Article: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES, ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following press release:

Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department Labor. The 2007 rate was 122 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decrease of 4 percent from 2006. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 4 million total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The number of days-away-from-work cases in 2007 decreased by 24,630 cases, or 2 percent, as compared to 2006 levels. Median ...

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