Southwest Occupational Injuries and Fatalities

• Nonfatal Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates, U.S. and Selected States

• Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure, U.S. and Selected States
  

Nonfatal Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates(1), Private Industy, U.S. and Selected States, 2002

(1) Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where

N = number of injuries and illnesses
EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year
200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

(2) Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
(3) Data cover all 50 States.
NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.

Last updated: January 27, 2004

Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure, U.S. and Selected States, 2003

(1) Includes other events and exposures such as bodily reaction, in addition to those shown separately.
(2) Includes 1 fatality that occurred within the territorial boundaries of the United States, but a State of
incident could not be determined.
(3) Includes highway, nonhighway, air, water, and rail fatalities, and fatalities resulting from being struck by vehicles.
(4) Includes violence by persons, self-inflicted injuries, and attacks by animals.

NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.  Dashes indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Last updated: September 24, 2004

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Last Modified Date: September 27, 2004

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