OK Job Injury Rate at All Time Low

Fewer Oklahomans suffered on-the-job injuries last year according to a report released today by the Oklahoma Department of Labor (ODOL). The drop continues the steady decline in workplace accidents since Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau Wynn took office in 1995. The 2001state workplace injury and illness rate of 6.5 per 100 full-time workers is the lowest since ODOL began collecting data for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1983. The 65,200 incidents recorded in 2001 represent a three percent drop from the 67,000 (average) incidents reported in 1999 and 2000 when both years' incident r...