2001 OSH SUMMARY ESTIMATES

SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTS

December 19, 2002
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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2002

Total cases

Cases without lost workdays

Lost workday cases

A total of 5.2 million injuries and illnesses occurred in private industry

workplaces during 2001, resulting in a rate of 5.7 cases for every 100

equivalent full-time workers. This was the lowest rate ever recorded.

Workplace injury and illness incidence rates by type of case,

private industry, 1982-2001
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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2002

Lost workday cases

Cases with days away from work

Cases with days of restricted 

work activity only

The incidence rate for lost workday cases declined steadily from 4.1 cases per 100

full-time workers in 1990 to 2.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001. Rates for the

two types of lost workday cases moved in opposite directions during that period.

Lost workday case incidence rates, injuries and illnesses,

private industry, 1982-2001
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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

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Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2002

Lost workday cases

Cases with days away from work

Cases with days of restricted 

work activity only

The rate for cases with days of restricted work activity only in 2001 

remained higher than the rate for cases with days away from work for the 

fourth consecutive year. 

Lost workday case incidence rates, injuries and illnesses,

manufacturing, 1982-2001
Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2002

Workplace injury and illness incidence rates for

total recordable cases, 1982-2001

The 1992-2001 decline in rates per 100 full-time workers for both goods-producing 

and service-producing industries (35 and 30 percent, respectively) about matched 

the decrease in the overall rate over the same period.

Goods-producing

industries

All industries

Service-producing

industries

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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total case incidence rates for all private industry,

construction, and manufacturing, 1982-2001

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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2002

In contrast to the 1994 to 2000 period when the construction rates were lower than those for 

manufacturing, the rates in construction and manufacturing were about the same for 2001.

Construction

Manufacturing

All industries
Nonfatal workplace injury and illness incidence rates by 

industry division, 1997-2001

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4

6

8

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12

Agriculture,

forestry, and

fishing

Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation &

public utilities

Trade Finance,

insurance, & real

estate

Services

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2002

Rates per 100 full-time workers have been declining in each industry division for the period 1997-2001. 
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1- 10 11 - 49 50 - 249 250 - 999 1000+

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Establishment employment size groups

Nationwide, injury rates generally were higher for mid-size establishments

employing 50 to 249 workers than for smaller or larger establishments,

although this pattern did not hold for all industries.

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

December 2002

All establishments = 5.4

Total case incidence rates for injuries only by establishment

employment size group, private industry, 2001
Nursing and personal

care facilities

Eating and

drinking places

Grocery stores

Department stores

Motor vehicles

and equipment

manufacturing

Trucking and courier

services, except air

Air transportation,

scheduled

All other private

industries

Eight industries, each having at least 100,000 injuries, accounted

for about 1.4 million injuries, or 29 percent of the 4.9 million total.

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

December 2002

Industries with at least 100,000 nonfatal injury cases, 2001

Hospitals
Manufacturing

Services

Finance,

insurance,

& real estate

Wholesale & retail

trade

Transportation

& public utilities

Construction

Agriculture,

forestry,

& fishing

Mining

Manufacturing accounted for just over one-half of all newly reported

occupational illnesses for private industry in 2001.

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

December 2002

Nonfatal workplace illnesses by industry division, 2001
Total nonfatal cases in

private industry, 2001:

injuries versus illnesses

Nonfatal illness cases by

selected categories,

private industry, 2001

5,215,600 total cases 333,800 total cases

Injuries

4,881,800

cases

Illnesses

333,800

cases

Disorders

associated

with

repeated

trauma

Skin

diseases

All other

workrelated

illnesses

Of the 5.2 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported in 2001, 4.9 million were injuries. The remainder of

these private industry cases (333,800 cases) were work-related illnesses. Sixty-five percent (216,400 cases) 

of the workplace illnesses were disorders associated with repeated trauma, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. 

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

December 2002

216,400

cases

38,900

cases

78,400

cases
Workplace illness cases, private industry, 1982-2001

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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Number of cases (in thousands)

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

December 2002

Total illness cases

Disorders associated

with repeated trauma

All other illnesses

Disorders associated with repeated trauma have been declining for the period 1995-2001. 

About 216,400 cases were reported in 2001 compared with a high of 332,000 cases in 1994.