2017 Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2018-11-08

There were approximately 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers in 2017, which occurred at a rate of 2.8 cases per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Private industry employers reported nearly 45,800 fewer nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2017 compared to a year earlier, according to estimates from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). * The 2017 rate of total recordable cases (TRC) fell 0.1 cases per 100 FTE workers to continue a pattern of declines that, apart from 2012, occurred annually since 2004. (See chart 1.) * The rates for different types of cases--days away from work (DAFW), days of job transfer or restriction only (DJTR), and other recordable cases (ORC)--were unchanged from a year earlier. * The rate for DJTR cases has remained at 0.7 cases per 100 FTE workers since 2011.