os tb 12/15/95 summary: highest inc. rate repeated trauma ill '94

Industries with the highest nonfatal illness incidence rates(1) of disorders
associated with repeated trauma, private industry, 1994
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                                                      1994
                                                     Annual     
                                             SIC     average    Incidence rate
         Industry(2)                       Code(3)  employment _________________
                                                    (000's)(4)   1993     1994
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 Meat packing plants......................   2011     137.6    1,298.8   1,257.4
 Knit underwear mills.....................   2254      24.5      879.9   1,052.6
 Motor vehicles and car bodies............   3711     339.6      825.5     963.5
 Poultry slaughtering and processing......   2015     223.5      767.6     832.2
 House slippers...........................   3142      n.a.      345.0     725.3
                                                                                                                                                                
 Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts.........   3751      n.a.      477.9     530.2
 Men's and boys' underwear and nightwear..   2322      n.a.      509.3     500.3
 Engine electrical equipment..............   3694      68.9      291.4     460.8
 Potato chips and similar snacks..........   2096      n.a.      376.9     455.7
 Men's and boys' trousers and slacks......   2325      81.3      473.9     416.0
                                                                                                                                                                
 Sausages and other prepared meats........   2013      89.5      347.1     391.3
 Automotive stampings.....................   3465     106.4      368.8     383.2
 Household refrigerators and freezers.....   3632      30.2      417.4     375.6
 Vehicular lighting equipment.............   3647      n.a.      169.2     362.8
 Men's and boys' work clothing............   2326      42.2      272.4     357.7
                                                                                                                                                                
 Public building and related furniture....   2531      39.0      260.2     353.0
 Automotive and apparel trimmings.........   2396      54.8      220.1     351.4
 Household laundry equipment..............   3633      17.2      288.3     351.3
 Motor vehicle parts and accessories......   3714     466.9      347.1     340.4
 Flat glass...............................   3211      15.0      264.1     321.6
                                                                                                                                                                
 Hats, caps, and millinery................   2353      n.a.      376.4     319.2
 Men's footwear, except athletic..........   3143      27.9      255.4     309.7
 Hosiery, n.e.c...........................   2252      40.6      202.5     293.3
 Lawn and garden equipment................   3524      n.a.      276.6     292.6
 Greeting cards...........................   2771      n.a.      258.8     268.2
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	1  Incidence rates represent the number of illness cases of disorders
associated with repeated trauma per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated
as:  (N/EH) X 20,000,000 where,

           N = number of illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma,
          EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year,
  20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per
               week, 50 weeks per year).

	2  High rate industries were those having the 25 highest incidence rates
for illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma at the most
detailed or lowest SIC level at which rates are calculated and published.  Based
on this comparison, the highest rates were all reported in manufacturing
industries.  Generally, manufacturing industries were calculated at the 4-digit
code level and the remaining industries at the 3-digit level based on the Standard
Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.

	3  Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.

	4  Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily
from the BLS-State Current Employment Statistics program.

	n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified
	n.a. = not available

        SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
                 December 1995