OS TB 12/14/2004 Table: SNR12. Highest rates for total illness cases - 2003

TABLE SNR12.  Highest incidence rates(1) of total nonfatal occupational illness cases, private industry, 2003
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                                                              |        NAICS        |        Annual       |      Incidence      |     Total cases     
Industry(2)                                                   |       code(3)       |       average       |         rate        |     (thousands)     
                                                              |                     |    employment(4)    |                     |                     
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Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing.................|           336112    |          76.8       |        734.7        |           5.8       
Animal, except poultry, slaughtering..........................|           311611    |         154.6       |        500.7        |           8.2       
Automobile manufacturing......................................|           336111    |         150.5       |        390.8        |           6.0       
Motor vehicle power train components manufacturing............|            33636    |          89.5       |        239.6        |           2.2       
Poultry processing............................................|           311615    |         239.6       |        234.9        |           5.6       
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Yarn spinning mills...........................................|           313111    |          42.7       |        200.0        |            .8       
Gasoline engine and engine parts manufacturing................|           336312    |          68.0       |        198.6        |           1.3       
Meat processed from carcasses.................................|           311612    |         110.0       |        198.0        |           2.2       
Motor vehicle metal stamping..................................|            33637    |         100.1       |        174.6        |           1.8       
Aircraft manufacturing........................................|           336411    |         207.2       |        157.5        |           3.2       
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Motor vehicle body manufacturing..............................|           336211    |          62.5       |        155.7        |           1.0       
Amusement parks and arcades...................................|             7131    |         152.9       |        144.0        |           1.4       
Ship building and repairing...................................|           336611    |          90.8       |        138.8        |           1.3       
Leather and allied product manufacturing......................|              316    |          45.6       |        135.3        |            .6       
Wood window and door manufacturing............................|           321911    |          71.8       |        134.4        |            .9       
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      Private industry(5).....................................|                     |     106,183.1       |         30.7        |         269.5       
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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 at least 500 cases and among the 15 highest incidence rates of total cases of 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 - Reissued June 2005.  For information see http://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_notice05.htm.