1993 Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 1994-12-21

A total of 6.7 million injuries and illnesses was reported in private industry workplaces during 1993, resulting in a rate of 8.5 cases for every 100 equivalent full-time workers. The rate varied by industry, ranging from 12 injuries and illnesses for every 100 full-time construction workers to 3 per 100 full-time workers in finance, insurance, and real estate, according to initial results from the latest annual survey of job-related injuries and illnesses by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. The 1993 findings announced today are the second in a series of three annual releases from the BLS safety and health statistical system. In August 1994, the first release covered work-related fatalities from the 1993 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In April 1995, a third release will contain information on the characteristics of workers sustaining serious nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 1993, for example, their occupation, the nature of their injury or illness, and how it happened.