OS TB 12/16/1999 Table: Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Inj/Ill - 1998 Industries with the highest nonfatal cases with days away from work incidence rates for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1998 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1997 | 1998 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Air transportation, scheduled.....................| 451 | 1,021.9 | (5)9.4 | (5)8.4 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 26.3 | 5.9 | 6.4 Anthracite mining.................................| 123 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 6.3 Fresh or frozen prepared fish.....................| 2092 | 42.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 Concrete block and brick..........................| 3271 | 18.9 | 4.8 | 6.1 | | | | Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 79.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 Truck trailers....................................| 3715 | 39.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 Vitreous plumbing fixtures........................| 3261 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 5.8 Prepared flour mixes and doughs...................| 2045 | 13.8 | - | 5.7 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 29.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | | | | Bituminous coal and lignite mining................| 122 | 86.1 | 5.2 | 5.6 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 43.7 | 7.2 | 5.6 Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 80.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 97.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 Fluid milk........................................| 2026 | 61.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 | | | | Commercial laundry equipment......................| 3582 | 5.7 | - | 5.3 Livestock, except dairy and poultry(6)............| 021 | 65.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 Logging...........................................| 241 | 80.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)..............| 3443 | 105.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 42.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 | | | | Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 39.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 Coated fabrics, not rubberized....................| 2295 | 9.8 | - | 4.9 Prefabricated wood buildings......................| 2452 | 23.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 Steel pipe and tubes..............................| 3317 | 28.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 Architectural metal work..........................| 3446 | 32.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | | | | Mining machinery..................................| 3532 | 16.7 | 3.5 | 4.8 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 105.9 | (5)5.5 | (5)4.8 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 104,640.7 | (5)2.1 | (5)2.0 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 15 highest total cases incidence rates for injuries and illnesses 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. 2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition. 3 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and Wages program. Employment in private households (SIC 88) is excluded. 4 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). 5 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between the 1998 incidence rate and the 1997 rate is statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level. 6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. NOTE: Data conforming to OSHA definitions for coal and lignite mining operators (SIC 12) 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, therefore, differences in these estimates were not tested for statistical significance. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. - Indicates data not available. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1999