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DOL > Quality, Metrics & Statistics > FAQs FAQs

How do I contact the Quality, Metrics and Statistics Division?

The Indiana Department of Labor’s Quality, Metrics and Statistics Division may be contacted by email, telephone or fax.

• Email— stats@dol.in.gov.
• Telephone—(317) 232-2668. 
• Fax—(317)233-3790.


Why must I complete the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses?

Employers chosen to participate in the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses are required by law (Public Law 91-596) to complete the survey.


What is the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses?

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is designed to provide an estimate of the number of work-related injuries and illnesses and a measure of the rate at which they occur.  For more serious cases, those that involve one or more days away from work for the injured or ill employee, the respondent employer is asked to provide a description of the injury or illness (case characteristic) as well as a profile of the affected worker (demographic profile).  The data is published on both a state and a national level.  Data is used by policy makers in the business community.


What is the information used for that I report on the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses?

The data collected on the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on both a state and a national level.  The data is used by policy makers in the business community as well as by government agencies and private individuals to define the nature and scope of job safety and health programs.  Employers and others use the data to measure the effectiveness of their internal safety programs by comparing individual establishment injury and illness incidence rates with state and national incidence rates for their particular industry.


Why was my company chosen to complete the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses?

Companies are chosen on a random sampling basis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to complete the survey.  Many larger companies may be chosen every year or more frequently to complete the survey.  Smaller companies may only be chosen every few years to complete the survey.


Why must I complete the OSHA Work-Related Injury and Illness Data Collection Form if I already completed the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses?

The OSHA Work-Related Injury and Illness Data Collection Form is a separate survey that is conducted by OSHA.  If your company is chosen to participate in the OSHA Work-Related Injury and Illness Data Collection Form, you are required by law (Public Law 91-596) to complete the survey.  More information is available concerning this statute here.


How is the information that I report on the OSHA Work-Related Injury and Illness Data Collection Form used?

The information that is reported on the OSHA Work-Related Injury and Illness Data Collection Form is used by OSHA as a basis for targeting intervention programs and to measure the success of Agency efforts to help reduce the number of workplace injuries and illnesses in select high-hazard industries.


Why was my company chosen to complete the OSHA Work-Related Injury and Illness Data Collection Form?

Companies that fall under the jurisdiction of OSHA are chosen on a random sampling basis by OSHA to complete the data collection form.  Companies that fail to respond to the data collection form and companies that have high injury/illness rates are likely to receive the data collection form every year.


When recording injuries/illnesses on OSHA Form 300 (the OSHA Log), how do I record an injury where the employee has days away from work (DAFW) and days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR)?

When an employee is injured and has both DAFW and DJTR, employers should only check off column H (case with days away from work) but must also record the number of DAFW in column K and the number of DJTR in column L.  However, employers should only report the injury once and if columns H or I are checked, the injury is counted twice.  When classifying the case on the Form 300, there is a notation indicating to check only one box for each case based on the most serious outcome for that case.  OSHA considers injuries with even one day away from work more serious than an injury with job transfer or restriction.


Where can I find information on how many work-related fatalities occurred in Indiana?

Information pertaining to occupational-related fatalities is available online here.


Where can I find current information on how many work-related injuries/illnesses occurred in Indiana?

Information pertaining to occupational-related injuries and illnesses is available online here.


Why are occupational injury, illness and fatality reports always a year behind?

In order to best capture and represent occupational injury, illness and fatality data for the entire year, it is collected the following year.  Once collected, data is analyzed at both the state and federal level to publish the report.  Fatality data for the preceding year is usually available in late August, while injury and illness data is published in mid to late October.