2000 Lost-Worktime Injuries: Characteristics and Resulting Time Away from Work — 2002-04-10

A total of 1.7 million injuries and illnesses in private industry required recuperation away from work beyond the day of the incident in 2000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor. The number of these cases in 2000 was about the same as in 1999. Since 1992 (when the series started), there has been a steady decline in the number of these lost worktime injuries and illnesses. (Table A presents the number of injuries and illnesses requiring recuperation away from work in the past seven years for the 10 occupations that accounted for nearly one-third of such cases in 2000.) Truck drivers have experienced the most injuries and illnesses with time away from work since 1993. Table A.