2006 Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work — 2007-11-08

Both the rate and the number of occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work decreased from 2005 to 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department Labor. The 2006 rate was 128�per 10,000�workers, a decrease of 6�percent from 2005. There were 1.2�million cases requiring days away from work in days away from work�a key measure of the severity of the injury or illness�was 7�days and a rate of 526 per 10,000 workers, which was more than four times the total for - Four out of ten days away from work cases were sprains or strains. Approximately one in five of these were suffered by laborers and freight, stock, * With the 2006 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), BLS added selected * * injury and illness rates by occupation, by gender, and by age group for cases with days * * away from work.