OS TB 12/17/97 Table:  Industries with 100,000 or more cases compared to prior year, 1996

Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses: number of cases and incidence rates for industries with 100,000 or
more total cases, 1996
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                                         |              |                             |                             
                                         |              |            Total            |          Incidence          
                                         |              |            cases            |           rate (3)          
               Industry(1)               |      SIC     |           (000's)           |                             
                                         |   code (2)   |_____________________________|_____________________________
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
                                         |              |     1995     |     1996     |     1995     |     1996     
_________________________________________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Hospitals................................|      806     |      299.6   |      330.9   |       10.1   |       11.0   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Eating and drinking places...............|      581     |      379.2   |      315.1   |        7.6   |        6.2   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Nursing and personal care facilities.....|      805     |      252.1   |      226.3   |       18.2   |       16.5   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Grocery stores...........................|      541     |      209.7   |      219.2   |        9.9   |       10.1   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Motor vehicles and equipment.............|      371     |      231.6   |      203.9   |       23.2   |       20.4   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Department stores........................|      531     |      177.5   |      176.5   |       10.5   |       10.0   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Trucking and courier services, except air|              |              |              |              |              
   (4)...................................|      421     |      232.4   |      155.2   |       14.1   |       10.3   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Air transportation, scheduled (4)........|      451     |       80.0   |      153.7   |       14.5   |       19.3   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Hotels and motels........................|      701     |      123.5   |      121.3   |        9.7   |        9.1   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
Meat products............................|      201     |      116.8   |      106.1   |       24.5   |       21.5   
                                         |              |              |              |              |              
             Private industry (5)........|              |    6,575.4   |    6,238.9   |        8.1   |        7.4   
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  1 Industries with 100,000 or more cases were determined by analysis of the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC code
level.
  2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
  3 The 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).
     
  4 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.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.

  SOURCE:   Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
            December 1997