2003 Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2004-12-14

(This release was reissued on June 14, 2005 to revise selected industry employment data in several of the tables. Employment data are included in the tables give the users some perspective regarding the size of the published industries. NOTE: These changes do not affect the published injury and illness data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses for 2003. The injury and illness rates were computed separately from the employment data. For more information, see www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice05.htm.) A total of 4.4 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces during 2003, resulting in a rate of 5.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, according to the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor. The rate of injuries and illnesses declined from 5.3 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2002.