Workplace Injuries Decline in 2007

www.EmploymentCrossing.com The rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in private industry declined for the sixth straight year in 2007, the US Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The bureau said the number of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private employers declined from 4.4 cases per 100 workers in 2006, to 4.2 cases in 2007. Edwin Foulke, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, and Elaine Chao, secretary of labor, said the decline was largely due to workplace safety education, training and enforcement of guidelines. The injury and illness incidence rate in 2007 was the lowest among private industry employers since 2002, when recordkeeping requirements were revised. The decline is similar to that seen from 1972 to 2001, prior to the recordkeeping revisions

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