U.S. industry's record-breaking safety and health performance - in terms of reported injuries and illnesses - continued for a second-straight year in 1997, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS released its annual survey report last December.
The injury and illness incidence rate for private industry dipped to 7.1 recordable cases per 100 full-time workers, down from 7.4 in 1996. The '96 rate was the lowest recorded by BLS since the bureau started surveying industry in the early 1970s, and now the '97 rate has set a new standard.