1999 OSH SUMMARY ESTIMATES

SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTS

December 12, 2000
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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2000

Total cases

Cases without lost workdays

Lost workday cases

Cases with days away from work

A total of 5.7 million injuries and illnesses occurred in private industry

workplaces during 1999, resulting in a rate of 6.3 cases for every 100

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

Workplace injury and illness incidence rates by type of case,

private industry, 1981-99
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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2000

Lost workday cases

Cases with days away from work

Cases with days of restricted 

work activity only

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

100 full-time workers in 1990 to 3.0 cases per 100 full-time workers in 1999. 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, 1981-99
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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2000

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 decreased in

1999, but remained higher than the rate for cases with days away from work.

Lost workday case incidence rates, injuries and illnesses,

manufacturing, 1981-99
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6

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9

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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2000

Workplace injury and illness incidence rates for total recordable

cases, 1981-99

The 1992-99 decline in rates per 100 full-time workers for both goods-producing and

service-producing industries (28 and 27 percent, respectively) about matched the

decrease in the overall rate over the same period.

Goods-producing

industries

All industries

Service-producing

industries
Total case incidence rates for all private industries,

construction, and manufacturing, 1981-99

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4

6

8

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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2000

In 1999, the overall rate in construction remained below the rate in manufacturing.

Construction

Manufacturing

All industries
Nonfatal workplace injury and illness incidence rates by 

industry division, 1995-99

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4

6

8

10

12

14

Agriculture,

forestry, and

fishing

Mining Construction Manufacturing Transportation &

public utilities

Trade Finance,

insurance, & real

estate

Services

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Incidence rates per 100 full-time workers

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

December 2000

Rates per 100 full-time workers declined from 1995 to 1999 in all industry divisions.
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6

8

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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 are higher for mid-size establishments

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

although this pattern does not hold for all industries.

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

December 2000

All establishments = 5.9

Total case incidence rates for injuries only by establishment

employment size group, private industry, 1999
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

Hotels and motels

All other private

industries

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

for about 1.6 million injuries, or 30 percent of the 5.3 million total.

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

December 2000

Industries with at least 100,000 nonfatal injury cases, 1999

Hospitals
Manufacturing

Services

Finance,

insurance,

& real estate

Trade

Transportation

& public utilities

Construction

Agriculture,

forestry,

& fishing

Mining

Manufacturing accounted for three-fifths of all newly reported

occupational illnesses for private industry in 1999.

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

December 2000

Nonfatal workplace illnesses by industry division, 1999
Total nonfatal cases in

private industry, 1999:

injuries versus illnesses

Nonfatal illness cases by

selected categories,

private industry, 1999

5,707,000 total cases 372,000 total cases

Injuries

5,335,000

cases

Illnesses

372,000

cases

Disorders

associated

with

repeated

trauma Skin

diseases

All other

workrelated

illnesses

Of the 5.7 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported in 1999, 5.3 million were injuries. The remainder of

these private industry cases (372,000 cases) were work-related illnesses. Sixty-six percent (246,700 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 2000

246,700

cases

44,600

cases

80,900

cases
Workplace illness cases, private industry, 1981-99

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600

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of cases (in thousands)

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

December 2000

Total illness cases

Disorders associated

with repeated trauma

All other illnesses

Disorders associated with repeated trauma declined for 5 consecutive years, 1995-99. 

About 246,700 cases were reported in 1999 compared with a high of 332,000 cases in 1994.