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Indicator 4: Amputations Reported by Employers |
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| • Estimated annual number and rate of work-related amputations involving days away from work among private sector workers |
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| Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses |
An amputation is defined as full or partial loss of a protruding body part – an arm, hand, finger, leg, foot, toe, ear, or nose. An amputation may greatly reduce a worker’s job skills and earning potential as well as significantly affect general quality of life.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (Annual Survey) provides yearly state and national estimates of the numbers and incidence rates of work-related amputations that involve at least one day away from work.
The Annual Survey is based on data collected from a nationwide sample of employers. While it is a valuable source of information about work-related injuries, it has a number of limitations. Excluded from the estimates are public sector workers, the self-employed, household workers, and workers on farms with fewer than 11 employees. Together these sectors comprise approximately 21% of the U.S. workforce.1 In addition, there is evidence that injuries are underreported on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs that serve as the basis for the Annual Survey.2,3 The Annual Survey is also subject to sampling error. State workers’ compensation data used in Indicator 5 in this report are another source of information about work-related amputations in the states. |
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| Data |
| • 2000 click here to view table |
| • 2001 click here to view table |
| • 2002 click here to view table |
| • 2003 click here to view table |
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1 Leigh JP et al. An estimate of the US government’s undercount of nonfatal occupational injuries. J Occup and Environ. Med. 2004; 46 (No. 1)
2 Conway H, Svenson J. Occupational injury and illness rates,1992-1996: why they fell. Mon Labor Rev.1998; 121(11)36-58.
3 Azaroff LS, Levenstein C, Wegman DH. Occupational Injury and Illness Surveillance: Conceptual Filters Explain Underreporting. AJPH. 2002;92(9):1421-1429. |
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