According to the National Safety Council, a worker is injured on the job every seven seconds. That equals over 4.6 million injuries per year.
In 2017, over 100 million production days were lost due to work-related injuries with the top three injury events being overexertion, contact with objects and equipment, and slips, trips and falls.
Workers in service, transportation/shipping and manufacturing/production had the highest number of workplace injuries resulting in lost work days.
OSHA estimates that implementing an injury and illness prevention training program can reduce injuries by 15% to 35% for employers who do not already have such a program.
