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 $196,028.85 under the Compensation and Working Conditions program (CFDA 17.005) to the Connecticut Department of Labor to collect, analyze, and publish occupational safety and health statistics from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. As the nation's primary source of workplace injury and illness data, key deliverables include statistical reports on non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses and fatal workplace injuries. Through a 50/50 cost-sharing partnership with states and territories, recipients will survey employers and workers to track incident characteristics, affected industries and occupations, and geographic distribution. Resulting statistics assist federal and state governments and other stakeholders in ensuring workplace safety and informing workers about 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.