Washington — The variety of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses in the U.S private sector, in addition to the nonfatal harm and illness charge, decreased barely in 2020. Nevertheless, estimated injuries and illnesses that resulted in at the least someday of misplaced work soared by practically a 3rd amid the COVID-19 pandemic, information launched Nov. 3 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals.
Staff in private business skilled an estimated 2.7 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2020 – down from 2.8 million the earlier 12 months. Nevertheless, BLS stories an estimated 1,176,340 nonfatal injuries and illnesses that resulted in days away from work – a 32.4% enhance from 2019. In response to an company press launch, that estimate contains greater than 390,000 cases categorized as “other diseases due to viruses not elsewhere classified, which includes reported COVID-19 pandemic-related illnesses.”
Moreover, the company noticed a surge in reported illness cases – which greater than quadrupled to 544,600 in 2020 – and a notable soar in employer-reported respiratory illness cases, which climbed to 428,700 in 2020 from 10,800 the earlier 12 months.
BLS obtained its estimates from the company’s Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
Different 2020 information highlights:
- Whole harm and illness cases decreased or stayed the identical in all private business sectors other than health care and social help, which skilled a 40.1% enhance.
- The full recordable charge in the manufacturing sector decreased to three.1 per 100 FTE employees from 3.3 in 2019.
- Injured employees 65 or older had a median DAFW of 14, in contrast with 16 the 12 months earlier than.
The information launch is the primary of two annual stories from BLS. The second, scheduled to be launched Dec. 16, will spotlight Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries findings.