14,000 Employers Alerted for High Injury and Illness Rates

April 1, 2008
OSHA sent letters to 14,000 employers across the country to alert them that their injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average.

OSHA sent letters to 14,000 employers across the country to alert them that their injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average.

In the letter, OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr. explained that the notification was a proactive step to encourage employers to take action now to reduce rates and improve workplace safety and health conditions.

OSHA identified businesses with the nation's highest rates of workplace injuries and illnesses through employer-reported data from a 2007 survey of 80,000 worksites (the data was from calendar year 2006). Workplaces receiving notifications had 5.4 or more injuries resulting in days away from work, restricted work activity, or job transfer (DART) for every 100 full-time employees. Nationally, the average U.S. workplace recorded 2.3 DART occurrences for every 100 employees.

Alerted employers also were provided copies of their injury and illness data, along with a list of industry-specific most frequently cited OSHA standards.

The letter offered assistance in helping turn the numbers around by suggesting, among other things, the use of free OSHA safety and health consultation services provided through the states, state workers' compensation agencies, insurance carriers or outside safety and health consultants.

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