OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Industries with 100,000 or more injuries and illnesses - 1998

Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses: number of cases and incidence rates for industries with 100,000 or more total
cases, 1998
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                                                  |              |                             |                             
                                                  |              |            Total            |          Incidence          
                                                  |              |            cases            |           rate(3)           
                   Industry(1)                    |      SIC     |        (In thousands)       |                             
                                                  |   code (2)   |_____________________________|_____________________________
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
                                                  |              |     1997     |     1998     |     1997     |     1998     
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                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Eating and drinking places........................|       581    |      328.6   |      334.7   |        6.5   |        6.3   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Hospitals.........................................|      806     |   (4)309.8   |   (4)285.7   |    (4)10.0   |     (4)9.2   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Nursing and personal care facilities..............|      805     |      222.6   |      203.3   |       16.2   |       14.2   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Grocery stores....................................|      541     |      212.4   |      203.1   |        9.6   |        9.1   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Motor vehicles and equipment......................|      371     |   (4)193.9   |   (4)182.2   |    (4)19.2   |    (4)17.9   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Department stores.................................|      531     |      168.4   |      164.9   |        9.6   |        9.2   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Air transportation, scheduled.....................|      451     |      142.2   |      133.3   |    (4)17.7   |    (4)15.9   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Trucking and courier services, except air.........|      421     |      154.9   |      131.4   |    (4)10.1   |     (4)8.4   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Meat products.....................................|      201     |      105.8   |      103.3   |    (4)21.5   |    (4)20.1   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Hotels and motels.................................|      701     |      115.3   |      102.2   |     (4)8.6   |     (4)7.3   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
             Private industry(5)..................|              | (4)6,145.6   | (4)5,922.8   |     (4)7.1   |     (4)6.7   
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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 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.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
           December 1999