2024 Work Injuries Lowest in Two Decades

U.S. private industry employers reported 2.5 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024, a 3.1% decline from 2023 and the lowest total recorded since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the data in 2003, according to the latest report released Thursday. The drop was driven largely by a sharp decline in reported illness cases, which fell 26% to 148,000. Respiratory illnesses accounted for much of the decrease, plunging 46.1% to 54,000 cases, the lowest level for that category since 2019, all according to data from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnes...