OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest number of repeated trauma disorders (3-digit Industry) - 1998 vs 1997

Industries with the highest number of nonfatal illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma, private
industry, 1998
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                                                  |                |      1998      |              Number             
                                                  |                |     Annual     |             of cases            
                   Industry(1)                    |       SIC      |     average    |             (000's)             
                                                  |     code(2)    |  employment(3) |_________________________________
                                                  |                |     (000's)    |                |                
                                                  |                |                |      1997      |      1998      
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                                                  |                |                |                |                
Motor vehicles and equipment......................|       371      |       997.4    |     (4)43.9    |     (4)39.9    
Meat products.....................................|       201      |       494.0    |        33.8    |        30.8    
Aircraft and parts................................|       372      |       526.8    |      (4)7.1    |      (4)8.1    
Hospitals.........................................|       806      |     3,898.8    |         6.4    |         6.4    
Grocery stores....................................|       541      |     3,061.7    |         5.6    |         4.5    
                                                  |                |                |                |                
Metal forgings and stampings......................|       346      |       258.4    |         3.7    |         4.0    
Miscellaneous plastics products, n.e.c............|       308      |       745.1    |         4.5    |         3.8    
Electronic components and accessories.............|       367      |       662.1    |         4.0    |         3.6    
Men's and boys' furnishings.......................|       232      |       181.6    |         4.7    |         3.6    
Telephone communications..........................|       481      |     1,011.1    |         3.8    |         3.2    
                                                  |                |                |                |                
Offices and clinics of medical doctors............|       801      |     1,808.6    |      (4)1.8    |      (4)3.0    
Refrigeration and service machinery...............|       358      |       205.4    |         2.6    |         2.7    
Household appliances..............................|       363      |       117.7    |      (4)3.1    |      (4)2.6    
Computer and office equipment.....................|       357      |       380.0    |         2.4    |         2.5    
Measuring and controlling devices.................|       382      |       305.1    |         2.5    |         2.5    
                                                  |                |                |                |                
Nonstore retailers................................|       596      |       344.9    |         2.4    |         2.4    
Miscellaneous electrical equipment and supplies...|       369      |       146.5    |      (4)3.1    |      (4)2.4    
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance..............|       633      |       548.5    |         2.4    |         2.3    
Air transportation, scheduled.....................|       451      |     1,021.9    |         2.7    |         2.3    
Ship and boat building and repairing..............|       373      |       166.1    |         1.9    |         2.2    
                                                  |                |                |                |                
Medical instruments and supplies..................|       384      |       281.0    |      (4)3.3    |      (4)2.2    
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products.........|       239      |       217.8    |         2.3    |         2.2    
Household furniture...............................|       251      |       284.2    |      (4)1.6    |      (4)2.2    
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             Private industry(5)..................|                |   104,640.7    |    (4)276.6    |    (4)253.3    
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  1 Industries with the highest number of illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma were determined
by analysis of the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC code level.  The analysis included those 3-digit industries
which reported at least 2,000 cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma.
  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 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between the 1998 incidence rate and the 1997 rate is
statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.

  n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.                                     
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
           December 1999