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Kansas Workplace Injury Report
Kansas Department of Labor, Aug 09, 2007
TOPEKA--Full-time workers in private industry reported 46,800 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Kansas in 2005, according to the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses conducted by the Kansas Department of Labor. Kansas reported 47,800 nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2004.
Statewide there were 10,460 cases involving injuries and/or illnesses that required days away from work. The median number of days employees missed for these injuries was seven. Only 23 percent of the nonfatal occupational injuries and/or illnesses in private industry statewide required 31 or more days away from work.
Following the national trend, sprains and strains were the top workplace injury in Kansas. Kansas’ incident rate for sprains and strains was 41.4. The incident rate represents the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers.
“We must strive to make safety a part of the workplace culture,” said Jim Garner, Kansas Secretary of Labor. “The cost of workplace injuries and illnesses is enormous. We have more work to do to make workplace safety a priority in the state.”
In the service-providing industries, finance and insurance had the lowest incident rate at 1.1. The highest incident rate in service industries, 7.6, was in accommodation and food services. This incident rate is the number of injuries per 100 full-time workers. In the goods-producing industries, mining had the lowest incident rate at 3.7 and construction had the highest at 8.4.
The Kansas Department of Labor, in conjunction with the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses data through the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey estimates the annual number and incident rates of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in the private sector. It also gathers information about the circumstances and worker characteristics for cases that involve days away from work. Data are randomly collected from approximately 3,500 Kansas employers each year.