2008 Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work for State and Local Government Workers — 2010-02-24

OS NR 02/24/2010 CASE AND DEMO NEWS RELEASE: Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work for State Government and Local Government Workers, 2008 There were 277,680 occupational injuries and illnesses with days away from work reported for State and local government combined in 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fifty percent occurred in service occupations, including health care support and protective service workers. In contrast, 22 percent of the injuries and illnesses in private industry occurred in service occupations. State government workers sustained occupational injuries and illnesses at an incidence rate of 170 cases per 10,000 full-time workers and required a median of 8 days away from work to recuperate. The incidence rate for local government workers was 195 and the median days away from work was 9. For comparison, the incidence rate for private industry was 113 cases per 10,000 full-time workers.