2014 Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work — 2015-11-19

The overall incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases requiring days away from work to recuperate was 107.1 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in 2014, down from the 2013 rate of 109.4, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In 2014, there were 1,157,410 days-away-from- work cases in private industry, state government, and local government--essentially unchanged from the number of cases reported in 2013. The median days away from work to recuperate--a key measure of severity of injuries and illnesses--was 9 days in 2014, 1 day more than reported in 2013. (See table 1.) In private industry in 2014, the number of days-away-from-work cases (916,440) and the incidence rate (97.8 cases per 10,000 full-time workers) was essentially unchanged from 2013. (See table 1.) * The rate of falls on the same level in private industry increased to 16.6 in 2014, up from 15.4 in 2013.