OS TB 12/17/1998 Table: Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Inj/Ill - 1997 Industries with the highest nonfatal cases with days away from work incidence rates for injuries and illnesses, private industry, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 1997 | Incidence | SIC | Annual | rate(4) Industry(1) | code(2) | average |_________________________________ | | employment(3) | | | | (000's) | 1996 | 1997 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ | | | | Air transportation, scheduled(5)..................| 451 | 982.2 | 8.7 | 9.4 Wood pallets and skids............................| 2448 | 42.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 Gray and ductile iron foundries...................| 3321 | 80.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 Fluid milk........................................| 2026 | 62.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 Water transportation services.....................| 449 | 121.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | | | | Anthracite mining.................................| 123 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 5.9 Aluminum foundries................................| 3365 | 25.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 Freight transportation on the Great Lakes.........| 443 | 2.0 | - | 5.8 Livestock, except dairy and poultry(6)............| 021 | 62.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 Cold finishing of steel shapes....................| 3316 | 17.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | | | | Fabricated structural metal.......................| 3441 | 78.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 Fresh or frozen prepared fish.....................| 2092 | 45.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 Ship building and repairing.......................| 3731 | 101.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 Mattresses and bedsprings.........................| 2515 | 32.9 | 4.0 | 5.5 Boat building and repairing.......................| 3732 | 56.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | | | | Secondary nonferrous metals.......................| 334 | 16.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 Metal heat treating...............................| 3398 | 18.8 | 3.3 | 5.3 Logging...........................................| 241 | 81.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 Nursing and personal care facilities..............| 805 | 1,745.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 Metal sanitary ware...............................| 3431 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 5.3 | | | | Transportation equipment, n.e.c...................| 3799 | 25.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 Bituminous coal and lignite mining................| 122 | 89.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 Sheet metal work..................................| 3444 | 120.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 Carpentry and floor work..........................| 175 | 255.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 Steel foundries, n.e.c............................| 3325 | 27.0 | 6.3 | 5.0 | | | | Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work.............| 176 | 231.8 | 6.3 | 5.0 Ceramic wall and floor tile.......................| 3253 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 5.0 Truck and bus bodies..............................| 3713 | 40.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 Bottled and canned soft drinks....................| 2086 | 95.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 Nonferrous die-castings except aluminum...........| 3364 | 11.1 | - | 4.9 | | | | Pottery products, n.e.c...........................| 3269 | 13.5 | 3.1 | 4.8 Concrete block and brick..........................| 3271 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 Aluminum die-castings.............................| 3363 | 38.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | | | | Private industry(6)..................| | 101,666.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 __________________________________________________|________________|________________|________________|________________ 1 High rate industries were those having the 14 highest days away from work 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 In 1996, air courier operations previously classified in Industry Groups 421, 422, 423, 452, 473, and 478 were reclassified to Industry Group 451. As a result, the 1996 and 1997 estimates for these SIC's and Major Industry Groups 42, 45, and 47 are not comparable to those for prior years. 6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. - Indicates data not available. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor December 1998