Friday, November 17, 2006
Tweet[IWS] BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2005 [17 November 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2005 [17 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]
The rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in private industry that required
recuperation away from work declined 4 percent in 2005, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. There were a total of 1.2 million injuries and
illnesses requiring days away from work in 2005, relatively unchanged from 2004. A
2 percent increase in the number of hours worked in 2005 contributed to the decline in
the rate. Median days away from work-a key measure of the severity of the injury or
illness-was 7 days for all cases in 2005, as it was in 2004.
In 2005, there were 135.7 of these injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time-
equivalent workers in private industry. This rate declined for workers in both the goods-
producing and service-providing industries. Goods-producing industries had 394,090
injuries and illnesses and a rate of 176.9 per 10,000 workers. There were 840,580
injuries and illnesses and a rate of 122.4 in service-providing industries (see table 1).
As was the case in previous years, more than 4 out of 10 of injuries and illnesses
were sprains or strains, most involving overexertion or falls on the same level. More than
a third of the sprains and strains occurred in the trade, transportation and utilities
industry. Three occupationslaborers and freight, stock, and material movers; heavy
and tractor-trailer truck drivers; and nursing aides, orderlies, and attendantsaccounted
for 20 percent of all sprains and strains. These occupations also had the highest numbers
of injuries and illnesses, accounting for 17 percent of the total days-away-from-work cases.
This is the third of three annual releases reporting on 2005 data from the BLS
workplace safety and health statistical series. The first release, in August 2006, covered
work-related fatalities from the 2005 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In October
2006, BLS reported that there were 4.2 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2005,
based on the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. This final release covers the
circumstances of the injuries and illnesses and the characteristics of the workers involved
in the 1.2 million of those that required days away from work. Due to improvements in
survey processing, these data are available more than 4 months earlier than they were 2
years ago.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2005 [17 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]
The rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in private industry that required
recuperation away from work declined 4 percent in 2005, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. There were a total of 1.2 million injuries and
illnesses requiring days away from work in 2005, relatively unchanged from 2004. A
2 percent increase in the number of hours worked in 2005 contributed to the decline in
the rate. Median days away from work-a key measure of the severity of the injury or
illness-was 7 days for all cases in 2005, as it was in 2004.
In 2005, there were 135.7 of these injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time-
equivalent workers in private industry. This rate declined for workers in both the goods-
producing and service-providing industries. Goods-producing industries had 394,090
injuries and illnesses and a rate of 176.9 per 10,000 workers. There were 840,580
injuries and illnesses and a rate of 122.4 in service-providing industries (see table 1).
As was the case in previous years, more than 4 out of 10 of injuries and illnesses
were sprains or strains, most involving overexertion or falls on the same level. More than
a third of the sprains and strains occurred in the trade, transportation and utilities
industry. Three occupationslaborers and freight, stock, and material movers; heavy
and tractor-trailer truck drivers; and nursing aides, orderlies, and attendantsaccounted
for 20 percent of all sprains and strains. These occupations also had the highest numbers
of injuries and illnesses, accounting for 17 percent of the total days-away-from-work cases.
This is the third of three annual releases reporting on 2005 data from the BLS
workplace safety and health statistical series. The first release, in August 2006, covered
work-related fatalities from the 2005 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In October
2006, BLS reported that there were 4.2 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2005,
based on the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. This final release covers the
circumstances of the injuries and illnesses and the characteristics of the workers involved
in the 1.2 million of those that required days away from work. Due to improvements in
survey processing, these data are available more than 4 months earlier than they were 2
years ago.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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