Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were up slightly for California's private industry in 1997, bucking a national trend but reflecting the state's robust economy. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Cal/OSHA's Division of Labor Statistics and Research (DLSR), industry in this state recorded 670,500 recordable injury and illness cases, up from 643,000 in 1996, with a rate of 6.7 per 100 workers, up slightly from 1996's rate of 6.6. About half of them, 350,30
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