

Forestry and logging .................................................................... 113 71.6 4.1 2.1 1.8 Fishing, hunting and trapping ...................................................... 114 9.2 .3 .2 .2 

Support activities for agriculture and forestry .............................. 115 315.7 13.7 7.7 4.9 

Mining6 ............................................................................................. 21 548.2 22.2 13.7 9.0 

Oil and gas extraction .................................................................. 211 124.4 2.6 1.5 1.1 Mining (except oil and gas)8 ........................................................ 212 209.2 10.1 6.8 5.0 

Support activities for mining ........................................................ 213 214.6 9.6 5.5 3.0 

Construction ...................................................................................... 7,166.6 414.9 222.5 157.1 

Construction .................................................................................... 23 7,166.6 414.9 222.5 157.1 

Construction of buildings ............................................................. 236 1,682.8 81.3 43.4 31.2 Heavy and civil engineering construction .................................... 237 921.5 51.0 28.5 18.9 Specialty trade contractors .......................................................... 238 4,562.3 282.5 150.5 107.0 

Manufacturing .................................................................................... 14,212.8 895.9 490.8 209.1 

Manufacturing .................................................................................. 31-33 14,212.8 895.9 490.8 209.1 

Food manufacturing ..................................................................... 311 1,479.2 114.2 73.2 23.5 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing ............................ 312 192.0 15.4 10.2 4.7 Textile mills .................................................................................. 313 222.4 9.6 4.9 1.8 Textile product mills ..................................................................... 314 171.2 8.0 4.7 1.5 Apparel manufacturing ................................................................ 315 263.7 7.9 3.7 1.9 Leather and allied product manufacturing ................................... 316 40.0 2.5 1.4 .6 Wood product manufacturing ...................................................... 321 556.8 52.3 28.8 13.7 Paper manufacturing ................................................................... 322 486.2 22.3 12.8 6.1 Printing and related support activities .......................................... 323 648.3 25.6 14.3 7.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

(thousands)

Industry1 NAICS code2

2005

Annual

average

employment3

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work4

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing ............................... 324 112.3 3.5 2.1 1.2 Chemical manufacturing .............................................................. 325 874.8 27.8 15.8 7.2 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing ............................... 326 800.8 58.4 33.7 14.0 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing ................................ 327 503.0 41.6 25.2 13.1 Primary metal manufacturing ....................................................... 331 466.1 45.0 23.2 10.6 Fabricated metal product manufacturing ..................................... 332 1,509.5 121.8 58.2 29.2 Machinery manufacturing ............................................................ 333 1,153.7 75.8 35.1 16.4 Computer and electronic product manufacturing ......................... 334 1,310.7 26.4 13.3 6.1 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component

manufacturing ............................................................................ 335 436.9 22.9 12.2 4.7 

Transportation equipment manufacturing .................................... 336 1,770.1 146.8 81.0 29.8 Furniture and related product manufacturing .............................. 337 565.7 40.8 22.3 9.5 Miscellaneous manufacturing ...................................................... 339 649.3 27.4 14.8 6.4 

Service-providing .................................................................................. 86,229.9 2,826.6 1,428.4 840.6 

Trade, transportation, and utilities9 ................................................. 25,564.9 1,155.5 659.5 380.7 

Wholesale trade ............................................................................... 42 5,724.8 246.6 146.8 80.2 

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ......................................... 423 2,981.1 119.5 64.1 37.9 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods ................................... 424 2,012.4 110.0 72.6 36.6 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers ............... 425 731.3 17.1 10.0 5.7 

Retail trade ...................................................................................... 44-45 15,209.1 603.1 314.2 175.9 

Motor vehicle and parts dealers .................................................. 441 1,911.9 87.1 38.6 25.8 Furniture and home furnishings stores ........................................ 442 572.9 23.7 13.2 8.6 Electronics and appliance stores ................................................. 443 531.0 10.8 5.8 2.9 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers ... 444 1,265.9 86.9 45.0 24.6 Food and beverage stores ........................................................... 445 2,809.0 125.7 67.8 40.8 Health and personal care stores .................................................. 446 945.5 17.2 8.4 5.4 Gasoline stations ......................................................................... 447 866.5 24.8 12.3 8.5 Clothing and clothing accessories stores .................................... 448 1,404.6 25.4 9.8 5.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores .......................... 451 649.0 14.1 5.6 3.3 General merchandise stores ....................................................... 452 2,918.9 147.2 84.6 37.4 Miscellaneous store retailers ....................................................... 453 908.5 23.8 13.5 7.8 Nonstore retailers ........................................................................ 454 425.5 16.5 9.7 4.9 

Transportation and warehousing9 .................................................... 48-49 4,077.7 280.5 185.6 117.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

(thousands)

Industry1 NAICS code2

2005

Annual

average

employment3

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work4

Air transportation ......................................................................... 481 505.0 41.0 30.9 21.7 Rail transportation9 ...................................................................... 482 – 6.0 4.5 3.9 Water transportation .................................................................... 483 58.0 2.4 1.5 1.1 Truck transportation ..................................................................... 484 1,381.6 88.3 56.4 42.3 Transit and ground passenger transportation .............................. 485 384.3 18.1 10.2 6.8 Pipeline transportation ................................................................. 486 37.7 .8 .4 .2 Scenic and sightseeing transportation ......................................... 487 27.6 1.0 .5 .4 Support activities for transportation ............................................. 488 546.8 28.8 17.5 11.8 Couriers and messengers ........................................................... 492 559.1 49.1 34.0 17.0 Warehousing and storage ........................................................... 493 577.3 45.0 29.8 12.1 

Utilities ............................................................................................. 22 553.3 25.3 12.9 7.2 

Utilities ......................................................................................... 221 553.3 25.3 12.9 7.2 

Information ......................................................................................... 3,064.0 58.9 30.9 20.7 

Information ....................................................................................... 51 3,064.0 58.9 30.9 20.7 

Publishing industries (except Internet) ........................................ 511 904.9 17.5 8.9 5.7 Broadcasting (except Internet) .................................................... 515 324.9 5.9 3.0 1.8 Internet publishing and broadcasting ........................................... 516 30.7 .1 10 () – 

Telecommunications .................................................................... 517 998.7 25.2 14.4 10.2 Internet service providers, web search portals, and data

processing services ................................................................... 518 380.3 4.1 1.9 1.1 

Other information services ........................................................... 519 49.6 .5 .2 .1 

Financial activities ............................................................................. 7,994.2 120.6 56.2 38.2 

Finance and insurance .................................................................... 52 5,879.7 54.2 19.1 14.1 

Monetary authorities - central bank ............................................. 521 20.8 .4 .2 .1 Credit intermediation and related activities .................................. 522 2,852.1 27.3 9.5 7.2 Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial

investments and related activities .............................................. 523 786.7 2.3 1.1 .9 

Insurance carriers and related activities ...................................... 524 2,132.4 23.3 8.1 5.6 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles .................................. 525 87.7 .9 .3 .2 

Real estate and rental and leasing .................................................. 53 2,114.5 66.4 37.1 24.2 

Real estate .................................................................................. 531 1,443.3 40.3 21.8 15.8 Rental and leasing services ......................................................... 532 645.1 25.8 15.2 8.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

(thousands)

Industry1 NAICS code2

2005

Annual

average

employment3

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work4

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted

works) ........................................................................................ 533 26.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 

Professional and business services ................................................ 16,732.9 292.5 148.8 91.8 

Professional, scientific, and technical services ................................ 54 6,979.3 87.7 38.4 24.8 

Professional, scientific, and technical services ............................ 541 6,979.3 87.7 38.4 24.8 

Management of companies and enterprises ................................... 55 1,730.9 39.3 20.8 9.7 Administrative and support and waste management and

remediation services ...................................................................... 56 8,022.7 165.4 89.5 57.3 

Administrative and support services ............................................ 561 7,688.3 141.1 73.3 48.0 Waste management and remediation services ........................... 562 334.4 24.3 16.2 9.3 

Education and health services ......................................................... 16,385.7 705.9 333.2 186.4 

Educational services ........................................................................ 61 2,129.3 37.0 14.8 10.5 

Educational services .................................................................... 611 2,129.3 37.0 14.8 10.5 

Health care and social assistance ................................................... 62 14,256.4 668.9 318.4 175.9 

Ambulatory health care services ................................................. 621 5,066.2 110.6 38.9 25.4 Hospitals ...................................................................................... 622 4,286.6 281.5 114.8 62.9 Nursing and residential care facilities .......................................... 623 2,835.6 209.1 129.7 66.6 Social assistance ......................................................................... 624 2,068.1 67.7 35.0 21.0 

Leisure and hospitality ..................................................................... 12,687.5 398.5 154.9 93.9 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................................................. 71 1,865.5 72.1 34.1 18.2 

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries ............ 711 379.3 19.5 6.7 4.2 Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions ....................... 712 118.4 4.3 1.7 1.0 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries ....................... 713 1,367.8 48.2 25.8 13.1 

Accommodation and food services .................................................. 72 10,822.0 326.4 120.8 75.7 

Accommodation ........................................................................... 721 1,806.8 85.1 46.4 23.5 Food services and drinking places .............................................. 722 9,015.3 241.3 74.3 52.1 

Other services .................................................................................... 3,800.7 94.8 44.8 28.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2005 — Continued

(thousands)

Industry1 NAICS code2

2005

Annual

average

employment3

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away f

job transfer, or restr

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work4

Other services, except public administration ................................... 81 3,800.7 94.8 44.8 28.8 

Repair and maintenance ............................................................. 811 1,231.8 44.3 20.6 14.3 Personal and laundry services .................................................... 812 1,271.6 26.1 14.9 7.9 Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar

organizations ............................................................................. 813 1,297.3 24.3 9.4 6.6 

1 Totals include data for industries not shown separately. 2 North American Industry Classification System — United States, 2002 3 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly

Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. 4 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without jobtransfer or restriction.

5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 6 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal,metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safetyand Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore,

estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in ot

7 Fewer than 50 cases.8 Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to 

Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining codo not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Admrequirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for thestimates in other industries.

9 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provide

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 10 Fewer than 15 cases.

NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to totalsSOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 
TABLE 3. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by major industry sector and employment size, 2

Industry sector

All

establishments

Establishment employment size (wo

1 to 10 11 to 49 50 to 249 250 

Private industry2 ............................................................................................ 4.6 2.0 4.1 5.8 

Goods-producing2 ...................................................................................... 6.2 3.7 6.5 7.2 

Natural resources and mining2,3 ............................................................ 5.1 2.8 5.4 5.3 

Construction .......................................................................................... 6.3 4.2 6.7 7.4 Manufacturing ........................................................................................ 6.3 2.8 6.6 7.3 

Service-providing ....................................................................................... 4.1 1.6 3.4 5.3 

Trade, transportation, and utilities4 ........................................................ 5.2 2.2 4.4 6.5 

Information ............................................................................................. 2.1 – 1.9 2.7 Financial activities ................................................................................. 1.7 1.5 1.7 2.1 Professional and business services ...................................................... 2.4 1.0 2.7 2.9 Education and health services ............................................................... 5.5 1.0 3.0 6.9 Leisure and hospitality ........................................................................... 4.7 1.6 3.7 6.1 Other services, except public administration ......................................... 3.2 1.8 3.6 4.9 

1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time

workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees during the 

calendar year 

200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United

States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health

Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Exactivities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mininnot reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, eare not comparable to estimates in other industries. 4 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to 

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

NOTE: Dash indicates data not available.SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 
TABLE 4. Number of cases and incidence rate1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses for industries 

100,000 or more cases, 2005

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Total cases

(thousands)

Incidenc

rate

Hospitals ........................................................................ 622 4,286.6 281.5 8.1Nursing and residential care facilities ............................ 623 2,835.6 209.1 9.1General merchandise stores .......................................... 452 2,918.9 147.2 6.7Transportation equipment manufacturing ...................... 336 1,770.1 146.8 8.3Administrative and support services .............................. 561 7,688.3 141.1 3.4Fabricated metal product manufacturing ....................... 332 1,509.5 121.8 8.0Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ........................... 423 2,981.1 119.5 4.1Building equipment contractors ..................................... 2382 1,890.8 117.8 6.7Food manufacturing ....................................................... 311 1,479.2 114.2 7.7Full-service restaurants ................................................. 7221 4,270.4 111.7 3.9Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience)

stores ........................................................................... 44511 2,290.5 110.7 6.5

Ambulatory health care services .................................... 621 5,066.2 110.6 2.8Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods ..................... 424 2,012.4 110.0 5.7Limited-service eating places ........................................ 7222 3,849.4 103.3 4.1

Private industry5 .............................................. 109,127.0 4,214.2 4.6

1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses

per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000,where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees during the 

calendar year 

200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Totals include data for industries not shown separately. 3 North American Industry Classification System — United 

2002

4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is 

primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and (QCEW) program. 5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 
TABLE 5. Incidence rate1 and number of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industries, 2005

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Incidence rate N

Private industry5 ..................................................................................................... 109,127.0 4.4 

Goods-producing5 .............................................................................................. 22,897.1 5.7 

Natural resources and mining5,6 ................................................................... 1,517.7 4.8 

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting5 ..................................................... 11 969.5 5.7 

Crop production5 ...................................................................................... 111 428.3 5.3 

Animal production5 ................................................................................... 112 144.7 7.9 

Forestry and logging ................................................................................. 113 71.6 5.9 Fishing, hunting and trapping ................................................................... 114 9.2 3.3 Support activities for agriculture and forestry ........................................... 115 315.7 5.1 

Mining6 ......................................................................................................... 21 548.2 3.5 

Oil and gas extraction ............................................................................... 211 124.4 2.0 Mining (except oil and gas)7 ..................................................................... 212 209.2 4.0 Support activities for mining ..................................................................... 213 214.6 3.8 

Construction ................................................................................................... 7,166.6 6.2 

Construction ................................................................................................. 23 7,166.6 6.2 

Construction of buildings .......................................................................... 236 1,682.8 5.2 Heavy and civil engineering construction ................................................. 237 921.5 5.3 Specialty trade contractors ....................................................................... 238 4,562.3 6.7 

Manufacturing ................................................................................................. 14,212.8 5.6 

Manufacturing ............................................................................................... 31-33 14,212.8 5.6 

Food manufacturing ................................................................................. 311 1,479.2 6.5 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing ......................................... 312 192.0 7.8 Textile mills ............................................................................................... 313 222.4 3.8 Textile product mills .................................................................................. 314 171.2 4.6 Apparel manufacturing ............................................................................. 315 263.7 2.9 Leather and allied product manufacturing ................................................ 316 40.0 5.3 Wood product manufacturing ................................................................... 321 556.8 8.7 Paper manufacturing ................................................................................ 322 486.2 4.0 Printing and related support activities ...................................................... 323 648.3 3.9 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing ............................................ 324 112.3 2.8 Chemical manufacturing ........................................................................... 325 874.8 2.8 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing ............................................ 326 800.8 6.7 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing ............................................. 327 503.0 7.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5. Incidence rate1 and number of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industries, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Incidence rate N

Primary metal manufacturing ................................................................... 331 466.1 8.3 Fabricated metal product manufacturing .................................................. 332 1,509.5 7.5 Machinery manufacturing ......................................................................... 333 1,153.7 6.1 Computer and electronic product manufacturing ..................................... 334 1,310.7 1.7 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing ............. 335 436.9 4.8 Transportation equipment manufacturing ................................................. 336 1,770.1 6.8 Furniture and related product manufacturing ........................................... 337 565.7 6.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................................................... 339 649.3 4.0 

Service-providing ............................................................................................... 86,229.9 3.9 

Trade, transportation, and utilities8 .............................................................. 25,564.9 5.1 

Wholesale trade ........................................................................................... 42 5,724.8 4.4 

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ...................................................... 423 2,981.1 4.0 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods ................................................ 424 2,012.4 5.6 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers ............................ 425 731.3 2.5 

Retail trade ................................................................................................... 44-45 15,209.1 4.9 

Motor vehicle and parts dealers ............................................................... 441 1,911.9 4.7 Furniture and home furnishings stores ..................................................... 442 572.9 4.9 Electronics and appliance stores .............................................................. 443 531.0 2.4 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers ................ 444 1,265.9 7.4 Food and beverage stores ....................................................................... 445 2,809.0 5.8 Health and personal care stores .............................................................. 446 945.5 2.3 Gasoline stations ...................................................................................... 447 866.5 3.4 Clothing and clothing accessories stores ................................................. 448 1,404.6 2.6 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ...................................... 451 649.0 3.2 General merchandise stores .................................................................... 452 2,918.9 6.5 Miscellaneous store retailers .................................................................... 453 908.5 3.5 Nonstore retailers ..................................................................................... 454 425.5 4.3 

Transportation and warehousing8 ................................................................ 48-49 4,077.7 6.7 

Air transportation ...................................................................................... 481 505.0 9.4 Rail transportation8 ................................................................................... 482 – 2.4 Water transportation ................................................................................. 483 58.0 3.6 Truck transportation ................................................................................. 484 1,381.6 6.0 Transit and ground passenger transportation .......................................... 485 384.3 6.0 Pipeline transportation .............................................................................. 486 37.7 1.7 Scenic and sightseeing transportation ..................................................... 487 27.6 5.2 Support activities for transportation .......................................................... 488 546.8 5.3 Couriers and messengers ........................................................................ 492 559.1 10.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5. Incidence rate1 and number of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industries, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Incidence rate N

Warehousing and storage ........................................................................ 493 577.3 7.9 

Utilities .......................................................................................................... 22 553.3 4.2 

Utilities ...................................................................................................... 221 553.3 4.2 

Information ...................................................................................................... 3,064.0 1.9 

Information ................................................................................................... 51 3,064.0 1.9 

Publishing industries (except Internet) ..................................................... 511 904.9 2.0 Broadcasting (except Internet) ................................................................. 515 324.9 1.9 Internet publishing and broadcasting ....................................................... 516 30.7 .1 

Telecommunications ................................................................................ 517 998.7 2.3 Internet service providers, web search portals, and data processing

services .................................................................................................. 518 380.3 1.0 

Other information services ....................................................................... 519 49.6 1.1 

Financial activities ......................................................................................... 7,994.2 1.5 

Finance and insurance ................................................................................. 52 5,879.7 .9 

Monetary authorities - central bank .......................................................... 521 20.8 1.8 Credit intermediation and related activities .............................................. 522 2,852.1 .9 Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and

related activities ...................................................................................... 523 786.7 .3 

Insurance carriers and related activities ................................................... 524 2,132.4 1.0 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles ............................................... 525 87.7 1.1 

Real estate and rental and leasing ............................................................... 53 2,114.5 3.6 

Real estate ............................................................................................... 531 1,443.3 3.2 Rental and leasing services ..................................................................... 532 645.1 4.5 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) ..... 533 26.1 .7 

Professional and business services ............................................................ 16,732.9 2.2 

Professional, scientific, and technical services ............................................ 54 6,979.3 1.3 

Professional, scientific, and technical services ........................................ 541 6,979.3 1.3 

Management of companies and enterprises ................................................ 55 1,730.9 2.3 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation

services ...................................................................................................... 56 8,022.7 3.5 

Administrative and support services ......................................................... 561 7,688.3 3.2 Waste management and remediation services ........................................ 562 334.4 6.9 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5. Incidence rate1 and number of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industries, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Incidence rate N

Education and health services ...................................................................... 16,385.7 5.1 

Educational services .................................................................................... 61 2,129.3 2.3 

Educational services ................................................................................ 611 2,129.3 2.3 

Health care and social assistance ................................................................ 62 14,256.4 5.5 

Ambulatory health care services .............................................................. 621 5,066.2 2.5 Hospitals ................................................................................................... 622 4,286.6 7.5 Nursing and residential care facilities ....................................................... 623 2,835.6 8.7 Social assistance ...................................................................................... 624 2,068.1 4.1 

Leisure and hospitality .................................................................................. 12,687.5 4.5 

Arts, entertainment, and recreation .............................................................. 71 1,865.5 5.8 

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries ......................... 711 379.3 8.1 Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions .................................... 712 118.4 4.9 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries .................................... 713 1,367.8 5.2 

Accommodation and food services .............................................................. 72 10,822.0 4.3 

Accommodation ........................................................................................ 721 1,806.8 5.7 Food services and drinking places ........................................................... 722 9,015.3 4.0 

Other services ................................................................................................ 3,800.7 3.0 

Other services, except public administration ................................................ 81 3,800.7 3.0 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5. Incidence rate1 and number of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industries, 2005 — Continued

Industry2 NAICS code3

2005

Annual

average

employment4

(thousands)

Incidence rate N

Repair and maintenance .......................................................................... 811 1,231.8 3.9 Personal and laundry services ................................................................. 812 1,271.6 2.6 Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations ..... 813 1,297.3 2.4 

1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries per 100 full-time workers and

were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where 

N = number of injuries EH = total hours worked by all employees during the 

calendar year 

200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Totals include data for industries not shown separately. 3 North American Industry Classification System — United States, 2002 4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the

BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. 5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 6 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System--

United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety andHealth Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction andrelated support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal miningare provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coalmining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the OccHealth Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effectherefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable tindustries.

7 Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to BL

and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independeare excluded. These data do not reflect the changes the OccHealth Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effectherefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable tindustries.

8 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to 

Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 9 Fewer than 50 cases.

NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to to

data not available. 

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 
TABLE 6. Incidence rates1 and numbers of nonfatal occupational illnesses by major industry sector and category of illness, 2005

Industry sector Total cases

Skin

diseases

or

disorders

Respiratory

conditions Poisonings Hea

 Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers

Private industry2 ................................................................... 26.7 4.4 2.2 0.3 

Goods-producing2 ............................................................ 48.5 6.3 2.6 .3 

Natural resources and mining2,3 .................................. 25.5 8.3 2.8 .6 Construction ................................................................. 15.7 4.3 1.7 .3 Manufacturing .............................................................. 66.1 7.0 – .3 

Service-providing ............................................................. 19.6 3.8 2.1 .3 

Trade, transportation, and utilities4 .............................. 16.2 2.6 1.4 .3 

Information ................................................................... 19.1 2.1 1.0 .2 Financial activities ........................................................ 13.1 1.1 1.5 .1 

Professional and business services ............................. 13.8 3.3 1.3 .3 Education and health services ..................................... 36.7 6.6 4.8 .2 Leisure and hospitality ................................................. 17.2 5.8 2.4 .4 Other services, except public administration ................ 17.4 5.1 1.1 .6 

 Numbers of illnesses in thousands

Private industry2 ................................................................... 242.5 40.1 20.2 2.8 

Goods-producing2 ............................................................ 108.1 13.9 5.7 .8 

Natural resources and mining2,3 .................................. 3.9 1.3 .4 .1 Construction ................................................................. 10.3 2.8 1.1 .2 Manufacturing .............................................................. 94.0 9.9 – .5 

Service-providing ............................................................. 134.4 26.2 14.5 2.0 

Trade, transportation, and utilities4 .............................. 35.8 5.8 3.1 .8 

Information ................................................................... 5.3 .6 .3 .1 Financial activities ........................................................ 9.5 .8 1.1 .1 

Professional and business services ............................. 17.1 4.1 1.6 .3 Education and health services ..................................... 47.0 8.4 6.1 .3 Leisure and hospitality ................................................. 14.6 4.9 2.0 .3 Other services, except public administration ................ 5.1 1.5 .3 .2 

1 The incidence rates represent the number of illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were

calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000, where

N = number of illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002)

include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, suchas those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal,

and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HLabor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coaThese data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; thereforecomparable to estimates in other industries. 4 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provid

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 5 Incidence rate less than 0.05.

6 Fewer than 50 cases.

NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to totalsSOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 
TABLE 7. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by major industry sector and selected case types, 2003-20

Industry sector

Total

recordable

cases

Cases with days away from work,

job transfer, or restriction

Total 

Cases

with days

away from

work2

Cases

with job

transfer o

restrictio

2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 

Private industry3 ....................................................................... 5.0 4.8 4.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 

Goods-producing3 ................................................................ 6.7 6.5 6.2 3.7 3.5 3.4 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 

Natural resources and mining3,4 ....................................... 5.1 5.3 5.1 2.8 3.1 2.9 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.0 1.1 Construction ..................................................................... 6.8 6.4 6.3 3.6 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.4 1.0 .9 Manufacturing ................................................................... 6.8 6.6 6.3 3.8 3.6 3.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 2.2 2.1 

Service-providing .................................................................. 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 .9 .9 

Trade, transportation, and utilities5 ................................... 5.5 5.5 5.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.3 

Information ........................................................................ 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 .8 .8 .7 .3 .4 Financial activities ............................................................ 1.7 1.6 1.7 .8 .7 .8 .6 .5 .5 .2 .2 Professional and business services ................................. 2.5 2.4 2.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 .9 .8 .7 .5 .5 Education and health services .......................................... 6.0 5.8 5.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 Leisure and hospitality ...................................................... 5.1 4.7 4.7 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 .8 .8 Other services, except public administration .................... 3.4 3.2 3.2 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.0 .6 .5 

1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and were

calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees during the 

calendar year 

200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job

transfer or restriction.

3 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 4 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002)

include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HLabor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coaThese data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; thereforecomparable to estimates in other industries. 5 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provid

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to totalsSOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor