OS TB 12/18/2001 Table: S12. Highest number of repeated trauma disorders (3-digit Industry) - 2000 vs 1999

TABLE S12. Industries(1) with the highest number of nonfatal
illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma,
private industry, 2000
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                              |        |        |                 
                              |        |  2000  |      Number     
                              |        | Annual |      (000)      
           Industry           |   SIC  | average|_________________
                              | code(2)|employm-|        |        
                              |        | ent(3) |  1999  |  2000  
                              |        |  (000) |        |        
______________________________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        
Motor vehicles and equipment..|   371  | 1,016.5|    39.9|    39.3
Meat products.................|   201  |   505.1|    25.5|    25.2
Hospitals.....................|   806  | 3,958.2|     6.7|     8.2
Aircraft and parts............|   372  |   463.1|  (4)7.3|  (4)6.0
Grocery stores................|   541  | 3,069.2|     4.1|     5.4
                              |        |        |        |        
Miscellaneous plastics        |        |        |        |        
 products, n.e.c..............|   308  |   744.9|     3.9|     4.7
Metal forgings and stampings..|   346  |   254.9|     4.1|     3.9
Telephone communications......|   481  | 1,155.3|     4.1|     3.6
Miscellaneous fabricated      |        |        |        |        
 textile products.............|   239  |   214.3|  (4)2.6|  (4)3.5
Offices and clinics of medical|        |        |        |        
 doctors......................|   801  | 1,936.9|     3.6|     3.3
                              |        |        |        |        
Electronic components and     |        |        |        |        
 accessories..................|   367  |   681.9|     3.7|     3.0
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  | 1,101.3|     2.8|     3.0
Medical instruments and       |        |        |        |        
 supplies.....................|   384  |   283.7|     2.6|     3.0
Medical service and health    |        |        |        |        
 insurance....................|   632  |   379.3|     2.0|     2.9
Fire, marine, and casualty    |        |        |        |        
 insurance....................|   633  |   548.0|     2.0|     2.7
                              |        |        |        |        
Miscellaneous electrical      |        |        |        |        
 equipment & supplies.........|   369  |   144.6|     3.0|     2.5
Refrigeration and service     |        |        |        |        
 machinery....................|   358  |   212.3|     2.5|     2.4
Ship and boat building and    |        |        |        |        
 repairing....................|   373  |   168.6|     1.7|     2.2
Commercial banks..............|   602  | 1,428.9|     2.2|     2.1
Computer and data processing  |        |        |        |        
 services.....................|   737  | 2,148.3|     1.6|     2.0
                              |        |        |        |        
      Private industry(5).....|        |110064.9|   246.7|   241.8
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  1 Industries with the highest number of illness cases of
disorders associated with repeated trauma were determined by
analysis of the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC code level. The
analysis included those 3-digit industries which reported at least
2,000 cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma.
  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.

  4 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference
between the 2000 count and the 1999 count is statistically
significant at the 95 percent confidence level.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  NOTE:  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 2001