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OSHA Releases Data on 2023 Injury, Illnesses

OSHA Releases Data on 2023 Injuries, Illnesses

Dec. 13, 2024
The report covers 890K injuries and illnesses at 91K workplaces.

On Dec. 13, OSHA released comprehensive data collected on more than 890,000 workplace injuries and illnesses at more than 91,000 workplaces in calendar year 2023.

The data includes incident level details on the conditions and circumstances of injury and illness events. 

“Publication of this data is a milestone in our efforts to make data on workplace injuries and illnesses more transparent,” said Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker, in a statement. “This information is an unprecedented tool for researchers, public health officials, businesses and workers to understand the nature of workplace injuries and illnesses in this country, whether they are looking at national trends, or the factory where they work every day.”

Federal electronic recordkeeping and reporting requirements require certain employers to use OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application to submit injury and illnesses reports.

The posted data supports OSHA’s continued efforts to carry out the agency’s statutory mission to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working people, the agency said. 

To promote understanding, OSHA has produced a video explaining the workplace injury and illness data collected by the Injury Tracking Application.

In this phase of data publication, the agency is making available workplace injury and illness incident details, including name of the employer, the location of incidents, injury or illness descriptions, workers’ activities before incidents occurred, events that caused the harm, types of injuries or illnesses, and the objects or substances involved.

To protect workers’ privacy, OSHA used artificial intelligence and human review to redact personally identifiable information, such as names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, birthdates and addresses.

By making the data accessible, employers, workers, customers and the public are empowered to make informed decisions about workplace safety and health at specific establishments. It also enables researchers to identify patterns and trends in injuries, illnesses and hazardous conditions more effectively. 

Learn more about OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application and OSHA’s recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

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