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The number of private nonfatal injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, job transfer, or restriction was 1.8 million in 2022. Three decades earlier, in 1992, it was 3.0 million. Among these injury and illness cases, cases managed with days of job transfer or restriction became more prevalent over the period. In 1992, job transfer or restriction cases made up 21.1 percent of the total cases of days away from work, job transfer, or restriction in private industry. By 2002, the share was 42.4 percent. These cases made up 32.8 percent of the total in 2022.
Year | Number of job transfer or restriction (DJTR) cases | DJTR cases as a percent of total days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART) cases | Number of days away from work (DAFW) cases | DAFW cases as a percent of total days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART) cases |
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1992 |
622,300 | 21.1 | 2,331,100 | 78.9 |
1993 |
714,900 | 24.1 | 2,252,500 | 75.9 |
1994 |
824,400 | 26.9 | 2,236,600 | 73.1 |
1995 |
931,200 | 31.3 | 2,040,900 | 68.7 |
1996 |
951,900 | 33.6 | 1,880,600 | 66.4 |
1997 |
1,032,800 | 36.0 | 1,833,400 | 64.0 |
1998 |
1,050,200 | 37.8 | 1,730,500 | 62.2 |
1999 |
1,040,300 | 37.9 | 1,702,500 | 62.1 |
2000 |
1,088,100 | 39.5 | 1,664,000 | 60.5 |
2001 |
1,021,500 | 39.9 | 1,537,600 | 60.1 |
2002 |
1,058,200 | 42.4 | 1,436,200 | 57.6 |
2003 |
986,000 | 42.8 | 1,315,900 | 57.2 |
2004 |
965,700 | 43.4 | 1,259,300 | 56.6 |
2005 |
950,100 | 43.5 | 1,234,700 | 56.5 |
2006 |
931,100 | 44.0 | 1,183,500 | 56.0 |
2007 |
877,200 | 43.1 | 1,158,900 | 56.9 |
2008 |
822,600 | 43.3 | 1,078,100 | 56.7 |
2009 |
702,400 | 42.1 | 965,000 | 57.9 |
2010 |
664,900 | 41.6 | 933,200 | 58.4 |
2011 |
642,800 | 41.2 | 918,200 | 58.8 |
2012 |
663,000 | 41.9 | 918,700 | 58.1 |
2013 |
655,600 | 41.7 | 917,100 | 58.3 |
2014 |
663,600 | 42.0 | 916,400 | 58.0 |
2015 |
669,800 | 42.6 | 902,200 | 57.4 |
2016 |
655,600 | 42.4 | 892,300 | 57.6 |
2017 |
645,300 | 42.2 | 882,700 | 57.8 |
2018 |
678,300 | 43.0 | 900,400 | 57.0 |
2019 |
670,000 | 43.0 | 888,200 | 57.0 |
2020 |
525,600 | 30.9 | 1,176,300 | 69.1 |
2021 |
554,600 | 34.3 | 1,062,700 | 65.7 |
2022 |
577,700 | 32.8 | 1,184,200 | 67.2 |
BLS has published detailed case characteristic and worker demographic data for days away from work cases since 1992. These details are now also published for days of job transfer or restriction cases, providing a better understanding of how occupational injuries and illnesses are managed.
During the 2-year 2021–22 period, transportation and material moving occupations in private industry experienced the highest number of nonfatal cases that resulted in a day away from work, job transfer, or restriction among major occupation groups (835,040 cases). Among those cases, most were due to overexertion and bodily reaction (329,150 cases). Half of these (165,690 cases) resulted in one or more days away from work, with a median of 21 days away. The other half (163,460 cases) involved at least one day of job transfer or restriction only, with a median of 20 days of restriction or transfer.
Event | Days away from work (DAFW) cases | Days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR) cases |
---|---|---|
Fires and explosions |
360 | 100 |
Violence and other injuries by persons or animal |
5,290 | 2,300 |
Transportation incidents |
39,800 | 14,180 |
Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
70,170 | 2,320 |
Falls, slips, trips |
107,240 | 58,260 |
Contact with object, equipment |
112,230 | 88,950 |
Overexertion and bodily reaction |
165,690 | 163,460 |
Among transportation and material moving occupations, injuries from contact with an object or equipment led to 112,230 days away from work cases and 88,950 days of job transfer or restriction cases for a total of 201,180 cases. For these occupations, cases resulting from exposure to harmful substances or environments, including exposure to COVID-19, resulted in days away from work 96.8 percent of the time during 2021–22.
These data are from the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program. To learn more about injuries and illnesses in the workplace, see “Employer-reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses – 2022.”
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses Resulting in Days of Job Transfer or Restriction, 1992–2022 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-resulting-in-days-of-job-transfer-or-restriction-1992-2022.htm (visited September 06, 2024).