os tb 12/15/95 summary: highest inc. rate inj&ill dafwc '94

Industries with the highest nonfatal cases with days away from work incidence
rates(1) for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1994
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                                                     1994
                                                    Annual     
                                                    average       Incidence rate
                                          SIC      employment     ______________
             Industry(2)                code(3)    (000's)(4)     1993      1994
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 Anthracite mining.....................  123           n.a.         -        9.8
 Structural wood members, n.e.c........  2439          n.a.        8.0       8.8
 Roofing, siding, and sheet
   metal work..........................  176          206.2        7.0       8.4
 Mobile homes..........................  2451          55.2        7.3       8.2
 Prefabricated wood buildings..........  2452          n.a.        8.2       7.9
                                                                                                                        
 Air transportation, scheduled.........  451          607.7        7.6       7.7
 Raw cane sugar........................  2061           6.1        9.9       7.6
 Metal shipping barrels, drums,
   kegs, and pails.....................  3412          n.a.        7.1       7.4
 Travel trailers and campers...........  3792          21.4        4.8       7.4
 Aluminum die-castings.................  3363          n.a.        7.2       7.3
                                                                                                                        
 Fluid milk............................  2026          65.6        7.0       7.2
 Bottled and canned soft drinks........  2086          95.6        8.3       7.2
 Trucking and courier services,
   except air..........................  421        1,653.4        6.7       7.2
 Bituminous coal and lignite mining....  122          104.8        7.3       7.0
 Concrete products, n.e.c..............  3272          65.6        7.0       7.0
                                                                                                                        
 Truck trailers........................  3715          34.1        7.6       7.0
 Concrete block and brick..............  3271          17.1        6.5       6.8
 Gray and ductile iron foundries.......  3321          78.8        6.9       6.8
 Ship building and repairing...........  3731         107.2        7.7       6.8
 Dimension stone.......................  141           n.a.        6.5       6.7
                                                                                                                        
 Wood products, n.e.c..................  2499          n.a.        5.1       6.7
 Wood TV and radio cabinets............  2517          n.a.        3.9       6.7
 Masonry, stonework, and plastering....  174          429.5        6.1       6.6
 Steel foundries, n.e.c................  3325          25.9        7.1       6.6
 Fabricated structural metal...........  3441          68.6        7.0       6.5

 Mattresses and bedsprings.............  2515          30.3        6.5       6.4 
 Prepared fresh or frozen fish
   and seafood.........................  2092          n.a.        6.4       6.3
 Logging...............................  2411          82.0        8.1       6.3
 Nursing and personal care facilities..  805        1,648.8        7.0       6.3
 Carpentry work........................  175          210.0        5.9       6.2
                                                                                                                         
 Wood pallets and skids................  2448          n.a.        7.9       6.2
 Beer, wine, and distilled
   alcoholic beverages.................  518          150.2        5.5       6.2
 Truck and bus bodies..................  3713          38.1        5.9       6.1
 Boat building and repairing...........  3732          52.2        5.1       6.1
 Wood partitions and fixtures..........  2541          n.a.        4.5       6.0
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	1  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  High rate industries were those having the 20 highest cases with days
away from work incidence rates for injuries and illnesses at the most detailed
or lowest SIC level at which rates are calculated and published.  Based on this
comparison, the highest rates were reported in manufacturing industries, except
SIC's 122, 123, and 141 (mining); SIC's 174, 175, and 176 (construction); SIC's
421 and 451 (transportation and public utilities); SIC 518 (wholesale trade);
and SIC 805 (services).  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 Current Employment Statistics program.

	n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified
	n.a. = not available

        NOTE:  Dashes "-" indicate data that are not available or data that do
not meet publication guidelines.

        SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
                 December 1995