| Questions Used To Obtain the National Data |
From the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IFF) Program
http://data.bls.gov
| Query by: |
| | Case type: Industry division or selected characteristic by detailed part of body affected. |
| | Data type: Rate of nonfatal injuries and illness per 10,000 full-time workers. |
| | Category: Total private industry (code P00) |
| | Part of body: Eye(s) (code 032X) |
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| Comments |
The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses samples private industry establishments. Annually the BLS sends them SOII Form BLS-9300 N06, on which they report information from their OSHA injury/illness logs (OSHA log 200 prior to 2002; OSHA log 300 for 2002 and later). This information is processed by state agencies cooperating with the BLS. The survey measures nonfatal injuries and illnesses only and excludes the self-employed, farms with fewer than 11 employees, private households, and employees in federal, state, and local government agencies.
IFF Program data are provided on injuries and illnesses on the job on the Internet.
An occupational eye injury is any injury or illness affecting the eye (including the conjunctiva, cornea, eyeball, inside and outside of the eyelids, iris, lachrymal glands, lens, optic nerve, orbit, retina, and upper and lower eyelashes). The eye injury or illness must result from an event in the work environment (that is, be an OSHA reportable case) and result in one or more days of lost work. Medical treatment includes managing and caring for a patient for the purpose of combating disease or disorder. Calendar days of restricted work activity or days away from work are counted up to 180 days, but not the day the injury occurred.
The rate per 10,000 full-time workers is computed by (1) dividing the number of occupational injuries reported by the total number of hours worked by all employees during the calendar year, and (2) multiplying the result by 20,000,000. The factor 20,000,000 represents the hours worked in a year by 10,000 FTE workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks a year).
At the beginning of the decade, developmental objective 28-8 stated: Reduce occupational eye injury. This objective is now being measured with two subobjectives using two different data sources. Objective 28-8a focuses on occupational eye injuries resulting in lost work days, while objective 28-8b focuses on occupational eye injuries treated in emergency departments.
See Comments provided with objective 20-2a for more information on the survey.
See Appendix A for focus area contact information. All referenced "Parts" and "Appendices" can be found in Tracking Healthy People 2010. |
