Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program provides annual information on the rate and number of work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatal injuries, and how these statistics vary by incident, industry, geography, occupation, and other characteristics. These data are collected through the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).

As of October 1, 2016, BLS is piloting researcher access to the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses restricted data at Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDCs), in addition to restricted data files for selected statistical research projects onsite at the BLS national office in Washington, DC. More information on accessing SOII data can be found at https://www.bls.gov/rda/home.htm.

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

by Industry

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by Case Circumstances and Worker Characteristics

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Fatal Occupational Injuries

by Industry, Case Circumstances, and Worker Characteristics

FEATURED DATA PRODUCTS

State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

US Map

Special Estimates: State Musculoskeletal Disorders

Number and Rate of Cases of Musculoskeletal Disorder for Nonfatal Occupational Injury and Illness Cases Requiring Days Away From Work (State Tables)

IIF Documentation

History of the current BLS Safety and Health Statistics Programs
Reliability of BLS Survey data
Using Survey data to evaluate your firm's injury and illness experience
BLS Handbook of Methods - documentation about our Safety and Health Programs

Industry, Occupation, and Case Coding

Definitions

IIF News Releases

Total of 5,147 fatal work injuries in 2017, down slightly from 2016

12/18/2018

A total of 5,147 workers died from a work-related injury in the U.S. in 2017, down slightly from the 2016 total of 5,190. The fatal injury rate was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, also down from 3.6 in 2016.
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Employer-reported injury and illness rate declined to 2.8 cases per 100 workers in 2017

11/08/2018

About 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported by private industry employers in 2017, occurring at a rate of 2.8 cases per 100 full-time workers. Both the number of injuries and illnesses and the rate of these cases declined from 2016.
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Schedule

Schedule of upcoming releases and archived releases

IIF Databases

Calculator

Customized Industry Rate Tool
Injury and Illness Allows users to calculate injury and illness incidence rates for their specific establishment or firm and to compare them with the averages for the Nation, for States, and for the industry in which the establishment is found.

Databases

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	Data Finder	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Workplace Injuries & Illnesses
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Fatal Injuries Profiles
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Industry Data (2014 forward)
Nonfatal cases involving days away from work: selected characteristics (2011 forward)
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (2011 forward)

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Series Report—Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
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Search for those tables and articles that have a specific word or phrase included in their titles. Much of our data are already included in tables and articles.

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IIF Related Links

Recordkeeping, standards, and forms

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for the administration and interpretation of issues related to record keeping and safety standards. Here are links to assist you with these subjects:

What BLS does not have

We consider data provided by individual companies to be confidential and not for public release.
Costs are not available from the BLS Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities statistical program.

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