OSHA Makes it Easier to Search and Use Severe Workplace Injury Report Data
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released a new online dashboard that makes it easier to search OSHA’s severe injury report database and identify workplace injury trends in states covered by federal OSHA.
Since January 1, 2015, OSHA regulations have required employers to report all severe injuries in the workplace to OSHA within 24 hours. Severe injuries are defined as amputations, loss of an eye, or in-patient hospitalization. The reports are compiled into a database which can be accessed through the OSHA website.
The new dashboard allows users to search the severe injury database. The search tool includes the option of searching using criteria such as year, industry, state, establishment name, Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System code, event type, nature of the incident, and even the affected body part. The search data are represented in graphical form and can be downloaded through the tool. OSHA has also released a video presentation that explains how to use the dashboard.
Severe Injuries in the workplace. Source: OSHA
The tool shows the most common cause of severe workplace injuries is being caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with 6,689 severe injury events between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2023, followed by falls to a lower level (5,915 events), being caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance or cleaning (5,271 events), compression or pinching by shifting objects or equipment (4,976 events), and falls on the same level due to slipping (3,659).
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The tool allows workers and employers to learn about how severe injuries occur in the workplace and the data, along with OSHA resources, can help them to reduce risks in the workplace and prevent serious workplace injuries.
