Bureau of Labor Statistics: Wisconsin Occupational Safety & Health Statistics

 

BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses (SOII)

 

Survey Respondents (Updated March 11, 2025)

Employers selected to submit the 2024 BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses were emailed instructions for completing the 2024 survey on January 2nd, 2025, if that option was chosen by the respondent; mailed instructions were sent to all other establishments on January 3rd, 2025. Subsequent mailers for delinquent accounts were sent in February and March, with the final mailer for delinquent accounts scheduled to be sent in late April. If you were sampled to complete this reporting and notified by our office, you are legally required to submit the requested information per Public Law 91-596. If you want to check if your establishment was selected to participate, please contact the BLS staff to assist you.

SOIIMAILEREmployers selected to participate in the 2025 BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses were emailed a Notice of Recordkeeping Requirements in late November 2024, and physical mailers were sent to all other future respondents in early December 2024. If you received the notification, you are required to keep 2025 incident logs regardless of OSHA-exempt status; records will be collected in January 2025.

 

 

Options for 2024 Survey Submissions:

 

BLS WI Press Release: SOII 2023 – December 12, 2024

From Federal BLS: “Private industry employers reported 56,200 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Wisconsin in 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that this resulted in a total recordable cases (TRC) incidence rate of 2.8 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers; the national rate was 2.4. The estimates in this release are from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII).” Continue reading…

 

BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)

 

BLS WI Press Release: CFOI 2023 – February 29, 2024

From Federal BLS: “Fatal work injuries totaled 125 in 2022 for Wisconsin, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Wisconsin was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 138 in 1993 to a low of 77 in 2008. Nationwide, a total of 5,486 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from 5,190 in 2021, according to the results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).” Continue reading…

 

 

 

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