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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 1
Number of injuries and illnesses with days away from work, 2003-2005
Injuries and illnesses
In 2005 there were 1,234,680 injuries and illnesses with days away from work. Goods-producing industries declined by 3.5 percent; injuries and illnesses in the service-providing industries remained relatively the same.
908,310850,930 840,580
407,610408,400 394,090
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Goods-producing industriesService-providing industries
Total injuries2003: 1,315,9202004: 1,259,3202005: 1,234,680
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 2
Percent change in incidence rate of injuries and illnesses by selected events and exposures, 2004-2005
Incidence rates for all events fell by 4.0 percent between 2004 and 2005. Assaults and violent acts by persons fell by 20 percent; all assaults and violent acts fell by 14.3 percent; repetitive motion declined by 12.7 percent; overexertion in lifting fell by 9.7 percent; and overexertion fell by 7.6 percent. Struck by object
and exposed to harmful substance fell less than the average for all events and exposures.
Belowaverage
improvement Above average improvement
All events or exposures -4.0%
0.0% -5.0% -10.0% -15.0% -20.0%
Exposed to harmful substance
Struck by object
Total
Slips, trips
Transportation accidents
Overexertion
Overexertion in lifting
Repetitive motion
Assault, violent act
Assault, violent act, by person
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 3
Occupations with 20,000 or more injuries and illnesses, 2005
Eleven occupations had 20,000 or more injuries and illnesses in 2005. Laborers and material movers suffered the most injuries and illnesses, followed by heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.
Injuries and illnesses(1,234,680 injuries and illnesses with days away from work)
20,100
23,060
23,170
31,270
31,440
32,300
32,740
39,270
52,150
65,930
92,240
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Registered nurses
Stock clerks and order fillers
Maintenance and repairworkers, general
Carpenters
Janitors and cleaners
Retail salespersons
Truck drivers, light/delivery services
Construction laborers
Nursing aides, orderlies, attendants
Truck drivers, heavy/tractor-trailer
Laborers and freight, stock,and material movers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 4
Occupations with 20,000 or more injuries and illnesses, 2003-2005
For three years, these eleven occupations had the most injuries and illnesses. Laborers and material movers (increased 3.4 percent); heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (increased 3.7 percent); and nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants (no change) had the most injuries and illnesses from 2004 to 2005.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 5
Injuries and illnesses and employment for occupations with 20,000 or more injuries and illnesses, 2005
Injuries and illnesses are not always in proportion to their share of employment. Maintenance and repair workers account for 1.9% of injuries and illnesses but only 0.2% of employment, and had the largest ratio of injuries to employment of the occupations shown here. Registered nurses have the smallest ratio of
injuries to employment and account for 1.6% of injuries and illnesses and1.7% of employment.
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Percentage of injuries and illnessesPercentage of employment
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 6
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13.8
11.6
16.3
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14.4
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%
Not reported
Transportation andmaterial moving
Production
Installation, maintenance,and repair
Construction and extraction
Farming, fishing, and forestry
Office and administrative support
Sales and related
Service
Professional and related
Management, business,and financial
Percentage of employmentPercentage of injuries and illnesses
Employment and injuries and illnessesby occupation group, 2005
1,234,680 injuries and illnesses with days away from work.Employment – Current Population Survey, Private Wages and Salary Workers
Transportation and material movers account for 6.1% of employment, far below their 20.5% share of injuries and illnesses. Management, business, and financial workers account for 14.4% of employment, but only 2.3% of injuries and illnesses.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 7
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All occupations
Inspectors, testers, sorters,samplers, and weighers
Home health aides
Security guards
Electricians
Packers and packagers, hand
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
First-line supervisors/managers ofconstruction trades and extraction workers
Industrial machinery mechanics
Truck drivers, light or delivery services
First-line supervisors/managers ofretail sales workers
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
Occupations with the highest median days away from work, 2005
Median days away from work
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and first-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers had the highest median days away from work among occupations with ½% of the total days away from work cases. These two occupations had twice the median days for all occupations.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 8
Goods-producingindustries
21.0%
Service-providingindustries
79.0%
Goods-producingindustries
31.9%
Service-providingindustries
68.1%
Injuries and illnesses withdays away from work
(Total=1,234,680 injuries and illnesses)
Employment(BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Goods-producing industries made up 21 percent of private industry employment but accounted for 32 percent of injuries and illnesses with days away from work. Service-providing industries made up 79 percent of employment and 68 percent of injuries and illnesses in 2005.
Injuries and illnesses and employment by industry domain, 2005
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 9
Men
58.9%
Women
41.1%
Men
66.2%
Women
33.8%
Injuries and illnesses withdays away from work
(Total=1,234,680 injuries and illnesses; Chart excludes unreported data.)
Hours worked(Current Population Survey,
Private Wage and Salary Workers)
Almost two-thirds of injured or ill workers were men in 2005, well above their 59 percent share of the nation’s hours worked.
Injuries and illnesses and hours worked by gender of worker, 2005
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 10
Injuries and illnesses and hours worked by age of worker, 2005
Workers 20 to 24 have a higher share of injuries and illnesses in 2005 than their share of hours worked would suggest. Every other groupeither has fewer injuries than their share of hours worked would suggest, or are very close.
3.4%
10.8%
23.5%25.3%
22.9%
11.0%
2.2%3.1%
10.2%
23.6%
25.7%
23.3%
11.6%
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16 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 +
Injuries and illnessesHours worked
1,234,680 injuries and illnesses with days away from work.
Hours worked(Current Population Survey,
Private Wage and Salary Workers)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 11
The length of absences from work rose with the age of the worker from a median of three days for workers between 14 and 16 years old to a median of 12 days from workers 65 and older.
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65 and over
Age ofworker
Median days away from work
All agesmedian 7 days
Median days away from work due to injuries and illnesses by age of worker, 2005
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 12
There were 163,440 injuries and illnesses with days away from work among Hispanic and Latino workers in 2005. Among Hispanic and Latino workers, natural resources and mining (which includes agriculture) had the highest percentage of injuries. About 30 percent of cases do not report race and ethnicity data.
Percentage of injuries and illnesses by race or ethnic origin and selected industries, 2003-2005
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White only Black only
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Manufac
turing
Educatio
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health
servi
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Leisure
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hospita
lity
Not reported
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Hispanic or Latino
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 13
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Nature ofdisablingcondition
Eventor
exposure
Part of bodyaffected
Sourcedirectly
producingdisability
Injury and illness topology
Each injury or illness is described from four viewpoints.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 14
Distribution of injuries and illnesses by nature, 2005
Sprains and strains accounted for 503,530 cases, or more than 4 out of 10 of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses with days away from work in 2005. Sprains and strains declined by 4 percent from 2004 to 2005. Carpal tunnel syndrome declined by 14 percent.
Sprains, strains40.8%
Fractures7.8%
Cuts, lacerations, punctures9.6%
Bruises, contusions8.7%
Heat burns1.4%
Chemical burns0.5%
Amputations0.7%
Carpal tunnel syndrome1.3%
Tendonitis0.5%
Multiple injuries4.1%
Soreness, Pain5.3%
Back pain2.9%
All other16.5%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 15
Median days away from work due to injuries or illnesses by nature, 2005
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27
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Chemical burns
Cuts, lacerations
Bruises, contusions
Heat burns
Sprains, strains
Multiple injuries
Tendonitis
Amputations
Fractures
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Median days away from work
All natures7 days
Carpal tunnel syndrome and fractures each had a median of 27 days away from work, followed by amputations with 22 days in 2005.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 16
Injuries and illnesses by part of body affected, 2005
23.1%22.0% 21.9%
12.8%
9.8%
3.8%2.8%
1.5% 1.5%0.9%
0.0%Upper
extremitiesLower
extremitiesBack Trunk,
exceptback
Multipleparts
Head, except
eye
Eye Neck Body systems
All other
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
Upper extremities, lower extremities, and back each account for more than one-fifth of all injuries and illnesses.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 17
Median days away from work due to injuries or illnesses by part of body, 2005
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Head
Eye
Body systems
Hand, except finger
Finger
Toe
Neck
Back
Upper extremities
Foot, except toe
Trunk
Multiple Parts
Lower extremities
Knee
Wrist
Shoulder
Median days away from work
All parts of body 7 days
Injuries and illnesses to the shoulder (15 days) and to the wrist (14 days) required the most time to recuperate in 2005. These were twice the median time required for all parts.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 18
Distribution of injuries and illnesses by source, 2005
Four sources accounted for over half of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses that resulted in days away from work in 2005: floor, ground surfaces with 19.0 percent; worker motion or position with 14.7 percent; containers with 12.3 percent; and parts and materials with 10.4 percent.
Floor, ground surfaces, 19.0%
Worker motion or position, 14.7%
Containers, 12.3%
Parts and materials, 10.4%
Vehicles, 8.9%
Machinery, 6.5%
Handtools, 4.6%
Health care patient, 4.4%
Other, 19.1%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 19
Median days away from work due to injuries or illnesses by source, 2005
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5
5
5
7
7
8
10
10
10
Chemicals and chemical products
Furniture and fixtures
Tools, instruments, and equipment
Health care patient
Machinery
Parts and materials
Containers
Worker motion or position
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
Vehicles
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Median days away from work
All sources 7 days
Of the sources of the injury or illness, vehicles; floors, walkways, ground surfaces; and worker motion or position had the highest median days away from work with 10 days each.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 20
39.7%
27.4%
20.7%
5.0% 4.2%1.7% 1.1% 0.2%
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Bodilyreaction
andexertion
Contact withobjects and equipment
Falls Transportationaccidents
Exposureto harmful
substances
Assaults and
violentacts
Other Fires and
explosions
Injuries and illnesses by event or exposure, 2005
Bodily reaction and exertion, contact with objects and equipment, and falls accounted for almost 90 percent of nonfatal injuries and illnesses that resulted in days away from work in 2005.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 21
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19
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Exposure to harmful substances
Struck by object
Struck against object
Assaults and violent acts by person
Caught in equipment or object
Fall on same level
Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall
Overexertion
Overexertion in lifting
Transportation accidents
Fall to lower level
Fires and explosions
Repetitive motion
All events 7 days
Median days away from work
Median days away from work due to injuries or illnesses by event or exposure, 2005
Repetitive motion, with a median of 19 days, resulted in the longest absences from work among leading events and exposures. Fires and explosions with 16 days and falls to lower level with 13 days had the next longest median days away from work
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 22
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), 2002-2005
In 2005, musculoskeletal disorders accounted for 375,540 cases, or 30 percent, of the injuries and illnesses with days away from work. This is the lowest portion of total cases since BLS started collecting data on MSDs.
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TotalMSD
34.0% of total days away from work cases
33.1% of total days away from work cases
32.0% of total days away from work cases
30.4% of total days away from work cases
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, cases involving days away from work.Chart 23
Sprains, strains, tears, 76.7%
Back pain, hurt back, 5.9%
Soreness, pain, hurt, except the back, 5.3%
Carpal tunnel syndrome, 4.4%
Hernia, 4.8%
MSD system and connective tissue diseases and disorders, except
tendonitis, 1.6%
Tendonitis, 1.3%
(375,540 Musculoskeletal disorder cases with days away from work)
Musculoskeletal disorders by nature of injury or illness, 2005
Sprains, strains, and tears accounted for over three-fourths of the musculoskeletal disorders that resulted in days away from work in 2005