OS TB 12/18/2003 Table: SNR03. Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Inj/Ill - 2002

TABLE SNR03.  Highest incidence rates(1) of nonfatal
occupational injury and illness cases with days away from
work,(2) private industry, 2002
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                              |        |        |        
                              |        |Inciden-|        
         Industry(3)          |   SIC  |   ce   | Number 
                              | code(4)|  rate  |  (000) 
                              |        |        |        
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                              |        |        |        
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  |     5.8|    45.4
Trucking terminal facilities..|   423  |     5.2|      .5
Burial caskets................|  3995  |     4.8|      .3
Intercity and rural bus       |        |        |        
 transportation...............|   413  |     4.7|     1.0
Bituminous coal and lignite   |        |        |        
 mining.......................|   122  |     4.6|     3.7
                              |        |        |        
Structural wood members,      |        |        |        
 n.e.c........................|  2439  |     4.5|     2.2
Fabricated structural metal...|  3441  |     4.4|     3.7
Prefabricated wood buildings..|  2452  |     4.2|     1.1
Aluminum foundries............|  3365  |     4.2|      .9
Iron and steel forgings.......|  3462  |     4.2|     1.1
                              |        |        |        
Automatic vending machines....|  3581  |     4.1|      .2
Nursing and personal care     |        |        |        
 facilities...................|   805  |     4.1|    61.1
Roofing, siding, and sheet    |        |        |        
 metal work...................|   176  |     4.0|     7.8
Bottled and canned soft drinks|  2086  |     4.0|     4.2
Steel wire and related        |        |        |        
 products.....................|  3315  |     4.0|      .6
                              |        |        |        
Anthracite mining.............|   123  |     3.9|    (5) 
Local and suburban            |        |        |        
 transportation...............|   411  |     3.9|     7.6
Water transportation services.|   449  |     3.9|     4.4
Fresh or frozen prepared fish.|  2092  |     3.8|     1.3
Masonry, stonework, and       |        |        |        
 plastering...................|   174  |     3.7|    18.0
                              |        |        |        
Carpentry and floor work......|   175  |     3.7|    10.9
Asphalt paving mixtures and   |        |        |        
 blocks.......................|  2951  |     3.7|      .5
Vitreous china table and      |        |        |        
 kitchenware..................|  3262  |     3.7|      .1
Copper rolling and drawing....|  3351  |     3.7|      .7
Ship building and repairing...|  3731  |     3.7|     3.7
                              |        |        |        
Beer, wine, and distilled     |        |        |        
 beverages....................|   518  |     3.7|     6.0
Miscellaneous metal ores......|   109  |     3.6|      .1
Fluid milk....................|  2026  |     3.6|     2.3
Concrete products, n.e.c......|  3272  |     3.6|     3.1
Ready-mixed concrete..........|  3273  |     3.6|     4.5
                              |        |        |        
Cold finishing of steel shapes|  3316  |     3.6|     0.6
Aluminum die-castings.........|  3363  |     3.6|     1.2
Farm machinery and equipment..|  3523  |     3.6|     2.3
Logging.......................|   241  |     3.5|     2.2
Wood pallets and skids........|  2448  |     3.5|     1.4
                              |        |        |        
Fabricated plate work (boiler |        |        |        
 shops).......................|  3443  |     3.5|     3.2
                              |        |        |        
      Private industry(6).....|        |     1.6| 1,436.2
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  1 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)
     
  2 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result
in days away from work with or without job transfer or
restriction.
  3 High rate industries were those having the 15 highest
incidence rates of injury and illness cases with days
away from work 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 Fewer than 50 cases.
  6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  NOTE:  Data conforming to OSHA definitions for metal
mining operators (SIC 10) and coal and lignite mining
operators (SIC 12) are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. 
These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its
recordkeeping guidelines effective January 1, 2002;
therefore, estimates for these industries are not
comparable with estimates for other industries. 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 2003