OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest rates for lost workday cases - injuries only - 1998 Industries with the highest nonfatal lost workday cases incidence rates for injuries only, private industry, 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1998 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1997 | 1998 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 15.8 | 13.4 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 26.3 | 10.7 | 10.9 Air transportation, scheduled.....................| 451 | 1,021.9 | 12.0 | 10.9 Steel pipe and tubes..............................| 3317 | 28.2 | 7.0 | 10.7 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 79.3 | 10.8 | 10.7 | | | | Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 29.1 | 10.0 | 10.6 Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 76.1 | 9.9 | 10.5 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 105.9 | (5)9.6 | (5)10.0 Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.4 | 10.5 | 9.9 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 97.9 | 9.5 | 9.3 | | | | Botanical and zoological gardens..................| 842 | 23.0 | (5)6.3 | (5)9.0 Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 39.5 | 7.3 | 8.8 Brick and structural clay tile....................| 3251 | 13.8 | - | 8.5 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 43.7 | 8.7 | 8.4 Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 80.9 | 7.7 | 8.3 | | | | Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 114.8 | 7.8 | 8.3 Commercial laundry equipment......................| 3582 | 5.7 | - | 8.2 Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 42.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 Nursing and personal care facilities..............| 805 | 1,760.5 | 8.7 | 7.9 Cold finishing of steel shapes....................| 3316 | 17.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | | | | Ice cream and frozen desserts.....................| 2024 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 7.7 Concrete block and brick..........................| 3271 | 18.9 | 6.3 | 7.7 Wood partitions and fixtures......................| 2541 | 52.6 | 6.6 | 7.6 Primary aluminum..................................| 3334 | 22.6 | 8.8 | 7.6 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 39.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | | | | Miscellaneous fabricated wire products............| 3496 | 56.9 | 5.1 | 7.6 Fabricated pipe and fittings......................| 3498 | 30.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 Fluid milk........................................| 2026 | 61.9 | 7.9 | 7.4 Concrete products, n.e.c..........................| 3272 | 77.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 343.7 | (5)7.5 | (5)7.4 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 104,640.7 | (5)3.1 | (5)2.9 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 20 highest total 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 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