TRAUMATIC OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES

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Fatality Investigation Reports

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Reports
NIOSH and State-based investigation reports of fatal occupational injuries.

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Reports
Independent investigation reports of fire fighter line of duty deaths.

National Occupational Injury Symposium (NOIRS)

car The National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) provides a forum for researchers to share their findings related to traumatic occupational injuries. NIOSH, in partnership with the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and the National Safety Council, is hosting NOIRS 2011 October 18, 19, and 20.

Each day, U.S. workers suffer injury, disability, and death from workplace incidents. On average, 15 workers die each day from traumatic injuries. Overall, 5,400 workers died in 2007 from an occupational injury and more than 4 million workers had a nonfatal injury or illness. In the private-sector alone every day, we see 11,500 nonfatal work-related injuries/illnesses with more than half of these injuries/illnesses requiring a job transfer, work restrictions, or time away from the jobs as a result. Among all workers, not just the private sector, 9,000 workers are treated in emergency departments each day, and approximately 200 of these workers are hospitalized. In 2007, this resulted in an estimated 3.4 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses among civilian workers that were serious enough to be treated in hospital emergency departments.

For more details, see Fatal Occupational Injuries and Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses or the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational injury, illness, and fatality data.