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 FY2019 REPORT BY NATION (10/01/2018 - 09/30/2019)

NATION

NLT

LTO

LT4

DEA

COP

OTH

TOTAL

AFGHANISTAN 1367 40 1677 38 1 3123
IRAQ 1370 46 1238 4 2658
Nation Pending 800 25 385 9 1219
KUWAIT 204 19 207 1 431
MARSHALL ISLANDS 101 1 24 1 127
ANTARCTICA 41 1 12 1 55
UNITED STATES 29 1 21 51
CUBA 33 1 14 48
IN-FLIGHT 33 14 47
GERMANY 18 3 25 46
QATAR 14 26 2 42
KOSOVO 30 7 1 38
SOMALIA 22 1 10 2 35
DJIBOUTI 17 12 29
SAUDI ARABIA 4 2 18 1 25
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 10 1 14 25
JAPAN 8 2 12 1 23
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 6 1 13 3 23
PUERTO RICO 7 1 12 1 21
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 14 6 20
BAHAMAS 15 4 19
ISRAEL 14 5 19
JORDAN 3 1 14 18
TURKEY 9 8 17
BAHRAIN 10 5 1 16
ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH 9 2 3 14
KENYA 5 8 1 14
NIGER 3 1 10 14
HONDURAS 9 4 13
POLAND 9 4 13
GUATEMALA 3 6 9
ITALY 8 1 9
PHILIPPINES 4 4 1 9
UGANDA 3 6 9
GHANA 2 5 1 8
PERU 3 5 8
UNITED KINGDOM 4 3 7
EGYPT 2 4
CHINA 5
GREENLAND 3 2
UKRAINE 3 2
BANGLADESH 2 1 1
CHAD 4
LIBERIA 1 1 2
SOUTH AFRICA 1 1 2
THAILAND 1 3
COSTA RICA 3
GREECE 2 1
GUAM 2 1
MADAGASCAR 3
MALAWI 1 2
OMAN 2 1
PANAMA 1 2
TUNISIA 1 1 1
AUSTRALIA 2
AUSTRIA 2
BELGIUM 1 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 2
COLOMBIA 2
CONGO 1 1
ECUADOR 2
GUYANA 2
HAITI 1 1
IRELAND 1 1
LEBANON 1 1
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 1 1
MALI 2
NEPAL 2
NORWAY 2
ROMANIA 2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 1
SINGAPORE 1 1
SOUTH SUDAN 1 1
SPAIN 1 1
SRI LANKA 1 1
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1 1
URUGUAY 2
YEMEN 2
ALAND ISLANDS 1
BARBADOS 1
BULGARIA 1
CAMBODIA 1
CAMEROON 1
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1
COTE DIVOIRE 1
CYPRUS 1
EL SALVADOR 1
ESTONIA 1
FRANCE 1
GABON 1
GEORGIA 1
GUINEA 1
GUINEA-BISSAU 1
INDIA 1
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 1
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF 1
KYRGYZSTAN 1
MEXICO 1
MONGOLIA 1
MOROCCO 1
MOZAMBIQUE 1
PAKISTAN 1
PARAGUAY 1
SAINT HELENA 1
SENEGAL 1
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 1
TAIWAN 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1
Grand Total: 109 4300 155 3917 74 0 1 8447