workplace illnesses

Workplace injuries at lowest levels since 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports big decrease in illnesses and respiratory cases

November 20, 2024

The decline in reported cases was largely driven by a 56.6% decrease in reported illnesses, which fell to 200,100 cases in 2023.

California’s nonfatal worker injuries and illnesses stable

November 27, 2018

California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has posted California’s 2017 occupational injury and illness data on employer-reported injuries. According to the estimates provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), California had 466,600 nonfatal occupational injuries in 2017, a number stable from the prior year.

Is our workers' compensation system working?

Pete Stafford

December 4, 2015

For a century our nation has relied on the workers' compensation system to provide for workers injured on the job while making sure that each employer picks up his or her fair share of the costs. In theory, the system assigns the cost of workplace injuries and illnesses to employers through comp insurance premiums.

Occupational injuries can send workers’ families into poverty

OSHA report shows high cost of workplace accidents

March 6, 2015

A new report from OSHA shows how workplace injuries and illnesses can force working families out of the middle class and into poverty. Adding Inequality to Injury: The Costs of Failing to Protect Workers on The Job explores the heavy costs of occupational injuries on workers, their families and the economy.

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Workplace injuries at lowest levels since 2019

California’s nonfatal worker injuries and illnesses stable

Is our workers' compensation system working?

Occupational injuries can send workers’ families into poverty

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