OS TB 12/17/97 Table: Highest incidence rates for total recordable cases of injuries and illnesses - 1996 Industries with the highest nonfatal total cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1996 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1996 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate (4) Industry(1) | code (2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment (3) | | | | (000's) | 1995 | 1996 ________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Meat packing plants.............................| 2011 | 147.2 | 36.6 | 30.3 Metal sanitary ware.............................| 3431 | 13.9 | 21.0 | 29.4 Ship building and repairing.....................| 3731 | 102.5 | 32.7 | 27.4 Steel foundries, n.e.c..........................| 3325 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 26.4 Mobile homes....................................| 2451 | 68.0 | 24.3 | 26.2 | | | | Motor vehicles and car bodies...................| 3711 | 344.8 | 31.5 | 26.1 Gray and ductile iron foundries.................| 3321 | 81.4 | 29.2 | 25.8 Automotive stampings............................| 3465 | 117.7 | 23.8 | 23.2 Steel springs, except wire......................| 3493 | 5.6 | - | 22.7 Secondary nonferrous metals.....................| 334 | 16.0 | 26.1 | 21.0 | | | | Truck and bus bodies............................| 3713 | 38.6 | 22.5 | 21.0 Public building and related furniture...........| 253 | 42.7 | 19.4 | 20.6 Structural wood members, n.e.c..................| 2439 | 37.2 | 21.0 | 20.5 Aluminum die-castings...........................| 3363 | 37.4 | 23.1 | 19.9 Motor homes.....................................| 3716 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 19.8 | | | | Travel trailers and campers.....................| 3792 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 19.7 Truck trailers..................................| 3715 | 32.4 | 31.2 | 19.4 Iron and steel forgings.........................| 3462 | 30.6 | 19.7 | 19.4 Air transportation, scheduled (5)...............| 451 | 965.5 | 14.5 | 19.3 Knit underwear mills............................| 2254 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 19.2 | | | | Leather tanning and finishing...................| 311 | 13.0 | 18.5 | 19.1 Prepared flour mixes and doughs.................| 2045 | 13.4 | 18.2 | 18.6 Raw cane sugar..................................| 2061 | 5.2 | 18.2 | 18.4 Poultry slaughtering and processing.............| 2015 | 240.6 | 18.3 | 17.8 Distilled and blended liquors...................| 2085 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 17.5 | | | | Commercial laundry equipment....................| 3582 | 6.1 | - | 17.4 Fabricated pipe and fittings....................| 3498 | 28.9 | 12.9 | 17.2 | | | | Private industry (6)...............| | 98,772.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 ________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 25 highest total cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses at the most detailed or lowest SIC level at which rates are calculated and published. 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. 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 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). 5 In 1996, air courier operations previously classified in Industry Groups 421, 422, 423, 452, 473, and 478 were reclassified to Industry Group 451. As a result, the 1996 estimates for these SIC's and Major Industry Groups 42, 45, and 47 are not comparable to those for prior years. 6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. - Data not available. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1997