OS TB 12/17/1998 Table: Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Injuries only - 1997 Industries with the highest nonfatal cases with days away from work incidence rates for injuries only, private industry, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1997 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1996 | 1997 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Air transportation, scheduled(5)..................| 451 | 982.2 | 8.5 | 9.0 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 42.3 | 6.8 | 7.1 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 80.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 Water transportation services.....................| 449 | 121.0 | 5.5 | 5.9 Fluid milk........................................| 2026 | 62.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | | | | Cold finishing of steel shapes....................| 3316 | 17.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 Livestock, except dairy and poultry(6)............| 021 | 62.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 25.6 | 5.1 | 5.4 Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 78.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 Anthracite mining.................................| 123 | 1.3 | 6.9 | 5.3 | | | | Metal heat treating...............................| 3398 | 18.8 | 3.2 | 5.2 Freight transportation on the Great Lakes.........| 443 | 2.0 | - | 5.2 Nursing and personal care facilities..............| 805 | 1,745.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 Logging...........................................| 241 | 81.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 Secondary nonferrous metals.......................| 334 | 16.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 | | | | Metal sanitary ware...............................| 3431 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 5.1 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 101.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 Boat building and repairing.......................| 3732 | 56.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 Sheet metal work..................................| 3444 | 120.2 | 3.8 | 5.0 Mattresses and bedsprings.........................| 2515 | 32.9 | 3.7 | 5.0 | | | | Carpentry and floor work..........................| 175 | 255.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 Bituminous coal and lignite mining................| 122 | 89.8 | 5.3 | 5.0 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 27.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work.............| 176 | 231.8 | 6.2 | 4.9 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 95.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | | | | Fresh or frozen prepared fish.....................| 2092 | 45.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 40.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 Concrete block and brick..........................| 3271 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 Ceramic wall and floor tile.......................| 3253 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 4.8 Botanical and zoological gardens..................| 842 | 21.5 | - | 4.7 | | | | Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 25.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 Sawmills and planing mills, general...............| 2421 | 145.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 Beer, wine, and distilled beverages...............| 518 | 154.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 Structural wood members, n.e.c....................| 2439 | 39.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 Masonry, stonework, and plastering................| 174 | 461.6 | 5.3 | 4.6 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 101,666.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 15 highest days away from work cases incidence rates for injuries 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 per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries 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 and 1997 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. - Indicates data not available. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor January 1999 - Updated from December 1998 to reflect additional published estimates.