OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Illnesses by type by industry division - 1998

Number of nonfatal occupational illnesses by category of illness, private industry, 1998

(In thousands)
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                                                                            Respira-                             Disorders
                                                       Skin       Dust        tory                  Disorders   associated     All other
                                         Total       diseases   diseases   conditions    Poisoning   due to        with         occupa-
       Industry division                 cases          or       of the   due to toxic               physical    repeated       tional
                                                     disorders    lungs      agents                   agents      trauma       illnesses
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     Private industry 1/...........      391.9         53.1         2.1        17.5          4.0       16.6        253.3         45.4

Agriculture, forestry, 
 and fishing 1/....................        4.3          2.4        (2)          0.5          0.1        0.1          0.6          0.5    
  Agricultural production 1/.......        2.1          1.0        (2)           .2           .1        (2)           .5           .3 

Mining 3/..........................        1.3          0.1         0.3        (2)           (2)        (2)           .8           .1 

Construction.......................        7.7          1.8          .2          .8           .3        1.2          2.0          1.5

Manufacturing......................      236.3         24.4          .8         6.6          2.2        9.0        180.9         12.5 
  Durable goods manufacturing......      152.5         16.7          .6         4.6          1.9        7.4        113.1          8.2
  Nondurable goods manufacturing...       83.8          7.7          .1         2.0           .3        1.6         67.7          4.3

Transportation and public 
 utilities 3/......................       16.6          1.7          .3         1.2           .3        1.2          9.2          2.7

Trade..............................       38.8          4.3          .2         2.6           .3        2.2         20.9          8.4
  Wholesale trade..................       11.7           .9          .1          .4           .1         .5          7.6          2.0
  Retail trade.....................       27.1          3.4          .1         2.2           .2        1.6         13.3          6.3

Finance, insurance, and 
 real estate.......................       15.2           .8        (2)           .6          (2)         .1         12.0          1.6

Services...........................       71.7         17.7          .4         5.1           .8        2.7         27.0         18.0
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     1/  Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
     
     2/  Fewer than 50 cases.
     
     3/  Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad 
transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and the Federal Railroad 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal 
mining industries.
     
     NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.
    
     Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
              December 1999