Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses - Private Sector

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Instructions for the Survey of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses, 2008
2nd NOTICE.
RESPONSE REQUIRED BY LAW NOW.

Please correct your company address as needed.

Two Options to Report Your Data
Option 1: Report your data on a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website.
or
Option 2: Receive an electronic fillable form of the survey by e-mail.
Please see inside for more details.
These reporting options replace the survey booklet from previous years.
If you need help or are unable to report electronically, please call the phone number
listed for your State on the back cover.
We estimate it will take you an average of 24 minutes to complete this survey (ranging from 10 minutes to 5 hours per package), including time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this
information. If you have any comments regarding the estimates or any other aspect of this survey, including suggestions for reducing this
burden, please send them to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (1220-0045), 2 Massachusetts Avenue,
N.E., Washington, DC 20212. Persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. DO NOT SEND THE COMPLETED FORM TO THIS ADDRESS.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, its employees, agents, and partner statistical agencies, will use the information you provide
for statistical purposes only and will hold the information in confidence to the full extent permitted by law. In accordance
with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (Title 5 of Public Law 107-347) and
other applicable Federal laws, your responses will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your informed consent.

OMB No. 1220-0045
Approval expires 09-30-2010
BLS-9300-IDCF

In December 2007, you were notified of your participation in the BLS 2008 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (“SOII”)
and asked to maintain records of workplace injuries and illnesses throughout 2008. Under Public Law 91-596, all establishments that
receive this survey must complete and return it within 30 days, even if they had no work-related injuries and illnesses during 2008.

Option 1: Use the Internet
Step 1: Register with the BLS

You may log back in and make revisions if you ever need to
change your data. Click Submit Your Data to BLS to transmit
your revised data after you have made changes.

Before reporting your data, you must register with the BLS even
if you registered in previous years or for other surveys.
1.

2.

Go to https://idcf.bls.gov on your Internet browser. The
“s” in “https” is required. Click Cancel if a Client
Authentication or Choose a Digital Certificate pop-up
window appears.
Enter the 12-digit Account Number in the field labeled
“Account Number” and the Temporary Password in the field
labeled “Password”. See the example below. Click I Accept.
Sample Mailing Label
You will need the Account
Number and Temporary
Password if you report via the
Internet.

You will need your company
address and your Establishment
ID if you report via e-mail.

3.

Complete the “Enter New User Information” page and
“Create a Permanent Password” page.

4.

Click Continue on the “Confirmation and Security Option
Notice” page.

Step 2: Report Your Data

Option 2: Use a Fillable Form
You may obtain an electronic fillable form of the survey, which
allows you to type your information directly into each data field.
1.

Obtain an electronic fillable form of the survey (Adobe ®
PDF fillable form) by sending a blank e-mail to
[email protected].

2.

Save the form to your computer and open it using Adobe
Reader®. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you can
download it for free from www.Adobe.com.

3.

Enter your establishment’s identifying information and injury
and illness data. Navigate through the fields on the form by
using the TAB key.

4.

Save the form on your computer when you have entered all
of your injury and illness data.

5.

Send the file to the BLS by pressing the “Submit Data to
BLS” button on the bottom of the form. You will receive
confirmation on-screen when your data have been received
by the BLS.

Need help?
Try one of these:
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1.

Select Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses from the
Please Select a Survey drop-down box.

2.

Read the “Dear Employer” screen and click Continue.

3.

If you have more than one survey booklet to complete, enter
the number of booklets and the Establishment IDs on the
“Add New Establishment ID(s) to Account” screen and click
Continue.

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4.

Find the Establishment ID that you want to report for in the
first column on the screen. Click Select.

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5.

Enter your data. Click Continue to save your data.

6.

Click Print to get a copy of your data when finished.

7.

Click Submit Your Data to BLS to transmit your data to BLS.

Click the Help link that appears on each online screen.
Contact [email protected] for registration help.
Go to http://www.bls.gov/idcf/instructions.htm for
additional registration instructions. The data entry pages
cannot be accessed through these instructions.
Contact [email protected] for questions
regarding your participation in the survey or completing
the survey online.
Visit www.bls.gov/respondents/iif to get more
information on the survey, to download forms, and to get
answers to your questions about your participation in the
survey.

Why are Occupational Injury and Illness Data Important?
Your data are important for making the American workplace safer. Data you report are aggregated with data from other
establishments and used to identify injury and illness patterns among industries and occupations.

Industries with the most nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, 2006
264.3

General medical & surgical hospitals
General merchandise stores

144.6

Transportation equipment manufacturing

141.8
135.3

Administrative & support services

127.5

Ambulatory health care services
Nursing care facilities

121.1

Building equipment contractors

120.7

Fabricated metal product manufacturing

119.3

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

114.1

Limited-service eating places

112.5

Full-service restaurants

110.6

Food manufacturing

109.9

Supermarkets & other grocery stores

108.0

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

105.4
0

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60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

220

240

260

280

Number in thousands

Number and incidence rate of injuries and illnesses for occupations
with the highest incidence rate, 2006
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 526
Construction laborers
Laborers and freight, stock,
and material movers
Emergency medical technicians
and paramedics
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
Roofers
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

49,480
40,510

488

5,070

454
411

66,040
4,300

410
363

12,890

Carpenters

335

Food servers, nonrestaurant

333

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics,
except engines

317

Industrial machinery mechanics

316

600

85,120

466

400
200
Incidence rate
(per 10,000 workers)

28,000
3,910
3,270
7,360
0

20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
Number of injuries and illnesses

Want to explore the data?
• Compute your own injury and illness incidence rate to assist with safety management and to compare with your industry at
http://data.bls.gov/IIRC/.
• Access data on industry, demographic characteristics, and case characteristics through the “Profiles on the Web” tool at
http://data.bls.gov/GQT/servlet/InitialPage.
• Get the latest occupational injury and illness statistics at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm.

If you need help…
If you have any questions about your participation in this survey, call the phone number that is listed below for your State. The
phone number may be for an office outside of your State, but they will be able to help you.
Alabama
(334) 242-3461, 3462
(334) 240-3417 fax

Illinois
(217) 524-2098
(217) 558-4122 fax

Alaska
(907) 465-4539
(800) 325-9872 fax

Indiana
(317) 232-2668
(317) 233-3790 fax

Arizona
(602) 542-3739
(602) 542-6360 fax
Arkansas
(501) 682-4542
(501) 682-4754 fax
California
(415) 703-3020
(415) 703-3029 fax
Colorado
(816) 285-7144, 7146
(816) 285-7153 fax
Connecticut
(860) 263-6941
(860) 263-6950 fax
Delaware
(302) 761-8221
(302) 762-3590 fax
District of Columbia
(202) 442-5923, 5927
(202) 442-4833 fax
Florida
(850) 413-1611
(850) 922-0024 fax
Georgia
(404) 679-1746
(404) 679-0520 fax
Guam
(671) 475-7056
(671) 475-7063 fax
Hawaii
(808) 586-9001
(808) 586-9022 fax
Idaho
(415) 625-2275
(415) 625-2356 fax

Iowa
(515) 281-3618
(515) 242-5076 fax

Nebraska
(402) 471-3547, 1545
(800) 599-5155
(402) 742-2352 fax
Nevada
(775) 684-7083
(775) 687-3826 fax
New Hampshire
(617) 565-2302
(617) 565-3847 fax

Rhode Island
(401) 462-8820
(401) 462-8766 fax
South Carolina
(803) 896-7659, 7683
(803) 896-4676 fax
South Dakota
(312) 353-7253
(312) 353-7230 fax

New Jersey
(609) 292-8999
(609) 633-0618 fax

Tennessee
(615) 741-1748
(800) 778-3966
(615) 253-5501 fax

New Mexico
(505) 476-8740
(505) 476-8735 fax

Texas
(866) 237-6405
(512) 804-4652 fax

New York
(212) 775-3339, 3343, 3345
(212) 775-3399 fax

Utah
(801) 530-6823, 6926
(801) 530-7906 fax

North Carolina
(919) 733-2758
(919) 733-2186 fax

Vermont
(802) 828-5076
(802) 828-2195 fax

North Dakota
(312) 353-7253
(312) 353-7230 fax

Virgin Islands
(340) 776-3700 ext. 2135
(340) 777-4803 fax

Ohio
(312) 353-7253
(312) 353-7230 fax

Virginia
(804) 786-8011, 1035
(804) 786-8418 fax

Oklahoma
(405) 528-1500 ext. 236
(405) 528-3412 fax

Washington
(360) 902-5640
(360) 902-4249 fax

Minnesota
(651) 284-5428
(888) 589-6322
(651) 284-5726 fax

Oregon
(503) 947-7030
(503) 378-3134 fax

West Virginia
(800) 652-9033
(304) 558-2658
(304) 558-0301 fax

Mississippi
(404) 893-8340
(404) 893-8343 fax

Pennsylvania
(215) 861-5637, 5625
(215) 861-5736 fax

Missouri
(573) 751-2719, 2663, 3802
(573) 751-2319 fax

Puerto Rico
(787) 754-5300, ext. 3055,
3056, 3057, 3058, 3059
(787) 756-1116 fax

Kansas
(785) 296-1640
(785) 296-2151 fax
Kentucky
(502) 564-3070, ext. 277
(502) 564-1682 fax
Louisiana
(225) 342-3126
(225) 342-3269 fax
Maine
(207) 623-7903
(207) 623-7937 fax
Maryland
(410) 767-2373, 2382, 2384
(410) 333-7909 fax
Massachusetts
(617) 626-6945, ext. 2
(617) 626-6944 fax
Michigan
(517) 322-1848
(517) 322-5117 fax

Montana
(800) 541-3904
(406) 444-2638 fax

Wisconsin
(800) 884-1273
(608) 221-6297 fax
Wyoming
(866) 518-6680
(307) 473-3863 fax