2006 occupational injury rate plunges; mining better than average
Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private-industry employers declined in 2006 – falling to a rate of 4.4 per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2006 from 4.6 cases in 2005 – according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even more impressive is that mining injuries improved even more, occurring at a 3.7 rate last year.
The total recordable case injury and illness incidence rate among private-industry employers in 2006 was the lowest since the survey was first conducted in 1972.
