OS TB 12/18/2003 Table: SNR12. Highest rates for total illness cases - 2002

TABLE SNR12.  Highest incidence rates(1) of total
nonfatal occupational illness cases, private industry,
2002
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                              |        |        |        
                              |        |Inciden-|        
         Industry(2)          |   SIC  |   ce   | Number 
                              | code(3)|  rate  |  (000) 
                              |        |        |        
______________________________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        
Meat packing plants...........|  2011  |   567.4|     8.9
Motor vehicles and car bodies.|  3711  |   503.7|    16.5
Men's and boys' trousers and  |        |        |        
 slacks.......................|  2325  |   327.4|      .8
Poultry slaughtering and      |        |        |        
 processing...................|  2015  |   279.9|     7.2
Women's footwear, except      |        |        |        
 athletic.....................|  3144  |   274.6|      .1
                              |        |        |        
Motorcycles, bicycles, and    |        |        |        
 parts........................|   375  |   272.6|      .5
Silverware and plated ware....|  3914  |   230.2|      .1
Public building and related   |        |        |        
 furniture....................|   253  |   216.0|     1.1
Household appliances, n.e.c...|  3639  |   207.4|      .3
Leather tanning and finishing.|   311  |   206.5|      .2
                              |        |        |        
Electronic coils and          |        |        |        
 transformers.................|  3677  |   206.4|      .3
Motor vehicle parts and       |        |        |        
 accessories..................|  3714  |   204.8|    10.2
Men's footwear, except        |        |        |        
 athletic.....................|  3143  |   197.3|      .2
Malleable iron foundries......|  3322  |   174.4|   (4)    
Automotive stampings..........|  3465  |   168.9|     1.9
                              |        |        |        
Sausages and other prepared   |        |        |        
 meats........................|  2013  |   163.0|     1.8
Office furniture, except wood.|  2522  |   162.3|      .5
Vehicular lighting equipment..|  3647  |   162.0|      .3
Dolls and stuffed toys........|  3942  |   162.0|      .1
Engine electrical equipment...|  3694  |   160.7|      .8
                              |        |        |        
Fabricated textile products,  |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  2399  |   156.7|      .4
Motors and generators.........|  3621  |   154.6|      .9
Hats, caps, and millinery.....|   235  |   150.8|      .1
Plumbing fixture fittings and |        |        |        
 trim.........................|  3432  |   150.5|      .3
Mechanical rubber goods.......|  3061  |   148.2|      .7
                              |        |        |        
Primary nonferrous metals,    |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  3339  |   144.4|      .1
                              |        |        |        
      Private industry(5).....|        |    33.3|   294.5
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  1 The incidence rates represent the number of illnesses
per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: 
(N/EH) x 20,000,000, where
     
     N         =  number of illnesses              
     EH        =  total hours worked by all employees
                  during the calendar year          
     20,000,000=  base for 10,000 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 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 Fewer than 50 cases.
  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 2003