1994 Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 1995-12-15

A total of 6.8 million injuries and illnesses was reported in private industry workplaces during 1994, resulting in a rate of 8.4 cases for every 100 equivalent full-time workers. The rate varied widely by industry, ranging from slightly more than 12 injuries and illnesses for every 100 full-time manufacturing workers to nearly 3 per 100 full- time workers in finance, insurance, and real estate, according to the latest annual survey of job-related injuries and illnesses by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. The 1994 findings announced today are the second in a continuing series of three annual releases from the BLS safety and health statistical series. In August 1995, the first release covered work-related fatalities from the 1994 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.