os tb 12/15/95 summary: most cases repeated trauma (w/93) '94 Industries with the highest number of nonfatal illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma, private industry, 1994 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1994 Annual Number of cases average (000's) Industry(1) SIC employment _______________ code(2) (000's)(3) 1993 1994 ________________________________________________________________________________ Motor vehicles and equipment........... 371 898.6 42.6 52.5 Meat products.......................... 201 450.7 38.3 40.2 Men's and boys' furnishings............ 232 265.8 7.9 7.9 Aircraft and parts..................... 372 479.5 9.5 7.7 Miscellaneous plastics products, n.e.c. 308 689.9 6.0 6.6 Grocery stores......................... 541 2,933.6 6.4 6.5 Hospitals.............................. 806 3,774.4 5.6 5.5 Metal forging and stampings............ 346 234.1 4.8 5.4 Knitting mills......................... 225 198.6 4.3 4.8 Electronic components and accessories.......................... 367 544.3 3.8 4.8 Miscellaneous electrical equipment and supplies......................... 369 156.3 2.9 4.3 Refrigeration and service machinery.... 358 190.3 2.7 3.9 Medical instruments and supplies....... 384 264.8 3.1 3.7 Telephone communications............... 481 903.1 4.0 3.5 Household appliances................... 363 123.2 3.1 3.2 Miscellaneous fabricated textile products..................... 239 214.7 2.2 3.2 Fire, marine, and casualty insurance... 633 541.6 2.0 3.0 Miscellaneous food and kindred products..................... 209 185.2 2.3 2.7 Ship and boat building and repairing............................ 373 159.4 2.3 2.6 Trucking and courier services, except air........................... 421 1,653.4 1.7 2.6 Computer and office equipment.......... 357 351.0 2.7 2.5 Department stores...................... 531 2,211.9 2.2 2.5 Nonstore retailers..................... 596 308.2 2.0 2.5 Measuring and controlling devices...... 382 284.3 2.4 2.5 Preserved fruits and vegetables........ 203 244.9 2.6 2.4 Women's and misses' outerwear.......... 233 291.0 2.1 2.4 Commercial banks....................... 602 1,492.3 3.8 2.4 Iron and steel foundries............... 332 124.9 2.1 2.3 Cutlery, handtools, and hardware....... 342 129.3 2.2 2.3 Groceries and related products......... 514 868.0 2.0 2.3 Electrical industrial apparatus........ 362 156.0 2.2 2.3 Newspapers............................. 271 450.4 2.8 2.3 Commercial printing.................... 275 550.9 2.3 2.2 Air transportation, scheduled.......... 451 607.7 1.8 2.2 Bakery products........................ 205 212.9 1.9 2.0 Household furniture.................... 251 283.9 2.1 2.0 Nonferrous rolling and drawing......... 335 166.7 1.9 2.0 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Industries with the highest number of illness cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma were determined by analysis of the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC code level. The analysis included those 3-digit industries which reported at least 2,000 cases of disorders associated with repeated trauma. Based on this comparison, the highest numbers were reported in manufacturing industries except SIC's 421, 451, and 481 (transportation and public utilities); SIC 514 (wholesale trade); SIC's 531, 541, and 596 (retail trade); SIC's 602 and 633 (finance, insurance, and real estate); and SIC 806 (services). 2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 3 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Current Employment Statistics program. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1995