OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest rates for lost workday cases - injuries and illnesses - 1998 Industries with the highest nonfatal lost workday cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1998 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1997 | 1998 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.4 | (5)18.7 | (5)16.7 Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 16.9 | 14.3 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 79.3 | 11.7 | 11.5 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 105.9 | (5)10.7 | (5)11.5 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 26.3 | 11.8 | 11.4 | | | | Air transportation, scheduled.....................| 451 | 1,021.9 | 12.3 | 11.2 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 29.1 | 10.4 | 11.1 Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 76.1 | 10.0 | 10.8 Steel pipe and tubes..............................| 3317 | 28.2 | 7.3 | 10.8 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 343.7 | (5)10.7 | (5)10.4 | | | | Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 114.8 | 8.9 | 9.7 Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 39.5 | 7.7 | 9.6 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 97.9 | 9.8 | 9.5 Poultry slaughtering and processing...............| 2015 | 248.3 | (5)8.9 | (5)9.2 Botanical and zoological gardens..................| 842 | 23.0 | (5)6.4 | (5)9.1 | | | | Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 42.3 | 7.9 | 8.6 Sausages and other prepared meats.................| 2013 | 96.3 | 9.7 | 8.5 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 43.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 Brick and structural clay tile....................| 3251 | 13.8 | - | 8.5 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 39.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | | | | Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 80.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 Commercial laundry equipment......................| 3582 | 5.7 | - | 8.5 Public building and related furniture.............| 253 | 46.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 Ice cream and frozen desserts.....................| 2024 | 22.7 | 5.5 | 8.2 Fresh or frozen prepared fish.....................| 2092 | 42.0 | 7.6 | 8.2 | | | | Primary aluminum..................................| 3334 | 22.6 | 9.8 | 8.2 Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 26.6 | 9.5 | 8.2 Prepared flour mixes and doughs...................| 2045 | 13.8 | - | 8.1 Nursing and personal care facilities..............| 805 | 1,760.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 Wood partitions and fixtures......................| 2541 | 52.6 | 6.9 | 8.0 | | | | Cold finishing of steel shapes....................| 3316 | 17.7 | 7.3 | 8.0 Miscellaneous fabricated wire products............| 3496 | 56.9 | 5.3 | 7.9 Fabricated pipe and fittings......................| 3498 | 30.2 | 7.7 | 7.9 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 104,640.7 | (5)3.3 | (5)3.1 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 20 highest total 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 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between the 1998 incidence rate and the 1997 rate is statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level. 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 1999