Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 1-36 Distribution of occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by nature of injury or illness, 2001. Sprains and strains accounted for more than 669,889-or nearly 43.6% of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
2		Figure 1-37 Median days away from work due to occupational injuries or illnesses in private industry by nature of injury or illness, 2001. Among major disabling injuries and illnesses, median days away from work were highest for carpal tunnel syndrome (25 days), fractures (21 days), and amputations (18 days). The median number of days away from work was 6 for all cases in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
3		Figure 2-127 Number of fracture cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of fracture cases involving days away from work in 2001 declined 24.7% during 1992-2001, from 143,627 cases in 1992 to 108,127 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)
4		Figure 2-128 Annual rates of fracture cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of fracture cases involving days away from work declined 36.7% during 1992-2001, from 18.8 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 11.9 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)
5		Figure 2-129 Number and rate of nonfatal occupational fractures treated in emergency departments, by age of worker, 1999. In 1999, an estimated 210,000 occupational fractures were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. This number corresponded to a rate of 15.9 fractures per 10,000 full-time workers. Although workers aged 35-44 experienced the highest number of fractures, workers aged 15-24 had the highest rate of fractures. Workers aged 55 and older had the smallest number of fractures, but they experienced a slightly higher rate of fractures than workers aged 25-54. (Sources: NEISS [2003]; Jackson [2003].)
6		Figure 2-130 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 107,001 of the 108,127 BLS-estimated fracture cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 71% of fracture cases and 75.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. More workers were aged 45 or older in fracture cases (40.8%) than in all nonfatal injury and illness cases (31.3%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)
7		Figure 2-131 Number and rate of nonfatal occupational fractures treated in emergency departments, by sex of worker, 1999. Men experienced 2 to 3 times more fractures at work than women. (Sources: NEISS [2003]; Jackson [2003].)
8		Figure 2-132 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for a larger proportion of fracture cases (73.8%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (66.1%). However, female workers accounted for a smaller proportion of fracture cases (26.2%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)
9		Figure 2-133 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 84,480 of the 108,127 BLS-estimated fracture cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for a greater proportion of fracture cases (73.9%) than for all nonfatal injury and illness cases (68.2%). Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 8% of fracture cases and Hispanic workers accounted for 15.9%-both smaller proportions than reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
10		Figure 2-134 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. In 2001, fracture cases involved more long-term work loss (11-20 or more days away from work) than all nonfatal injuries and illnesses (63.9% versus 39.4%). Fracture cases involved a median of 21 days away from work-3.5 times the median of 6 days for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
11		Figure 2-135 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups accounted for the majority (63.9%) of all fracture cases in 2001: operators, fabricators, and laborers and precision production, craft, and repair. These two groups accounted for 57.8% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
12		Figure 2-136 Incidence rate of fracture cases by private industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported an incidence rate of 11.9 per 10,000 full-time workers for fracture cases in 2001. Incidence rates exceeding the private-sector rate were reported for construction (32.5 per 10,000 full-time workers or 19,786 cases), mining (25.4 per 10,000 full-time workers or 1,505 cases), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (21.7 per 10,000 full-time workers or 3,260 cases), transportation and public utilities (20.9 per 10,000 full-time workers or 13,758 cases), and manufacturing (13.0 per 10,000 full-time workers or 22,493 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)
13		Figure 2-137 Annual rates of fracture cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate of fracture cases in the private sector declined 36.7% during 1992-2001. Rate reductions occurred among each of the major industry sectors. Three sectors (construction, mining, and agriculture, forestry, and fishing) had higher rates than other industry sectors during this 10-year period. They experienced rate reductions of 38.9%, 35.5%, and 33.6%, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)
14		Figure 5-20 Occupational injuries among young workers aged 14-17 in Massachusetts by injury type and data source, 1993-1999. Of the 945 cases of occupational injury among young workers in Massachusetts who were identified through emergency department reports, the majority involved cuts, lacerations, and punctures (46.8%), followed by heat burns and scalds (14.0%). These data contrast with the data for workers' compensation claims, which report that most cases involved strains and sprains (35.5%), followed by cuts, lacerations, and punctures (23.8%). (Source: Davis [2002].)

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