OS TB 12/18/2001 Table: S6. Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Injuries only - 2000

TABLE S06.  Highest incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational
injury cases involving days away from work,(2) private industry,
2000
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                              |        |        |                 
                              |        |  2000  |    Incidence    
                              |        | Annual |       rate      
         Industry(3)          |   SIC  | average|_________________
                              | code(4)|employm-|        |        
                              |        | ent(5) |  1999  |  2000  
                              |        |  (000) |        |        
______________________________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  | 1,101.3|     7.1|     7.1
Anthracite mining.............|   123  |     1.0|     4.6|     6.4
Wood pallets and skids........|  2448  |    46.5|     6.0|     5.2
Steel wire and related        |        |        |        |        
 products.....................|  3315  |    17.7|  (6)2.1|  (6)5.1
Bituminous coal and lignite   |        |        |        |        
 mining.......................|   122  |    71.2|     4.9|     5.0
                              |        |        |        |        
Prepared flour mixes and      |        |        |        |        
 doughs.......................|  2045  |    14.7|     5.2|     5.0
Prefabricated wood buildings..|  2452  |    24.9|     6.6|     4.9
Fluid milk....................|  2026  |    61.2|     4.8|     4.8
Fabricated structural metal...|  3441  |    90.7|     4.2|     4.8
Beer, wine, and distilled     |        |        |        |        
 beverages....................|   518  |   164.1|     3.5|     4.8
                              |        |        |        |        
Roofing, siding, and sheet    |        |        |        |        
 metal work...................|   176  |   244.2|     5.3|     4.7
Transportation equipment,     |        |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  3799  |    32.8|     3.2|     4.6
Plastics pipe.................|  3084  |    21.7|     4.0|     4.5
Ship building and repairing...|  3731  |    97.1|     4.0|     4.5
Canned and cured fish and     |        |        |        |        
 seafoods.....................|  2091  |     6.5|     3.2|     4.4
                              |        |        |        |        
Aluminum foundries............|  3365  |    26.2|     5.3|     4.4
Local and suburban            |        |        |        |        
 transportation...............|   411  |   227.9|     4.2|     4.4
Dimension stone...............|   141  |     6.6|     4.4|     4.3
Metal heat treating...........|  3398  |    19.3|     5.6|     4.3
Water transportation services.|   449  |   126.8|     4.5|     4.2
                              |        |        |        |        
Bottled and canned soft drinks|  2086  |    97.9|     4.1|     4.1
Structural wood members,      |        |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  2439  |    47.4|     5.4|     4.1
Nursing and personal care     |        |        |        |        
 facilities...................|   805  | 1,799.9|     4.4|     4.1
Livestock, except dairy and   |        |        |        |        
 poultry......................|    021 |    66.9|     3.8|     4.0
Concrete products, n.e.c......|  3272  |    85.2|     4.3|     4.0
                              |        |        |        |        
Iron and steel forgings.......|  3462  |    30.1|     3.9|     4.0
                              |        |        |        |        
      Private industry(7).....|        |110064.9|  (6)1.8|  (6)1.7
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  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 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days
away from work with or without restricted work activity.
  3 High rate industries were those having the 15 highest cases
with days away from work 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.
  4 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
  5 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived
primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and Wages program.
  6 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.
  7 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  NOTE:  Data conforming to OSHA definitions for coal and lignite
mining operators (SIC 12) and nonmetal mining operators (SIC 14)
are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor.  BLS does not calculate relative
standard errors for the estimates in SIC 12 and in SIC 14,
therefore, differences in these estimates were not tested for
statistical significance.  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