Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2023–2024 — 2026-01-22

Private industry employers reported 2.5 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024, down 3.1 percent from 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This is the lowest number of employer-reported injuries and illnesses for this data series going back to 2003. The decrease in 2024 was driven by a 26.0-percent drop in illness cases to 148,000, in turn due to a 46.1-percent decrease in respiratory illness cases to 54,000, the lowest number of cases for each series reported since 2019. (See chart 2.) These estimates are from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). In 2024, the incidence rate of total recordable cases (TRC) in private industry was 2.3 cases per 100 full- time equivalent (FTE) workers, down from 2.4 cases in 2023. This was the lowest TRC rate for this data series going back to 2003. Injuries occurred at a rate of 2.2 cases per 100 FTE workers.