May 4, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Sprains, strains by far the most common injuries resulting in time away from work
More than 4 out of 10 injuries and illnesses resulting in time away from work in 1998 were sprains and strains, most involving the back.
![Lost-worktime injuries and illnesses resulting in time away from work, by selected nature of injury and illness, 1998 (in thousands)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120925071729im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2000/May/wk1/art04.gif) [Chart data—TXT]
Bruises and contusions, cuts and lacerations, and fractures followed
well behind sprains and strains as leading causes of time away from work.
Except for one category, all of the types of cases shown in the chart
experienced a decline between 1997 and 1998. Cuts and lacerations was the
only injury category that increased from 1997 to 1998, rising by 3
percent.
These data are a product of the BLS Safety
and Health Statistics program.
Additional information is available from news release USDL 00-115, "Lost-worktime
Injuries and Illnesses: Characteristics and Resulting Time Away From Work,
1998."
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