2006 SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES & IL

SUMMARY ESTIMATES CHARTS PACKAG

October 16, 2007
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

The rate at which nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred in private industry workplaces declined lowest level since the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses was first conducted in 1972. 

for most case types declined in 2006, with the exception of cases with only days of job transfer o

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence 

by case type, private industry, 2003-2006

5.0

2.6

1.5

1.1

4.8

2.5

1.4

1.1

4.6

2.4

1.4

1.0

4.4

2.3

1.3

1.0

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TRC DART DAFW DJTR 

Case type

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

2003 2004 2005 2006

TRC=total recordable casesDART=days away from work, job transfer, or restriction casesDAFW=days away from work casesDJTR=days of job transfer or restriction only casesORC=other recordable cases
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Establishments with ten or fewer workers reported the lowest incidence of injuries and illnecases per 100 workers) in 2006, while mid-sized establishments employing 50-249 workers 

the highest (5.5 cases). The rate at which injuries and illnesses occurred for most size clas

declined in 2006, with the exception of small establishments whose rate was relatively unch

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence ra

employment size class, private industry, 2003-2006

2.0

4.3

6.2

5.8 5.7

1.9

4.2

5.9

5.4 

2.0

4.1

5.8

5.2 

1.9

3.9

5.5

5.0 

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

Employment size class

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

2003 2004 2005 2006
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence ra

private goods-producing and service-providing domains, 2003-20

3.9

4.4

4.1

4.6

4.2

4.8

4.4

5.0

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Service-providing industries

Goods-producing industries

Total Private industry

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Similar to private industry, the rate at which nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred among goods-producing industries as a whole and service-providing industries as a whole declinesignificantly in 2006—from 6.2 to 5.9 cases and 4.1 to 3.9 cases per 100 workers, respect

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

The occurrence of injuries and illnesses among goods-producing industry sectors was lomining in 2006—3.5 cases per 100 workers, relatively unchanged from 2005. The rates the three remaining industry sectors were not significantly different from one another.

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence 

among goods-producing private industry sectors, 2005-2006

3.5

3.6

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Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing &

hunting

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

While it was one of six service-providing industry sectors whose rates declined in 2006—f7.0 to 6.5 cases per 100 workers—transportation and warehousing experienced injuries aillnesses at a higher rate (6.5 cases per 100 workers) than other service-providing sectors

Total recordable nonfatal injury and illness incidence rates 

among service-providing private industry sectors, 2005-2006

2.9

4.5

2.3

3.4

2.1

1.2

3.3

0.9

1.9

4.1

4.9

4.1

3.2

4.5

2.4

3.7

2.4

1.4

3.7

1.0

2.1

4.6

5

4.5

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Other services

Accommodation & food services

Arts, entertainment, & recreation

Health care & social assistance

Education services

Admin & support & waste management & remediation

Management of companies

Professional, scientific, & technical services

Real estate & rental & leasing

Finance & insurance

Information

Utilities

Transportation & warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Incidence rates per 100 full-time work
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Manufacturing was the only goods-producing industry sector in which the number of cases job transfer or restriction exceeded the number of cases with days away from work in 200

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

by case type among goods-producing private industry sectors, 2

0 100 200 300 

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing &

hunting

Number in thousands

Cases with days away fCases with job transfer 
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

No service-providing industry sector experienced a higher number of cases with job transfer or restrict

cases with days away from work in 2006. However, the numbers of such case both for management o

enterprise and for arts, entertainment, and recreation were relatively the same in 2006.

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

by case type among service-providing private industry sectors, 2

0 50 100 150 200 

Other services

Accommodation & food services

Arts, entertainment, & recreation

Health care & social assistance

Education services

Admin & support & waste management & remediation

Management of companies & enterprises

Professional, scientific, & technical services

Real estate & rental & leasing

Finance & insurance

Information

Utilities

Transportation & warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Number in thousands

Cases with days awaCases with job transf
Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or re

goods-producing and service-providing industries, 2006

1.1

1.7

1.3

0.8

1.6

1.0

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Service-providing industries

Goods-producing industries

Total Private Industry

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Cases with days away from work Cases w ith job transfer or restriction only

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

The rate for cases with days away from work (1.3 cases per 100 full-time workers) was higherate for cases involving days of job transfer or restriction only (1.0 case) among private indust

workplaces in 2006. This was also true for goods-producing and for service-providing industr
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

For the ninth consecutive year, the rate at which cases with job transfer or restriction occurred in mwas higher in 2006 than the rate for cases with days away from work—the only industry in which th

Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or re

by case type and goods-producing private industry sector, 200

1.4

2.2

1.4

1.9

1.9

1.0

1.2

.7

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Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing &

hunting

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Cases with days away from work Cases with job transfer or res
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

The rates at which both days-away-from-work cases (2.7 cases per 100 workers) and job transfer or (1.6) occurred were higher in transportation and warehousing than for any other service-providing in

Incidence rates for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or re

by case type and service-providing private industry sector, 200

1.1

1.3

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.2

2.7

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.0

1

1.2

1.2

.6

.9

.7

.3

.7

.2

.5

.5

.6

.3

.6

.7

.4

.2

.1

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Other services

Accommodation & food services

Arts, entertainment, & recreation

Health care & social assistance

Education services

Admin & support & waste management & remediation

Management of companies & enterprises

Professional, scientific, & technical services

Real estate & rental & leasing

Finance & insurance

Information

Utilities

Transportation & warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Incidence rates per 100 full-time wo

Cases with days away from work Cases with job transfer or restriction only
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

General medical and surgical hospitals (NAICS 6221) reported more injuries and illnesses than any oth

This industry alone accounted for more than 6 percent of all nonfatal injury and illness cases reported a

industry workplaces in 2006. Note that industries marked with ** are shown at a level of detail not previ

Industries with at least 100,000 nonfatal occupational injuries and illn

private industry, 2006

105.4

108.0

109.9110.6

112.5

114.1

119.3

120.7121.1

127.5

135.3

141.8

144.6

264.3

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

Supermarkets & other grocery stores

Food manufacturing

Full-service restaurants

Limited-service eating places

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

Building equipment contractors

Nursing care facilities**

Ambulatory health care services

Administrative & support services

Transportation equipment manufacturing

General merchandise stores

General medical & surgical hospitals**

Number in thousands
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Hospitals accounted for more than 4 in 10 injuries and illnesses among health care and social assist

in 2006, with general medical and surgical hospitals (NAICS 6221) accounting for most of these.

675,200 injury and illness cases

Distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases in health 

social assistance industries, private industry, 2006

P

Specialt

y (exc. ps

ychiatric 

& substance abuse) 

hospitals

1.5%

Other residential

care facilities

1.7%

Residential mental 

retardation, mental health 

& substance abuse 

facilities

4.2%

Nursing care

facilities

17.9%

Social

assistance

9.4%

General medical & sur

gical 

hospitals

39.1%

Community care

facilities for elderly

6.2%

Hospitals

41.6%

Ambulatory health

care services

18.9%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Estimates within the health care and social assistance industry sector were tabulated at more d

than have been available in the past, allowing for more detailed comparisons among these indu

Note that ** denotes industries published at a level for which estimates were not previously ava

Total recordable nonfatal injury and illness incidence rates in selected 

care and social assistance industries, private industry, 2006

3.9

8.4

8.7

7.0

9.8

7.6

9.0

8.1

3.1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

Social assistance (624)

Other residential care facilities (6239)**

Community care facilities for elderly (6233)**

Residential mental retardation, mental health & substance

abuse facilities (6232)**

Nursing care facilities (6231)**

Specialty (exc. psychiatric & substance abuse) hospitals (6223)**

Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals (6222)**

General medical & surgical hospitals (6221)**

Ambulatory health care services (621)

Incidence rates per 100 full-time w
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Illnesses accounted for fewer than 1 in 10 injury and illness cases reported among private industin 2006, with the “All other illnesses” category accounting for more than 6 in 10 illness cases in 2

4,085,400 total cases

Total nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases 

by category of illness, private industry, 2006

Skin diseases

1.0%

Illnesses

5.6%

All other

illnesses

3.5%

Resp

cond

0

Injuries

94.4%
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury rates by 

goods-producing and service-providing sectors, 2003-2006

3.7

5.5

4.2

3.9

5

4.4

4.0

4.5

4.2

4.7

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Service-providing industries

Goods-producing industries

Total Private Industry

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

The rate of nonfatal occupational injuries declined to 4.2 cases per 100 full-time workers among private industry workplaces in 2006—compared to 4.4 cases in 2005. Injury ratealso declined significantly for goods-producing and for service-providing industries in 20
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Mining experienced the lowest rate of injuries (3.4 cases per 100 workers) among goods-producing 

in 2006. Injury rates among the remaining goods-producing sectors were not significantly different 

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury rates by 

goods-producing private industry sector, 2005-2006

3.4

3.5

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Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing

and hunting

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Transportation and warehousing experienced a higher rate of injuries (6.3 cases per 100 workers) in 2006 than any other service-providing industry sector. 

Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates 

by service-providing private industry sector, 2005-2006

2.8

4.4

2.2

3.2

2.0

1.1

3.1

0.8

1.8

3.7

4

4.0

3.0

4.3

2.3

3.5

2.3

1.3

3.6

0.9

1.9

4.2

4.4

01234

Other services

Accommodation & food services

Arts, entertainment, & recreation

Health care and social assistance

Education services

Admin & support & waste management & remediation

Management of companies & enterprises

Professional, scientific, & technical services

Real estate & rental & leasing

Finance and insurance

Information

Utilities

Transportation and warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Incidence rates per 100 full-time w
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Nearly one-third of all injury and illness cases were reported in goods-producing industries in 2Manufacturing accounted for more than 6 in 10 cases among those reported in goods-producin3,857,400 total injury cases

Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries 

by goods-producing private industry sector, 2006

Mi

0

Construction

Service- 10.4%

providing

67.6%

Goodsproducing

32.4%

Manufacturing

20.1%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

More than two-thirds of all workplace injury cases reported in 2006 occurred among service-prov

3,857,400 total injury cases

Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries 

by service-providing private industry sector, 2006

Arts, entertainment,

& recreation

1.5%

Profess

tech

Mana

co

Retail trade

14.8%

Admin 

m

Finance &

insurance

1.2%

Educa

servic

0.9%

Real estate & 

rental & leasing

1.5%

Health care

& social

assistance

16.3%

Information

1.3%

Utilities

0.5% Transportation & 

warehousing

6.6%

Wholesale

trade

5.9%

Other services

2.2%

Accommodation &

food services

8.2%

Serviceproviding

67.6%

Goodsproducing

32.4%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Nonfatal occupational illness rates among private industry workplaces declined in 2006 to 24.6 cases per 10,000 full-time workers, compared to 26.7 cases in 2005. The illnerate also declined significantly for goods-producing industries, while the illness rate for service-providing industries did not change significantly in 2006, compared to 2005.

Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness rates by 

goods-producing and service-providing sectors, 2003-2006

18.8

42.6

24.6

19.6

48

26.7

19.6

27.9

21.6

30.7

0 10 20 30 40 5

Service-providing industries

Goods-producing industries

Total Private Industry

Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Manufacturing experienced a lower occurrence of illnesses in 2006 compared to 2005; howewas still higher than other goods-producing industries and more than twice that of private ind

Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates 

by goods-producing private industry sector, 2005-2006

14.9

11.8

41.3

15.7

10.4

35.9

0 10 20 30 40 50 

Manufacturing

Construction

Mining

Agriculture, forestry, fishing &

hunting

Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007

Illness rates among service-providing industry sectors ranged from 9.9 cases per 10,000 futime workers in finance & insurance to 40.8 cases in health care and social assistance in 2

Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates 

by service-providing private industry sector, 2005-2006

10.8

13.5

12.5

20.3

14.8

10.8

13.5

9.9

14.0

25.7

13.2

10.3

17.4

14.0

13.1

22.2

14.9

7.6

12.8

13.2

19.1

27.2

12.9

12.4

0 10 20 30 

Other services

Accommodation & food services

Arts, entertainment, & recreation

Health care & social assistance

Education services

Admin & support & waste management & remediation

Management of companies & enterprises

Professional, scientific, & technical services

Real estate & rental & leasing

Finance & insurance

Information

Utilities

Transportation & warehousing

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Incidence rates per 10,000 full-tim
CA

(4.3)

ID

OR

(5.3)

WA

(6.6)

MT

(6.9)

WY

(4.8)

UT

(5.2) CO

AZ

(4.4) NM

(4.5)

TX

(3.7)

OK

(4.7)

KS

(5.1)

NE

(5.0)

SD

ND

MN

(5.0)

WI

(5.5)

IA

(6.0)

IL

(4.1)

OH

IN

(5.4)

KY

(5.2)

WV

(5.1) 

(

GA

(4.0)

FL

(4.4

AL

MS (4.7)

MO

(4.7)

AR

(4.4)

LA

(3.0)

NV

(5.5)

HI

(4.8)

MI

(5.0)

TN

(4.8)

AK

(6.2)

SC

(3.8)

Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses:

State nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rate

compared to the national average, private industry, 2006

State estimates unavailable (collected for national estimates only)

State private industry TRC rate lower than national average

State estimates not significantly different from national average

State private industry TRC rate higher than national average

* Total recordable case (TRC) incidence rate per 100 full-time workers (in parenthesis)

Compared to the national average of 4.4 cases per 100 full-time workers, injury and illness were higher in 23 States, lower in 13 States, and not statistically different in 7 States in 200

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007