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Fatal Occupational Injuries Involving Helicopters, 1995-2002 (10/27/2004)

Over the 8-year period from 1995 to 2002, 459 workers were killed on the job in helicopter-related incidents. Nearly half (47 percent) of those killed in such incidents worked in government, including 150 in the resident armed forces. More.

Chart: Industries with 10 or More Major Work Stoppages for the Period 1993-2003 (10/27/2004)

Fatal Occupational Injuries from Accidental Gunshot Wounds, 1993-2002 (09/29/2004)

Over the period from 1993 to 2002, 175 workers were killed on the job as a result of an accidental gunshot wound--an average of about 18 fatalities per year during that 10-year span. More.

Comparing Current and Former Industry and Occupation ECEC Series (08/25/2004)

BLS recently converted the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series to new industrial and occupational classification systems. Some of the resulting new series are comparable to the old ones, while others are not. More.

Chart: Percent of Private Industry Workers Participating in Retirement Plans, Selected Periods, 1990-2003 (07/28/2004)

Fatal Occupational Injuries to Athletes, 1992-2002 (07/28/2004)

Although athletes made up less than 1 percent of all workplace fatalities during the 1992-2002 period, their occupational fatality rate was nearly 5 times greater than the rate for workers overall. The kinds of athletes most likely to have been fatally injured on the job were automobile and motorcycle racers, divers and swimmers, horse and bull riders and trainers, and pugilists (boxers and others). Also, while the overall occupational fatality rate declined over the period, the rate for athletes increased. More.

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2002 (06/30/2004)

In 2002, there were 42,286 occupational injuries or illnesses involving the eye that resulted in days away from work. The typical eye injuries occurred by rubbed or abraded foreign matter, such as metal chips, dirt particles, and splinters, or by striking the eye; surface wounds, such as abrasions, scratches, and foreign bodies (splinters and chips) were among the most common types of injuries to the eyes. More.

Chart: Occupations with the Most Injuries and Illnesses with Days Away from Work, 2002 (05/26/2004)

Documenting Benefits Coverage for all Workers (05/26/2004)

BLS data on employee benefits have, until recently, focused on subsets of the economy. As a result, aggregate data for all civilian and private industry workers could only be obtained in a piecemeal fashion. This article makes these data available for the first time in a single place. More.

Calculating Wage Percentiles in the National Compensation Survey (04/28/2004)

For its estimates of hourly wage percentiles produced for the National Compensation Survey, BLS recently returned to a method based upon individual wage rates within sampled establishment occupations, following a period in which average occupational wage rates were used. The current percentile estimates allow for a more precise measure of wage dispersion and increase the utility of such estimates for data users. More.

Tables: Data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (04/28/2004)

Tables: Case and Demographic Characteristics Data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (04/28/2004)

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