US Bureau of Labor Statistics

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics collects data annually regarding workplace injuries. The latest data at the time of this writing are from 2006. While these data are quite nonspecific and difficult to relate directly to the epidemiology of ocular chemical injuries, they do provide some insight into the scope of the problem. All of the following data refer to private industry and cases ofnonfatal injuries or illnesses resulting in lost work days. 

Of the 167 reactive incidents, 48 caused a total of 108 fatalities. Since 1980, CSB data show an average of six injury-related incidents per year, resulting in an average of five fatalities per year. Table 2 provides data on 12 incidents with three or more fatahties (see also Figures 4 and 5). Appendix F presents a 5-year summary of US. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on occupational fatalities. 

In 2010, in the United States, some 4,690 employees were killed in accidents while at their workplaces carrying out their normal duties. In the same year, nearly 3.1 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported among private industry employers, resulting in an incidence rate of 3.5 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers. According to the US. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2010), some 900,000 of these cases involved days away from work, more than 200,000 were as a result of falls, 185,000 were back injuries, and 370,000 sprains, strains, and tears were reported. 

Table 1.4 An index of relative risk for fatal occupational injuries -using 1995 US Bureau of Labor Statistics data...

US Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1963. Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the 1960 s Requirements and Supply. Washington, DC US Government Printing Office. 

US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population... 

Among its many duties, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) performs surveys of the incidence rates of accidents and injuries. Examples of how OSHA calculates incidence rates follows ... 

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Industry Studies, www.bls.gOv/oco/cgs008.htm... 

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