OS TB 12/17/97 Table: Highest incidence rates for total recordable cases of injuries only - 1996 Industries with the highest nonfatal total cases incidence rates for injuries only, private industry, 1996 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1996 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate (4) Industry(1) | code (2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment (3) | | | | (000's) | 1995 | 1996 ________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Mobile homes....................................| 2451 | 68.0 | 23.9 | 25.7 Steel foundries, n.e.c..........................| 3325 | 26.6 | 24.5 | 24.9 Ship building and repairing.....................| 3731 | 102.5 | 28.3 | 24.0 Gray and ductile iron foundries.................| 3321 | 81.4 | 26.5 | 23.5 Metal sanitary ware.............................| 3431 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 23.0 | | | | Steel springs, except wire......................| 3493 | 5.6 | - | 20.7 Structural wood members, n.e.c..................| 2439 | 37.2 | 20.8 | 20.2 Meat packing plants.............................| 2011 | 147.2 | 22.7 | 19.8 Truck and bus bodies............................| 3713 | 38.6 | 20.5 | 19.5 Automotive stampings............................| 3465 | 117.7 | 19.2 | 19.3 | | | | Secondary nonferrous metals.....................| 334 | 16.0 | 24.2 | 19.3 Travel trailers and campers.....................| 3792 | 21.7 | 20.7 | 18.6 Air transportation, scheduled (5)...............| 451 | 965.5 | 13.8 | 18.6 Motor homes.....................................| 3716 | 18.3 | 12.6 | 18.3 Aluminum die-castings...........................| 3363 | 37.4 | 19.8 | 18.1 | | | | Iron and steel forgings.........................| 3462 | 30.6 | 18.8 | 18.0 Raw cane sugar..................................| 2061 | 5.2 | 18.1 | 17.9 Motor vehicles and car bodies...................| 3711 | 344.8 | 21.1 | 17.9 Prepared flour mixes and doughs.................| 2045 | 13.4 | 17.0 | 17.6 Truck trailers..................................| 3715 | 32.4 | 28.8 | 17.6 | | | | Commercial laundry equipment....................| 3582 | 6.1 | - | 17.0 Public building and related furniture...........| 253 | 42.7 | 15.4 | 16.8 Prefabricated wood buildings....................| 2452 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 16.8 Distilled and blended liquors...................| 2085 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 16.7 Fabricated structural metal.....................| 3441 | 75.1 | 18.7 | 16.3 | | | | Leather tanning and finishing...................| 311 | 13.0 | 15.1 | 16.2 Nursing and personal care facilities............| 805 | 1,731.3 | 17.8 | 16.2 Prefabricated metal buildings...................| 3448 | 27.5 | 19.2 | 16.0 Vitreous plumbing fixtures......................| 3261 | 10.0 | 14.7 | 16.0 Fabricated pipe and fittings....................| 3498 | 28.9 | 12.0 | 16.0 | | | | Bottled and canned soft drinks..................| 2086 | 93.3 | 18.8 | 15.9 Wood pallets and skids..........................| 2448 | 40.5 | 16.5 | 15.7 Concrete products, n.e.c........................| 3272 | 70.8 | 14.4 | 15.5 Metal stampings, n.e.c..........................| 3469 | 93.1 | 16.8 | 15.5 | | | | Private industry (6)...............| | 98,772.9 | 7.5 | 6.9 ________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 25 highest total cases incidence rates for injuries at the most detailed or lowest SIC level at which rates are calculated and published. 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. 2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 3 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and Wages program. Employment in private households (SIC 88) is excluded. 4 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries 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). 5 In 1996, air courier operations previously classified in Industry Groups 421, 422, 423, 452, 473, and 478 were reclassified to Industry Group 451. As a result, the 1996 estimates for these SIC's and Major Industry Groups 42, 45, and 47 are not comparable to those for prior years. 6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. - Data not available. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1997