OSHA Releases 2024 Workplace Injury and Illnesses Data
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released 2024 workplace injury and illness data, including the names of companies, types of injuries and illnesses, days away from work, and other information contained in 370,000 reports submitted to the agency by covered employers.
To comply with the findings, employers must provide details explaining where and how an incident occurred. For reporting purposes, six incident categories apply:
- Injury
- Skin disorder
- Respiratory condition
- Poisoning
- Hearing loss
- All other illnesses
Among the findings, employers reported 1.3 million injuries, 30,000 respiratory conditions, 10,500 cases of hearing loss, and 6,600 skin disorders. The agency said it will use the information to increase awareness of workplace hazards and help prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses. To view OSHA’s injury tracking data, use these links. Reviewing the dictionaries first makes it easier to understand the summary and case detail spreadsheets:
The summaries include information provided on OSHA Form 300A – Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. OSHA has also released partial data from OSHA 300 work-related injury and illness forms and OSHA 301 injury and illness incident records, with the remainder to be published after employees’ personally identifiable information has been removed from certain records. The agency’s Injury Tracking Application Data Users Guide states that “recording or reporting a work-related injury, illness, or fatality does not mean that the employer or employee was at fault, that an OSHA rule has been violated, or that the employee is eligible for workers’ compensation or other benefits.”
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