OS TB 12/17/1998 Table: Highest rates for total cases - injuries and illnesses - 1997 Industries with the highest nonfatal total cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1997 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1996 | 1997 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.5 | 30.3 | 32.1 Malleable iron foundries..........................| 3322 | 4.7 | 16.7 | 27.6 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 80.1 | 25.8 | 26.6 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 353.2 | 26.1 | 25.5 Metal sanitary ware...............................| 3431 | 14.3 | 29.4 | 24.4 | | | | Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 16.3 | 23.9 Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 70.7 | 26.2 | 22.6 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 101.4 | 27.4 | 21.4 Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 33.8 | 19.4 | 21.3 Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 115.5 | 23.2 | 20.0 | | | | Leather tanning and finishing.....................| 311 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 19.9 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 25.6 | 17.1 | 19.8 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 19.1 Secondary nonferrous metals.......................| 334 | 16.2 | 21.0 | 18.9 Primary aluminum..................................| 3334 | 22.4 | 13.6 | 18.8 | | | | Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 25.5 | 15.2 | 18.6 Structural wood members, n.e.c....................| 2439 | 39.2 | 20.5 | 18.1 Canned and cured fish and seafoods................| 2091 | 8.2 | 15.3 | 17.9 Air transportation, scheduled(5)..................| 451 | 982.2 | 19.3 | 17.7 Boat building and repairing.......................| 3732 | 56.8 | 16.2 | 17.6 | | | | Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 38.4 | 19.9 | 17.4 Burial caskets....................................| 3995 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 17.3 Iron and steel forgings...........................| 3462 | 31.7 | 19.4 | 17.3 Construction machinery............................| 3531 | 89.2 | 16.3 | 17.0 Travel trailers and campers.......................| 3792 | 21.6 | 19.7 | 16.9 | | | | Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 78.5 | 16.7 | 16.8 Fresh and frozen prepared fish....................| 2092 | 45.2 | 14.4 | 16.8 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 101,666.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 25 highest total cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses 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 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). 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 and 1997 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1998