OS TB 12/12/2000 Table: S7. Industries with 100,000 or more injuries and illnesses - 1999

TABLE S07. Nonfatal occupational injuries  and illnesses: number of cases
and incidence rates(1) for private industries with 100,000 or more total
cases, 1999
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                              |        |                 |                 
                              |        |   Total cases   |    Incidence    
                              |   SIC  |   (thousands)   |       rate      
         Industry(2)          | code(3)|_________________|_________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        
                              |        |  1998  |  1999  |  1998  |  1999  
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Eating and drinking places....|    581 |   334.7|   304.2|  (4)6.3|  (4)5.6
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Hospitals.....................|   806  |   285.7|   293.6|     9.2|     9.2
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Nursing and personal care     |        |        |        |        |        
 facilities...................|   805  |   203.3|   192.2|    14.2|    13.5
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Grocery stores................|   541  |   203.1|   188.1|     9.1|     8.4
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Motor vehicles and equipment..|   371  |   182.2|   177.9|    17.9|    16.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Department stores.............|   531  |   164.9|   162.3|     9.2|     8.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Trucking and courier services,|        |        |        |        |        
 except air...................|   421  |   131.4|   142.1|     8.4|     8.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  |   133.3|   124.3| (4)15.9| (4)14.4
                              |        |        |        |        |        
Hotels and motels.............|   701  |(5)102.2|(5)112.2|     7.3|     7.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        
      Private industry(6).....|        |  5922.8|  5707.2|  (4)6.7|  (4)6.3
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________

  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 Industries with 100,000 or more cases were determined by analysis of
the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC code level.
  3 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
  4 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.
  5 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between
the 1999 count and the 1998 count is statistically significant at the 95
percent confidence level.
  6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  
  SOURCE:   Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor   
            December 2000