OS TB 12/14/2004 Table: SNR01. Highest rates for total cases - injuries and illnesses -2003 TABLE SNR01. Highest incidence rates(1) of total nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases, private industry, 2003 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | 2003 | | | NAICS | Annual | Incidence | Total cases Industry(2) | code(3) | average | rate | (thousands) | | employment(4) | | | | (thousands) | | ___________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________ | | | | Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing......................| 336112 | 76.8 | 18.0 | 14.3 Bottled water manufacturing........................................| 312112 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 2.9 Iron foundries.....................................................| 331511 | 61.8 | 16.0 | 10.3 Steel foundries, except investment.................................| 331513 | 17.7 | 15.2 | 2.4 Manufactured home, mobile home, manufacturing......................| 321991 | 45.2 | 14.9 | 6.3 | | | | Truss manufacturing................................................| 321214 | 41.9 | 14.7 | 6.3 Iron and steel forging.............................................| 332111 | 24.5 | 14.7 | 3.7 Cutlery and flatware, except precious, manufacturing...............| 332211 | 9.8 | 14.6 | 1.4 Motor home manufacturing...........................................| 336213 | 19.6 | 14.0 | 2.7 Vitreous china plumbing fixture manufacturing......................| 327111 | 8.7 | 13.9 | 1.2 | | | | Soft drink manufacturing...........................................| 312111 | 80.6 | 13.8 | 11.4 Truck trailer manufacturing........................................| 336212 | 30.8 | 13.6 | 4.1 Automobile manufacturing...........................................| 336111 | 150.5 | 13.3 | 20.6 Refrigerated warehousing and storage...............................| 49312 | 41.9 | 13.1 | 5.4 Animal, except poultry, slaughtering...............................| 311611 | 154.6 | 12.9 | 21.2 | | | | Couriers...........................................................| 4921 | 517.6 | 12.8 | 49.8 Sugarcane mills....................................................| 311311 | 4.8 | 12.7 | .8 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing..........................| 332312 | 88.6 | 12.3 | 11.0 Motor vehicle metal stamping.......................................| 33637 | 100.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 Amusement parks and arcades........................................| 7131 | 152.9 | 12.2 | 12.1 | | | | Framing contractors................................................| 23813 | 136.9 | 12.0 | 13.6 Aluminum die-casting foundries.....................................| 331521 | 31.2 | 11.7 | 3.7 Scheduled air transportation.......................................| 4811 | 484.1 | 11.7 | 46.3 | | | | Private industry(5)..........................................| | 106,183.1 | 5.0 | 4,365.2 ___________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________ 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 at least 500 cases and among the 20 highest incidence rates of total cases of injuries and illnesses at the most detailed level of rate calculation and publication based on the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002. 3 North American Industry Classification System - United States, 2002 4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. 5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 2004