Washington – The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Nov. 14 released injury and illness data for 2011 and 2012 to correct previously disclosed data processing errors.
The errors were limited to national-level estimates for private-sector industries for those two years.
The overall private-industry injury and illness rate in 2012 stayed the same as the previously released figure of 3.4 cases per 100 full-time workers. However, the corrected data lowered the 2011 rate to 3.4. The rate was 3.5 prior to the correction.
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The data processing errors have delayed BLS’s release of 2013 injury and illness data. That data is now expected to be released in December.
