OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest rates for total cases - injuries only -1998 Industries with the highest nonfatal total 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 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 79.3 | 24.5 | 23.2 Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 39.5 | (5)19.9 | (5)21.6 Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 22.5 | 21.0 Mobile homes......................................| 2451 | 76.1 | 22.0 | 20.7 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 29.1 | 18.3 | 19.5 | | | | Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 105.9 | (5)18.3 | (5)18.9 Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 42.3 | 15.8 | 18.7 Meat packing plants...............................| 2011 | 149.4 | 18.7 | 18.0 Commercial laundry equipment......................| 3582 | 5.7 | - | 17.6 Automotive stampings..............................| 3465 | 114.8 | 16.9 | 17.5 | | | | Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 26.3 | 18.1 | 17.3 Steel pipe and tubes..............................| 3317 | 28.2 | 15.9 | 17.2 Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 80.9 | 16.2 | 17.1 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 39.3 | 16.3 | 16.0 Motor vehicles and car bodies.....................| 3711 | 343.7 | (5)17.0 | (5)15.8 | | | | Iron and steel forgings...........................| 3462 | 33.2 | 15.7 | 15.7 Prefabricated metal buildings.....................| 3448 | 30.6 | 12.4 | 15.4 Air transportation, scheduled.....................| 451 | 1,021.9 | (5)17.1 | (5)15.3 Boat building and repairing.......................| 3732 | 60.2 | 16.3 | 15.2 Industrial trucks and tractors....................| 3537 | 33.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | | | | Power transmission equipment, n.e.c...............| 3568 | 22.3 | 9.0 | 15.1 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 97.9 | 16.1 | 15.0 Flat glass........................................| 321 | 16.7 | 13.1 | 15.0 Metal stampings, n.e.c............................| 3469 | 96.4 | 15.5 | 15.0 Construction machinery............................| 3531 | 93.6 | 15.5 | 15.0 | | | | Travel trailers and campers.......................| 3792 | 22.0 | 16.2 | 15.0 Concrete products, n.e.c..........................| 3272 | 77.5 | 14.3 | 14.9 Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 26.6 | 16.6 | 14.9 Cold finishing of steel shapes....................| 3316 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 14.8 Miscellaneous fabricated wire products............| 3496 | 56.9 | 11.7 | 14.8 | | | | Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)..............| 3443 | 105.8 | 14.3 | 14.7 Prefabricated wood buildings......................| 2452 | 23.5 | 16.2 | 14.6 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 104,640.7 | (5)6.6 | (5)6.2 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 25 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