OS TB 10/16/2007 Table: SNR03. Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Inj/Ill - 2006 TABLE SNR03. Highest incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work,(2) private industry, 2006 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 2006 | Incidence | NAICS | Annual | rate Industry(3) | code(4) | average |___________________________________________ | | employment(5) | | | | (thousands) | 2005 | 2006 _______________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________ | | | | Scheduled passenger air transportation.........................................| 481111 | 426.8 | - | 6.0 Coastal and great lakes freight transportation.................................| 483113 | 9.0 | - | 5.1 Marine cargo handling..........................................................| 48832 | 45.6 | - | 4.9 Prefabricated wood building manufacturing......................................| 321992 | 27.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 Bituminous coal underground mining.............................................| 212112 | 41.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | | | | Urban transit systems..........................................................| 4851 | 36.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 Ambulance services.............................................................| 62191 | 127.3 | - | 4.3 Siding contractors.............................................................| 23817 | 48.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 Framing contractors............................................................| 23813 | 171.7 | 5.5 | (6)3.9 Rendering and meat byproduct processing........................................| 311613 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | | | | Secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum....................................| 331314 | 6.6 | 1.5 | (6)3.7 Couriers.......................................................................| 4921 | 528.0 | 4.3 | (6)3.6 | | | | Private industry(7)......................................................| | 111,273.1 | 1.4 | (6)1.3 _______________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________ 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 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 3 High rate industries were those having the highest incidence rate of injury and illness cases with days away from work and at least 500 total recordable cases at the most detailed level of publication, based on the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002. 4 North American Industry Classification System - United States, 2002 5 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. 6 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between the 2006 incidence rate and the 2005 rate is statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level. 7 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor October 2007