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AUSTIN, Texas - June 14, 2023 - PRLog -- New 2021 Bureau Of Labor Statistics (BLS) Data Signals A Likely Return To Pre-Pandemic Accident Rates Among America Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently published its latest workplace accident and fatality reports for 2021, the second year of the pandemic.

What do the statistics tell us?

At a high level, it confirms that 2020, the first year of the pandemic, was a statistical outlier.

Compared to 2022 and the years before the pandemic, total injuries and illnesses were down significantly in 2020 in every category, save the healthcare and social assistance sectors, which had dramatically higher rates, presumably due to dramatic increases in respiratory disease caused by Covid.

Now that we have new BLS data from 2021, the second year of the pandemic, we can see that overall injury and illness rates are broadly reverting to their pre-pandemic 2019 norm.

The largest exception to this trend for 2021 was found in transportation and warehousing, both of which are experiencing a greater rate of incidents compared to both 2020 and 2019. Perhaps this increase is due to the rapid growth of e-commerce and home delivery services during the pandemic – or workers are less experienced and/or less safety conscious than in prior years.

Overall, the Transportation and Warehousing sector is essentially tied with Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting for the highest rate of injury cases among American workers, as shown in the following BLS chart:

The third most dangerous sector for workplace injuries in 2021 is somewhat unexpected: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation. This is followed by Healthcare and Social Assistance in 4th place and Retail Trade in 5th place. Perhaps these high rates of injuries reflect employees interfacing with the public during a period of significant Covid infections.

Manufacturing fell to 6th place in the number of nonfatal injuries, followed by the Construction industry in 7th place.

When it comes to fatal work injuries, the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting sector was the most dangerous in 2021, with over 19 fatalities per 100,000 equivalent full-time workers.

This was followed by Transportation and Warehousing, then Construction. Interestingly, the Manufacturing Industry was in 6th place, with fewer workplace fatalities in 2021 than in the Wholesale Trade and the "Other Services" sector.

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