Calif. Workplace Injuries on Decline

The number of work injuries and illnesses reported by California employers showed a sharp decline in 2009.Data display that California's 14.9 million public and private sector employees suffered just under 492,000 recordable work injuries and illnesses in 2009,which was down 9.2 percent from 2008. California's data shows a rate of 4.2 above the nationwide rate of 3.9. In the private sector the rate of more serious injuries fell from 2.2 to 2.1 cases per 100 FTEs; among local government employees, the rate dropped from 4 to 3.7; and among state government workers the rate fell from 3.1 to 2.8. California Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement has been cracking down on uninsured employers and those who claim employees are independent contractors, targeting industries including car washes, agriculture, garment manufacturing, and construction where lack of workers' compensation coverage and under-reporting of job injuries have been especially problematic. Source:Insurance Journal
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