Table 2.
Exertion-related injury rates and summary statistics in OSHA Severe Injury Report database (2015–2020).
| Anemia | Cold-Related Injury | Cardiac | Pulmonary Embolism | Anaphylactic Shock | Heat-Related Injury | Total * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1 | 15 | 101 | 1 | 18 | 1546 | 1682 |
| Average Yearly Injury Rate ** [95% CI] |
0.0001 [0.001, 0.005] |
0.002 [0.001, 0.003] |
0.012 [0.001, 0.003] |
0.0001 [0.001, 0.005] |
0.002 [0.001, 0.003] |
0.19 [0.18, 0.2] |
0.20 [0.19, 0.22] |
| US Region | |||||||
| Southeast | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 615 | 638 |
| Southwest | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 474 | 494 |
| Midwest | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 241 | 276 |
| Northeast | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 168 | 214 |
| West | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 60 |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Construction and Extraction | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 334 |
| Personal Care and Service | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 275 | 287 |
| Production | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 265 |
| Other | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 275 |
| Installation, Maintenance, Repair | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 166 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 98 |
| Buildings and Grounds | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 88 |
| Food Preparation and Serving | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 45 |
| Farming, Fishing, Forestry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| Healthcare | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| Protective Service | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 27 |
| Tourism | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Military | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Note: * Exertion injury categories created by the Severe Injury Report database and classified as “exertion injuries” by research team. ** Reported per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers [(number of injuries/134,950,000) full-time equivalent workers)/6 years].