2016 Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2017-11-09

�The 2016 rate of total recordable cases (TRC) fell 0.1 cases per 100 FTE workers to continue a pattern of declines that, apart from 2012, occurred annually since 2004. (See chart 1.) �The rate of other recordable cases (ORC) declined by 0.1 cases, while rates for remaining case types-�days away from work, job transfer or restriction (DART); days away from work (DAFW); and days of job transfer or restriction only (DJTR)-�were unchanged from a year earlier. �The rate for DJTR cases has remained at 0.7 cases per 100 FTE workers since 2011. �Nearly one-third of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were of a more serious nature and resulted in days away from work. �Four private industry sectors�construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and retail trade� experienced statistically significant declines in the TRC rate of occupational injuries and illnesses in 2016.