Healthcare has most nonfatal occupational injuries for all private industries in 2013

One in five reported nonfatal occupational injuries occurred among workers in the healthcare and social assistance industry


One in five reported nonfatal occupational injuries occurred among workers in the healthcare and social assistance industry, according to an article on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. In 2013, healthcare had most nonfatal occupational injuries for all private industries. 

To reduce the number of preventable injuries among healthcare workers, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), with collaborating partners, created the Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN) to collect detailed injury data to help target prevention efforts. 

OHSN collects and reports near real-time, specific, standard benchmarking information on injuries to help target prevention measures toward workers, departments, and activities at highest risk. 

From January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014, the highest incidence rates of the three categories of occupational injuries were among nurse assistants and nurses. Workplace violence injury incidence rates increased from 2012 to 2014; most of these injuries were physical in nature and caused by patients. In over half of patient handling injuries, lifting equipment was not used (51 percent).

In 2013, one in five reported nonfatal occupational injuries occurred among workers in the health care and social assistance industry, the highest number of such injuries reported for all private industries 

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April 29, 2015


Topic Area: Safety


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