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 - 03/31/2018)

NATION

NLT

LTO

LT4

DEA

COP

OTH

TOTAL

IRAQ

29920

3447

19994

1661

550

55572

AFGHANISTAN

19769

1443

17247

1711

1

146

40317

Nation Pending

5064

629

3343

49

88

9173

KUWAIT

3744

1196

3728

102

251

9021

UNITED STATES

565

86

2086

17

4

2758

PUERTO RICO

254

77

1331

8

1670

MARSHALL ISLANDS

873

53

589

10

1525

GERMANY

412

67

458

8

13

958

QATAR

151

87

520

18

5

781

IN-FLIGHT

407

16

182

1

606

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

271

48

266

13

1

599

COLOMBIA

226

45

190

16

9

486

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

51

26

353

12

9

451

JAPAN

207

17

172

12

408

DJIBOUTI

201

18

166

3

3

391

SAUDI ARABIA

93

51

200

22

1

367

JORDAN

145

13

118

36

3

315

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

154

29

115

10

308

PAKISTAN

107

14

143

42

306

ANTARCTICA

203

4

95

302

BAHAMAS

90

31

151

272

KOSOVO

110

6

113

3

232

BAHRAIN

86

14

90

1

1

192

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC

23

4

142

3

172

UNITED KINGDOM

58

7

89

2

156

SUDAN

59

8

85

2

154

OMAN

39

31

79

4

153

HAITI

73

12

65

2

152

ISRAEL

63

12

72

4

151

ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH

50

28

69

2

1

150

HONDURAS

75

8

61

2

146

CUBA

58

13

67

5

1

144

CHINA

32

15

68

3

118

ITALY

48

3

58

2

1

112

LIBERIA

47

8

50

6

1

112

ROMANIA

88

3

14

1

106

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

60

8

36

2

106

PHILIPPINES

42

7

45

3

97

TAIWAN

52

11

33

96

TURKEY

53

2

30

6

1

92

IRELAND

53

24

77

UGANDA

29

6

37

3

1

76

INDIA

30

2

41

2

75

KENYA

29

3

38

5

75

THAILAND

30

2

31

7

4

74

KYRGYZSTAN

22

6

36

3

67

SOUTH AFRICA

22

6

35

3

66

INDONESIA

22

5

32

6

65

SOUTH SUDAN

10

1

53

1

65

EGYPT

15

3

40

4

62

NIGER

36

1

24

1

62

CHAD

10

7

37

6

60

UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS

18

2

37

2

1

60

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

31

2

25

58

VIETNAM

27

2

24

2

3

58

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

22

7

28

57

UZBEKISTAN

8

4

35

5

4

56

GUAM

22

3

26

51

EL SALVADOR

4

1

43

48

AUSTRALIA

15

1

26

2

1

45

PERU

22

3

16

2

2

45

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF

26

3

13

42

MEXICO

15

4

21

40

SPAIN

12

1

25

1

39

NIGERIA

12

3

16

6

37

UKRAINE

13

1

20

3

37

GREECE

16

19

35

CROATIA

5

2

25

1

33

GREENLAND

21

1

11

33

GEORGIA

8

3

17

2

2

32

GUATEMALA

19

2

11

32

SIERRA LEONE

4

9

17

1

31

BELGIUM

8

1

20

1

30

PANAMA

18

11

1

30

CONGO

9

2

17

28

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

11

12

5

28

CYPRUS

18

8

1

27

GHANA

10

3

13

1

27

HUNGARY

3

23

1

27

GUINEA

11

1

13

25

KAZAKHSTAN

8

1

15

24

POLAND

15

8

1

24

SOMALIA

4

17

3

24

ETHIOPIA

9

2

12

23

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

6

1

16

23

BURKINA FASO

9

2

11

22

LEBANON

6

2

13

1

22

SENEGAL

7

2

10

3

22

SINGAPORE

8

1

11

1

21

YEMEN

10

10

1

21

BRAZIL

6

14

20

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

9

1

10

20

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

3

13

3

19

BULGARIA

7

9

2

1

19

MALI

3

1

11

4

19

NETHERLANDS

8

5

6

19

CAMBODIA

5

2

9

2

18

CANADA

5

11

16

MONGOLIA

4

11

1

16

BOLIVIA

3

3

6

1

13

ALBANIA

2

9

1

12

BANGLADESH

6

2

4

12

CAMEROON

3

8

1

12

NEPAL

5

7

12

RWANDA

4

1

7

12

SRI LANKA

3

1

7

1

12

ARMENIA

5

5

1

11

AUSTRIA

3

8

11

ECUADOR

2

1

8

11

ICELAND

8

3

11

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

2

1

6

2

11

SAINT HELENA

3

5

3

11

DUTCH CARRIBBEAN

7

2

1

10

NICARAGUA

1

1

7

1

10

GUYANA

2

6

1

9

NORWAY

2

1

5

1

9

PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED

2

6

1

9

TAJIKISTAN

3

1

3

2

9

ZIMBABWE

4

1

4

9

FRANCE

3

5

8

JAMAICA

1

6

1

8

MYANMAR

2

6

8

PORTUGAL

4

4

8

TUNISIA

4

4

8

AZERBAIJAN

3

4

7

BENIN

2

4

1

7

BURUNDI

2

4

1

7

CHILE

3

4

7

GAMBIA

5

2

7

LITHUANIA

2

5

7

MALAWI

1

1

4

1

7

MALAYSIA

2

5

7

GABON

2

4

MOROCCO

2

1

3

MOZAMBIQUE

2

2

1

1

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

1

5

ALGERIA

1

3

1

BOTSWANA

1

3

1

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

2

3

LATVIA

1

4

MADAGASCAR

1

1

2

1

TURKMENISTAN

1

1

3

ANGOLA

1

3

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

PARAGUAY

3

1

SURINAME

1

3

TIMOR-LESTE

2

2

VENEZUELA

1

1

2

VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.

1

3

ZAMBIA

1

1

2

ARGENTINA

1

2

BELIZE

3

COSTA RICA

1

2

COTE DIVOIRE

1

2

CZECH REPUBLIC

3

FIJI

1

1

1

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

3

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF

3

NAMIBIA

1

1

1

BARBADOS

1

1

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

1

1

DOMINICA

1

1

ESTONIA

1

1

GUINEA-BISSAU

1

1

MAURITIUS

1

1

SLOVAKIA

2

SLOVENIA

2

SWEDEN

1

1

SWITZERLAND

2

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

1

1

VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH

1

1

ALAND ISLANDS

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

URUGUAY

1

Grand Total: 196

65029

7756

54196

3923

4

1115

132023

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