OS TB 12/17/97 Table: Industries with highest incidence rates for repeated trauma compared to prior year -1996 Industries with the highest nonfatal illness incidence rates of disorders associated with repeated trauma, 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 | 1,206.2 | 921.6 Knit underwear mills............................| 2254 | 19.4 | 786.3 | 910.4 Motor vehicles and car bodies...................| 3711 | 344.8 | 885.0 | 710.5 Household laundry equipment.....................| 3633 | 16.3 | 592.4 | 547.1 Poultry slaughtering and processing.............| 2015 | 240.6 | 623.5 | 535.0 | | | | Footwear, except rubber.........................| 3149 | 5.6 | - | 465.2 Men's and boys' trousers and slacks.............| 2325 | 75.9 | 383.7 | 380.7 Household refrigerators and freezers............| 3632 | 28.1 | 388.2 | 376.4 Vehicular lighting equipment....................| 3647 | 17.8 | 217.8 | 375.7 Engine electrical equipment.....................| 3694 | 67.7 | 384.6 | 363.7 | | | | Motor vehicle parts and accessories.............| 3714 | 531.3 | 304.6 | 333.7 Men's and boys' work clothing...................| 2326 | 33.0 | 341.8 | 330.2 Automotive stampings............................| 3465 | 117.7 | 352.0 | 327.9 Women's footwear, except athletic...............| 3144 | 13.0 | 262.3 | 315.4 Public building and related furniture...........| 253 | 42.7 | 347.3 | 315.3 | | | | Household appliances, n.e.c.....................| 3639 | 13.5 | 329.8 | 300.9 Sausages and other prepared meats...............| 2013 | 95.0 | 426.1 | 291.0 Hosiery, n.e.c..................................| 2252 | 39.7 | 336.4 | 282.2 Potato chips and similar snacks.................| 2096 | 33.2 | 296.4 | 260.0 Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts................| 375 | 21.1 | 371.5 | 259.9 | | | | Pens and mechanical pencils.....................| 3951 | 9.0 | 137.7 | 250.3 Men's and boys' underwear and nightwear.........| 2322 | 18.8 | 469.0 | 246.4 Automotive and apparel trimmings................| 2396 | 61.6 | 195.2 | 237.9 Men's footwear, except athletic.................| 3143 | 23.0 | 267.8 | 212.8 Motors and generators...........................| 3621 | 76.5 | 181.4 | 204.7 | | | | Private industry (5)...............| | 98,772.9 | 37.8 | 33.5 ________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 25 highest incidence rates for illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma 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 illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000, where N = number of illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). 5 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