Cause of Illness Data

This page links to reports and data on the mortality for this specific topic.

See also: Mortality Data for data sites that cover all cause mortality.

While the current page provides data on occupational injuries and deaths, the Health Effects & Chemical Information LibGuide provides information on the health risk of exposure to chemicals.

Data & Statistics

Produced by: US Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Geographic coverage: Company level data
Dates of coverage: 1972-present

OSHA Inspection Data Queries

• Establishment Search: Conducted within a particular establishment
• Search Inspections By NAICS: Conducted within a particular industry group
• Inspection Information: When the activity number identifying the inspection is known
• Annual Enforcement Summary: FY overview of by all types, compared to prior years, and identified by the categories of OSHA's Enforcement Weighting System (EWS).
• High Penalties: By state, initial penalties of $40,000 or more, by state, starting January 2015
• Fatality and Catastrophe Investigation Search: Search the text of the Accident Investigation Summaries (OSHA-170 form) 

OSHA Reference Lookups

• General Duty Standard Search: Search the text associated with 5a1 standards cited during OSHA inspections.
• Frequently Cited OSHA Standards: Determine the most frequently cited Federal and State OSHA standards for a given NAICS code. 
• NAICS Manual - The North American Industry Classification System, a 6-digit industry grouping system developed in cooperation with Canada and Mexico.
• SIC Search: Search the alphabetic index of the 1987 version manual by keywords; access detailed information for a specified SIC, Division, or Major Group
• SIC Manual: Detailed information for a specified SIC, Division, or Major Group
• Industry Profile for an OSHA Standard: Industry NAICS codes in which a specified Federal OSHA standard is most often cited. Information is shown at the NAICS sector and 3,4,5 - digit NAICS levels.

Chemical Exposure Health Data

Severe Injury Reports

• Severe Injury Reports
• Fatality Reports (Archived) – Access summaries of work-related fatalities and incidents resulting in the hospitalization of three or more workers, reported to Federal and State OSHA from FY 2009 – FY 2017.

Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Produced by: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

• National Data
• State Data
• Pennsylvania Data
• Additional workplace injuries data sources at BLS
  • Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Fatal Injuries Profiles
  • Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (2011 forward)
    • Special notice
    • Top picks (variables)
    • One-screen data search
    • Multi-screen data search
    • Tables (too numerous to list)
  • Nonfatal cases involving days away from work: selected characteristics (2011 forward)
    • Special notice
    • Top picks (variables)
    • One-screen data search
    • Multi-screen data search
    • Tables (too numerous to list. 1992 forward)
  • Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Industry Data (2014 forward)
    • Use Additional injuries data sources at BLS to access these tables
  • Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison Tool

Data & Statistics

Produced by: US National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) (CDC)

• Research Data
• Surveillance Data
• Other Data Resources
  • Fire Fighter Fatalities Map
• State-based Occupational Health Surveillance Clearinghouse
• Worker Health Charts (Interactive)
• Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
  • State-based Case Reports : not all states report
• Work-Related Injury Statistics Query System
• Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance
  • National
    • Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System (eWoRLD)
    • National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System (NORMS)
  • State-based Surveillance
    • Work-Related Asthma (WRA)
    • Silicosis
• NIOSH NOMS- National Occupational Mortality Surveillance
  • PMR Charts for Cancer & Chronic Disease
  • PMR Query System for Industry (1985-1998)
  • PMR Query System for Industry (1999, 2003-2004, 2007 to most current)
  • PMR Query System by Occupation (1985-1998)
  • PMR Query System by Occupation (1999, 2003-2004, 2007 to most current)
• Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) Conditions
• NIOSH Publications and Research