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Injury and illness rates decline in 2015; high injury rate for nursing assistants

11/10/2016

Severe occupational injuries and illnesses decreased in 2015 to 94 cases per 10,000 private-sector workers and were about unchanged for state and local government workers. Injury and illness rates for private sector heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and nursing assistants declined.
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Employer-reported injury and illness rate declined to 3.0 cases per 100 workers in 2015

10/27/2016

The approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers in 2015 resulted in a decline in the incidence rate to 3.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, compared to 3.2 cases in 2014.
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Total of 4,836 fatal work injuries in 2015, highest since 2008

12/16/2016

A total of 4,836 workers died from a work-related injury in the U.S. in 2015, the highest annual figure since 2008. Nearly 20 percent of fatally-injured workers were employed in the private construction industry.
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