"A strategic shift in safety culture, a decline in Covid-19-related respiratory illnesses, and OSHA's focus on high-hazard sectors led to a more-than-two-decade low in workplace injury and illnesses, attorneys say. US workplaces saw fewer nonfatal workplace injuries in 2024 than in 2023, according to the most recent data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were 2.5 million nonfatal injuries in 2024, down about 3% from 2023 and the lowest number reported since 2003, according to the BLS."
""When you have a robust system of government, industry, and labor working together you see these numbers go down," said Douglas Parker, former head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under the Biden administration. Workers reported 148,000 illnesses in 2024, a 26% drop from the previous year, which drove the record-breaking decrease. Workers also reported 54,000 respiratory illnesses in 2024, the lowest since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic."
US nonfatal workplace injuries dropped to 2.5 million in 2024, about 3% fewer than 2023 and the lowest annual total since 2003. Reported workplace illnesses fell to 148,000, a 26% decrease that largely drove the overall decline, while respiratory illnesses declined to 54,000, the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Contributing factors include a strategic shift in safety culture, a stronger federal response to evolving workplace risks, OSHA emphasis on high-hazard industries, employer adoption of multilayered measures such as remote work, improved ventilation, infectious disease controls, automation, and continued regulatory enforcement.
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