OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest rates for total cases - injuries and illnesses - 1998 Industries with the highest nonfatal total 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 | 32.1 | 29.3 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 79.3 | 26.6 | 25.1 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 343.7 | (5)25.5 | (5)23.9 Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 39.5 | (5)21.3 | (5)23.4 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 105.9 | (5)21.4 | (5)22.4 | | | | Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 23.9 | 22.2 Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 76.1 | 22.6 | 21.3 Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 114.8 | 20.0 | 21.1 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 29.1 | 19.1 | 20.8 Metal sanitary ware...............................| 3431 | 14.9 | 24.4 | 20.0 | | | | Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 42.3 | 16.6 | 19.6 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 26.3 | 19.8 | 18.2 Commercial laundry equipment......................| 3582 | 5.7 | - | 18.0 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 39.3 | 17.4 | 17.6 Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 80.9 | 16.8 | 17.6 | | | | Flat glass........................................| 321 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 17.5 Steel pipe and tubes..............................| 3317 | 28.2 | 16.3 | 17.4 Boat building and repairing.......................| 3732 | 60.2 | 17.6 | 17.0 Poultry slaughtering and processing...............| 2015 | 248.3 | (5)16.6 | (5)16.8 Fresh or frozen prepared fish.....................| 2092 | 42.0 | 16.8 | 16.8 | | | | Iron and steel forgings...........................| 3462 | 33.2 | 17.3 | 16.7 Primary aluminum..................................| 3334 | 22.6 | (5)18.8 | (5)16.3 Construction machinery............................| 3531 | 93.6 | 17.0 | 16.3 Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 26.6 | 18.6 | 16.3 Industrial trucks and tractors....................| 3537 | 33.8 | 14.5 | 16.2 | | | | Air transportation, scheduled.....................| 451 | 1,021.9 | (5)17.7 | (5)15.9 Concrete products, n.e.c..........................| 3272 | 77.5 | 14.7 | 15.8 Prefabricated metal buildings.....................| 3448 | 30.6 | 13.5 | 15.8 Metal stampings, n.e.c............................| 3469 | 96.4 | 16.3 | 15.8 Power transmission equipment, n.e.c...............| 3568 | 22.3 | 10.1 | 15.7 | | | | Travel trailers and campers.......................| 3792 | 22.0 | 16.9 | 15.7 Public building and related furniture.............| 253 | 46.4 | 16.5 | 15.6 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 104,640.7 | (5)7.1 | (5)6.7 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 25 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