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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases information on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities for all industry sectors.

Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses

Annually BLS provides information about average non-fatal injury and illness incidence rates by establishment size within industries (see links to BLS tables below)business. Average incidence rates are reported overall and by quartiles. Note that "establishment" means a location where economic activity is conducted. One firm or enterprise may operate multiple establishments. More information about these definitions may be found at http://www.census.gov/epcd/susb/susbdefs.htm#estab. Also note that some researchers have attributed lower incidence rates for establishments with fewer than 10 employees to possible under-reporting.

Total recordable cases - 2007
Cases with days away from work, restriction, and job transfer - 2007
Days away from work cases - 2007
Cases with days of job transfer or restriction - 2007
Other recordable cases - 2007
Total recordable cases - injuries only - 2007

BLS Annual Workplace Injury and Illness Summary - 2007 (No data by establishment size)
External link: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/osh.nr0.htm

Fatalities

BLS does not analyze work-related fatality data by establishment size. However, BLS does provide analyses of fatality data by such variables as industry, cause of death, ethnicity of victim, and type of employer (public-private). Below are some BLS reports about workplace fatalities. They are generally updated annually.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary, 2007
External link: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm

Fatal occupational injuries by industry and selected event or exposure, 2007
External link: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.t02.htm

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
External Link: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.toc.htm
Additional BLS occupational fatality information.

NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook, 2004
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2004-146
The Worker Health Chartbook, 2004 is a descriptive epidemiologic reference on occupational morbidity and mortality in the United States. A resource for agencies, organizations, employers, researchers, workers, and others who need to know about occupational injuries and illnesses.  The Chartbook includes more than 400 figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the nation's occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Only a few tables address size of company as a variable.

NOTE: Data presented in this document are based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), which does not correspond directly with the 2002 NAICS. For information on converting 1987 SIC codes to 2002 NAICS codes, see: http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/S87TON02.HTM

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