Health and Safety Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

The Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers data on occupational injuries and illnesses and fatalities. It also gathers information on lost work time due to occupational illness. The data can be searched by industry, occupation, source of injury, and general demographic characteristics. BLS does not provide data on individual companies. It also helpfully provides documentation on How To Compute Your Firm’s Incidence Rate for Safety Management using the OSHA log (see below). 

OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping

This site provides information on OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements and the OSHA Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses which employers are required to file for OSHA-reportable incidents. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics: State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

This site provides PDF-format tables by state listing the incidents and illnesses by industry for that particular state. It also provides contact information for the individual responsible for keeping occupational safety and health data for that state. 

AFSCME Members Killed on the Job

This is a database of all known AFSCME member occupational fatalities. The database is searchable by member’s last name, year of death, state, industry and cause of death. 

The following Web site is also a good source of general safety and health statistics:

NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook 2004