OSHA is alerting 14,200 employers across the country that their injury and illness rates are higher than average and is encouraging them to take steps to reduce hazards and protect their workers. For the first time, the construction industry is part of the annual alert.
OSHA identified establishments with the nation's highest lost-workday injury and illness rates based on data reported by 93,000 employers surveyed by the agency last year (that survey collected injury and illness data from calendar year 2001). This was the first year the data collection initiative included the construction industry (13,000 construction employers were surveyed).