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Washington – More than 5,000 state and local government bus drivers missed work in 2013 because of occupational injuries and illnesses, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Overexertion involving outside sources was the leading cause of disabling injuries in 2012, costing employers $15.1 billion in direct costs, according to a new report from the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety.
Safety professionals, government agencies and researchers rely on injury and illness data to understand how workers are getting hurt, and to determine where to direct prevention efforts. But is that data accurate?
Washington – The rate of work-related injuries and illnesses in private industry declined in 2013, continuing a nearly unbroken downward trend spanning more than a decade, according to the latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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.
More than 2.7 million people worked in the wholesale trade – durable goods industry in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That year, recordable injuries numbered 74,500 and the rate was 2.8 per 100 full-time workers.
