1999 Lost-Worktime Injuries: Characteristics and Resulting Time Away from Work — 2001-03-28

A total of 1.7 million injuries and illnesses that required recuperation away from work beyond the day of the incident were reported in private industry workplaces during 1999, according to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor. The total number of these cases was about the same as in 1998, following steady declines from the levels prevailing early in the decade. The number of injuries and illnesses reported with only restricted work activity rather than days away recuperating remained at over 1,000,000 cases in 1999, after increasing by nearly 70 percent during the previous seven year period. (Table A presents the number of injuries and illnesses requiring recuperation away from work in the past 7 years for the 10 occupations that accounted for nearly one-third of such cases in 1999.) Since 1993, truck drivers have experienced the largest number of injuries and illnesses with time away from work.