os tb 12/15/95 summary: highest inc. rate inj&ill lwdc '94 Industries with the highest nonfatal lost workday cases incidence rates(1) for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1994 _______________________________________________________________________________ 1994 Annual average Incidence rate SIC employment ________________ Industry(2) code(3) (000's)(4) 1993 1994 _______________________________________________________________________________ Meat packing plants.................. 2011 137.6 19.3 19.4 Ship building and repairing.......... 3731 107.2 16.9 15.6 Truck trailers....................... 3715 34.1 10.1 13.8 Mobile homes......................... 2451 55.2 11.6 12.1 Sausages and other prepared meats.... 2013 89.5 11.1 12.0 Poultry slaughtering and processing.. 2015 223.5 11.4 12.0 Motor vehicles and car bodies........ 3711 339.6 10.6 12.0 Gray and ductile iron foundries...... 3321 78.8 10.6 11.2 Prefabricated wood buildings......... 2452 n.a. 10.7 11.1 Steel foundries, n.e.c............... 3325 25.9 11.2 10.7 Aluminum die-castings................ 3363 n.a. 9.9 10.7 Public building and related furniture.......................... 2531 39.0 8.7 10.6 Anthracite mining.................... 123 n.a. - 10.3 Structural wood members, n.e.c....... 2439 n.a. 10.5 10.3 Travel trailers and campers.......... 3792 21.4 6.8 10.3 Bottled and canned soft drinks....... 2086 95.6 10.1 10.2 Wood preserving...................... 2491 n.a. 5.3 10.2 Vitreous plumbing fixtures........... 3261 n.a. 11.2 10.0 Prepared flour mixes and doughs...... 2045 n.a. 8.8 9.8 Concrete products, n.e.c............. 3272 65.6 9.0 9.8 Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts..... 3751 n.a. 10.8 9.7 Malleable iron foundries............. 3322 5.4 14.2 9.6 Fresh or frozen prepared fish........ 2092 n.a. 8.9 9.5 Wood products, n.e.c................. 2449 n.a. 7.2 9.4 Trucking and courier services, except air......................... 421 1,653.4 8.5 9.4 Clay refractories.................... 3255 n.a. 6.2 9.3 Potato chips and similar snacks...... 2096 n.a. 8.5 9.2 Mattresses and bedsprings............ 2515 30.3 8.8 9.2 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 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). 2 High rate industries were those having the 20 highest lost workday cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses at the most detailed or lowest SIC level at which rates are calculated and published. Based on this comparison, the highest rates were reported in manufacturing industries, except SIC 123 (mining) and SIC 421 (transportation and public utilities). 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. 3 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Current Employment Statistics program. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified n.a. = not available NOTE: Dashes "-" indicate data that are not available or data that do not meet publication guidelines. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1995