Please see Civilian Contractor Casualty Count for prior Statistics and Totals
WE ARE THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE WARS
According to the Department of Labor’s Defense Base Act Claim Summary Reports there were at least 55 Civilian Contractor Deaths
filed on in the second quarter of 2013.
There were at least 2,806 Injuries reported during this same time
Keep in mind that these numbers are not an accurate accounting of Contractor Casualties as many injuries and deaths are not reported as Defense Base Act Claims. Also, many of these injuries will become deaths due to the Defense Base Act Insurance Companies denial of medical benefits.
Many foreign national and local national contractors and their families are never told that they are covered under the Defense Base Act and so not included in the count.
At Least 5 DBA Death Claim were filed for Iraq.
At Least 36 DBA Death Claims were filed for Afghanistan
At Least 9 DBA Death Claims were filed for PAKISTAN
At Least 1 DBA Death Claim was filed for Kuwait
At Least 1 DBA Death Claim filed as Nation Pending
At Least 1 DBA Death Claim filed for Qatar
At Least 1 DBA Death Claim Filed for Columbia
At Least 1 DBA Death Claim Filed for the Russian Federation
At least 1 DBA Death Claim Filed for Georgia
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