NC Strategic Scorecard
4.3.3 Workplace Safety

Target: Less than 4.0 workplace injuries per 100 full-time workers (90% of US average)
Actual: 80% of US average
US Rank 2003: 3rd ((tie); up from 8th (tie) in 2000)
SE Rank 2003: 1st ((tie); up from 2nd (tie) in 2000)
SE Region: AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN VA WV   Updated 3/29/06
 
Primary Performance Indicator

Workplace Injury & Illness Incidence Rate
 Performance Trend:
Improving
The trend depicts the degree to which actual performance has approached the target in recent years.
Comments
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 NC achieved its worker safety target for the last two years.
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 Its workplace injury and illness incidence rate fell from 6.2 per 100 workers in 1997 to 4.0 in 2002.
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 Since 2002, NC has enjoyed the best worker safety rating in the SE region, and one of the best in the nation.
  Definition (What Is Being Measured)
Number of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by OSHA per 100 full-time workers.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII).		 Relevance (Why This Is Important)
A healthy and safe workplace enhances industrial output as well as overall economic growth.
 
Other Highlights
North Carolina
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 In 2003, NC experienced a slight increase in workplace fatalities, the first such increase since 2000 (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics and NC Department of Labor).
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 The most serious safety issues have involved construction sites and Hispanic workers.
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 Since 2000, NC’s average worker compensation payments per covered worker have risen to about 2/3 of the national average, and its national and regional rankings for this indicator have slipped (such payments are made by law to a worker for job-related injury or illness).
  
Other
Southeast Region
National
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 In 2003, 4.4 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry, a rate of 5.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, and the sectors with the highest incident rates were manufacturing and construction (6.8) and transportation and warehousing (7.8). (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Global
  Data Links
US Bureau of Labor Standards
US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Safety Council
  
National Academy of Social Insurance
NC Department of Labor
NC Occupational and Safety Health Project
Imperative 4:   High Performance Workforce
Goal 4.3: Support Safe & Rewarding Work Environments