OS TB 12/17/97 Table: Highest incidence rates for lost workday cases of injuries and illnesses - 1996 Industries with the highest nonfatal lost workday 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 | 19.9 | 16.8 Ship building and repairing.....................| 3731 | 102.5 | 16.0 | 13.9 Air transportation, scheduled (5)...............| 451 | 965.5 | 8.9 | 13.1 Steel foundries, n.e.c..........................| 3325 | 26.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 Structural wood members, n.e.c..................| 2439 | 37.2 | 9.8 | 11.2 | | | | Secondary nonferrous metals.....................| 334 | 16.0 | 12.4 | 11.1 Steel springs, except wire......................| 3493 | 5.6 | - | 10.6 Vitreous plumbing fixtures......................| 3261 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 10.6 Motor vehicles and car bodies...................| 3711 | 344.8 | 12.6 | 10.5 Gray and ductile iron foundries.................| 3321 | 81.4 | 10.8 | 10.3 | | | | Public building and related furniture...........| 253 | 42.7 | 10.0 | 10.2 Automotive stampings............................| 3465 | 117.7 | 8.3 | 9.8 Leather tanning and finishing...................| 311 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 Mobile homes....................................| 2451 | 68.0 | 10.1 | 9.6 Aluminum die-castings...........................| 3363 | 37.4 | 10.1 | 9.6 | | | | Wood pallets and skids..........................| 2448 | 40.5 | 8.2 | 9.6 Poultry slaughtering and processing.............| 2015 | 240.6 | 9.8 | 9.5 Porcelain electrical supplies...................| 3264 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 9.3 Sausages and other prepared meats...............| 2013 | 95.0 | 11.3 | 9.3 Prepared flour mixes and doughs.................| 2045 | 13.4 | 8.7 | 9.3 | | | | Aluminum foundries..............................| 3365 | 24.7 | 10.8 | 9.2 Bottled and canned soft drinks..................| 2086 | 93.3 | 11.3 | 8.8 Hoists, cranes, and monorails...................| 3536 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 8.7 Distilled and blended liquors...................| 2085 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.6 Metal sanitary ware.............................| 3431 | 13.9 | 5.8 | 8.5 | | | | Private industry (6)...............| | 98,772.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 ________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 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. 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