Media and Information: BLS Spotlight on Statistics

Incidence rate (per 10,000 full-time workers) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work, information and private industry, by major event or exposure, 2011
Event or exposure	Information	All private industry
Inicidence rate, total	60.3	105.2
Overexertion and bodily reaction	22.9	38.2
Contact with object equipment	10.2	26.7
Falls, slips, trips	18.6	26.1
Transportation incidents	5.1	4.7
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	1.8	4.5
Violence and other injuries by persons or animal	1.4	3.8
Fires and explosions		0.2
All other events	0.2	1.0

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