Research and Statistics

Injury and illness case-incidence rates, all industries, including state and local government, Minnesota, 1988-2009 [1], from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

Note:  Due to OSHA recordkeeping changes, data for 2002 and later is not comparable with data from earlier years.

A. Total injury and illness case rates

Year	Total cases per 100 FTE workers
1988	8.0
1989	8.2
1990	7.9
1991	8.1
1992	8.5
1993	8.6
1994	8.6
1995	8.4
1996	8.3
1997	7.5
1998	7.5
1999	6.8
2000	6.8
2001	6.2
	Total recordable cases per 100 FTE workers
2002	6.0
2003	5.5
2004	5.3
2005	5.1
2006	5.1
2007	4.6
2008	4.2
2009	3.8

B. Total case separated into lost-workday/DART cases and cases without lost workdays (other recordable cases)

	Lost-workday cases		Cases without lost workdays
Year	Rate per 100 FTE workers	Percentage of total	Rate per 100 FTE workers	Percentage of total
1988	3.6	45%	4.4	55%
1989	3.7	46%	4.4	54%
1990	3.7	46%	4.2	54%
1991	3.7	46%	4.4	54%
1992	3.7	44%	4.7	55%
1993	3.6	42%	5.0	58%
1994	3.7	43%	4.9	57%
1995	3.7	44%	4.7	56%
1996	3.5	42%	4.8	58%
1997	3.5	47%	4.0	53%
1998	3.4	45%	4.2	56%
1999	3.2	47%	3.6	53%
2000	3.4	50%	3.4	50%
2001	3.0	49%	3.2	51%
	DART cases		Other recordable cases
2002	3.1	51%	2.9	49%
2003	2.8	51%	2.7	49%
2004	2.6	50%	2.7	50%
2005	2.4	48%	2.6	52%
2006	2.4	47%	2.7	53%
2007	2.2	49%	2.3	51%
2008	1.9	46%	2.3	54%
2009	1.8	48%	2.0	52%

C. Cases with days away from work and cases with job transfer or work restrictions only

	Days-away-from-work cases		Cases with restricted work activity only
Year	Rate per 100 FTE workers	Percentage of total	Rate per 100 FTE workers	Percentage of total
1988	3.0	38%	0.6	7%
1989	3.0	37%	0.7	9%
1990	2.9	37%	0.8	10%
1991	2.7	37%	1.0	12%
1992	2.6	31%	1.1	13%
1993	2.5	29%	1.1	13%
1994	2.4	28%	1.3	15%
1995	2.3	27%	1.4	17%
1996	2.2	27%	1.3	16%
1997	2.0	27%	1.5	20%
1998	1.9	25%	1.5	20%
1999	1.8	26%	1.4	21%
2000	1.9	28%	1.5	22%
2001	1.7	27%	1.3	21%
	Cases with days away from work		Cases with job transfer or restriction only
2002	1.7	28%	1.4	24%
2003	1.5	27%	1.3	24%
2004	1.5	27%	1.2	22%
2005	1.3	26%	1.1	22%
2006	1.3	26%	1.1	21%
2007	1.3	28%	1.0	21%
2008	1.1	26%	0.8	20%
2009	1.0	27%	0.8	21%

1. Rates are shown as the number of cases per 100 full-time-equivalent (FTE) workers. An FTE worker is equal to 2,000 annual hours of work. Includes injuries and illnesses in the private sector and state and local government. Due to OSHA recordkeeping changes, data for 2002 and later is not comparable with data from earlier years.

Source:  Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).