OS TB 03/19/1999 Table:  State data -- 1997 incidence rates 

Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-time 
workers 1/, private industry, 1997

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                    |               |    Lost workday cases    |
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    State           |  Total cases  |           With days away | Cases without
                    |               | Total 2/   from work 3/  | lost workdays
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 Private industry 4/      7.1           3.3          2.1             3.8

Alabama.............      8.1           3.6          2.2             4.5
Alaska..............      8.4           4.2          3.5             4.2
Arizona.............      6.4           2.9          1.8             3.6
Arkansas............      7.6           3.3          2.0             4.3
California..........      6.7           3.5          2.1             3.2

Connecticut.........      6.6           3.2          2.2             3.4
Delaware............      5.6           2.8          2.0             2.8
Florida.............      6.6           3.0          1.8             3.6
Georgia.............      5.5           2.4          1.4             3.1
Guam................      4.9           2.2          2.2             2.7

Hawaii..............      6.8           3.7          3.3             3.1
Indiana.............      9.3           4.1          2.4             5.2
Iowa................      9.8           4.4          2.4             5.4
Kansas..............      8.6           4.0          2.1             4.6
Kentucky............      9.3           4.4          2.8             5.0

Louisiana...........      4.9           2.3          1.6             2.6
Maine...............      8.7           4.5          2.2             4.3
Maryland............      5.2           2.5          2.0             2.7
Massachusetts.......      5.7           2.9          2.2             2.8
Michigan............      9.1           4.2          2.1             4.9

Minnesota...........      7.6           3.6          2.0             4.0
Missouri............      7.8           3.4          1.9             4.5
Montana.............      8.0           3.2          2.6             4.8
Nebraska............      9.5           3.8          2.2             5.8
Nevada..............      7.8           3.3          2.2             4.5

New Jersey..........      6.0           2.8          2.2             3.2
New Mexico..........      6.5           2.9          2.1             3.6
New York............      4.4           2.3          2.0             2.1
North Carolina......      6.3           2.9          1.7             3.4
Oklahoma............      7.1           3.7          2.7             3.5

Oregon..............      7.8           3.6          2.3             4.1
Puerto Rico.........      4.3           3.5          3.5              .7
Rhode Island........      7.8           3.9          2.8             3.9
South Carolina......      5.9           2.5          1.6             3.4
Tennessee...........      7.6           3.5          2.2             4.1

Texas...............      5.6           2.9          1.9             2.7
Utah................      8.3           3.1          2.1             5.2
Vermont.............      6.7           3.0          2.2             3.7
Virgin Islands......      1.4           1.0          1.0              .4
Virginia............      6.4           2.9          1.9             3.5
Washington..........      9.8           4.1          3.2             5.7
Wisconsin...........     10.0           4.5          2.8             5.5
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     1/  Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses 
per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as:  (N/EH) X 200,000, where

         N = number of injuries and illnesses,
        EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year,
   200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per 
             week, 50 weeks per year).

     2/  Total includes cases involving restricted work activity only in 
addition to days-away-from-work cases with or without restricted work activity.

     3/  Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away 
from work with or without restricted work activity.

     4/  Data cover all 50 States.

	SOURCE:	U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
		January 1999