OS TB 12/17/1998 Table: Industries with 100,000 or more injuries and illnesses - 1997

Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses: number of cases and incidence rates for industries with 100,000 or more total
cases, 1997
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                                                  |              |                             |                             
                                                  |              |            Total            |          Incidence          
                                                  |              |            cases            |           rate(3)           
                   Industry(1)                    |      SIC     |           (000's)           |                             
                                                  |   code (2)   |_____________________________|_____________________________
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
                                                  |              |     1996     |     1997     |     1996     |     1997     
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                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Eating and drinking places........................|      581     |      315.1   |      328.6   |        6.2   |        6.5   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Hospitals.........................................|      806     |      330.9   |      309.8   |       11.0   |       10.0   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Nursing and personal care facilities..............|      805     |      226.3   |      222.6   |       16.5   |       16.2   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Grocery stores....................................|      541     |      219.2   |      212.4   |       10.1   |        9.6   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Motor vehicles and equipment......................|      371     |      203.9   |      193.9   |       20.4   |       19.2   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Department stores.................................|      531     |      176.5   |      168.4   |       10.0   |        9.6   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Trucking and courier services, except air(4)......|      421     |      155.2   |      154.9   |       10.3   |       10.1   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Air transportation, scheduled(4)..................|      451     |      153.7   |      142.2   |       19.3   |       17.7   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Hotels and motels.................................|      701     |      121.3   |      115.3   |        9.1   |        8.6   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
Meat products.....................................|      201     |      106.1   |      105.8   |       21.5   |       21.5   
                                                  |              |              |              |              |              
             Private industry(5)..................|              |    6,238.9   |    6,145.6   |        7.4   |        7.1   
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  1 Industries with 100,000 or more cases were determined by analysis of the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC code level.
  2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.

  3 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).
     
  4 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.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.

  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
           December 1998