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Wood Products Industry

TABLE R3: Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by industry and selected sources of injury or illness, 1997 Wood Products Industry, selected SIC codes

Industry2 SIC code3 Total Cases Source of injury or illness4 Chemicals and chemical products Containers  Furniture and fixtures Manufacturing           446,109 10,243 61,916 12,069 Lumber and wood products 24 31,055 137 1,769 523 Sawmills and planing mills  242 8,482 _ 220 _ Sawmills and planing mills, general 2421 7,141 _ 121 _ Hardwood dimension and flooring mills 2426 1,221 _ 99 _ Millwork, plywood and structural members 243 9,015 _ 411 349 Millwork 2431 4,121 _ 210 106 Wood kitchen cabinets 2434 1,967 _ 92 170 Hardwood  veneer and plywood 2435 665 _ 46 26 Softwood veneer and plywood 2436 459 _ 8 14 Structural wood members, n.e.c. 2439 1,803 _ 55 _ Wood containers 244 3,368 _ 673 _ Wood pallets and skids 2448 2,971 _ 673 _ Wood buildings and mobile homes 245 4,013 49 181 94 Mobile homes 2451 3,121 49 150 82 Prefabricated wood buildings 2452 893 _ 30 12 Miscellaneous wood products 249 2,293 19 233 31 Wood preserving 2491 266 _ _ _ Reconstituted wood products 2493 414 _ 63 _ Wood products, n.e.c. 2499 1,613 _ 171 _ Furniture and fixtures 25 14,322 113 1,493 1,845 Household furniture 251 7,572 63 842 1,163 Wood household furniture 2511 3,741 _ 398 298 Upholstered household furniture 2512 1,371 18 141 253 Office furniture 252 1,418 _ 100 231 Wood office furniture 2521 742 16 52 128 Public building and related furniture 253 1,271   _ 142 92 Partitions and fixtures 254 3,310 _ 277 258 Wood partitions and fixtures 2541 2,181 _ 92 214 Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures 259 751 _ 133 102 Table R3 continues. Industry2 Source of injury or illness4 Machinery Parts and materials Worker motion of position Floors, walkways or ground surfaces Handtools Manufacturing 251 1,239 216 _ 220 Wood buildings and mobile homes 221 1,113 483 745 350 Mobile homes 168 860 297 661 289 Prefabricated wood buildings 53 253 186 84 61 Miscellaneous wood products 436 532 385 169 135 Wood preserving  27 80 47 _ _ Reconstituted wood products 73 61 59 _ _ Wood products, n.e.c. 336 391 279 105 99 Furniture and fixtures 1,958 2,959 1,842 1,066 754 Household furniture 996 1,386 979 601 323 Wood household furniture 653 830 372 335 141 Upholstered household furniture 137 198 245 110 75 Office furniture 151 282 206 100 68 Wood office furniture 60 161 109 44 60 Public building and related furniture 119 241 317 89 48 Partitions and fixtures 555 902 291 191 277 Wood partitions and fixtures 478 532 148 122 215 Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures 139 147 50 86 38 Table R3 continues. Industry2 Source of injury or illness4 Vehicles Health care patient All other sources5 Manufacturing 21,901 31 56,946 Lumber and wood products 1,449 _ 5,549 Sawmills and planing mills 635 _ 1,147 Sawmills and planing mills, general 616 _ 979 Hardwood dimension and flooring mills 19 _ 120 Millwork, plywood and structural members 369 _ 1,778 Millwork 194 _ 731 Wood kitchen cabinets 86 _ 277 Hardwood veneer and plywood 22 _ 132 Softwood veneer and plywood 29 _ 73 Structural wood members, n.e.c. _ _ 565 Wood containers 106 _ 193 Wood pallets and skids 102 _ 175 Wood buildings and mobile homes 104 _ 672 Mobile homes 66 _ 498 Prefabricated wood buildings 38 _ 174 Miscellaneous wood products 80 _ 273 Wood preserving _ _ 54 Reconstituted wood products 18 _ 52 Wood products, n.e.c. 39 _ 167 Furniture and fixtures 647 _ 1,644 Household furniture 350 _ 870 Wood household furniture 213 _ 476 Upholstered household furniture 93 _ 101 Office furniture 91 _ 169 Wood office furniture _ _ 90 Public building and related furniture 72 _ 148 Partitions and fixtures 127 _ 408 Wood partitions and fixtures 92 _ 280 Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures _ _ 50

1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity. 2Totals include data for industries not shown separately. 3Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition 4Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49; Worker motion or position = 562; Floors, walkways or ground surfaces = 62; Handtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; Health care patient = 573; All other sources = all remaining codes, including 9999(Nonclassifiable).  These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 5Includes nonclassifiable responses. NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. n.e.c.= not elsewhere classified. Data obtained from BLS Case and Demographic Characteristics for Workplace injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work - 1997

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