Research and Statistics -- DLI statistics

Workplace safety

BLS survey case-incidence for Minnesota and the United States, private sector, 1988-2009 [1]

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

Description

A. Total injury and illness cases per 100 FTE workers

Year	Minnesota	United States
1988	8.1	8.6
1989	8.3	8.6
1990	8.0	8.8
1991	8.1	8.4
1992	8.6	8.9
1993	8.7	8.5
1994	8.7	8.4
1995	8.5	8.1
1996	8.4	7.4
1997	7.6	7.1
1998	7.7	6.7
1999	6.9	6.3
2000	7.0	6.1
2001	6.3	5.7
	Total recordable cases per 100 FTE workers
2002	6.2	5.3
2003	5.5	5.0
2004	5.3	4.8
2005	5.0	4.6
2006	5.0	4.4
2007	4.7	4.2
2008	4.2	3.9
2009	3.8	3.8

B. Lost-workday/DART cases and days-away-from-work cases per 100 FTE workers

	Lost-workday cases		Days-away-from-work cases
Year	Minnesota	United States	Minnesota	United States
1988	3.7	4.0	3.1	3.5
1989	3.9	4.0	3.1	3.4
1990	3.8	4.1	2.9	3.4
1991	3.8	3.9	2.8	3.2
1992	3.9	3.9	2.7	3.0
1993	3.7	3.8	2.5	2.9
1994	3.8	3.8	2.4	2.8
1995	3.9	3.6	2.3	2.5
1996	3.7	3.4	2.2	2.2
1997	3.6	3.3	2.0	2.1
1998	3.5	3.1	1.9	2.0
1999	3.2	3.0	1.9	1.9
2000	3.5	3.0	1.9	1.8
2001	3.1	2.8	1.7	1.7
	DART cases		Days-away-from-work cases
2002	3.1	2.8	1.7	1.6
2003	2.8	2.6	1.4	1.5
2004	2.6	2.5	1.5	1.4
2005	2.5	2.4	1.3	1.4
2006	2.4	2.3	1.3	1.3
2007	2.3	2.1	1.3	1.2
2008	1.9	2.0	1.0	1.1
2009	1.8	1.9	1.0	1.1

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).