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Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)

Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC)

Defense Base Act Case Summary by Nation

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 - 12/31/2019)
NATION	NLT	LTO	LT4	DEA	COP	OTH	TOTAL
IRAQ	31769	3597	22599	1671		550	60186
AFGHANISTAN	21682	1617	20363	1776		147	45585
Nation Pending	6416	698	3927	63		67	11171
KUWAIT	4085	1235	4087	104		251	9762
UNITED STATES	601	89	2127	18		3	2838
MARSHALL ISLANDS	1024	61	662	11			1758
PUERTO RICO	263	73	1312	9			1657
GERMANY	456	75	495	8		13	1047
QATAR	176	86	584	21		5	872
IN-FLIGHT	445	16	206	1			668
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	284	50	289	13		1	637
COLOMBIA	226	46	191	16		9	488
JAPAN	232	20	189	13			454
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	51	26	352	13		9	451
DJIBOUTI	237	18	185	3		3	446
ANTARCTICA	288	16	120	1			425
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	179	29	136	11			355
JORDAN	150	14	149	36		3	352
SAUDI ARABIA	91	36	199	24		1	351
PAKISTAN	111	14	146	42			313
KOSOVO	159	10	126	4			299
BAHAMAS	103	28	157				288
BAHRAIN	101	15	99	2		1	218
CUBA	97	15	93	6		1	212
ISRAEL	79	15	88	4			186
HONDURAS	91	10	70	2			173
ASCENSION ISLAND, BRITISH	62	31	76	2		1	172
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC	23	4	141	3			171
UNITED KINGDOM	64	10	93	2			169
OMAN	40	31	80	4			155
HAITI	73	12	66	3			154
SUDAN	59	8	85	2			154
ITALY	55	3	65	2		1	126
CHINA	38	16	68	3			125
LIBERIA	49	9	56	6		1	121
TURKEY	67	3	43	6		1	120
PHILIPPINES	47	8	57	4			116
ROMANIA	90	3	14	1			108
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	60	7	39	2			108
TAIWAN	53	11	38				102
KENYA	34	4	54	6			98
NIGER	44	2	43	1	1		91
UGANDA	32	6	47	3		1	89
SOMALIA	40	3	34	5			82
IRELAND	54	1	26				81
THAILAND	30	3	35	7		4	79
INDIA	31	2	43	2			78
SOUTH SUDAN	13	2	58	1			74
EGYPT	21	4	44	3			72
SOUTH AFRICA	23	7	37	4			71
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	19	1	42	8			70
KYRGYZSTAN	22	6	37	3			68
INDONESIA	23	5	32	7			67
CHAD	14	6	38	6			64
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	31	3	28				62
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS	18	2	36	2	1		59
VIETNAM	25	2	27	2		3	59
GUAM	25	3	29				57
PERU	26	3	23	2		2	56
UZBEKISTAN	8	4	35	5		4	56
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	22	7	25				54
EL SALVADOR	6	1	45				52
AUSTRALIA	15	1	29	2	1		48
SPAIN	16	1	29	1			47
UKRAINE	18	2	22	3			45
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	26	4	14				44
MEXICO	16	4	24				44
POLAND	29	2	12	1			44
GUATEMALA	23	2	17				42
GREECE	18		23				41
NIGERIA	14	3	17	7			41
GREENLAND	24	2	14				40
BELGIUM	10	1	23	1			35
GEORGIA	9	3	19	2		2	35
GHANA	12	3	18	2			35
PANAMA	19		14			1	34
CONGO	12	2	18				32
CROATIA	5	2	24	1			32
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
LEBANON	7	2	15	1			25
KAZAKHSTAN	8	1	15				24
SENEGAL	8	2	11	3			24
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	7	1	16				24
SINGAPORE	9	1	13	1			24
YEMEN	9		14	1			24
MALI	3	1	15	4			23
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	6		13	3			22
BURKINA FASO	9	2	11				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
SRI LANKA	4	1	10	1			16
AUSTRIA	5		10				15
CAMEROON	3	1	10			1	15
TUNISIA	7		6	2			15
NEPAL	6		8				14
BOLIVIA	3	3	6	1			13
ECUADOR	4	1	8				13
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	2	1	8	2			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
NICARAGUA	2	1	7			1	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
FRANCE	3		6				9
MADAGASCAR	4	1	3	1			9
MALAYSIA	4		5				9
MYANMAR	3		6				9
TAJIKISTAN	3	1	3	2			9
GABON	3		5				8
LITHUANIA	3		5				8
MOROCCO	3	1	4				8
MOZAMBIQUE	2	2	3	1			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
ZAMBIA	1		4	2			7
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	1		5
PARAGUAY	4		2
URUGUAY	5		1
ALGERIA	1		3	1
ANGOLA		1	4
ARGENTINA	2	2	1
BOTSWANA	1	1	2	1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	2		3
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF		1	4
LATVIA	1		4
TURKMENISTAN	1	1	3
ALAND ISLANDS	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
SURINAME	1		3
TIMOR-LESTE	2		2
VENEZUELA	1	1	2
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.	1		3
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
REUNION	1		1
SLOVAKIA			2
SLOVENIA	2
SWAZILAND	1		1
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
SAMOA			1
SAN MARINO			1
SEYCHELLES	1
SOLOMON ISLANDS			1
Grand Total: 196	71350	8247	61590	4046	3	1094	14633