Nonfatal Worker Injuries Remained Stable in Wisconsin in 2014
Wisconsin’s overall incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses remained unchanged, at 4.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2014, state workplace safety officials said.
The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the state’s public, environmental and occupational health laboratory, said that finding is based on estimates from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Survey of Occupational injuries and Illnesses (SOII),
Nationally, the total injury and illness case rate per 100 full-time workers fell from 3.5 in 2013 to 3.4 in 2014. In surrounding Midwestern states (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio), Iowa had the highest total recordable case rate of 4.4 cases per 100 fulltime workers while Ohio had the lowest rate of 2.9 cases.
Key Wisconsin Findings
The number of workplace deaths in Wisconsin also remained stable in 2014, officials reported. There were 97 Wisconsin workers who died due to workplace injury in 2014, the same number as in 2013.