Your job
A risk snapshot by workplace setting
Choose the kind of place you work. You will see the 2024 official injury and illness rate, how it compares with private industry overall, and the number of cases employers reported.
Settings follow official NAICS industries in the BLS survey. Occupation-specific rates are published on a two-year cycle in separate BLS tables; this explorer uses the latest annual industry figures so the comparison stays current and fully cited.
People in nursing, aide, EMT, and home-care jobs often work in the higher-rate settings toward the bottom of the comparison chart on the trends page.
What a “setting” can and cannot tell you
- These are industry rates, not a score for one hospital or one person.
- The survey counts employer-recorded cases. Some injuries and many illnesses are never logged.
- State- and local-government hospitals and nursing homes are listed separately because their rates are not the same as private facilities.
- A lower rate is not the same as a safe workplace. Home health, for example, has a lower overall rate than hospitals but still involves lifting, driving, and working alone.