OS TB 12/19/2002 Table: S11. Highest rates of repeated trauma disorders - 2001 vs 2000

TABLE S11.  Highest incidence rates(1) of disorders
associated with repeated trauma, private industry, 2001
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                              |        |                 
                              |        |    Incidence    
                              |   SIC  |       rate      
         Industry(2)          | code(3)|_________________
                              |        |        |        
                              |        |  2000  |  2001  
______________________________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        
Meat packing plants...........|  2011  |   812.0|   711.0
Motor vehicles and car bodies.|  3711  |   726.9|(4)691.9
Men's and boys' trousers and  |        |        |        
 slacks.......................|  2325  |   224.8|(4)448.4
Motorcycles, bicycles, and    |        |        |        
 parts........................|   375  |   123.8|(4)389.0
Poultry slaughtering and      |        |        |        
 processing...................|  2015  |   374.0|   320.2
                              |        |        |        
Engine electrical equipment...|  3694  |   258.2|   312.6
Household laundry equipment...|  3633  |    -   |   267.1
Men's footwear, except        |        |        |        
 athletic.....................|  3143  |   256.7|   250.5
Motor vehicle parts and       |        |        |        
 accessories..................|  3714  |   221.1|   218.9
Silverware and plated ware....|  3914  |   144.3|   214.6
                              |        |        |        
Ophthalmic goods..............|   385  |   132.5|   205.4
Household appliances, n.e.c...|  3639  |   170.8|   201.1
Public building and related   |        |        |        
 furniture....................|   253  |   273.7|   198.3
Aircraft......................|  3721  |   187.8|   189.4
Hats, caps, and millinery.....|   235  |   141.9|   185.4
                              |        |        |        
Primary batteries, dry and wet|  3692  |    95.0|(4)181.8
Sausages and other prepared   |        |        |        
 meats........................|  2013  |   274.2|(4)178.6
Fluid meters and counting     |        |        |        
 devices......................|  3824  |    67.5|   177.2
Household refrigerators and   |        |        |        
 freezers.....................|  3632  |   160.8|   166.5
Women's footwear, except      |        |        |        
 athletic.....................|  3144  |    -   |   164.0
                              |        |        |        
Automotive stampings..........|  3465  |   240.9|   163.2
Blankbooks and looseleaf      |        |        |        
 binders......................|  2782  |   100.4|   158.9
Gray and ductile iron         |        |        |        
 foundries....................|  3321  |   112.9|   158.1
Fabricated textile products,  |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  2399  |   286.0|   152.2
Pens and mechanical pencils...|  3951  |   179.4|   140.2
                              |        |        |        
      Private industry(5).....|        |    26.3| (4)23.8
______________________________|________|________|________

  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 the 25 highest
incidence rates for illness cases of disorders associated
with repeated trauma 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 A statistical significance test indicates that the
difference between the 2001 incidence rate and the 2000
rate is statistically significant at the 95 percent
confidence level.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  NOTE:  Dash indicates data not available.  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 2002