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, 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.

DBA CUMULATIVE REPORT BY NATION (09/01/2001 - 09/30/2019)

NATION

NLT

LTO

LT4

DEA

COP

OTH

TOTAL

IRAQ 31482 3525 22080 1669 550 59306
AFGHANISTAN 21290 1498 19857 1773 147 44565
Nation Pending 6227 653 3825 63 67 10835
KUWAIT 4044 1226 4041 104 251 9666
UNITED STATES 596 89 2123 18 3 2829
MARSHALL ISLANDS 1004 57 647 11 1719
PUERTO RICO 261 73 1312 9 1655
GERMANY 451 73 494 8 13 1039
QATAR 168 86 581 21 5 861
IN-FLIGHT 442 16 202 1 661
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 281 49 288 13 1 632
COLOMBIA 226 46 191 16 9 488
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 50 26 352 13 9 450
JAPAN 226 20 188 13 447
DJIBOUTI 233 18 183 3 3 440
ANTARCTICA 252 6 114 1 373
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 176 29 135 11 351
SAUDI ARABIA 91 34 196 24 1 346
JORDAN 149 13 144 36 3 345
PAKISTAN 109 14 145 42 310
BAHAMAS 103 27 155 285
KOSOVO 149 7 123 4 283
BAHRAIN 101 15 98 2 1 217
CUBA 93 15 86 6 1 201
ISRAEL 77 15 86 4 182
ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH 61 31 76 2 1 171
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC 23 4 141 3 171
HONDURAS 89 9 69 2 169
UNITED KINGDOM 63 10 92 2 167
OMAN 40 31 80 4 155
HAITI 73 12 66 3 154
SUDAN 59 8 85 2 154
CHINA 38 16 68 3 125
ITALY 54 3 65 2 1 125
LIBERIA 48 9 55 6 1 119
TURKEY 65 2 41 6 1 115
PHILIPPINES 47 8 53 4 112
ROMANIA 90 3 14 1 108
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 60 7 39 2 108
TAIWAN 53 11 38 102
KENYA 34 4 53 6 97
UGANDA 32 6 44 3 1 86
NIGER 41 2 39 1 1 84
IRELAND 54 1 25 80
INDIA 31 2 43 2 78
THAILAND 30 3 34 7 4 78
SOUTH SUDAN 13 2 57 1 73
SOMALIA 34 2 31 5 72
EGYPT 20 3 44 3 70
SOUTH AFRICA 23 7 37 3 70
KYRGYZSTAN 22 6 37 3 68
INDONESIA 23 5 32 6 66
CHAD 14 6 38 6 64
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 17 1 38 8 64
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 31 2 27 60
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 18 2 36 2 1 59
VIETNAM 25 2 27 2 3 59
UZBEKISTAN 8 4 35 5 4 56
GUAM 25 3 27 55
PERU 26 3 22 2 2 55
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 22 7 25 54
EL SALVADOR 6 1 45 52
AUSTRALIA 15 1 28 2 1 47
SPAIN 13 1 29 1 44
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 26 3 14 43
MEXICO 16 4 23 43
UKRAINE 16 2 22 3 43
GUATEMALA 23 2 17 42
POLAND 27 2 12 1 42
GREECE 18 23 41
GREENLAND 24 1 14 39
NIGERIA 13 3 16 6 38
GHANA 12 3 18 2 35
BELGIUM 10 1 22 1 34
PANAMA 19 14 1 34
GEORGIA 8 3 18 2 2 33
CROATIA 5 2 24 1 32
CONGO 11 2 18 31
SIERRA LEONE 4 9 17 1 31
CYPRUS 19 8 1 28
HUNGARY 4 23 1 28
GUINEA 12 1 14 27
ETHIOPIA 9 2 13 1 25
KAZAKHSTAN 8 1 15 24
LEBANON 7 2 14 1 24
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 7 1 16 24
SINGAPORE 9 1 13 1 24
SENEGAL 7 2 11 3 23
YEMEN 9 13 1 23
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 6 13 3 22
BURKINA FASO 9 2 11 22
MALI 3 1 14 4 22
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 9 1 11 1 22
BULGARIA 8 10 2 1 21
BRAZIL 6 14 20
CAMBODIA 5 2 10 2 19
NETHERLANDS 8 5 6 19
MONGOLIA 5 11 1 17
BANGLADESH 8 2 5 1 16
CANADA 5 11 16
AUSTRIA 5 10 15
SRI LANKA 4 1 9 1 15
CAMEROON 3 1 9 1 14
NEPAL 6 8 14
BOLIVIA 3 3 6 1 13
ECUADOR 4 1 8 13
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 2 1 8 2 13
TUNISIA 6 6 1 13
ALBANIA 2 9 1 12
RWANDA 4 1 7 12
SAINT HELENA 3 6 3 12
ARMENIA 5 5 1 11
GUYANA 2 8 1 11
ICELAND 8 3 11
NORWAY 2 1 7 1 11
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED 2 8 1 11
ZIMBABWE 5 1 5 11
DUTCH CARRIBBEAN 7 2 1 10
MALAWI 1 2 6 1 10
NICARAGUA 1 1 7 1 10
FRANCE 3 6 9
MALAYSIA 4 5 9
MYANMAR 3 6 9
TAJIKISTAN 3 1 3 2 9
GABON 3 5 8
MADAGASCAR 4 1 2 1 8
MOROCCO 3 1 4 8
PORTUGAL 4 4 8
AZERBAIJAN 3 4 7
BENIN 2 4 1 7
BURUNDI 2 4 1 7
CHILE 3 4 7
COSTA RICA 1 1 5 7
GAMBIA 5 2 7
JAMAICA 1 5 1 7
LITHUANIA 2 5 7
MOZAMBIQUE 2 2 2 1 7
ZAMBIA 1 4 2 7
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 1 5
ALGERIA 1 3 1
ANGOLA 1 4
BOTSWANA 1 1 2 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 3
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 1 4
LATVIA 1 4
PARAGUAY 4 1
TURKMENISTAN 1 1 3
URUGUAY 5
ARGENTINA 1 2 1
COTE DIVOIRE 4
HONG KONG 1 2 1
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1 3
LUXEMBOURG 1 3
MALTA 1 2 1
MAURITANIA 3 1
NEW ZEALAND 1 3
SURINAME 1 3
TIMOR-LESTE 2 2
VENEZUELA 1 1 2
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. 1 3
ALAND ISLANDS 1 2
BARBADOS 2 1
BELIZE 3
CZECH REPUBLIC 3
ESTONIA 1 2
FIJI 1 1 1
GUINEA-BISSAU 2 1
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 3
NAMIBIA 1 1 1
SWITZERLAND 3
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 2
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 1 1
DOMINICA 1 1
MAURITIUS 1 1
SLOVAKIA 2
SLOVENIA 2
SWEDEN 1 1
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 1 1
AMERICAN SAMOA 1
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1
DENMARK 1
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1
ERITREA 1
FINLAND 1
GUADELOUPE 1
KIRIBATI 1
LESOTHO 1
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 1
PALAU 1
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1
REUNION 1
SAMOA 1
SAN MARINO 1
SEYCHELLES 1
SOLOMON ISLANDS 1
SWAZILAND 1
Grand Total: 196 70290 7970 60309 4037 3 1094 14370