Workplace Injury Facts From 2008
Even though unemployment rates across the nation are higher now than they have been in recent decades, each day there are still more than a hundred million people who go to work.
The occupations that they have chosen or been thrust into demand dramatically different technical skills, knowledge bases, and physical capacities of those who pursue them.
Moreover, each position and environmental setting exposes workers to a different set of workplace hazards that could result in injuries which require medical attention and even missed work time.
Workers' compensation laws require that most companies carry insurance to address the costs of medical care and other financial considerations associated with an injury in the workplace.
There is a wrongheaded assumption held by many that only the workers in physically intensive fields, such as construction, are likely to sustain injuries in the workplace.
Though those employees may be more likely to suffer from a physical malady, the reality is that accidents can harm even persons whose jobs place them in the comfortable confines of an office setting.
Unfortunately, many workers do not have an adequate understanding of their rights and responsibilities when they have been hurt in a workplace accident and are thus at a disadvantage when they file a claim to receive the benefits that they are due.
A Widespread Problem Until you are directly affected by an occupational injury or illness, you are likely to dismiss the possibility that such misfortune would ever fall in your path, unless you directly observe that your co-workers have been the victims of workplace accidents.
In 2008, the last year for which the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued a report at this time, there were more than 10,000 reportable nonfatal injuries for every single day of the year.
3,696,100 recordable cases were documented in total.
Of those, 1,078,100 necessitated at least one day away from work.
Suddenly, the prospect of having to contend with the challenging aftermath of an occupational injury might not seem so far-fetched.
To further put the situation into perspective, consider the following workplace injury statistics from 2008:
The occupations that they have chosen or been thrust into demand dramatically different technical skills, knowledge bases, and physical capacities of those who pursue them.
Moreover, each position and environmental setting exposes workers to a different set of workplace hazards that could result in injuries which require medical attention and even missed work time.
Workers' compensation laws require that most companies carry insurance to address the costs of medical care and other financial considerations associated with an injury in the workplace.
There is a wrongheaded assumption held by many that only the workers in physically intensive fields, such as construction, are likely to sustain injuries in the workplace.
Though those employees may be more likely to suffer from a physical malady, the reality is that accidents can harm even persons whose jobs place them in the comfortable confines of an office setting.
Unfortunately, many workers do not have an adequate understanding of their rights and responsibilities when they have been hurt in a workplace accident and are thus at a disadvantage when they file a claim to receive the benefits that they are due.
A Widespread Problem Until you are directly affected by an occupational injury or illness, you are likely to dismiss the possibility that such misfortune would ever fall in your path, unless you directly observe that your co-workers have been the victims of workplace accidents.
In 2008, the last year for which the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued a report at this time, there were more than 10,000 reportable nonfatal injuries for every single day of the year.
3,696,100 recordable cases were documented in total.
Of those, 1,078,100 necessitated at least one day away from work.
Suddenly, the prospect of having to contend with the challenging aftermath of an occupational injury might not seem so far-fetched.
To further put the situation into perspective, consider the following workplace injury statistics from 2008:
- Of those workers who were required to miss a day or more of work, 688,790 were male and 384,930 were female
- These workers were most likely to fall into the age ranges of 45-54, followed by 35-44
- Trade, Transportation and Utility workers accounted for 328,220 of these cases
- Construction workers accounted for 120,240