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 - 12/31/2018)

NATION

NLT

LTO

LT4

DEA

COP

OTH

TOTAL

IRAQ

30839

3558

20740

1665

550

57352

AFGHANISTAN

20507

1500

18213

1748

1

148

42117

Nation Pending

5714

645

3474

60

67

9960

KUWAIT

3900

1215

3876

104

251

9346

UNITED STATES

574

89

2101

18

4

2786

PUERTO RICO

260

72

1296

8

1636

MARSHALL ISLANDS

946

57

619

10

1632

GERMANY

440

72

472

8

13

1005

QATAR

161

86

556

19

5

827

IN-FLIGHT

414

16

191

1

622

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

275

50

273

13

1

612

COLOMBIA

226

46

189

16

9

486

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

50

26

351

12

9

448

JAPAN

222

19

180

12

433

DJIBOUTI

227

18

172

3

3

423

ANTARCTICA

230

6

104

1

341

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

165

29

130

11

335

JORDAN

148

14

132

36

3

333

SAUDI ARABIA

86

33

184

23

1

327

PAKISTAN

108

14

145

42

309

BAHAMAS

91

27

151

269

KOSOVO

127

7

116

3

253

BAHRAIN

94

15

94

1

1

205

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC

23

4

141

3

171

ISRAEL

68

15

78

4

165

ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH

56

30

72

2

1

161

UNITED KINGDOM

59

10

90

2

161

HONDURAS

82

9

66

2

159

CUBA

63

15

72

6

1

157

HAITI

73

12

66

3

154

SUDAN

59

8

85

2

154

OMAN

40

31

79

3

153

ITALY

50

3

65

2

1

121

CHINA

33

16

68

3

120

LIBERIA

48

8

53

6

1

116

PHILIPPINES

45

7

52

3

107

ROMANIA

88

3

14

1

106

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

60

7

37

2

106

TAIWAN

53

11

37

101

TURKEY

59

2

33

6

1

101

KENYA

32

4

43

5

84

IRELAND

54

1

24

79

UGANDA

31

6

38

3

1

79

INDIA

31

2

42

2

77

THAILAND

30

2

33

7

4

76

NIGER

40

2

29

1

1

73

SOUTH SUDAN

12

1

57

1

71

SOUTH AFRICA

22

7

37

3

69

KYRGYZSTAN

23

6

36

3

68

EGYPT

18

3

42

3

66

INDONESIA

23

5

32

6

66

CHAD

10

7

37

6

60

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

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

22

7

25

54

GUAM

23

3

28

54

EL SALVADOR

6

1

45

52

SOMALIA

22

1

24

3

50

PERU

25

3

17

2

2

49

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

14

3

25

6

48

AUSTRALIA

15

1

27

2

1

46

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF

26

3

13

42

MEXICO

16

4

22

42

SPAIN

12

1

27

1

41

UKRAINE

14

2

20

3

39

GREECE

17

21

38

NIGERIA

13

3

16

6

38

GREENLAND

21

1

12

34

GUATEMALA

21

2

11

34

PANAMA

19

13

1

33

BELGIUM

9

1

21

1

32

CROATIA

5

2

24

1

32

GEORGIA

8

3

17

2

2

32

POLAND

21

2

8

1

32

SIERRA LEONE

4

9

17

1

31

CONGO

10

2

17

29

GHANA

11

3

14

1

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

13

1

23

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

6

1

16

23

BURKINA FASO

9

2

11

22

SENEGAL

7

2

10

3

22

SINGAPORE

8

1

12

1

22

YEMEN

9

12

1

22

BRAZIL

6

14

20

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

4

13

3

20

BULGARIA

8

9

2

1

20

MALI

3

1

12

4

20

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

9

1

10

20

CAMBODIA

5

2

10

2

19

NETHERLANDS

8

5

6

19

CANADA

5

11

16

MONGOLIA

4

11

1

16

AUSTRIA

4

1

9

14

CAMEROON

3

1

9

1

14

BOLIVIA

3

3

6

1

13

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

3

1

7

2

13

SRI LANKA

3

1

8

1

13

ALBANIA

2

9

1

12

BANGLADESH

6

2

4

12

NEPAL

4

8

12

RWANDA

4

1

7

12

ARMENIA

5

5

1

11

ECUADOR

2

1

8

11

ICELAND

8

3

11

PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED

2

8

1

11

SAINT HELENA

3

5

3

11

TUNISIA

7

4

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

MALAYSIA

4

5

9

MYANMAR

3

6

9

TAJIKISTAN

3

1

3

2

9

FRANCE

3

5

8

MALAWI

1

1

5

1

8

PORTUGAL

4

4

8

AZERBAIJAN

3

4

7

BENIN

2

4

1

7

BURUNDI

2

4

1

7

CHILE

3

4

7

GABON

3

4

7

GAMBIA

5

2

7

JAMAICA

1

5

1

7

LITHUANIA

2

5

7

MOROCCO

3

1

3

7

ZAMBIA

1

4

2

7

MOZAMBIQUE

2

2

1

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

MADAGASCAR

1

1

2

1

TURKMENISTAN

1

1

3

ARGENTINA

1

2

1

COSTA RICA

1

1

2

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

COTE DIVOIRE

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

67843

7980

56433

3985

4

1096

137341

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