Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tweet[IWS] BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007 [20 November 2008]
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, 2007 [20 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days
away from work decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department Labor. The 2007 rate was 122 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decrease of 4 percent from
2006. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 4 million
total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The
number of days-away-from-work cases in 2007 decreased by 24,630 cases, or 2 percent, as compared to
2006 levels. Median days away from worka key measure of the severity of the injury or illnesswas
7 days in 2007, the same as the prior three years.
Key findings for 2007:
- In 2007, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with days away from work declined by 23,400 cases
from 2006. The 2007 injury and illness incidence rate of 35 cases per 10,000 full-time workers
for MSDs is 9 percent below the 2006 rate of 39 cases per 10,000 workers. The decrease in the
number of MSDs is the largest factor contributing to the overall decline in days-away-from-work
cases in 2007.
- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had 44,930 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 465
cases per 10,000 workers, which is a 12 percent decrease in the rate compared to 2006.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of
days-away-from-work cases, with 79,000 in 2007, a 7 percent decline from 85,120 in 2006.
- Cases with days away from work due to a fall on the same level increased by 10 percent from 2006
levels, driven by large increases in the number of cases in retail trade (up 4,280 cases, 19
percent) and health care and social assistance (up 3,360 cases, 11 percent).
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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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, 2007 [20 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days
away from work decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department Labor. The 2007 rate was 122 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decrease of 4 percent from
2006. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 4 million
total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The
number of days-away-from-work cases in 2007 decreased by 24,630 cases, or 2 percent, as compared to
2006 levels. Median days away from worka key measure of the severity of the injury or illnesswas
7 days in 2007, the same as the prior three years.
Key findings for 2007:
- In 2007, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with days away from work declined by 23,400 cases
from 2006. The 2007 injury and illness incidence rate of 35 cases per 10,000 full-time workers
for MSDs is 9 percent below the 2006 rate of 39 cases per 10,000 workers. The decrease in the
number of MSDs is the largest factor contributing to the overall decline in days-away-from-work
cases in 2007.
- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had 44,930 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 465
cases per 10,000 workers, which is a 12 percent decrease in the rate compared to 2006.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of
days-away-from-work cases, with 79,000 in 2007, a 7 percent decline from 85,120 in 2006.
- Cases with days away from work due to a fall on the same level increased by 10 percent from 2006
levels, driven by large increases in the number of cases in retail trade (up 4,280 cases, 19
percent) and health care and social assistance (up 3,360 cases, 11 percent).
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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