Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC)
Disclaimer:
The OWCP Defense Base Act Case Summary Reports (DBA Case Summaries) are compiled from data maintained by the Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC) in the administration of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions. These reports do not constitute the complete or official casualty statistics of civilian contractor injuries and deaths. They are offered as general information to the public who may be interested in the scope of civilian government contracting overseas.
The data below reflects the number of cases created under the DBA for the time period specified - Sept 1st 2001 to Sept 30 2009, sorted by Nation.
The columns show the different Case Types: NLT ( no lost time), LTO (lost time 3 days or less), LT4 (lost time 4 days or more), DEA (death), COP (salary continuation), OTH (other or unknown). For more information about this report, click here.
NATION | NLT | LTO | LT4 | DEA | COP | OTH | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRAQ | 18974 | 1654 | 10238 | 1442 | 8 | 562 | 32878 |
| AFGHANISTAN | 3692 | 375 | 1987 | 246 | 4 | 158 | 6462 |
| KUWAIT | 1646 | 734 | 1716 | 39 | 1 | 255 | 4391 |
| Nation Pending | 1031 | 84 | 777 | 36 | 67 | 1995 | |
| UNITED STATES | 129 | 41 | 1179 | 3 | 3 | 1355 | |
| PUERTO RICO | 134 | 33 | 989 | 30 | 1186 | ||
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 245 | 29 | 257 | 6 | 537 | ||
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | 49 | 24 | 315 | 10 | 9 | 407 | |
| GERMANY | 78 | 37 | 227 | 2 | 14 | 358 | |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 143 | 19 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 269 | |
| COLOMBIA | 74 | 36 | 134 | 7 | 9 | 260 | |
| QATAR | 33 | 35 | 176 | 6 | 5 | 255 | |
| DJIBOUTI | 88 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 158 | |
| JORDAN | 67 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 3 | 146 | |
| MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC | 14 | 4 | 106 | 3 | 127 | ||
| SAUDI ARABIA | 18 | 20 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 116 | |
| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | 36 | 19 | 50 | 2 | 107 | ||
| JAPAN | 26 | 7 | 57 | 2 | 92 | ||
| BAHAMAS | 7 | 16 | 54 | 77 | |||
| CHINA | 7 | 12 | 36 | 55 | |||
| UNITED KINGDOM | 13 | 2 | 39 | 54 | |||
| PAKISTAN | 14 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 51 | ||
| OMAN | 2 | 19 | 29 | 50 | |||
| CUBA | 9 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 48 | |
| UZBEKISTAN | 5 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 48 | |
| UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS | 16 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 46 | |
| HONDURAS | 5 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 43 | ||
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 16 | 5 | 18 | 39 | |||
| ITALY | 11 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 38 | ||
| TURKEY | 21 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | |
| BAHRAIN | 4 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 33 | |
| INDONESIA | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 33 | ||
| SUDAN | 3 | 30 | 33 | ||||
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 28 | ||
| THAILAND | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | |
| Acension Island, BRITISH | 3 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 26 | |
| INDIA | 6 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| VIET NAM | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | |
| IRELAND | 19 | 5 | 24 | ||||
| EGYPT | 1 | 18 | 3 | 22 | |||
| KENYA | 3 | 17 | 2 | 22 | |||
| ISRAEL | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | ||
| HUNGARY | 18 | 18 | |||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 18 | ||
| HAITI | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | |||
| PHILIPPINES | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 17 | ||
| CROATIA | 2 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| GEORGIA | 1 | 13 | 2 | 16 | |||
| GUAM | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | |||
| SIERRA LEONE | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |||
| SPAIN | 2 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| KYRGYZSTAN | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | |||
| MEXICO | 1 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | |||
| PERU | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| LIBERIA | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| ETHIOPIA | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | |||
| ALBANIA | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |||
| ARMENIA | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| NICARAGUA | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||
| AUSTRALIA | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| BRAZIL | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| KAZAKHSTAN | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SAINT HELENA | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| BOLIVIA | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| MALI | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||
| UGANDA | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| UKRAINE | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| BULGARIA | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| NEPAL | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| NIGERIA | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| PANAMA | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| TAIWAN | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| BELGIUM | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| CAMBODIA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| GHANA | 1 | 5 | |||||
| ICELAND | 5 | 1 | |||||
| CANADA | 1 | 4 | |||||
| ECUADOR | 5 | ||||||
| SINGAPORE | 2 | 3 | |||||
| SOMALIA | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SRI LANKA | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| ALGERIA | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| CYPRUS | 3 | 1 | |||||
| GREECE | 2 | 2 | |||||
| GUINEA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF | 4 | ||||||
| Kosovo | 2 | 2 | |||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3 | |||||
| MONGOLIA | 3 | 1 | |||||
| RWANDA | 1 | 3 | |||||
| ANGOLA | 3 | ||||||
| ANTARCTICA | 3 | ||||||
| GREENLAND | 1 | 2 | |||||
| JAMAICA | 3 | ||||||
| MALAWI | 2 | 1 | |||||
| MOZAMBIQUE | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MYANMAR | 1 | 2 | |||||
| NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS | 1 | 2 | |||||
| NORWAY | 1 | 2 | |||||
| POLAND | 1 | 2 | |||||
| PORTUGAL | 1 | 2 | |||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | 1 | |||||
| VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. | 3 | ||||||
| AMERICAN SAMOA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| BANGLADESH | 2 | ||||||
| BARBADOS | 1 | 1 | |||||
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | 2 | ||||||
| BURKINA FASO | 1 | 1 | |||||
| CAMEROON | 1 | 1 | |||||
| CHAD | 2 | ||||||
| FRANCE | 1 | 1 | |||||
| GABON | 2 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 2 | ||||||
| In-Flight | 2 | ||||||
| IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| LEBANON | 1 | 1 | |||||
| MADAGASCAR | 1 | 1 | |||||
| MALAYSIA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| NETHERLANDS | 1 | 1 | |||||
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | 2 | ||||||
| SLOVAKIA | 2 | ||||||
| SWEDEN | 1 | 1 | |||||
| SWITZERLAND | 2 | ||||||
| TAJIKISTAN | 2 | ||||||
| TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF | 2 | ||||||
| TUNISIA | 2 | ||||||
| VENEZUELA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH | 1 | 1 | |||||
| ARGENTINA | 1 | ||||||
| AZERBAIJAN | 1 | ||||||
| BELIZE | 1 | ||||||
| BOTSWANA | 1 | ||||||
| BURUNDI | 1 | ||||||
| CONGO | 1 | ||||||
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 1 | ||||||
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 1 | ||||||
| ERITREA | 1 | ||||||
| FIJI | 1 | ||||||
| GUINEA-BISSAU | 1 | ||||||
| GUYANA | 1 | ||||||
| HONG KONG | 1 | ||||||
| KIRIBATI | 1 | ||||||
| LITHUANIA | 1 | ||||||
| MALTA | 1 | ||||||
| MOROCCO | 1 | ||||||
| NEW ZEALAND | 1 | ||||||
| PALAU | 1 | ||||||
| PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED | 1 | ||||||
| SENEGAL | 1 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 1 | ||||||
| TIMOR-LESTE | 1 | ||||||
| TURKMENISTAN | 1 | ||||||
| YEMEN | 1 | ||||||
| Grand Total: 158 | 26770 | 3289 | 19439 | 1910 | 15 | 1152 | 52575 |