OS TB 12/17/1998 Table: Highest rates for total cases - injuries only -1997 Industries with the highest nonfatal total cases incidence rates for injuries only, private industry, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1997 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1996 | 1997 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Malleable iron foundries..........................| 3322 | 4.7 | 14.2 | 25.4 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 80.1 | 23.5 | 24.5 Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 16.0 | 22.5 Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 70.7 | 25.7 | 22.0 Metal sanitary ware...............................| 3431 | 14.3 | 23.0 | 20.3 | | | | Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 33.8 | 17.6 | 19.9 Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.5 | 19.8 | 18.7 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 101.4 | 24.0 | 18.3 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 27.0 | 24.9 | 18.3 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 25.6 | 15.4 | 18.1 | | | | Leather tanning and finishing.....................| 311 | 12.9 | 16.2 | 17.1 Air transportation, scheduled(5)..................| 451 | 982.2 | 18.6 | 17.1 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 353.2 | 17.9 | 17.0 Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 115.5 | 19.3 | 16.9 Structural wood members, n.e.c....................| 2439 | 39.2 | 20.2 | 16.7 | | | | Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 25.5 | 12.7 | 16.6 Metal heat treating...............................| 3398 | 18.8 | 10.0 | 16.4 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 38.4 | 18.1 | 16.3 Secondary nonferrous metals.......................| 334 | 16.2 | 19.3 | 16.3 Boat building and repairing.......................| 3732 | 56.8 | 15.0 | 16.3 | | | | Prefabricated wood buildings......................| 2452 | 22.4 | 16.8 | 16.2 Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 78.5 | 16.3 | 16.2 Travel trailers and campers.......................| 3792 | 21.6 | 18.6 | 16.2 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 95.3 | 15.9 | 16.1 Miscellaneous metal work..........................| 3449 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 16.0 | | | | Nursing and personal care facilities..............| 805 | 1,745.7 | 16.2 | 15.9 Steel pipe and tubes..............................| 3317 | 28.0 | 13.1 | 15.9 Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 40.5 | 19.5 | 15.8 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 42.3 | 15.7 | 15.7 Iron and steel forgings...........................| 3462 | 31.7 | 18.0 | 15.7 | | | | Sheet metal work..................................| 3444 | 120.2 | 14.3 | 15.5 Construction machinery............................| 3531 | 89.2 | 15.0 | 15.5 Metal stampings, n.e.c............................| 3469 | 95.9 | 15.5 | 15.5 Burial caskets....................................| 3995 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 15.4 Primary aluminum..................................| 3334 | 22.4 | 11.3 | 15.2 | | | | Canned and cured fish and seafoods................| 2091 | 8.2 | 13.9 | 15.2 Metal doors, sash, and trim.......................| 3442 | 78.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 101,666.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 26 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 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 January 1999 - Updated from December 1998 to reflect additional published estimates.