Workplace injuries and illnesses incidence rate was 3.0 per 100 full-time workers in 2015
October 31, 2016
Workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers occurred at a rate of 3.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2015. The 2015 rate, which is 0.2 cases lower than the 2014 rate, continues a pattern of decreases since 2003 (except 2012).
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The fall in the total recordable cases rate was driven by a decline in the rate of cases involving days away from work and other recordable cases—each falling 0.1 cases—as the rate for cases of job transfer or restriction only has remained at 0.7 cases since 2011.
These data are from the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program. For more information, see "Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2015" (HTML) (PDF).
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Perhaps safety rules and regulations have something to do with the decrease - perhaps OSHA and corporate safety meetings may contribute - I do remember all the safety meetings..even right down to how you walk down stairs, "holding the banister", to how you put your pens and pencils in your holder - "sharp side down" - and fire safety evacuations,may have been trivial, but looking back - hey, why NOT take all the measures seriously....
Today we MUST have safety measures, the work is much more dangerous than what I experienced..
I remember when I first moved to AZ from Mass. we had people dying trimming palm trees..the fronds would collapse.that was 20 years ago - not so much today..safety measures perhaps -
YES, we need OSHA....it works....
