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## Massachusetts Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses Report
## 2017
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Department of Labor Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program William D. McKinney, Director
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Total number of recordable incidents and incidence rates: In 2017, there were approximately 73,300 work-related injuries and illnesses across the private and public sector workforce. This resulted in a total recordable-incidence rate of 2.7 cases per 100 full-time employees (FTEs).
## Private-sector workforce
Of the ... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 2 |
Chart I shows the total number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses from 2006-2017 for employees working in the private sector of Massachusetts. The data shows a downward trend over time in the total number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses.
| Year | Total number of recordable nonfatal occupational injuries and illne... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 3 |
Chart III shows a comparison of the total number of injury-only to illness-only cases in the Massachusetts private sector over a five-year period.
| Total number of recordable nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by private sector industry, Massachusetts, 2017 | Total number of recordable nonfatal occupatio... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 4 |
Table 1 below illustrates the total number of recordable occupational illnesses within the private sector, and their respective incidence rates based on the type of illness sustained. There were a total of 2,500 illnessonly cases in 2017, which translates to an illness-only incidence rate of 10.3 incidents per 10,000 F... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 5 |
## Injury and illness case types
Work-related injuries and illnesses are recorded as three individual case types by employers:
- 1. Cases with days away from work: commonly identified in this report as DAFW.
- 2. Cases with job transfer or restricted duty: commonly identified as DJTR.
- 3. Other recordable cases: com... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 6 |
## Incidence rates
Table 4 below shows the breakdown of incidence rates for the ORC, DAFW, DJTR, DART, and TRC by each industry including the State government.
Table 4. Total recordable incidence rate per 100 FTEs, by major industry and case type, private sector and state government, Massachusetts, 2017
| Table 4. T... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 7 |
## Case and demographic findings
The following section details the cases in which the injured or ill employee endured at least one full lost workday due to their incident. In 2017, there were an estimated total of 34,100 cases with days away from work in the entire Massachusetts workforce. This is approximately 46.5% ... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 8 |
workers accounted for 2,920 cases, Black-only workers accounted for 2,070 cases, Asian-only workers accounted for 320 cases, American Indian or Alaskan Native-only workers accounted for 190 cases, lastly, there were 20 cases that identified as multi-race.
Table 6 below summarizes the number of injuries and illnesses t... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 9 |
Part of the body: The trunk region is defined by the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) manual as the "main part of the body, where the head and limbs are attached." In 2017, the trunk accounted for 8,650 DAFW cases. The back alone accounted for 6,390 of the cases involving the trunk. The upp... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 10 |
Table 8 below shows a distribution of days away from work by the type of event. Three of the event categories accounted for approximately 86.8% of the cases with DAFW. The remaining four categories accounted for 13.2% of the total number of cases with DAFW.
Table 8. Number of cases and percent distribution of DAFW cas... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 11 |
## Data source for this report
The data source for this report is the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), in cooperation with participating state agencies. Survey data for the SOII is derived from mandatory logs kept by private industry employers ... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 12 |
## Department of Public Health's Occupational Health Surveillance Program
The Occupational Health Surveillance Program within the Department of Public Health generates reports, fact sheets, and safety alerts regarding fatal occupational injuries. For more materials on this subject, contact:
Massachusetts Department o... | 2017_Occupational_Injuries | 13 |
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## Massachusetts Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses Report
## 2018
Completed by: Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Department of Labor Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program
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Massachusetts Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses Report 2018 | 2018_Occupational_Injuries | 2 |
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Overview
This report highlights the Massachusetts Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOSI) for 2022. The survey is conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards (DLS). Selected rates of injury and illness, number of cases of injury and illness, a... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 3 |
## Statistically Significant Changes in the Total Recordable Case Rate:
- · The Leisure and Hospitality industry's TRC rate increased from 2.3 incidents per 100 FTEs in 2021 to 2.6 incidents in 2022.
- · Education and Health Services industry also saw an increased from 4.0 incidents in 2021 to 4.8 incidents in 2022.
-... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 4 |
Chart 2 shows the number of nonfatal occupational injury-only, illness-only and total recordable cases in the Massachusetts private sector from 2018 - 2022.
| Chart 2. Number of nonfatal occupational injury-only, illness-only and total recordable cases in the | | | | | ... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 5 |
## Injury and Illness Case Types
Work-related injuries and illnesses are recorded as three individual case types by employers: 1. Cases with Days Away From Work are commonly identified in this report as DAFW.2. Cases with Job Transfer or Restricted duty commonly identified as DJTR. 3. Other Recordable Cases commonly i... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 6 |
Gender:
Of the 35,890 total cases with days away from work occurring in the private sector workforce, from 20212022, 19,400 cases or approximately 54.1% were reported to involve a female employee. Male workers accounted for 16,060 or 44.7% of the DAFW cases. Because of rounding and data exclusion of non-classifiable r... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 7 |
Table 2 shows the distribution of occupational injuries and illnesses by gender in the public sector (state and local government combined) from 2021 - 2022.
| Table 2. Number of injuries and illnesses with days away from work (DAFW) by major occupation and gender, state and local government combined, Massachusetts, 20... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 8 |
Biennial estimates for case circumstances and worker demographics for cases involving days away from work and days of job transfer or restriction were published for the first time for the two-year 2021-2022 reference period. These data will be published every two years (biennially), with the next release occurring for ... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 9 |
Cases involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DAFT) are the sum of cases with days away from work [DAFW] and cases involving only days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR). Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which may also include days of job tran... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 10 |
Chart 7 below shows selected occupations with the highest number of Days Away from Work (DAFW) cases. As in prior years, healthcare occupations continue to be prevalent among selected occupations with high DAFW cases and impacted by COVID-19.
| Chart 7. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving ... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 11 |
Statistics Program administers the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) for all Private Sector and public sector industries, trades, and occupations. The SOII remains the largest occupational injury and illness surveillance system in the country, providing injury and illness counts and rates for a varie... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 12 |
## Department of Industrial Accidents' Safety Grant Program
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA), through the Office of Safety, annually awards hundreds of thousands of dollars in safety training grants to various organizations. In each fiscal year, thousands of people receive workplace training ... | 2022_Occupational_Injuries | 13 |
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Total Number of Recordable Cases (TRC) and Incidence rates: In 2021, there were approximately 73,600 work-related injuries and illnesses reported by employers across the private and public sector workforce in Massachusetts. This resulted in a Total Recordable Incidence Rate of 2.8 cases per 100 full-time equivalent wor... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 2 |
Chart 1 shows the total number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses from 2010-2021 for employees working in the private industry sector of Massachusetts.
| Chart 1. Total number of recordable nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, private industry sector, MA, 2010-2021 | |
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Chart 3 shows a comparison of the total number of injury-only to illness-only cases in relation to the total number of incidents in the Massachusetts private industry sector over a seven-year period.
| Chart 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injury-only, illness-only and total recordable cases, private industry sect... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 4 |
| Table 1. Incidence rate and number of illness-only cases, private industry sector, MA, 2021 | Table 1. Incidence rate and number of illness-only cases, private industry sector, MA, 2021 | Table 1. Incidence rate and number of illness-only cases, private industry sector, MA, 2021 |
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Second, the incident needs to involve loss of consciousness, require days away from work, job transfer or restricted duty, medical treatment beyond first aid (i.e., stitches, prescribed medication from a doctor, surgery, etc.), involve a significant work-related injury or illness diagnosed by a physical or licensed hea... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 6 |
Table 4. Total recordable incidence rate per 100 FTE workers by case type, private industry sector and state government, MA, 2021
| Incidence rates | Incidence rates ... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 7 |
Table 6 below shows the total recordable incidence rates by the establishment employment size.
| Table 6. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE workers, by industry sector and employment size, all industries, MA, 2021 | Table 6. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries ... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 8 |
Table 7 shows the incidence rates by case types for the Massachusetts private industry sector from 2011-2021.
| Table 7. Incidence rates of DART, DAFW, and DJTR cases, private sector, MA, 2011-2021 | Table 7. Incidence rates of DART, DAFW, and DJTR cases, private sector, MA, 2011-2021 | Table 7. Incidence rates of... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 9 |
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safety-and-health-statistics-program. The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program is to support continued improvement of workplace environments by compiling and presenting data to employers, employees, researchers, industry professionals, and policy-makers, so that these data ca... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 10 |
Material Request Information
For more information about the 2021 report or past year data, please contact the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02108; or call (617) 626-6945.
Information can also be found on our w... | 2021_Occupational_Injuries | 11 |
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## 2019
Massachusetts Survey of
## Occupational Injuries & Illnesses Report
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Compiled by:
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Department of Labor Standards,
Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program
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## Contents
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## Work-Related Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses in 2019
## Total Number of Recordable Cases (TRC) and Incidence rates:
In 2019, there were approximately 86,000 work-related injuries and illnesses reported by employers across the private and public sector workforce. This resulted in a Total Recordable Incidence Rate o... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 3 |
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Chart 3 shows a comparison of the total number of injury-only to illness-only cases in relation to the total number of incidents in the Massachusetts private industry sector over a five-year period.
| Chart 3. Number of nonfataloccupationalinjury-only,illness-onlyandtotal recordable cases, private industry sector, Ma... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 5 |
Table 1 below illustrates the total number of recordable occupational illnesses within the private sector, and their respective incidence rates based on the type of illness sustained. There was a total of 2,200 illness-only cases in 2019. This translates to a total recordable case (TRC) incidence rate of 8.8 illnesses ... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 6 |
## Injury and Illness Case Types
Work-related injuries and illnesses are recorded as three individual case types by employers:
- 1. Cases with Days Away from Work commonly identified in this report as DAFW.
- 2. Cases with Job Transfer or Restricted duty commonly identified as DJTR.
- 3. Other Recordable Cases common... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 7 |
Table 3 below provides the breakdown of the DAFW cases, DJTRcases and ORCS by major private industry sector and the state government in 2019. The total count for DART cases can be calculated by adding the cases with DAFW and DJTR.
| Table 3. Total number of cases by major private industry and case type, private secto... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 8 |
Table 5 below shows the total recordable incidence rates by the establishment employment size.
| Occupational injuries and illnesses, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2019 | Occupational injuries and illnesses, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2019 | Occupational injuries and illnesses, private indus... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 9 |
## Case and Demographic Findings
The following section details the cases in which the injured or ill employee endured at least one full lost workday due to their incident. In 2019, there were an estimated total of 37,300 cases reported with days away from work in the entire Massachusetts workforce. This is approximate... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 10 |
Age: The following tables show the total number, as well as the percent distribution of DAFW cases by age group of workers in the Massachusetts private sector in 2019:
Table 7. Number of Injuries and Illnesses involving DAFW by age of worker, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2019 (Total Cases = 31,720)
| Table... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 11 |
Table 8 below summarizes the total number of DAFW cases by race or ethnic background of worker by selected industries in 2019.
| Table 8. Number of DAFW cases by race or ethnic background of workers, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2019 (Total Cases = 31,720) | Table 8. Number of DAFW cases by race or ethni... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 12 |
Part of Body: The trunk region is defined by the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OILCS) manual as the "main part of the body, where the head and limbs are attached." However, the trunk excludes the neck and shoulders. In 2019, the trunk accounted for 7,810 DAFW cases. The back alone accounted for... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 13 |
Chart 8 below displays the percent distribution of the most common sources of incidents that lead to cases with days away from work.
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| Overexertion and Bodily ... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 14 |
Chart 9 provides selected occupations with the highest number of Days Away from Work cases. Registered nurses and nursing assistants continue to be occupations with high number of reported cases.
| Chart 9. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving DAFW, by selected occupations, Massachusetts, 2... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 15 |
DLS' Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program administers the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) for all Private Sector and public sector industries, trades, and occupations. The SOII remains the largest occupational injury and illness surveillance system in the country, providing injury and ... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 16 |
## Department of Public Health's Occupational Health Surveillance Program
The Occupational HealthSurveillance Program within the Department of Public Healthgenerates reports, fact sheets, and safety alerts regarding fatal occupational injuries. For more materials on this subject, please contact the Massachusetts Depar... | 2019_Occupational_Injuries | 17 |
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Total Number of Recordable Cases (TRC) and Incidence rates: In 2020, there were approximately 69,400 workedrelated injuries and illnesses reported by employers across the private and public sector workforce in Massachusetts. This resulted in a Total Recordable Incidence Rate of 2.5 cases per 100 full-time equivalent wo... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 3 |
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- · Education and Health Services industry had an increase in the total number of cases from 22,200 in 2019 to 27,500 in 2020. One of the only increases in cases throughout all sectors.
- · The Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry saw decrease in the number of total recordable cases from 14,600... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 4 |
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Chart 2 compares the incidence rates between the United States and Massachusetts private industry sector workforce from 2014 to 2020.
| Chart 2. Incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses, private industry sector, Massachusetts and United States, 2014-2020 |
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Chart 4 displays the TRC numbers of both injuries and illnesses within the private industry sector in Massachusetts.
| Chart 4. Total number of recordable nonfatal occupational injuries and |
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| Illnesses by p... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 6 |
Table 2 below compares the 2020 TRC incidence rates by major industry sector for Massachusetts and the United States.
| Table 2. Incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 FTEs, by major private industry sector and state government, Massachusetts and United States, 2020 | Table 2. Incide... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 7 |
In 2020, there were a total of 45,000 cases with DAFW and/or DJTR (also known as DART cases) reported by all industries including state and local government. There was a total of 40,200 DART cases in the private sector, and 4,800 DART cases in the public sector. Of the 45,000 DART cases, 40,500 were DAFW cases and 4,50... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 8 |
Incidence rates
Table 4 below shows the breakdown of incidence rates for the ORC, DAFW, DJTR, DART, and TRC by each private industry sector and state government.
| Table 4. Total recordable incidence rate per 100 FTE workers by case type, private industry sector and state government, Massachusetts, 2020 | Table 4.... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 9 |
Table 6. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE workers, by industry sector and employment size, All industries, Massachusetts, 2020
| Table 6. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 FTE workers, by industry sector and employment size, All industrie... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 10 |
Table 7 below shows the distribution of occupational injuries and illnesses by gender in major private industry sector in 2020.
| Table 7. Number of injuries and illnesses involving DAFW by private industry sector and gender, Massachusetts, 2020 | Table 7. Number of injuries and illnesses involving DAFW by private i... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 11 |
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| Chart 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal DAFW cases (n=35, 890) by age, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2020 | Chart 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal DAFW cases (n=35, 890) by age, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2020 | Chart 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal DAFW cases (n=35... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 12 |
Table 10 below summarizes the total number of DAFW cases by race or ethnic background of worker by selected industries in 2020.
| Table 10. Number of DAFW cases by race or ethnic background of workers, private industry sector, Massachusetts, 2020 (Total Cases=35,890) | Table 10. Number of DAFW cases by race or ethn... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 13 |
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Part of Body: Body systems is the part of body that is typically named when an illness affects the entire body system, rather than a particular part of the external body. In 2020 body systems was the part of body named in 11,720 DAFW cases, compared to just 530 cases in 2019. Many of the cases involved ... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 14 |
Chart 8 below displays the percent distribution of the sources of incidents that lead to cases with days away from work in 2020.
Table 12 below shows the number of percent distribution of days away from work by the event in which the incident occurred.
Table 12. Number of cases and percent distribution of DAFW cases ... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 15 |
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Chart 9 below shows selected occupations with the highest number of Days Away from Work cases. As in prior years, healthcare occupations are prevalent throughout the list, however, given the timeline of the global pandemic caused by -19, healthcare occupations had some of the highest numbers of DAFW cas... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 16 |
establishments. Employers record cases that result in days away from work due to injury or illness. SOIL contains multiple case characteristics that capture invaluable information about the nature of the industry, the injury, and the demographics of the injured employee. The Program uses this data to produce an annual ... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 17 |
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## Material Request Information
For more information about the 2020 report or past year data, please contact the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program, 100 Cambridge Street, 5 th Floor Boston, MA 02108 or call (617) 626-6948.
Information can als... | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 18 |
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Massachusetts Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Report 2020 | 2020_Occupational_Injuries | 19 |
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