The purpose of the grant is to collect, analyze, and publish statistical data on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities according to the occupational safety and health act of 1970

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) awarded a $736,836.60 cooperative agreement to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to collect, analyze, and publish occupational safety and health statistics under the Compensation and Working Conditions program (CFDA 17.005). The recipient will collect injury and illness data through the Survey of Non-Fatal Injuries and Illnesses and Fatal Injury Census in a 50/50 cost-sharing partnership with states and territories. This will provide the nation's primary source of public health statistics on job-related injuries and illnesses. The published data will be used by federal, state, and local governments as well as private industry to track incidents, focus safety efforts, and inform workers and policymakers about workplace hazards. No subawards are planned under this cooperative agreement.

The survey of non-fatal injuries and illnesses and the fatal injury census serve as the nation's primary source of public health statistics for job-related injuries and illnesses. Activities performed BLS collects data in a 50/50 cost-sharing partnership with states and territories. Deliverables federal and state governments, and the general public use data to track workplace injuries and illnesses by incident, industry, geography, occupation, and other characteristics. Intended beneficiary federal, state, and local governments use occupational safety and health statistics to ensure and improve the safety of workers. Oshs assists employers and policymakers in focusing their occupational safety and health efforts, and allows workers to be better informed about workplace hazards by providing relevant data on injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that affect america's workers. Private industry also use these products for analysis of occupational safety and health statistics. Subrecipient activities the recipients do not intend to subaward funds.