OS TB 12/18/2003 Table: SNR01. Highest rates for total cases - injuries and illnesses -2002


TABLE SNR01.  Highest incidence rates(1) of total
nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases, private
industry, 2002
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                              |        |        |        
                              |        |Inciden-|        
         Industry(2)          |   SIC  |   ce   | Number 
                              | code(3)|  rate  |  (000) 
                              |        |        |        
______________________________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        
Malleable iron foundries......|  3322  |    18.3|     0.4
Gray and ductile iron         |        |        |        
 foundries....................|  3321  |    17.4|    11.8
Mobile homes..................|  2451  |    17.0|     8.5
Ship building and repairing...|  3731  |    16.6|    16.6
Aluminum die-castings.........|  3363  |    15.9|     5.4
                              |        |        |        
Truck trailers................|  3715  |    15.6|     4.2
Meat packing plants...........|  2011  |    14.9|    23.4
Motor vehicles and car bodies.|  3711  |    14.8|    48.5
Structural wood members,      |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  2439  |    14.1|     7.0
Steel foundries, n.e.c........|  3325  |    14.1|     2.9
                              |        |        |        
Partitions and fixtures,      |        |        |        
 except wood..................|  2542  |    13.9|     4.3
Fabricated structural metal...|  3441  |    13.7|    11.7
Metal sanitary ware...........|  3431  |    13.6|     1.8
Public building and related   |        |        |        
 furniture....................|   253  |    13.5|     6.6
Truck and bus bodies..........|  3713  |    13.4|     5.9
                              |        |        |        
Prefabricated wood buildings..|  2452  |    13.3|     3.4
Aluminum foundries............|  3365  |    12.8|     2.8
Transportation equipment,     |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  3799  |    12.6|     3.9
Nursing and personal care     |        |        |        
 facilities...................|   805  |    12.6|   187.0
Electron tubes................|  3671  |    12.5|     2.0
                              |        |        |        
Heating equipment, except     |        |        |        
 electric.....................|  3433  |    12.3|     2.2
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  |    12.3|    97.0
Bottled and canned soft drinks|  2086  |    12.0|    12.5
Automotive stampings..........|  3465  |    12.0|    13.2
Steel pipe and tubes..........|  3317  |    11.9|     3.2
                              |        |        |        
Livestock, except dairy and   |        |        |        
 poultry......................|   021  |    11.8|     5.1
Miscellaneous metal work......|  3449  |    11.8|     1.9
Vitreous china table and      |        |        |        
 kitchenware..................|  3262  |    11.7|      .5
Motorcycles, bicycles, and    |        |        |        
 parts........................|   375  |    11.6|     2.1
Concrete products, n.e.c......|  3272  |    11.4|     9.8
                              |        |        |        
Steel wire and related        |        |        |        
 products.....................|  3315  |    11.4|     1.7
Machine tools, metal forming  |        |        |        
 types........................|  3542  |    11.4|     1.4
Travel trailers and campers...|  3792  |    11.4|     2.7
                              |        |        |        
      Private industry(4).....|        |     5.3| 4,700.6
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  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 High rate industries were those having the 25 highest
incidence rates of total cases of 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.
  3 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987
Edition.
  4 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 2003