DOL Survey: Injuries Down, Truckers Highest Risk

A total of 1.5 million injuries and illnesses in private industry required recuperation away from work beyond the day of the incident in 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor in its report on occupational injuries and illnesses released yesterday. Since 1992 (when the series started), there has been a steady decline in the number of lost workday injuries and illnesses; the decrease from 2000 to 2001 was 7.6 percent. Of the 10 occupations that accounted for nearly one-third of the cases requiring recuperation away from work, truck drivers exp...