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 - 12/31/2017)

NATION

NLT

LTO

LT4

DEA

COP

OTH

TOTAL

IRAQ

29702

3430

19825

1659

550

55166

AFGHANISTAN

19574

1434

17009

1709

1

146

39873

KUWAIT

3679

1185

3674

98

251

8887

Nation Pending

4911

599

3114

50

67

8741

UNITED STATES

562

86

2073

17

4

2742

PUERTO RICO

249

72

1275

6

1602

MARSHALL ISLANDS

839

52

580

10

1481

GERMANY

404

65

454

8

13

944

QATAR

149

86

512

18

5

770

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

268

48

264

13

1

594

IN-FLIGHT

397

16

179

1

593

COLOMBIA

226

45

188

16

9

484

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

50

26

351

12

9

448

JAPAN

204

17

165

10

396

DJIBOUTI

195

18

162

3

3

381

JORDAN

146

12

118

36

3

315

SAUDI ARABIA

81

33

177

22

1

314

PAKISTAN

106

14

141

42

303

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

147

28

110

9

294

ANTARCTICA

181

4

91

276

BAHAMAS

80

27

143

250

KOSOVO

102

6

112

3

223

BAHRAIN

86

14

90

1

1

192

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIA

23

4

142

3

172

SUDAN

59

8

85

2

154

OMAN

39

31

79

3

152

UNITED KINGDOM

58

7

86

1

152

HAITI

73

12

63

2

150

ISRAEL

59

12

70

4

145

CUBA

58

13

64

5

1

141

ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH

49

23

66

1

1

140

HONDURAS

70

7

60

2

139

CHINA

31

15

67

3

116

LIBERIA

47

8

51

6

1

113

ITALY

45

3

58

2

1

109

ROMANIA

88

3

14

1

106

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

60

8

36

2

106

PHILIPPINES

42

7

45

3

97

TAIWAN

53

11

30

94

TURKEY

51

2

29

6

1

89

IRELAND

53

24

77

UGANDA

30

6

36

3

1

76

INDIA

30

2

41

2

75

THAILAND

33

2

28

7

4

74

KENYA

26

3

38

5

72

KYRGYZSTAN

22

6

36

3

67

SOUTH AFRICA

22

7

34

3

66

INDONESIA

21

6

32

6

65

SOUTH SUDAN

9

1

53

1

64

CHAD

10

7

37

6

60

EGYPT

15

3

38

4

60

NIGER

36

1

22

1

60

UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS

18

2

36

2

1

59

VIETNAM

27

2

24

2

3

58

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIA

32

2

23

57

UZBEKISTAN

8

4

35

5

4

56

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

21

7

25

53

GUAM

22

3

25

50

EL SALVADOR

4

1

42

47

AUSTRALIA

15

1

25

2

1

44

PERU

22

3

15

2

2

44

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

18

34

CROATIA

5

2

24

1

32

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

GREENLAND

19

1

10

30

PANAMA

17

11

1

29

CONGO

9

2

17

28

CYPRUS

18

8

1

27

GHANA

10

3

13

1

27

HUNGARY

3

23

1

27

GUINEA

11

1

12

24

KAZAKHSTAN

8

1

15

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

MALI

3

1

11

4

19

NETHERLANDS

8

5

6

19

BULGARIA

6

9

2

1

18

CAMBODIA

5

2

9

2

18

POLAND

10

7

1

18

SOMALIA

4

10

3

17

CANADA

5

11

16

MONGOLIA

4

11

1

16

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIA

2

10

4

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

SRI LANKA

3

1

7

1

12

ARMENIA

5

5

1

11

AUSTRIA

3

8

11

ICELAND

8

3

11

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

1

1

7

2

11

RWANDA

3

1

7

11

SAINT HELENA

3

5

3

11

DUTCH CARRIBBEAN

7

2

1

10

NICARAGUA

1

1

7

1

10

ECUADOR

1

8

9

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

MYANMAR

2

6

8

PORTUGAL

4

4

8

TUNISIA

4

4

8

AZERBAIJAN

3

4

7

BENIN

2

4

1

7

CHILE

3

4

7

GAMBIA

5

2

7

JAMAICA

1

5

1

7

LITHUANIA

2

5

7

MALAWI

1

1

4

1

7

MALAYSIA

2

5

7

BURUNDI

2

3

1

GABON

2

4

MOROCCO

2

1

3

MOZAMBIQUE

2

2

1

1

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

1

5

ALGERIA

1

3

1

DOMINICAN REPUBLIA

2

3

LATVIA

1

4

MADAGASCAR

1

1

2

1

TURKMENISTAN

1

1

3

ANGOLA

1

3

BOTSWANA

1

2

1

LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIA

2

2

LUXEMBOURg

1

3

MALTA

1

2

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

CZECH REPUBLIA

3

FIJI

1

1

1

HONG KONg

1

1

1

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

3

MAURITANIA

2

1

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

VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH

1

1

ALAND ISLANDS

1

AMERICAN SAMOA

1

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

1

COTE DIVOIRE

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

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

1

URUGUAY

1

Grand Total: 195

64225

7650

53297

3907

4

1094

130177

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