OS TB 12/18/2001 Table: S4. Highest rates for total cases - injuries only -2000

TABLE S04.  Highest incidence rates(1) of total nonfatal
occupational injury cases, private industry, 2000
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                              |        |        |                 
                              |        |  2000  |    Incidence    
                              |        | Annual |       rate      
         Industry(2)          |   SIC  | average|_________________
                              | code(3)|employm-|        |        
                              |        | ent(4) |  1999  |  2000  
                              |        |  (000) |        |        
______________________________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        
Gray and ductile iron         |        |        |        |        
 foundries....................|  3321  |    77.6|    19.7|    20.4
Truck trailers................|  3715  |    42.3| (5)15.3| (5)19.5
Mobile homes..................|  2451  |    65.4|    16.8|    19.1
Ship building and repairing...|  3731  |    97.1|    17.1|    18.5
Truck and bus bodies..........|  3713  |    49.0|    17.4|    18.0
                              |        |        |        |        
Aluminum foundries............|  3365  |    26.2|    16.9|    17.5
Transportation equipment,     |        |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  3799  |    32.8|    13.3|    17.4
Industrial furnaces and ovens.|  3567  |    18.4|    10.9|    17.2
Travel trailers and campers...|  3792  |    25.2|    16.5|    17.2
Structural wood members,      |        |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  2439  |    47.4|    15.4|    17.1
                              |        |        |        |        
Plastics pipe.................|  3084  |    21.7|    12.7|    17.1
Fabricated structural metal...|  3441  |    90.7|    14.7|    16.3
Metal sanitary ware...........|  3431  |    16.3|    19.7|    15.6
Meat packing plants...........|  2011  |   148.1| (5)16.2| (5)15.5
Boat building and repairing...|  3732  |    71.5|    13.7|    15.5
                              |        |        |        |        
Prefabricated wood buildings..|  2452  |    24.9|    18.9|    15.1
Motor vehicles and car bodies.|  3711  |   353.5|    14.8|    14.4
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  | 1,101.3|    13.9|    14.1
Bottled and canned soft drinks|  2086  |    97.9|    13.6|    14.0
Leather tanning and finishing.|   311  |    10.9|    13.1|    13.9
                              |        |        |        |        
Flat glass....................|   321  |    15.9|    10.5|    13.9
Brick and structural clay tile|  3251  |    14.5|    15.6|    13.9
Aluminum die-castings.........|  3363  |    40.6|    14.3|    13.9
Iron and steel forgings.......|  3462  |    30.1|    16.4|    13.8
Nursing and personal care     |        |        |        |        
 facilities...................|   805  | 1,799.9|    13.2|    13.7
                              |        |        |        |        
Mattresses and bedsprings.....|  2515  |    36.7|    12.2|    13.2
Concrete products, n.e.c......|  3272  |    85.2|    13.4|    13.2
Wood pallets and skids........|  2448  |    46.5|    15.0|    13.1
Prefabricated metal buildings.|  3448  |    34.8|    15.3|    13.0
Fluid milk....................|  2026  |    61.2|    11.7|    12.8
                              |        |        |        |        
Fabricated plate work (boiler |        |        |        |        
 shops).......................|  3443  |   100.6|    12.5|    12.8
Sheet metal work..............|  3444  |   129.5|    12.6|    12.8
Public building and related   |        |        |        |        
 furniture....................|   253  |    53.7|    11.9|    12.7
Steel wire and related        |        |        |        |        
 products.....................|  3315  |    17.7|    13.7|    12.7
Office furniture, except wood.|  2522  |    43.2|    10.6|    12.6
                              |        |        |        |        
Automotive stampings..........|  3465  |   122.6| (5)17.0| (5)12.6
                              |        |        |        |        
      Private industry(6).....|        |110064.9|     5.9|     5.8
______________________________|________|________|________|________

  1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries per 100
full-time workers and were calculated as:  (N/EH) x 200,000, where
                 
     
     N      =  number of injuries                    
     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 the 25 highest total
cases incidence rates for injuries 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 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived
primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and Wages program.
  5 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference
between the 2000 incidence rate and the 1999 rate is statistically
significant at the 95 percent confidence level.
  6 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 2001