2008 Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work — 2009-11-24

(This release was reissued on December 4, 2009, to correct the key findings section for the increase in injuries and illnesses for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers to 4 percent in 2008. Additionally, it corrects phrasing in the 4th sentence of the first paragraph and 4 rounding errors elsewhere in the text.) Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in private industry decreased 7 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate decreased to 113 per 10,000 full time workers and the number of cases decreased by 80,730. There were 1.1 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 3.7 million total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.