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.
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 |