Which source would most likely publish statistics on injuries to the face, hands, feet, or head?

• A. National Safety Council
• B. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• C. OSHA incident reports
• D. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Answer: (B)

National, standardized data on injuries by body part is produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They run the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and publish annual figures that break injuries down by body part—such as face, hands, feet, or head—across industries, with counts and rates that help benchmark safety performance and track trends. This makes it the most appropriate source for statistics on these injuries. OSHA incident reports provide workplace incident data for enforcement and compliance rather than a comprehensive national statistics series. The Consumer Product Safety Commission focuses on injuries tied to consumer products, which is narrower in scope. The National Safety Council offers useful safety statistics, but their data are not the official government statistics series. For broad, systematically collected national statistics on injuries by body part, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the best source.