This reduction occurred despite a 4.2 percent increase in the total number of private industry employees. This study consisted of a survey of more than 10,000 private industry employers in Texas, and included employers with and without worker' compensation insurance coverage. This is the second in a two-part annual study. The first part, released in December of 1999, reported that the rate at which workers in Texas were injured or became ill on the job in 1998 had dropped to 5.2 cases per 100 full-time workers B the lowest level since rates were first calculated for the state in 1990.
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