OS TB 12/17/1998 Table: Highest rates for lost workday cases - injuries and illnesses - 1997 Industries with the highest nonfatal lost workday cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1997 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1996 | 1997 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.5 | 16.8 | 18.7 Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 16.9 Malleable iron foundries..........................| 3322 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 14.2 Air transportation, scheduled(5)..................| 451 | 982.2 | 13.1 | 12.3 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 25.6 | 9.2 | 11.8 | | | | Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 80.1 | 10.3 | 11.7 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 101.4 | 13.9 | 10.7 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 353.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 27.0 | 12.5 | 10.4 Leather tanning and finishing.....................| 311 | 12.9 | 9.7 | 10.3 | | | | Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 70.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 95.3 | 8.8 | 9.8 Primary aluminum..................................| 3334 | 22.4 | 5.0 | 9.8 Sausages and other prepared meats.................| 2013 | 94.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 25.5 | 7.0 | 9.5 | | | | Frozen bakery products, except bread..............| 2053 | 10.6 | - | 9.4 Structural wood members, n.e.c....................| 2439 | 39.2 | 11.2 | 9.4 Mattresses and bedsprings.........................| 2515 | 32.9 | 7.3 | 9.2 Secondary nonferrous metals.......................| 334 | 16.2 | 11.1 | 8.9 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 42.3 | 9.6 | 8.9 | | | | Poultry slaughtering and processing...............| 2015 | 245.8 | 9.5 | 8.9 Metal sanitary ware...............................| 3431 | 14.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 115.5 | 9.8 | 8.9 Nursing and personal care facilities..............| 805 | 1,745.7 | 8.3 | 8.8 Household appliances, n.e.c.......................| 3639 | 13.4 | 7.4 | 8.7 | | | | Canned and cured fish and seafoods................| 2091 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 38.4 | 9.6 | 8.4 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 101,666.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 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 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 December 1998