What information do the survey data provide about the injuries that have occurred?
Physical condition (nature), part of the body affected, source, and event/exposure will be the principal case characteristics gleaned from employers’ descriptions about the circumstances surrounding the incidents. The principal case characteristics and their categories can be presented in separate tabulations for the Nation and for participating States. Frequency distributions and incidence rates for most case characteristic categories can be generated. These incidence rates tell us, for example, how frequently disabling falls occur in the construction industry of various States. With this information, a State with a relatively high rate of such falls might devote more resources to the study of how employers and employees are dealing with this particular hazard and offer advice on working under adverse weather conditions or the use of safety gear. Access to these data is provided from the Data section of our Safety and Health Statistics home page.
