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U.S. workplace injury rate falls to all-time low: BLS.(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, December, 1999
WASHINGTON -- Workplace injuries and illness rates fell to an all-time low last year, according to a report released last week by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS found that about 5.9 million cases of private-sector workplace injury and illness were reported in 1998, or the equivalent of 6.7 cases per 100 full-time workers.
That represented a 5.6% drop from the 7.1 cases per 100 full-time workers in 1997, setting a record low for injury and illness rates since the BLS began keeping records more than 20 years ago. The bulk of the reported cases -- 5.5 million -- involved workplace injuries, with fewer than 400,000 workplace illnesses reported. Disorders associated with repeated trauma, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and noise-induced hearing...
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