OS TB 12/12/2000 Table: S3. Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Inj/Ill - 1999 TABLE S03. Highest incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases involving days away from work,(2) private industry, 1999 __________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1999 | Incidence | | Annual | rate Industry(3) | SIC | average|_________________ | code(4)|employm-| | | | ent(5) | 1998 | 1999 | | (000s) | | ______________________________|________|________|________|________ | | | | Air transportation, scheduled.| 451 | 1,058.7| (6)8.4| (6)7.3 Prefabricated wood buildings..| 2452 | 24.4| 4.8| 6.6 Wood pallets and skids........| 2448 | 45.8| 5.6| 6.1 Metal heat treating...........| 3398 | 19.1| (6)3.4| (6)5.8 Prefabricated metal buildings.| 3448 | 32.8| (6)3.3| (6)5.7 | | | | Aluminum foundries............| 3365 | 26.5| 6.4| 5.6 Structural wood members, | | | | n.e.c........................| 2439 | 46.9| 4.4| 5.5 Roofing, siding, and sheet | | | | metal work...................| 176 | 244.8| 4.4| 5.4 Prepared flour mixes and | | | | doughs.......................| 2045 | 14.6| 5.7| 5.4 Bituminous coal and lignite | | | | mining.......................| 122 | 79.8| 5.6| 5.2 | | | | Water well drilling...........| 178 | 23.8| 2.4| 5.1 Steel foundries, n.e.c........| 3325 | 27.8| 5.7| 5.1 Fabricated pipe and fittings..| 3498 | 30.1| 4.3| 5.0 Fluid milk....................| 2026 | 60.8| 5.3| 4.9 Logging.......................| 241 | 78.4| 5.2| 4.9 | | | | Anthracite mining.............| 123 | 1.2| 6.3| 4.7 Truck and bus bodies..........| 3713 | 47.7| 5.2| 4.7 Water transportation services.| 449 | 122.8| 4.2| 4.6 Nursing and personal care | | | | facilities...................| 805 | 1,782.1| 4.5| 4.5 | | | | Private industry(7).....| |107611.8| (6)2.0| (6)1.9 ______________________________|________|________|________|________ 1 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) 2 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity. 3 High rate industries were those having the 15 highest cases with days away from work 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. 4 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 5 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and Wages program. 6 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between the 1999 incidence rate and the 1998 rate is statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level. 7 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. NOTE: Data conforming to OSHA definitions for coal and lignite mining operators (SIC 12) are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. BLS does not calculate relative standard errors for the estimates in SIC 12, therefore, differences in these estimates were not tested for statistical significance. The n.e.c. abbreviation means that the category includes those components not elsewhere classified. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 2000