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 - 03/31/2019)

NATION

NLT

LTO

LT4

DEA

COP

OTH

TOTAL

IRAQ 30927 3519 21296 1666 550 57958
AFGHANISTAN 20563 1482 18884 1759 147 42835
Nation Pending 5806 647 3595 60 67 10175
KUWAIT 3945 1217 3935 104 251 9452
UNITED STATES 577 89 2112 18 3 2799
MARSHALL ISLANDS 959 57 635 10 1661
PUERTO RICO 258 72 1302 8 1640
GERMANY 444 73 482 8 13 1020
QATAR 160 86 565 19 5 835
IN-FLIGHT 423 16 196 1 636
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 277 48 279 13 1 618
COLOMBIA 226 46 190 16 9 487
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 50 26 351 13 9 449
JAPAN 223 19 181 12 435
DJIBOUTI 229 18 174 3 3 427
ANTARCTICA 246 6 112 1 365
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 167 29 134 11 341
JORDAN 146 13 141 36 3 339
SAUDI ARABIA 89 33 186 23 1 332
PAKISTAN 109 14 145 42 310
BAHAMAS 99 27 154 280
KOSOVO 134 7 116 3 260
BAHRAIN 96 15 95 1 1 208
CUBA 85 15 84 6 1 191
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC 23 4 141 3 171
ISRAEL 68 15 82 4 169
ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH 59 31 74 2 1 167
HONDURAS 86 9 67 2 164
UNITED KINGDOM 59 10 91 2 162
HAITI 73 12 66 3 154
OMAN 40 31 80 3 154
SUDAN 59 8 85 2 154
ITALY 51 3 65 2 1 122
CHINA 34 16 68 3 121
LIBERIA 48 9 55 6 1 119
PHILIPPINES 46 8 52 3 109
ROMANIA 89 3 14 1 107
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 59 7 38 2 106
TURKEY 60 2 37 6 1 106
TAIWAN 53 11 38 102
KENYA 33 4 44 6 87
UGANDA 31 6 40 3 1 81
IRELAND 53 1 24 78
INDIA 31 2 42 2 77
THAILAND 30 2 33 7 4 76
NIGER 40 2 31 1 1 75
SOUTH SUDAN 13 2 57 1 73
SOUTH AFRICA 22 7 37 3 69
KYRGYZSTAN 22 6 37 3 68
EGYPT 19 3 42 3 67
INDONESIA 23 5 32 6 66
SOMALIA 33 2 26 3 64
CHAD 13 6 38 6 63
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 31 2 26 59
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
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 16 1 31 7 55
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 22 7 25 54
GUAM 24 3 27 54
PERU 25 3 21 2 2 53
EL SALVADOR 6 1 45 52
AUSTRALIA 15 1 27 2 1 46
SPAIN 13 1 28 1 43
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 26 3 13 42
MEXICO 16 4 22 42
UKRAINE 14 2 20 3 39
GREECE 16 22 38
NIGERIA 13 3 16 6 38
GUATEMALA 21 2 13 36
POLAND 23 2 10 1 36
GREENLAND 21 1 12 34
PANAMA 19 14 1 34
BELGIUM 9 1 21 1 32
CROATIA 5 2 24 1 32
GEORGIA 8 3 17 2 2 32
SIERRA LEONE 4 9 17 1 31
GHANA 11 3 15 1 30
CONGO 10 2 17 29
HUNGARY 4 23 1 28
CYPRUS 18 8 1 27
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 6 1 16 23
SINGAPORE 9 1 12 1 23
BURKINA FASO 9 2 11 22
SENEGAL 7 2 10 3 22
YEMEN 9 12 1 22
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 5 13 3 21
MALI 3 1 13 4 21
BRAZIL 6 14 20
BULGARIA 8 9 2 1 20
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 9 1 10 20
CAMBODIA 5 2 10 2 19
NETHERLANDS 8 5 6 19
MONGOLIA 5 11 1 17
CANADA 5 11 16
AUSTRIA 5 10 15
CAMEROON 3 1 9 1 14
NEPAL 6 8 14
BOLIVIA 3 3 6 1 13
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 2 1 8 2 13
SRI LANKA 3 1 8 1 13
ALBANIA 2 9 1 12
BANGLADESH 6 2 4 12
ECUADOR 3 1 8 12
RWANDA 4 1 7 12
SAINT HELENA 3 6 3 12
TUNISIA 6 5 1 12
ARMENIA 5 5 1 11
ICELAND 8 3 11
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED 2 8 1 11
ZIMBABWE 5 1 5 11
DUTCH CARRIBBEAN 7 2 1 10
NICARAGUA 1 1 7 1 10
NORWAY 2 1 6 1 10
GUYANA 2 6 1 9
MALAWI 1 2 5 1 9
MALAYSIA 4 5 9
MYANMAR 3 6 9
TAJIKISTAN 3 1 3 2 9
FRANCE 3 5 8
GABON 3 5 8
PORTUGAL 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
JAMAICA 1 5 1 7
LITHUANIA 2 5 7
MOROCCO 3 1 3 7
MOZAMBIQUE 2 2 2 1 7
ZAMBIA 1 4 2 7
MADAGASCAR 2 1 2 1
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
TURKMENISTAN 1 1 3
ARGENTINA 1 2 1
COSTA RICA 1 1 2
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
PARAGUAY 3 1
SURINAME 1 3
TIMOR-LESTE 2 2
VENEZUELA 1 1 2
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. 1 3
ALAND ISLANDS 1 2
BELIZE 3
CZECH REPUBLIC 3
FIJI 1 1 1
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 3
NAMIBIA 1 1 1
SWITZERLAND 3
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 2
URUGUAY 3
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
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 68251 7928 57997 4001 3 1094 13927