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The total number and rate of recordable incidents are tracked to measure the department’s goal of reducing injuries. MoDOT’s objective is to ensure that every employee returns home to their families unharmed every day.
Reporting injuries allows the department to arrange for prompt treatment and to learn from mistakes or remediate hazards. The total number of recordable injuries in 2025 slightly increased to 251 as compared to 246 in 2024. MoDOT continues to experience decreases from historical rates, which consistently ranged between 5 and 6, due to the organization’s increased emphasis on safety.

The top three causes of employee injury in 2025 were:
•    Slips, trips, and falls at 21.79%.
•    Employees being struck or injured by an object at 17.11%.
•    Employees being caught in, under, or between an object at 12.63%.

Purpose of the Measure:

This measure tracks the number of recordable injuries in total and as a rate of injuries per 100 workers.

Measurement and Data Collection:

The calculation for incidence rate is the number of recordables times 200,000 divided by the number of hours worked. The 200,000 used in the calculation is the base for 100 fulltime workers working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year. MoDOT defines a recordable incident as a work-related injury or illness that results in death, days lost workdays or medical treatment resulting in cost to the department.  It should be noted this is a more rigorous method than is used by OSHA and the Texas DOT, both of which only count medical treatment if it is beyond first aid or loss of consciousness. The injury data is collected from Riskmaster, the department’s risk management claims administration software. The number of hours worked is taken from MoDOT’s payroll data.

The targets for total recordable incidents and rate of recordable incidents are updated annually. The target is calculated by subtracting 10% from the year-to-date comparison period.