OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest rates of repeated trauma disorders(w/number of cases)- 1998 Industries with the highest nonfatal illness incidence rates of disorders associated with repeated trauma and the number of cases in these industries, private industry, 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | 1998 | | | SIC | Annual | Incidence | Number Industry(1) | code(2) | average | rate(4) | of cases | | employment(3) | | (000's) | | (000's) | | __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.4 | 993.5 | 15.9 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 343.7 | 710.1 | 24.3 Poultry slaughtering and processing...............| 2015 | 248.3 | 494.6 | 12.7 Men's and boys' trousers and slacks...............| 2325 | 59.1 | 406.9 | 2.2 Men's footwear, except athletic...................| 3143 | 20.7 | 350.2 | .7 | | | | Household laundry equipment.......................| 3633 | 16.3 | 324.6 | .5 Pottery products, n.e.c...........................| 3269 | 12.8 | 321.4 | .4 Household refrigerators and freezers..............| 3632 | 27.4 | 285.5 | .8 Hats, caps, and millinery.........................| 235 | 16.4 | 281.6 | .4 Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 114.8 | 281.6 | 3.3 | | | | Engine electrical equipment.......................| 3694 | 64.3 | 262.0 | 1.6 Motor vehicle parts and accessories...............| 3714 | 551.6 | 254.8 | 14.5 Fresh or frozen prepared fish.....................| 2092 | 42.0 | 254.2 | 1.0 Public building and related furniture.............| 253 | 46.4 | 232.9 | 1.1 Household appliances, n.e.c.......................| 3639 | 14.2 | 232.2 | .3 | | | | Hosiery, n.e.c....................................| 2252 | 36.9 | 228.3 | .8 Sausages and other prepared meats.................| 2013 | 96.3 | 226.8 | 2.2 Fabricated textile products, n.e.c................| 2399 | 31.3 | 225.4 | .7 Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts..................| 375 | 21.2 | 221.8 | .5 Leather tanning and finishing.....................| 311 | 12.8 | 220.1 | .3 | | | | Ophthalmic goods..................................| 385 | 34.8 | 218.9 | .7 Vitreous china table and kitchenware..............| 3262 | 5.1 | 215.8 | .1 Aircraft..........................................| 3721 | 273.0 | 212.8 | 5.9 Potato chips and similar snacks...................| 2096 | 31.4 | 206.5 | .6 Flat glass........................................| 321 | 16.7 | 204.0 | .4 | | | | Vehicular lighting equipment......................| 3647 | 18.3 | 201.2 | .4 | | | | Private industry(5)..................| | 104,640.7 | 28.5 | 253.3 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1999