OS NR 11/17/2005 News Release:  Workplace injuries and illnesses in 2004


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                     WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 2004

      A total of 4.3 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry 
workplaces during 2004, down from 4.4 million in 2003.  These cases occurred at a rate of 4.8 
cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, according to the Survey of Occupational Injuries and 
Illnesses by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor.  This was a decline 
from the rate of 5.0 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers reported by BLS for 2003 and 
resulted from a 2.5 percent decrease in the number of cases reported combined with a 1.6 percent 
increase in the number of hours worked.  
      
      This release is the second in a series of three releases from the BLS covering 
occupational safety and health statistics in 2004.  The first release, in August 2005, covered 
work-related fatalities from the 2004 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.  In 
December 2005, a third release will be issued three months earlier than it has been in the past 
and will provide details from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses on the more 
seriously injured and ill workers (occupation, age, gender, race, and length of service) and on the 
circumstances of their injuries and illnesses (nature of the disabling condition, part of body 
affected, event or exposure, primary source producing the disability, the time of day of 
occurrence, and the number of hours into the workshift before the occurrence).  More seriously 
is defined in this survey as cases involving days away from work.  
      
      Goods producing industries as a whole had an injury and illness rate of 6.5 cases per 100 
equivalent full-time workers, while service providing industries as a whole had a rate of 4.2 
cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers.  Both of these rates declined by 0.2 cases per 100 
equivalent full-time workers from the rates reported for 2003.  Among the goods producing 
industry sectors, incidence rates during 2004 ranged from 3.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in 

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mining to 6.6 cases per 100 full-time workers in manufacturing.  (See table 1.)  Within the 
service providing industry sectors, incidence rates ranged from 0.9 cases per 100 full-time 
workers in the finance and insurance sector to 7.3 cases per 100 full-time workers in 
transportation and warehousing.  Among all private industry sectors only the utilities sector 
experienced a significant increase in the injury and illness rate, rising from 4.4 cases per 100 
equivalent full-time workers in 2003 to 5.2 cases in 2004. 
      
      For private industry in 2004, rates for injuries and illnesses combined ranged from 1.9 
cases per 100 workers for small establishments (those employing 1 to 10 workers) to 5.9 for mid-
size establishments (those employing 50 to 249 workers).  (See table 3.)  While incidence rates 
remained relatively unchanged for establishments employing fewer than 250 workers, the rates 
for establishments with 250 to 999 workers and for establishments with 1,000 or more workers 
both declined significantly in 2004 to 5.4 cases per 100 full-time workers, down from 5.8 and 5.7 
cases per 100 workers, respectively, in 2003.  
      
      Fourteen industries, each having at least 100,000 injuries and illnesses combined, 
accounted for about 2 million cases, or 46 percent of the 4.3 million total.  (See table 4.)  These 
same fourteen industries also reported having at least 100,000 injuries and illnesses in 2003, 
although their rank order has changed slightly.  Hospitals (NAICS 622) led this group of 
industries in each year, followed by nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623).  (NAICS 
is the North American Industry Classification System, which replaced the Standard Industrial 
Classification (SIC) system as the means of classifying businesses by the type of activity in 
which they are primarily engaged.  The BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses first 
reported NAICS-based data for its 2003 results.)
        
      Approximately 2.2 million injuries and illnesses were cases with days away from work, 
job transfer, or restriction; that is, they required recuperation away from work, transfer to another 
job, restricted duties at work, or a combination of these actions.  The remaining 2.0 million 
injuries and illnesses were other recordable cases that did not result in time away from work.  
(See table 2.)  The incidence rate for cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction 
was 2.5 cases per 100 workers, and the rate for other recordable cases was 2.3.  Both of these 
rates decreased by 0.1 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers from 2003. 
      
      Cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction are comprised of two case 
types, those requiring at least one day away from work, with or without job transfer or 
restriction, and those requiring only job transfer or restriction.  The latter case type may involve 
shortened work hours, a temporary job change, or temporary restrictions on a workers regular 
duties; for example, no heavy lifting.  Separately, the rate for cases with days away from work 
was 1.4 cases per 100 workers and the rate for cases with job transfer or restriction was 1.1 cases 
per 100 workers.  The rate in manufacturing for cases with job transfer or restriction (2.1) was 
higher than the rate for days-away-from-work cases (1.6).  (See chart 1.)  Among the remaining 
industry sectors included in this chart, the rate for cases with days away from work was higher 
than the rate for cases with job transfer or restriction.

      
(Chart 1 appears here in the printed release.)


Injuries and Illnesses

      Injuries.  Of the 4.3 million nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 2004, 4.0 
million were injuries.  Of these 4.0 million injuries, 1.3 million or 32 percent occurred in the 
goods producing industries, while 2.7 million or 68 percent occurred in the service providing 
industries.  Goods producing industries employed nearly 22 percent of the private sector 
workforce covered by this program, while service providing industries employed 78 percent of 
the workforce.  (Employment data are derived primarily from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.)  The manufacturing sector (21 percent), the 
health care and social assistance sector (16 percent), and the retail trade sector (15 percent) had 
the largest shares of injury cases.  (See table 5 and chart 2.)

      Illnesses.  There were about 249,000 newly reported cases of occupational illnesses in 
private industry in 2004, down by nearly 8 percent from 269,500 cases in 2003.  Service 
providing industries accounted for approximately 53 percent of these cases, while goods 
producing industries accounted for 47 percent.  The manufacturing sector accounted for 42 
percent of all newly reported cases of occupational illnesses.  (See table 6 and chart 3.)  The All 
other illnesses category accounted for 65 percent of total illness cases in 2004.  In 2003, this 
category comprised over 75 percent of all illnesses.  Beginning with the 2004 calendar year, the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) included Hearing loss as a separate 
illness category.  Hearing loss accounted for more than 11 percent of all illnesses in 2004.  In 
2003, hearing loss cases were included in the All other illnesses category.
      
      The survey measures the number of new work-related illness cases that are recognized, 
diagnosed, and reported during the year.  Some conditions (for example, long-term latent 
illnesses caused by exposure to carcinogens) often are difficult to relate to the workplace and are 
not adequately recognized and reported.  These long-term latent illnesses are believed to be 
understated in the surveys illness measures.  In contrast, the overwhelming majority of the 
reported new illnesses are those that are easier to directly relate to workplace activity (for 
example, contact dermatitis or carpal tunnel syndrome).
      

(Chart 2 appears here in the printed release.)

(Chart 3 appears here in the printed release.)



Industry Sectors at a Glance

       Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.  While the incidence rate for this sector was 
       significantly higher than that of private industry in 2004, the number of injury and illness 
       cases, as well as the incidence rate, remained relatively unchanged from 2003.  

       Mining.  The incidence rate in this industry sector was significantly lower than that of 
       private industry.  The number of injury and illness cases reported in mining rose 
       significantly in 2004, while the incidence rate was not significantly higher than in 2003 
       due to an increase in the number of hours worked.  This is also true of cases involving 
       days away from work, job transfer, or restriction and for injury cases.  

       Construction.  The incidence rate of injuries and illnesses in this industry sector declined 
       significantly in 2004 to 6.4 cases per 100 full-time workers, down from 6.8 cases a year 
       earlier.  The rates for cases involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction, 
       cases with days away from work, cases with job transfer or restriction, and injury cases 
       also declined significantly in 2004.  These declines were driven by changes among 
       specialty trades contractors (NAICS 238), whose total recordable case incidence rate 
       declined from 7.3 to 6.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.  (Specialty trades 
       contractors are defined as those establishments whose primary activity is performing 
       specific functions involved in building construction, such as masonry, roofing, electrical, 
       plumbing, and painting.)  The rates for cases involving days away from work, job 
       transfer, or restriction and for injury cases also declined significantly.  As with 
       construction as a whole, the number of cases for specialty trades contractors remained 
       relatively unchanged.  Specialty trades contractors accounted for a majority of 
       employment (64 percent) and cases (67 percent) in the construction sector.  The number 
       of cases and the incidence rate remained relatively unchanged in 2004 for the two 
       remaining three-digit NAICS industries within construction, NAICS 236 (Construction of 
       buildings) and NAICS 237 (Heavy and civil engineering construction).

       Manufacturing.  More than 1 in 5 injury and illnesses cases reported in private industry 
       occur in manufacturing, while this industry accounts for less than 14 percent of private 
       sector employment.  The incidence rate in 2004 for this industry sector, 6.6 cases per 100 
       full-time workers, was significantly higher than that of overall private industry.  
       However, similar to private industry, the rate of total recordable cases of injuries and 
       illnesses declined by 0.2 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004, down to 6.6 from 6.8 a 
       year earlier.  Of the fourteen private sector industries reporting 100,000 or more cases in 
       2004, three of these were manufacturing industries.  Transportation equipment 
       manufacturing (NAICS 336) with 151,500 cases, food manufacturing (NAICS 311) with 
       122,300 cases, and fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332) with 119,900 
       cases, accounted for 42 percent of all cases reported in manufacturing, but accounted for 
       one-third of manufacturing employment in 2004.  The injury and illness rate for each of 
       these industries is significantly higher than that for the manufacturing sector as a whole.

       Wholesale and retail trade.  While the incidence rates for both of these industry sectors 
       remained relatively unchanged in 2004, the rate for retail trade (5.3 cases per 100 full-
       time workers) was significantly higher than the rate of 4.5 cases for wholesale trade and 
       the rate of 4.8 cases for private industry as a whole.  Within retail trade, the rate in only 
       one of the dozen three-digit industries (NAICS 444, Building material and garden supply 
       stores) changed significantly in 2004, where the total recordable case rate rose from 6.4 
       to 8.1 cases per 100 full-time workers.  Nearly all of this change was accounted for by an 
       increase in the number of cases among home centers (NAICS 444110)  establishments 
       primarily engaged in retailing a general line of home repair and improvement materials 
       and supplies.  The rate of injuries and illnesses for home centers rose from 7.2 cases per 
       100 full-time workers in 2003 to 10.4 cases in 2004.  More than 99 percent of the 
       reported increase in cases was injuries and nearly 6 in 10 of these were cases that 
       involved days away from work, job transfer, or restriction.  


       (Chart appears here in the printed release - Incidence rates for home centers (NAICSS 444110) 
        by case type, 2003 versus 2004)


       Transportation and warehousing.  While the incidence rate of injuries and illnesses in 
       this industry sector declined in 2004 from 7.8 to 7.3 cases per 100 full-time workers, the 
       rate was significantly higher than the rate of 4.8 cases in all of private industry.  Of the 
       ten three-digit NAICS industries within this industry sector, only truck transportation 
       (NAICS 484) experienced a significant decline in the rate of injuries and illnesses, falling 
       from 6.8 cases per 100 full-time employees in 2003 to 6.1 cases in 2004.  This decline 
       can be attributed to decreases in the numbers and rates for both cases involving days 
       away from work, job transfer, or restriction and cases involving days away from work.  

       Utilities.  This was the only industry sector in 2004 to experience a statistically 
       significant increase in the incidence rate of total recordable injury and illness cases, rising 
       from 4.4 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003 to 5.2 cases in 2004.  This rise was the 
       result of a jump of 19 percent in the number of cases reported in the industry sector, 
       while the total number of hours worked rose by only 1 percent.  Approximately 60 
       percent of the increase in cases in this sector can be attributed to natural gas distribution 
       (NAICS 2212), where the rate of injuries and illnesses increased from 4.8 to 7.3 cases per 
       100 full-time employees in 2004.  This industry accounted for about 20 percent of total 
       employment in the utilities industry sector, but contributed nearly 27 percent of the 
       reported cases.   

       Information.  This industry sector is a new aggregate added with the transition from SIC 
       to NAICS in 2003 and includes industries such as motion picture and sound recording, 
       telecommunications, internet service providers, and publishing and broadcasting.  
       Establishments in this industry sector reported injuries and illnesses at a rate of 2.0 cases 
       per 100 full-time workers in 2004, relatively unchanged from the previous year but 
       significantly lower than the rate for private industry as a whole (4.8).    

       Finance and insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing.  Within these industry 
       sectors, real estate and rental and leasing experienced a significantly higher rate of 
       injuries and illnesses (3.7 cases per 100 full-time workers) than did the finance and 
       insurance sector (0.9 cases) in 2004.  Both of these sectors experienced rates below that 
       of private industry (4.8 cases per 100 full-time workers) in 2004.

       Professional and business services.  This industry aggregate, composed of professional, 
       scientific, and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; and 
       administrative and support and waste management and remediation services experienced 
       injuries and illnesses at a rate of 2.4 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.  The rate 
       was well below that for all private industry (4.8) and was relatively unchanged from the 
       previous year.  Administrative and support and waste management and remediation 
       services accounted for 56 percent of all cases in professional and business services and 
       experienced a higher rate of total recordable injury and illness cases (3.7 cases per 100 
       full-time workers) than the other two industry sectors within this aggregate.  Waste 
       management and remediation services (NAICS 562) experienced injuries and illnesses at 
       a rate higher than that of the sector as a whole, reporting a rate of 7.6 cases per 100 full-
       time workers.

       Education services and Health care and social assistance.  Of the fourteen industries 
       reporting 100,000 or more cases in 2004, three of these were industries in the health care 
       and social assistance sector  hospitals (NAICS 622) with 284,600 cases, nursing and 
       residential care facilities (NAICS 623) with 215,200 cases, and ambulatory health care 
       services (NAICS 621) with 124,600 cases.  Hospitals have led the list of industries 
       reporting 100,000 or more cases for the past two years.  The rate of illnesses experienced 
       by workers in the hospital industry was 72.9 cases per 10,000 full-time workers, 
       compared to 27.9 cases for private industry as a whole.  While the total recordable case 
       incidence rate for the health care and social assistance industry sector declined from 6.5 
       cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003 to 6.2 cases in 2004, the rates at which injuries 
       and illnesses were reported for these three industries with 100,000 or more cases 
       remained relatively unchanged in 2004.  

       Leisure and hospitality.  Accommodation and food services accounted for approximately 
       85 percent of employment and 83 percent of cases in this industry aggregate, with the 
       arts, entertainment, and recreation industry sector accounting for the remainder.  The rate 
       of total recordable cases in leisure and hospitality declined in 2004 to 4.7 cases per 100 
       full-time workers, down from 5.1 cases in 2003.  This was driven by a decline in the rate 
       for accommodation and food services, which fell from 5.0 cases per 100 full-time 
       workers in 2003 to 4.5 cases in 2004, while the rate for arts, entertainment, and recreation 
       remained unchanged in 2004 at 5.9 cases per 100 workers.  Of the fourteen private sector 
       industries which reported 100,000 or more cases in 2004, two of these were in the 
       accommodation and food services sector  full service restaurants (NAICS 7221) with 
       113,300 cases and limited-service eating places (NAICS 7222) with 104,200 cases.  
       These industries were previously combined under SIC reporting, but have been broken 
       out under NAICS.  Neither of these industries experienced a significant change in the rate 
       or count of total recordable cases in 2004.                        

Background of the Survey

      The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State program in which 
employer reports were collected from about 173,800 private industry establishments in 2004 and 
processed by State agencies cooperating with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The survey 
measures nonfatal injuries and illnesses only and excludes the self-employed; farms with fewer 
than 11 employees; private households; Federal government agencies; and, for national 
estimates, employees in State and local government agencies.

      The survey provides estimates of the number and frequency (incidence rates) of nonfatal 
workplace injuries and illnesses based on logs kept by private industry employers during the 
year.  These records reflect not only the years injury and illness experience, but also the 
employers understanding of which cases are work related under recordkeeping rules revised by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor and made 
effective on January 1, 2002.  Effective January 1, 2004, OSHA further revised the 
recordkeeping rules by adding hearing loss as a separately identified illness category.

      Occupational injury and illness data for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for railroad 
activities were provided by the Department of Labors Mine Safety and Health Administration 
(MSHA) and the Department of Transportations Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), 
respectively.  MSHA has not adopted the revised OSHA recordkeeping requirements for 2004.  
Therefore, estimates for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are not comparable with estimates for 
other industries.  FRA adopted the revised OSHA recordkeeping requirements in June 2003.  
Therefore, estimates for railroad activities for 2004 can be compared to estimates for other 
industries.  However, estimates for railroad activities in 2004 should not be compared to 
estimates for railroad activities from prior years.
      
      The survey estimates of occupational injuries and illnesses are based on a scientifically 
selected probability sample, rather than a census of the entire population.  Because the data are 
based on a sample survey, the injury and illness estimates probably differ from the figures that 
would be obtained from all units covered by the survey.  To determine the precision of each 
estimate, a standard error was calculated.  The standard error defines a range (confidence 
interval) around the estimate.  The approximate 95-percent confidence interval is the estimate 
plus or minus twice the standard error.  The standard error also can be expressed as a percent of 
the estimate, or the relative standard error.  For example, the 2004 incidence rate for all 
occupational injuries and illnesses of 4.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in private industry has 
an estimated relative standard error of about 0.6 percent.  The 95-percent confidence interval 
would be 4.8 plus or minus 1.2 percent (2 times 0.6 percent) or 4.74 to 4.86.  One can be 95 
percent confident that the true incidence rate falls within the confidence interval.    A relative 
standard error was calculated for each estimate from the survey and will be available on the BLS 
Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm.  
      
      The number of injuries and illnesses reported in any year can be influenced by the level 
of economic activity, working conditions and work practices, worker experience and training, 
and the number of hours worked.  The data also are subject to nonsampling error.  The inability 
to obtain information about all cases in the sample, mistakes in recording or coding the data, and 
definition difficulties are examples of nonsampling error in the survey.  Nonsampling errors are 
not measured.  However, BLS has implemented quality assurance procedures to minimize 
nonsampling error in the survey.
      
      The goods producing sector consists of the following industry sectors: agriculture, 
forestry, fishing, and hunting; mining; construction; and manufacturing.  The service providing 
sector includes the following industry sectors: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and 
warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; 
professional, scientific, and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; 
administrative and support and waste management and remediation services; educational 
services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment, and recreation; accommodation 
and food services; and other services (except public administration).  BLS has generated 
estimates of injuries and illnesses for many of the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit private sector 
industries as defined in the 2002 North American Industry Classification System Manual.  
Because of space limitations, a complete listing of these estimates is not possible in this release.  
The information is available from BLS staff on 202-691-6170 and from the BLS Internet site at 
http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm.






TABLE 1.  Incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2004
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                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                 Cases with days away from work,                 |                     
                                                                                  |                     |         2004        |                     |                   job transfer, or restriction                  |                     
                                                                                  |                     |        Annual       |        Total        |_________________________________________________________________|        Other        
                                   Industry(2)                                    |        NAICS        |       average       |      recordable     |                     |                     |                     |      recordable     
                                                                                  |       code(3)       |    employment(4)    |        cases        |                     |        Cases        |        Cases        |        cases        
                                                                                  |                     |     (thousands)     |                     |        Total        |      with days      |       with job      |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |      away from      |     transfer or     |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |       work(5)       |     restriction     |                     
__________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
 Private industry(6)..............................................................|                     |     107,551.8       |          4.8        |          2.5        |          1.4        |          1.1        |          2.3        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
   Goods producing(6).............................................................|                     |      22,655.5       |          6.5        |          3.5        |          1.9        |          1.7        |          2.9        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Natural resources and mining(6)(7)...........................................|                     |       1,481.7       |          5.3        |          3.1        |          2.0        |          1.1        |          2.2        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting(6)..............................|               11    |         961.8       |          6.4        |          3.7        |          2.3        |          1.4        |          2.7        
         Crop production(6).......................................................|              111    |         429.8       |          5.6        |          3.3        |          1.7        |          1.5        |          2.3        
         Animal production(6).....................................................|              112    |         141.1       |          8.5        |          4.7        |          2.9        |          1.9        |          3.8        
         Support activities for agriculture and forestry..........................|              115    |         309.2       |          5.9        |          3.3        |          2.2        |          1.2        |          2.6        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Mining(7)..................................................................|               21    |         519.9       |          3.8        |          2.3        |          1.6        |           .6        |          1.5        
         Oil and gas extraction...................................................|              211    |         121.3       |          2.6        |          1.2        |           .9        |           .3        |          1.4        
         Mining (except oil and gas)(8)...........................................|              212    |         204.2       |          4.3        |          2.9        |          2.2        |           .7        |          1.4        
         Support activities for mining............................................|              213    |         194.4       |          3.8        |          2.2        |          1.5        |           .7        |          1.7        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Construction.................................................................|                     |       6,916.4       |          6.4        |          3.4        |          2.4        |           .9        |          3.0        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Construction...............................................................|               23    |       6,916.4       |          6.4        |          3.4        |          2.4        |           .9        |          3.0        
         Construction of buildings................................................|              236    |       1,618.5       |          5.6        |          2.9        |          2.2        |           .7        |          2.7        
         Heavy and civil engineering construction.................................|              237    |         895.0       |          5.9        |          3.2        |          2.1        |          1.0        |          2.8        
         Specialty trade contractors..............................................|              238    |       4,402.9       |          6.8        |          3.6        |          2.6        |          1.0        |          3.2        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Manufacturing................................................................|                     |      14,257.4       |          6.6        |          3.6        |          1.6        |          2.1        |          3.0        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Manufacturing..............................................................|            31-33    |      14,257.4       |          6.6        |          3.6        |          1.6        |          2.1        |          3.0        
         Food manufacturing.......................................................|              311    |       1,490.4       |          8.2        |          5.3        |          1.9        |          3.4        |          3.0        
         Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing...............................|              312    |         193.7       |          8.7        |          5.8        |          2.9        |          2.9        |          2.8        
         Textile mills............................................................|              313    |         237.8       |          4.0        |          2.3        |           .8        |          1.5        |          1.7        
         Textile product mills....................................................|              314    |         176.2       |          5.4        |          2.9        |          1.0        |          1.9        |          2.5        
         Apparel manufacturing....................................................|              315    |         284.7       |          3.5        |          1.8        |          1.0        |           .8        |          1.7        
         Leather and allied product manufacturing.................................|              316    |          42.5       |          6.9        |          4.4        |          1.5        |          2.9        |          2.4        
         Wood product manufacturing...............................................|              321    |         548.0       |         10.0        |          5.4        |          2.7        |          2.7        |          4.6        
         Paper manufacturing......................................................|              322    |         493.3       |          4.9        |          2.9        |          1.4        |          1.5        |          2.1        
         Printing and related support activities..................................|              323    |         658.5       |          4.5        |          2.4        |          1.2        |          1.2        |          2.0        
         Petroleum and coal products manufacturing................................|              324    |         112.3       |          2.5        |          1.2        |           .7        |           .5        |          1.2        
         Chemical manufacturing...................................................|              325    |         881.8       |          3.5        |          2.0        |           .9        |          1.0        |          1.5        
         Plastics and rubber products manufacturing...............................|              326    |         803.7       |          7.7        |          4.7        |          2.0        |          2.7        |          3.0        
         Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing................................|              327    |         498.5       |          8.0        |          4.8        |          2.3        |          2.5        |          3.1        
         Primary metal manufacturing..............................................|              331    |         466.0       |         10.0        |          5.2        |          2.2        |          3.0        |          4.8        
         Fabricated metal product manufacturing...................................|              332    |       1,488.7       |          8.0        |          3.9        |          1.9        |          2.0        |          4.1        
         Machinery manufacturing..................................................|              333    |       1,136.8       |          6.7        |          3.1        |          1.5        |          1.6        |          3.6        
         Computer and electronic product manufacturing............................|              334    |       1,314.9       |          2.3        |          1.2        |           .6        |           .6        |          1.1        
         Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing.............|              335    |         443.8       |          5.5        |          2.9        |          1.2        |          1.7        |          2.6        
         Transportation equipment manufacturing...................................|              336    |       1,763.4       |          8.5        |          4.6        |          1.6        |          3.0        |          3.9        
         Furniture and related product manufacturing..............................|              337    |         568.5       |          8.3        |          4.7        |          2.3        |          2.5        |          3.6        
         Miscellaneous manufacturing..............................................|              339    |         653.6       |          4.5        |          2.5        |          1.2        |          1.3        |          2.0        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
   Service providing..............................................................|                     |      84,896.3       |          4.2        |          2.2        |          1.3        |           .9        |          2.1        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Trade, transportation, and utilities(9)......................................|                     |      25,273.3       |          5.5        |          3.1        |          1.8        |          1.3        |          2.3        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Wholesale trade............................................................|               42    |       5,642.5       |          4.5        |          2.7        |          1.5        |          1.2        |          1.8        
         Merchant wholesalers, durable goods......................................|              423    |       2,942.2       |          4.1        |          2.2        |          1.3        |           .9        |          1.9        
         Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods...................................|              424    |       2,000.0       |          5.6        |          3.9        |          2.0        |          1.9        |          1.7        
         Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers......................|              425    |         700.4       |          2.8        |          1.6        |          1.0        |           .6        |          1.3        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Retail trade...............................................................|            44-45    |      15,060.7       |          5.3        |          2.7        |          1.5        |          1.2        |          2.6        
         Motor vehicle and parts dealers..........................................|              441    |       1,901.3       |          5.1        |          2.2        |          1.4        |           .7        |          3.0        
         Furniture and home furnishings stores....................................|              442    |         563.8       |          5.7        |          3.2        |          1.9        |          1.3        |          2.5        
         Electronics and appliance stores.........................................|              443    |         521.8       |          3.1        |          1.5        |           .9        |          -          |          1.6        
         Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers..............|              444    |       1,234.1       |          8.1        |          4.3        |          2.3        |          2.0        |          3.8        
         Food and beverage stores.................................................|              445    |       2,818.3       |          6.4        |          3.3        |          1.9        |          1.4        |          3.0        
         Health and personal care stores..........................................|              446    |         940.7       |          2.3        |          1.1        |           .7        |           .4        |          1.2        
         Gasoline stations........................................................|              447    |         872.9       |          3.4        |          1.5        |          1.0        |           .5        |          1.9        
         Clothing and clothing accessories stores.................................|              448    |       1,367.6       |          2.6        |           .9        |           .6        |           .3        |          1.6        
         Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............................|              451    |         646.1       |          3.9        |          1.3        |           .8        |           .5        |          2.6        
         General merchandise stores...............................................|              452    |       2,851.3       |          7.0        |          4.3        |          1.9        |          2.4        |          2.7        
         Miscellaneous store retailers............................................|              453    |         918.5       |          3.2        |          1.6        |           .9        |           .6        |          1.6        
         Nonstore retailers.......................................................|              454    |         424.4       |          4.8        |          2.8        |          1.6        |          1.2        |          2.0        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Transportation and warehousing(9)..........................................|            48-49    |       4,006.2       |          7.3        |          4.9        |          3.1        |          1.8        |          2.4        
         Air transportation.......................................................|              481    |         513.2       |         10.1        |          7.7        |          5.3        |          2.5        |          2.4        
         Rail transportation(9)...................................................|              482    |                    |          2.7        |          2.0        |          1.8        |           .2        |           .7        
         Water transportation.....................................................|              483    |          55.0       |          4.4        |          2.6        |          1.8        |           .8        |          1.8        
         Truck transportation.....................................................|              484    |       1,350.8       |          6.1        |          3.9        |          2.9        |          1.0        |          2.3        
         Transit and ground passenger transportation..............................|              485    |         378.4       |          6.1        |          3.6        |          2.8        |           .8        |          2.5        
         Pipeline transportation..................................................|              486    |          37.6       |          2.5        |          1.4        |          1.0        |           .4        |          1.1        
         Scenic and sightseeing transportation....................................|              487    |          27.0       |          4.7        |          2.8        |          2.4        |           .5        |          1.9        
         Support activities for transportation....................................|              488    |         530.6       |          5.3        |          3.5        |          2.2        |          1.3        |          1.9        
         Couriers and messengers..................................................|              492    |         557.5       |         12.4        |          8.8        |          4.1        |          4.7        |          3.7        
         Warehousing and storage..................................................|              493    |         555.8       |          9.3        |          5.8        |          2.8        |          3.0        |          3.4        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Utilities..................................................................|               22    |         563.9       |          5.2        |          2.5        |          1.4        |          1.1        |          2.7        
         Utilities................................................................|              221    |         563.9       |          5.2        |          2.5        |          1.4        |          1.1        |          2.7        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Information..................................................................|                     |       3,099.6       |          2.0        |          1.1        |           .8        |           .4        |           .9        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Information................................................................|               51    |       3,099.6       |          2.0        |          1.1        |           .8        |           .4        |           .9        
         Publishing industries (except Internet)..................................|              511    |         907.5       |          2.1        |          1.1        |           .7        |           .4        |          1.0        
         Motion picture and sound recording industries............................|              512    |         380.3       |          -          |          -          |           .7        |           .2        |          -          
         Broadcasting (except Internet)...........................................|              515    |         323.6       |          2.3        |          1.2        |           .7        |           .5        |          1.1        
         Internet publishing and broadcasting.....................................|              516    |          29.3       |          2.4        |           .7        |           .5        |          -          |          1.7        
         Telecommunications.......................................................|              517    |       1,027.0       |          2.2        |          1.4        |          1.0        |           .4        |           .8        
         Internet service providers, web search portals, and data processing      |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
          services................................................................|              518    |         382.5       |           .8        |           .3        |           .2        |           .1        |           .5        
         Other information services...............................................|              519    |          49.4       |          1.6        |          1.0        |          1.0        |          -          |           .6        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Financial activities.........................................................|                     |       7,890.8       |          1.6        |           .7        |           .5        |           .2        |           .9        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Finance and insurance......................................................|               52    |       5,813.3       |           .9        |           .3        |           .2        |           .1        |           .6        
         Monetary authorities - central bank......................................|              521    |          21.6       |          1.9        |          1.2        |           .6        |           .6        |           .7        
         Credit intermediation and related activities.............................|              522    |       2,813.1       |          1.0        |           .4        |           .3        |           .1        |           .6        
         Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
          related activities......................................................|              523    |         765.2       |           .3        |           .1        |           .1        |         (10)        |           .2        
         Insurance carriers and related activities................................|              524    |       2,127.9       |          1.1        |           .4        |           .3        |           .1        |           .7        
         Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles..............................|              525    |          85.5       |           .6        |           .3        |           .2        |          -          |           .3        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Real estate and rental and leasing.........................................|               53    |       2,077.5       |          3.7        |          1.9        |          1.3        |           .7        |          1.8        
         Real estate..............................................................|              531    |       1,410.4       |          3.3        |          1.7        |          1.2        |           .5        |          1.6        
         Rental and leasing services..............................................|              532    |         641.0       |          4.7        |          2.5        |          1.5        |          1.0        |          2.2        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Professional and business services...........................................|                     |      16,294.8       |          2.4        |          1.3        |           .8        |           .5        |          1.1        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Professional, scientific, and technical services...........................|               54    |       6,768.9       |          1.3        |           .5        |           .3        |           .2        |           .8        
         Professional, scientific, and technical services.........................|              541    |       6,768.9       |          1.3        |           .5        |           .3        |           .2        |           .8        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Management of companies and enterprises....................................|               55    |       1,696.5       |          2.7        |          1.5        |          0.7        |          -          |          1.2        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services...|               56    |       7,829.4       |          3.7        |          2.2        |          1.4        |          0.8        |          1.5        
         Administrative and support services......................................|              561    |       7,503.5       |          3.4        |          2.0        |          1.3        |           .7        |          1.4        
         Waste management and remediation services................................|              562    |         325.8       |          7.6        |          5.3        |          2.9        |          2.4        |          2.4        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Education and health services................................................|                     |      16,085.0       |          5.8        |          2.7        |          1.5        |          1.2        |          3.1        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Educational services.......................................................|               61    |       2,079.2       |          2.5        |          1.0        |           .7        |           .3        |          1.5        
         Educational services.....................................................|              611    |       2,079.2       |          2.5        |          1.0        |           .7        |           .3        |          1.5        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Health care and social assistance..........................................|               62    |      14,005.7       |          6.2        |          2.9        |          1.6        |          1.3        |          3.3        
         Ambulatory health care services..........................................|              621    |       4,937.5       |          3.3        |          1.2        |           .8        |           .4        |          2.0        
         Hospitals................................................................|              622    |       4,246.7       |          8.3        |          3.4        |          1.9        |          1.5        |          4.9        
         Nursing and residential care facilities..................................|              623    |       2,810.2       |          9.7        |          5.8        |          2.9        |          2.8        |          3.9        
         Social assistance........................................................|              624    |       2,011.3       |          3.9        |          2.1        |          1.2        |           .8        |          1.8        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Leisure and hospitality......................................................|                     |      12,467.6       |          4.7        |          1.9        |          1.1        |           .8        |          2.8        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Arts, entertainment, and recreation........................................|               71    |       1,852.9       |          5.9        |          3.1        |          1.5        |          1.5        |          2.9        
         Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries................|              711    |         380.5       |          5.8        |          2.5        |          1.8        |           .7        |          3.3        
         Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions......................|              712    |         116.9       |          5.2        |          2.5        |          1.6        |          1.0        |          2.6        
         Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries...........................|              713    |       1,355.4       |          6.0        |          3.3        |          1.5        |          1.8        |          2.8        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Accommodation and food services............................................|               72    |      10,614.7       |          4.5        |          1.7        |          1.1        |           .6        |          2.8        
         Accommodation............................................................|              721    |       1,785.0       |          5.8        |          3.1        |          1.6        |          1.5        |          2.7        
         Food services and drinking places........................................|              722    |       8,829.6       |          4.2        |          1.4        |          1.0        |           .4        |          2.8        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Other services...............................................................|                     |       3,785.2       |          3.2        |          1.6        |          1.1        |           .5        |          1.6        
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Other services, except public administration...............................|               81    |       3,785.2       |          3.2        |          1.6        |          1.1        |           .5        |          1.6        
         Repair and maintenance...................................................|              811    |       1,222.0       |          3.9        |          1.9        |          1.4        |           .5        |          2.0        
         Personal and laundry services............................................|              812    |       1,266.1       |          2.8        |          1.6        |          1.0        |          0.7        |          1.2        
         Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations...|              813    |       1,297.2       |          2.7        |          1.2        |           .8        |           .4        |          1.6        
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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 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
  3 North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002
  4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
  5 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
  6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  7 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and
Gas Extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors
are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore,
estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  8 Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors are excluded.  These data do not reflect the changes the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  9 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
 10 Incidence rate less than 0.05.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.  Dash indicates data not available. 
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor   



TABLE 2.  Numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 2004

(thousands)
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                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                                                                 |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                 Cases with days away from work,                 |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                   job transfer, or restriction                  |                     
                                                                                  |                     |         2004        |        Total        |_________________________________________________________________|        Other        
                                   Industry(1)                                    |        NAICS        |        Annual       |      recordable     |                     |                     |                     |      recordable     
                                                                                  |       code(2)       |       average       |        cases        |                     |        Cases        |        Cases        |        cases        
                                                                                  |                     |    employment(3)    |                     |        Total        |      with days      |       with job      |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |      away from      |     transfer or     |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |       work(4)       |     restriction     |                     
__________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
 Private industry(5)..............................................................|                     |     107,551.8       |       4,257.3       |       2,225.0       |       1,259.3       |         965.7       |       2,032.3       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
   Goods producing(5).............................................................|                     |      22,655.5       |       1,419.3       |         776.5       |         408.4       |         368.1       |         642.8       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Natural resources and mining(5)(6)...........................................|                     |       1,481.7       |          76.3       |          44.5       |          29.1       |          15.4       |          31.9       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting(5)..............................|               11    |         961.8       |          54.7       |          31.5       |          19.8       |          11.8       |          23.2       
         Crop production(5).......................................................|              111    |         429.8       |          21.1       |          12.3       |           6.6       |           5.8       |           8.8       
         Animal production(5).....................................................|              112    |         141.1       |          12.6       |           7.0       |           4.2       |           2.8       |           5.6       
         Support activities for agriculture and forestry..........................|              115    |         309.2       |          15.3       |           8.6       |           5.6       |           3.0       |           6.7       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Mining(6)..................................................................|               21    |         519.9       |          21.6       |          12.9       |           9.4       |           3.6       |           8.7       
         Oil and gas extraction...................................................|              211    |         121.3       |           3.2       |           1.5       |           1.1       |            .4       |           1.7       
         Mining (except oil and gas)(7)...........................................|              212    |         204.2       |          10.1       |           6.8       |           5.1       |           1.7       |           3.2       
         Support activities for mining............................................|              213    |         194.4       |           8.3       |           4.7       |           3.2       |           1.5       |           3.7       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Construction.................................................................|                     |       6,916.4       |         401.0       |         212.2       |         153.2       |          59.0       |         188.9       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Construction...............................................................|               23    |       6,916.4       |         401.0       |         212.2       |         153.2       |          59.0       |         188.9       
         Construction of buildings................................................|              236    |       1,618.5       |          81.1       |          42.5       |          32.0       |          10.5       |          38.6       
         Heavy and civil engineering construction.................................|              237    |         895.0       |          50.8       |          27.2       |          18.3       |           8.9       |          23.6       
         Specialty trade contractors..............................................|              238    |       4,402.9       |         269.1       |         142.5       |         102.9       |          39.6       |         126.6       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Manufacturing................................................................|                     |      14,257.4       |         941.9       |         519.9       |         226.1       |         293.8       |         422.1       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Manufacturing..............................................................|            31-33    |      14,257.4       |         941.9       |         519.9       |         226.1       |         293.8       |         422.1       
         Food manufacturing.......................................................|              311    |       1,490.4       |         122.3       |          78.3       |          27.6       |          50.7       |          44.0       
         Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing...............................|              312    |         193.7       |          16.6       |          11.2       |           5.6       |           5.6       |           5.4       
         Textile mills............................................................|              313    |         237.8       |           9.4       |           5.4       |           1.9       |           3.5       |           4.1       
         Textile product mills....................................................|              314    |         176.2       |           9.5       |           5.0       |           1.8       |           3.2       |           4.4       
         Apparel manufacturing....................................................|              315    |         284.7       |           8.8       |           4.4       |           2.5       |           1.9       |           4.3       
         Leather and allied product manufacturing.................................|              316    |          42.5       |           2.8       |           1.8       |            .6       |           1.2       |           1.0       
         Wood product manufacturing...............................................|              321    |         548.0       |          54.8       |          29.7       |          15.0       |          14.7       |          25.1       
         Paper manufacturing......................................................|              322    |         493.3       |          25.3       |          14.6       |           7.1       |           7.6       |          10.7       
         Printing and related support activities..................................|              323    |         658.5       |          28.2       |          15.2       |           7.7       |           7.5       |          13.0       
         Petroleum and coal products manufacturing................................|              324    |         112.3       |           3.1       |           1.6       |            .9       |            .7       |           1.5       
         Chemical manufacturing...................................................|              325    |         881.8       |          31.1       |          17.4       |           8.1       |           9.3       |          13.7       
         Plastics and rubber products manufacturing...............................|              326    |         803.7       |          62.6       |          38.2       |          16.6       |          21.6       |          24.4       
         Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing................................|              327    |         498.5       |          40.4       |          24.5       |          11.6       |          12.9       |          15.9       
         Primary metal manufacturing..............................................|              331    |         466.0       |          49.0       |          25.4       |          10.7       |          14.7       |          23.6       
         Fabricated metal product manufacturing...................................|              332    |       1,488.7       |         119.9       |          58.1       |          28.6       |          29.5       |          61.8       
         Machinery manufacturing..................................................|              333    |       1,136.8       |          77.7       |          36.0       |          17.8       |          18.2       |          41.7       
         Computer and electronic product manufacturing............................|              334    |       1,314.9       |          30.5       |          16.0       |           8.0       |           8.0       |          14.6       
         Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing.............|              335    |         443.8       |          24.1       |          12.8       |           5.3       |           7.5       |          11.3       
         Transportation equipment manufacturing...................................|              336    |       1,763.4       |         151.5       |          82.6       |          28.4       |          54.1       |          68.9       
         Furniture and related product manufacturing..............................|              337    |         568.5       |          46.0       |          26.0       |          12.4       |          13.6       |          20.0       
         Miscellaneous manufacturing..............................................|              339    |         653.6       |          28.4       |          15.7       |           7.8       |           7.9       |          12.7       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
   Service providing..............................................................|                     |      84,896.3       |       2,838.0       |       1,448.5       |         850.9       |         597.6       |       1,389.5       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Trade, transportation, and utilities(8)......................................|                     |      25,273.3       |       1,182.2       |         673.1       |         387.6       |         285.4       |         509.1       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Wholesale trade............................................................|               42    |       5,642.5       |         241.5       |         146.2       |          81.1       |          65.0       |          95.3       
         Merchant wholesalers, durable goods......................................|              423    |       2,942.2       |         117.5       |          63.1       |          37.3       |          25.8       |          54.4       
         Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods...................................|              424    |       2,000.0       |         105.7       |          72.9       |          37.6       |          35.4       |          32.8       
         Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers......................|              425    |         700.4       |          18.2       |          10.1       |           6.2       |           3.8       |           8.1       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Retail trade...............................................................|            44-45    |      15,060.7       |         626.1       |         322.8       |         178.8       |         144.0       |         303.3       
         Motor vehicle and parts dealers..........................................|              441    |       1,901.3       |          92.3       |          39.1       |          25.9       |          13.1       |          53.2       
         Furniture and home furnishings stores....................................|              442    |         563.8       |          26.6       |          14.9       |           9.0       |           6.0       |          11.7       
         Electronics and appliance stores.........................................|              443    |         521.8       |          13.4       |           6.4       |           3.7       |          -          |           7.0       
         Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers..............|              444    |       1,234.1       |          92.9       |          49.1       |          25.8       |          23.3       |          43.8       
         Food and beverage stores.................................................|              445    |       2,818.3       |         135.0       |          70.7       |          41.2       |          29.5       |          64.2       
         Health and personal care stores..........................................|              446    |         940.7       |          15.4       |           7.3       |           4.6       |           2.8       |           8.1       
         Gasoline stations........................................................|              447    |         872.9       |          23.8       |          10.5       |           7.1       |           3.4       |          13.3       
         Clothing and clothing accessories stores.................................|              448    |       1,367.6       |          23.7       |           8.7       |           5.8       |           2.9       |          15.0       
         Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............................|              451    |         646.1       |          17.2       |           5.9       |           3.6       |           2.3       |          11.3       
         General merchandise stores...............................................|              452    |       2,851.3       |         146.1       |          89.1       |          39.9       |          49.2       |          57.1       
         Miscellaneous store retailers............................................|              453    |         918.5       |          21.6       |          10.6       |           6.3       |           4.3       |          11.0       
         Nonstore retailers.......................................................|              454    |         424.4       |          18.1       |          10.5       |           6.0       |           4.5       |           7.6       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Transportation and warehousing(8)..........................................|            48-49    |       4,006.2       |         285.5       |         190.0       |         120.0       |          70.0       |          95.5       
         Air transportation.......................................................|              481    |         513.2       |          43.3       |          33.0       |          22.4       |          10.6       |          10.3       
         Rail transportation(8)...................................................|              482    |                    |           6.2       |           4.6       |           4.1       |            .6       |           1.6       
         Water transportation.....................................................|              483    |          55.0       |           2.5       |           1.5       |           1.0       |            .4       |           1.0       
         Truck transportation.....................................................|              484    |       1,350.8       |          86.6       |          54.8       |          40.9       |          13.9       |          31.8       
         Transit and ground passenger transportation..............................|              485    |         378.4       |          17.3       |          10.2       |           7.9       |           2.3       |           7.1       
         Pipeline transportation..................................................|              486    |          37.6       |            .9       |            .5       |            .4       |            .2       |            .4       
         Scenic and sightseeing transportation....................................|              487    |          27.0       |           1.0       |            .6       |            .5       |            .1       |            .4       
         Support activities for transportation....................................|              488    |         530.6       |          27.2       |          17.6       |          11.0       |           6.6       |           9.6       
         Couriers and messengers..................................................|              492    |         557.5       |          52.6       |          37.1       |          17.3       |          19.8       |          15.5       
         Warehousing and storage..................................................|              493    |         555.8       |          48.0       |          30.2       |          14.6       |          15.6       |          17.8       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Utilities..................................................................|               22    |         563.9       |          29.1       |          14.1       |           7.7       |           6.4       |          15.0       
         Utilities................................................................|              221    |         563.9       |          29.1       |          14.1       |           7.7       |           6.4       |          15.0       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Information..................................................................|                     |       3,099.6       |          57.6       |          31.1       |          21.1       |          10.0       |          26.5       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Information................................................................|               51    |       3,099.6       |          57.6       |          31.1       |          21.1       |          10.0       |          26.5       
         Publishing industries (except Internet)..................................|              511    |         907.5       |          17.6       |           9.1       |           5.7       |           3.5       |           8.4       
         Motion picture and sound recording industries............................|              512    |         380.3       |          -          |          -          |           2.2       |            .6       |          -          
         Broadcasting (except Internet)...........................................|              515    |         323.6       |           6.5       |           3.3       |           1.9       |           1.4       |           3.2       
         Internet publishing and broadcasting.....................................|              516    |          29.3       |            .7       |            .2       |            .2       |          -          |            .5       
         Telecommunications.......................................................|              517    |       1,027.0       |          21.8       |          14.2       |          10.1       |           4.1       |           7.6       
         Internet service providers, web search portals, and data processing      |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
          services................................................................|              518    |         382.5       |           2.9       |           1.1       |            .8       |            .4       |           1.8       
         Other information services...............................................|              519    |          49.4       |            .6       |            .4       |            .4       |          -          |            .2       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Financial activities.........................................................|                     |       7,890.8       |         113.3       |          51.8       |          34.9       |          16.9       |          61.5       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Finance and insurance......................................................|               52    |       5,813.3       |          49.1       |          18.4       |          12.9       |           5.5       |          30.7       
         Monetary authorities - central bank......................................|              521    |          21.6       |            .4       |            .2       |            .1       |            .1       |            .1       
         Credit intermediation and related activities.............................|              522    |       2,813.1       |          25.0       |           9.6       |           6.8       |           2.8       |          15.4       
         Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
          related activities......................................................|              523    |         765.2       |           2.2       |            .9       |            .7       |            .3       |           1.2       
         Insurance carriers and related activities................................|              524    |       2,127.9       |          21.1       |           7.4       |           5.2       |           2.2       |          13.7       
         Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles..............................|              525    |          85.5       |            .5       |            .2       |            .2       |          -          |            .2       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Real estate and rental and leasing.........................................|               53    |       2,077.5       |          64.2       |          33.4       |          22.0       |          11.4       |          30.8       
         Real estate..............................................................|              531    |       1,410.4       |          38.4       |          19.8       |          13.6       |           6.1       |          18.7       
         Rental and leasing services..............................................|              532    |         641.0       |          25.4       |          13.5       |           8.2       |           5.2       |          11.9       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Professional and business services...........................................|                     |      16,294.8       |         280.3       |         150.5       |          90.5       |          60.0       |         129.8       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Professional, scientific, and technical services...........................|               54    |       6,768.9       |          79.1       |          32.2       |          20.4       |          11.8       |          46.9       
         Professional, scientific, and technical services.........................|              541    |       6,768.9       |          79.1       |          32.2       |          20.4       |          11.8       |          46.9       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Management of companies and enterprises....................................|               55    |       1,696.5       |          41.9       |          23.4       |          10.3       |          -          |          18.6       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services...|               56    |       7,829.4       |         159.3       |          94.9       |          59.9       |          35.1       |          64.4       
         Administrative and support services......................................|              561    |       7,503.5       |         134.4       |          77.7       |          50.4       |          27.3       |          56.7       
         Waste management and remediation services................................|              562    |         325.8       |          24.9       |          17.2       |           9.4       |           7.8       |           7.7       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Education and health services................................................|                     |      16,085.0       |         720.5       |         337.3       |         190.0       |         147.3       |         383.2       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Educational services.......................................................|               61    |       2,079.2       |          36.5       |          14.5       |          10.1       |           4.4       |          22.0       
         Educational services.....................................................|              611    |       2,079.2       |          36.5       |          14.5       |          10.1       |           4.4       |          22.0       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Health care and social assistance..........................................|               62    |      14,005.7       |         684.0       |         322.8       |         179.9       |         142.9       |         361.2       
         Ambulatory health care services..........................................|              621    |       4,937.5       |         124.6       |          46.4       |          31.3       |          15.2       |          78.1       
         Hospitals................................................................|              622    |       4,246.7       |         284.6       |         116.1       |          63.9       |          52.2       |         168.5       
         Nursing and residential care facilities..................................|              623    |       2,810.2       |         215.2       |         128.5       |          65.6       |          62.9       |          86.7       
         Social assistance........................................................|              624    |       2,011.3       |          59.6       |          31.7       |          19.1       |          12.6       |          27.9       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Leisure and hospitality......................................................|                     |      12,467.6       |         389.5       |         157.7       |          95.4       |          62.3       |         231.8       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Arts, entertainment, and recreation........................................|               71    |       1,852.9       |          68.2       |          35.2       |          17.8       |          17.5       |          33.0       
         Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries................|              711    |         380.5       |          13.9       |           6.0       |           4.3       |           1.7       |           7.9       
         Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions......................|              712    |         116.9       |           4.0       |           2.0       |           1.2       |            .7       |           2.0       
         Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries...........................|              713    |       1,355.4       |          50.3       |          27.2       |          12.2       |          15.0       |          23.1       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Accommodation and food services............................................|               72    |      10,614.7       |         321.3       |         122.5       |          77.6       |          44.9       |         198.8       
         Accommodation............................................................|              721    |       1,785.0       |          77.5       |          41.1       |          21.0       |          20.1       |          36.4       
         Food services and drinking places........................................|              722    |       8,829.6       |         243.8       |          81.4       |          56.7       |          24.8       |         162.4       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Other services...............................................................|                     |       3,785.2       |          94.6       |          47.0       |          31.3       |          15.7       |          47.6       
                                                                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Other services, except public administration...............................|               81    |       3,785.2       |          94.6       |          47.0       |          31.3       |          15.7       |          47.6       
         Repair and maintenance...................................................|              811    |       1,222.0       |          43.7       |          21.2       |          15.1       |           6.1       |          22.5       
         Personal and laundry services............................................|              812    |       1,266.1       |          27.0       |          15.5       |           9.1       |           6.4       |          11.5       
         Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations...|              813    |       1,297.2       |          23.9       |          10.3       |           7.1       |           3.2       |          13.6       
__________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________

  1 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
  2 North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002
  3 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
  4 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  6 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and
Gas Extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors
are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore,
estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  7 Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors are excluded.  These data do not reflect the changes the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  8 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.  Dash indicates data not available. 
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor



TABLE 3.  Incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by major industry sector and employment size, 2004
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                                                                                                        |                     |                                                                                                             
                                                                                                        |                     |                                   Establishment employment size (workers)                                   
                                            Industry sector                                             |         All         |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                        |    establishments   |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                                        |                     |       1 to 10       |       11 to 49      |      50 to 249      |      250 to 999     |    1,000 or more    
________________________________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
Private industry(2).....................................................................................|          4.8        |          1.9        |          4.2        |          5.9        |          5.4        |          5.4        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
  Goods producing(2)....................................................................................|          6.5        |          3.6        |          6.8        |          7.6        |          6.1        |          5.8        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Natural resources and mining(2)(3)..................................................................|          5.3        |          3.3        |          5.7        |          5.8        |          5.3        |          3.4        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Construction........................................................................................|          6.4        |          3.9        |          7.1        |          7.5        |          5.7        |          6.3        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Manufacturing.......................................................................................|          6.6        |          2.9        |          6.7        |          7.8        |          6.2        |          5.9        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
  Service providing.....................................................................................|          4.2        |          1.5        |          3.6        |          5.4        |          5.0        |          5.2        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Trade, transportation, and utilities(4).............................................................|          5.5        |          2.0        |          4.6        |          6.9        |          7.0        |          6.8        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Information.........................................................................................|          2.0        |          -          |          -          |          2.1        |          2.1        |          1.8        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Financial activities................................................................................|          1.6        |          1.3        |          1.6        |          2.1        |          1.8        |          1.1        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Professional and business services..................................................................|          2.4        |          -          |          2.9        |          2.8        |          2.3        |          1.7        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Education and health services.......................................................................|          5.8        |          1.1        |          3.2        |          7.1        |          7.2        |          7.2        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Leisure and hospitality.............................................................................|          4.7        |          1.4        |          3.8        |          5.8        |          6.4        |          7.0        
                                                                                                        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Other services, except public administration........................................................|          3.2        |          1.8        |          3.4        |          5.2        |          4.4        |          4.1        
________________________________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________

  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 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and
Gas Extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors
are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore,
estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  4 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
  
  NOTE:  Dash indicates data not available.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor



TABLE 4.  Number of cases and incidence rate(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses for industries with 100,000 or more cases, 2004
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                                                                                 |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                 |                     |         2004        |                     |                     
                                                                                 |        NAICS        |        Annual       |     Total cases     |      Incidence      
                                                                    Industry(2)  |       code(3)       |       average       |     (thousands)     |         rate        
                                                                                 |                     |    employment(4)    |                     |                     
                                                                                 |                     |     (thousands)     |                     |                     
_________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                 |                     |                     |                     |                     
Hospitals........................................................................|              622    |       4,246.7       |         284.6       |          8.3        
Nursing and residential care facilities..........................................|              623    |       2,810.2       |         215.2       |          9.7        
Transportation equipment manufacturing...........................................|              336    |       1,763.4       |         151.5       |          8.5        
General merchandise stores.......................................................|              452    |       2,851.3       |         146.1       |          7.0        
Administrative and support services..............................................|              561    |       7,503.5       |         134.4       |          3.4        
                                                                                 |                     |                     |                     |                     
Ambulatory health care services..................................................|              621    |       4,937.5       |         124.6       |          3.3        
Food manufacturing...............................................................|              311    |       1,490.4       |         122.3       |          8.2        
Fabricated metal product manufacturing...........................................|              332    |       1,488.7       |         119.9       |          8.0        
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods..............................................|              423    |       2,942.2       |         117.5       |          4.1        
Building equipment contractors...................................................|             2382    |       1,848.2       |         117.2       |          6.8        
                                                                                 |                     |                     |                     |                     
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores.......................|            44511    |       2,298.3       |         114.1       |          6.7        
Full-service restaurants.........................................................|             7221    |       4,194.9       |         113.3       |          4.1        
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods...........................................|              424    |       2,000.0       |         105.7       |          5.6        
Limited-service eating places....................................................|             7222    |       3,737.3       |         104.2       |          4.3        
                                                                                 |                     |                     |                     |                     
      Private industry(5)........................................................|                     |     107,551.8       |       4,257.3       |          4.8        
_________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________

  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 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
  3 North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002
  4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor



TABLE 5.  Incidence rate(1) and number of nonfatal occupational injuries by selected industries, 2004
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                                   |                     |         2004        |                     |                     
                                                                                                   |        NAICS        |        Annual       |                     |   Number of cases   
                                                                    Industry(2)                    |       code(3)       |       average       |    Incidence rate   |     (thousands)     
                                                                                                   |                     |    employment(4)    |                     |                     
                                                                                                   |                     |     (thousands)     |                     |                     
___________________________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
 Private industry(5)...............................................................................|                     |     107,551.8       |          4.5        |       4,008.3       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
   Goods producing(5)..............................................................................|                     |      22,655.5       |          5.9        |       1,301.7       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Natural resources and mining(5)(6)............................................................|                     |       1,481.7       |          5.1        |          72.6       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting(5)...............................................|               11    |         961.8       |          6.0        |          51.8       
         Crop production(5)........................................................................|              111    |         429.8       |          5.1        |          19.5       
         Animal production(5)......................................................................|              112    |         141.1       |          8.3        |          12.3       
         Support activities for agriculture and forestry...........................................|              115    |         309.2       |          5.6        |          14.5       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Mining(6)...................................................................................|               21    |         519.9       |          3.6        |          20.9       
         Oil and gas extraction....................................................................|              211    |         121.3       |          2.4        |           2.9       
         Mining (except oil and gas)(7)............................................................|              212    |         204.2       |          4.1        |           9.7       
         Support activities for mining.............................................................|              213    |         194.4       |          3.8        |           8.2       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Construction..................................................................................|                     |       6,916.4       |          6.2        |         392.4       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Construction................................................................................|               23    |       6,916.4       |          6.2        |         392.4       
         Construction of buildings.................................................................|              236    |       1,618.5       |          5.5        |          79.2       
         Heavy and civil engineering construction..................................................|              237    |         895.0       |          5.8        |          49.4       
         Specialty trade contractors...............................................................|              238    |       4,402.9       |          6.6        |         263.8       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Manufacturing.................................................................................|                     |      14,257.4       |          5.9        |         836.7       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Manufacturing...............................................................................|            31-33    |      14,257.4       |          5.9        |         836.7       
         Food manufacturing........................................................................|              311    |       1,490.4       |          6.8        |         101.2       
         Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing................................................|              312    |         193.7       |          8.3        |          15.8       
         Textile mills.............................................................................|              313    |         237.8       |          3.6        |           8.6       
         Textile product mills.....................................................................|              314    |         176.2       |          4.7        |           8.3       
         Apparel manufacturing.....................................................................|              315    |         284.7       |          3.1        |           7.7       
         Leather and allied product manufacturing..................................................|              316    |          42.5       |          5.7        |           2.3       
         Wood product manufacturing................................................................|              321    |         548.0       |          9.5        |          51.8       
         Paper manufacturing.......................................................................|              322    |         493.3       |          4.5        |          23.1       
         Printing and related support activities...................................................|              323    |         658.5       |          4.1        |          26.0       
         Petroleum and coal products manufacturing.................................................|              324    |         112.3       |          2.2        |           2.7       
         Chemical manufacturing....................................................................|              325    |         881.8       |          3.0        |          26.7       
         Plastics and rubber products manufacturing................................................|              326    |         803.7       |          7.1        |          57.5       
         Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.................................................|              327    |         498.5       |          7.5        |          38.1       
         Primary metal manufacturing...............................................................|              331    |         466.0       |          9.1        |          44.7       
         Fabricated metal product manufacturing....................................................|              332    |       1,488.7       |          7.5        |         111.7       
         Machinery manufacturing...................................................................|              333    |       1,136.8       |          6.2        |          71.7       
         Computer and electronic product manufacturing.............................................|              334    |       1,314.9       |          2.0        |          26.3       
         Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing..............................|              335    |         443.8       |          4.8        |          21.3       
         Transportation equipment manufacturing....................................................|              336    |       1,763.4       |          6.9        |         123.5       
         Furniture and related product manufacturing...............................................|              337    |         568.5       |          7.7        |          42.3       
         Miscellaneous manufacturing...............................................................|              339    |         653.6       |          4.0        |          25.3       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
   Service providing...............................................................................|                     |      84,896.3       |          4.0        |       2,706.5       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Trade, transportation, and utilities(8).......................................................|                     |      25,273.3       |          5.3        |       1,144.2       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Wholesale trade.............................................................................|               42    |       5,642.5       |          4.4        |         234.4       
         Merchant wholesalers, durable goods.......................................................|              423    |       2,942.2       |          4.0        |         113.4       
         Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods....................................................|              424    |       2,000.0       |          5.5        |         103.3       
         Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers.......................................|              425    |         700.4       |          2.8        |          17.7       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Retail trade................................................................................|            44-45    |      15,060.7       |          5.1        |         608.8       
         Motor vehicle and parts dealers...........................................................|              441    |       1,901.3       |          5.0        |          89.8       
         Furniture and home furnishings stores.....................................................|              442    |         563.8       |          5.6        |          26.2       
         Electronics and appliance stores..........................................................|              443    |         521.8       |          3.1        |          13.2       
         Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers...............................|              444    |       1,234.1       |          8.0        |          91.4       
         Food and beverage stores..................................................................|              445    |       2,818.3       |          6.2        |         131.5       
         Health and personal care stores...........................................................|              446    |         940.7       |          2.2        |          14.9       
         Gasoline stations.........................................................................|              447    |         872.9       |          3.4        |          23.4       
         Clothing and clothing accessories stores..................................................|              448    |       1,367.6       |          2.5        |          23.4       
         Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores.............................................|              451    |         646.1       |          3.8        |          16.8       
         General merchandise stores................................................................|              452    |       2,851.3       |          6.7        |         140.2       
         Miscellaneous store retailers.............................................................|              453    |         918.5       |          3.1        |          20.8       
         Nonstore retailers........................................................................|              454    |         424.4       |          4.6        |          17.2       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Transportation and warehousing(8)...........................................................|            48-49    |       4,006.2       |          7.0        |         275.2       
         Air transportation........................................................................|              481    |         513.2       |          9.7        |          41.3       
         Rail transportation(8)....................................................................|              482    |                    |          2.6        |           6.0       
         Water transportation......................................................................|              483    |          55.0       |          4.2        |           2.4       
         Truck transportation......................................................................|              484    |       1,350.8       |          6.0        |          85.3       
         Transit and ground passenger transportation...............................................|              485    |         378.4       |          5.9        |          16.8       
         Pipeline transportation...................................................................|              486    |          37.6       |          2.4        |            .9       
         Scenic and sightseeing transportation.....................................................|              487    |          27.0       |          4.6        |           1.0       
         Support activities for transportation.....................................................|              488    |         530.6       |          5.2        |          26.4       
         Couriers and messengers...................................................................|              492    |         557.5       |         11.7        |          49.3       
         Warehousing and storage...................................................................|              493    |         555.8       |          8.9        |          46.0       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Utilities...................................................................................|               22    |         563.9       |          4.6        |          25.8       
         Utilities.................................................................................|              221    |         563.9       |          4.6        |          25.8       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Information...................................................................................|                     |       3,099.6       |          1.9        |          53.3       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Information.................................................................................|               51    |       3,099.6       |          1.9        |          53.3       
         Publishing industries (except Internet)...................................................|              511    |         907.5       |          1.9        |          16.0       
         Motion picture and sound recording industries.............................................|              512    |         380.3       |          -          |          -          
         Broadcasting (except Internet)............................................................|              515    |         323.6       |          2.2        |           6.4       
         Internet publishing and broadcasting......................................................|              516    |          29.3       |          2.2        |            .6       
         Telecommunications........................................................................|              517    |       1,027.0       |          2.0        |          19.9       
         Internet service providers, web search portals, and data processing services..............|              518    |         382.5       |           .8        |           2.7       
         Other information services................................................................|              519    |          49.4       |          1.3        |            .5       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Financial activities..........................................................................|                     |       7,890.8       |          1.5        |         104.8       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Finance and insurance.......................................................................|               52    |       5,813.3       |           .8        |          42.7       
         Monetary authorities - central bank.......................................................|              521    |          21.6       |          1.5        |            .3       
         Credit intermediation and related activities..............................................|              522    |       2,813.1       |           .8        |          21.7       
         Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities...|              523    |         765.2       |           .3        |           1.9       
         Insurance carriers and related activities.................................................|              524    |       2,127.9       |          1.0        |          18.3       
         Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles...............................................|              525    |          85.5       |           .6        |            .4       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Real estate and rental and leasing..........................................................|               53    |       2,077.5       |          3.6        |          62.1       
         Real estate...............................................................................|              531    |       1,410.4       |          3.2        |          36.8       
         Rental and leasing services...............................................................|              532    |         641.0       |          4.6        |          25.0       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Professional and business services............................................................|                     |      16,294.8       |          2.2        |         263.8       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Professional, scientific, and technical services............................................|               54    |       6,768.9       |          1.2        |          72.7       
         Professional, scientific, and technical services..........................................|              541    |       6,768.9       |          1.2        |          72.7       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Management of companies and enterprises.....................................................|               55    |       1,696.5       |          2.5        |          39.4       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services....................|               56    |       7,829.4       |          3.6        |         151.8       
         Administrative and support services.......................................................|              561    |       7,503.5       |          3.2        |         127.4       
         Waste management and remediation services.................................................|              562    |         325.8       |          7.5        |          24.4       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Education and health services.................................................................|                     |      16,085.0       |          5.4        |         672.9       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Educational services........................................................................|               61    |       2,079.2       |          2.4        |          34.9       
         Educational services......................................................................|              611    |       2,079.2       |          2.4        |          34.9       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Health care and social assistance...........................................................|               62    |      14,005.7       |          5.8        |         638.0       
         Ambulatory health care services...........................................................|              621    |       4,937.5       |          3.0        |         115.3       
         Hospitals.................................................................................|              622    |       4,246.7       |          7.6        |         259.6       
         Nursing and residential care facilities...................................................|              623    |       2,810.2       |          9.2        |         205.7       
         Social assistance.........................................................................|              624    |       2,011.3       |          3.7        |          57.5       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Leisure and hospitality.......................................................................|                     |      12,467.6       |          4.5        |         376.4       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Arts, entertainment, and recreation.........................................................|               71    |       1,852.9       |          5.6        |          64.3       
         Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries.................................|              711    |         380.5       |          5.7        |          13.6       
         Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions.......................................|              712    |         116.9       |          4.9        |           3.7       
         Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries............................................|              713    |       1,355.4       |          5.6        |          46.9       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Accommodation and food services.............................................................|               72    |      10,614.7       |          4.4        |         312.1       
         Accommodation.............................................................................|              721    |       1,785.0       |          5.6        |          74.8       
         Food services and drinking places.........................................................|              722    |       8,829.6       |          4.1        |         237.4       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
     Other services................................................................................|                     |       3,785.2       |          3.1        |          91.1       
                                                                                                   |                     |                     |                     |                     
       Other services, except public administration................................................|               81    |       3,785.2       |          3.1        |          91.1       
         Repair and maintenance....................................................................|              811    |       1,222.0       |          3.9        |          42.7       
         Personal and laundry services.............................................................|              812    |       1,266.1       |          2.7        |          25.8       
         Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations....................|              813    |       1,297.2       |          2.6        |          22.5       
___________________________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________

  1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as:  (N/EH) x 200,000, where                  
     
     N      =  number of injuries                                    
     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 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
  3 North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002
  4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  6 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and
Gas Extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors
are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore,
estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  7 Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors are excluded.  These data do not reflect the changes the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  8 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.  Dash indicates data not available. 
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor   



TABLE 6.  Incidence rates(1) and numbers of nonfatal occupational illnesses by major industry sector and category of illness, 2004
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                    |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                    |                     |         Skin        |                     |                     |                     |                     
              Industry sector                       |        Total        |       diseases      |     Respiratory     |      Poisonings     |     Hearing loss    |      All other      
                                                    |        cases        |          or         |      conditions     |                     |                     |      illnesses      
                                                    |                     |      disorders      |                     |                     |                     |                     
____________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                    |
                                                    |                                                     Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers
                                                    |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                    |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
Private industry(2).................................|         27.9        |          4.4        |          2.0        |          0.4        |          3.2        |         18.0        
                                                    |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
  Goods producing(2)................................|         53.5        |          6.4        |          2.1        |           .6        |         11.1        |         33.4        
    Natural resources and mining(2)(3)..............|         25.8        |          7.2        |          1.7        |          2.3        |          1.5        |         13.1        
    Construction....................................|         13.8        |          3.7        |          1.0        |           .9        |           .4        |          7.9        
    Manufacturing...................................|         73.8        |          7.4        |          2.6        |           .3        |         16.7        |         46.7        
  Service providing.................................|         19.6        |          3.7        |          1.9        |           .3        |           .6        |         13.0        
    Trade, transportation, and utilities(4).........|         17.5        |          2.8        |          1.3        |           .2        |          1.5        |         11.6        
    Information.....................................|         15.4        |          2.0        |          1.0        |           .4        |          1.0        |         10.9        
    Financial activities............................|         12.0        |          1.3        |           .9        |           .4        |         (5)         |          9.4        
    Professional and business services..............|         13.9        |          4.0        |          1.3        |           .3        |           .3        |          8.0        
    Education and health services...................|         38.2        |          6.0        |          4.8        |           .4        |           .1        |         26.9        
    Leisure and hospitality.........................|         15.8        |          5.3        |          1.4        |           .2        |         (5)         |          8.9        
    Other services, except public administration....|         12.1        |          2.6        |          1.7        |           .4        |           .1        |          7.2        
                                                    |_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                    |
                                                    |                                                           Numbers of illnesses in thousands
                                                    |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                    |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
Private industry(2).................................|         249.0       |          38.9       |          17.6       |           3.3       |          28.4       |         160.9       
                                                    |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
  Goods producing(2)................................|         117.6       |          14.0       |           4.6       |           1.3       |          24.3       |          73.4       
    Natural resources and mining(2)(3)..............|           3.7       |           1.0       |            .2       |            .3       |            .2       |           1.9       
    Construction....................................|           8.7       |           2.3       |            .6       |            .5       |            .3       |           4.9       
    Manufacturing...................................|         105.2       |          10.6       |           3.8       |            .4       |          23.8       |          66.6       
  Service providing.................................|         131.5       |          24.9       |          13.0       |           2.0       |           4.1       |          87.4       
    Trade, transportation, and utilities(4).........|          37.9       |           6.1       |           2.9       |            .5       |           3.2       |          25.2       
    Information.....................................|           4.3       |            .6       |            .3       |            .1       |            .3       |           3.1       
    Financial activities............................|           8.5       |            .9       |            .6       |            .3       |         (6)         |           6.6       
    Professional and business services..............|          16.5       |           4.7       |           1.6       |            .3       |            .4       |           9.5       
    Education and health services...................|          47.6       |           7.4       |           6.0       |            .5       |            .2       |          33.5       
    Leisure and hospitality.........................|          13.1       |           4.4       |           1.1       |            .2       |         (6)         |           7.4       
    Other services, except public administration....|           3.5       |            .8       |            .5       |            .1       |         (6)         |           2.1       
____________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________

  1 The incidence rates represent the number of illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as:  (N/EH) x 20,000,000, where
     
     N         =  number of illnesses                   
     EH        =  total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year   
     20,000,000=  base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers               
                  (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
     
  2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data do not reflect the 
changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to 
estimates in other industries.
  4 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
  5 Incidence rate less than 0.05.
  6 Fewer than 50 cases.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor 



TABLE 7.  Incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by major industry sector and selected case types, 2003-2004
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                                                            |                                           |                                                                                                                                   |                                           
                                                            |                                           |                                                  Cases with days away from work,                                                  |                                           
                                                            |                                           |                                                    job transfer, or restriction                                                   |                                           
                                                            |                   Total                   |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|                                           
                                                            |                 recordable                |                                           |                                           |                                           |                   Other                   
                                                            |                   cases                   |                                           |                   Cases                   |                   Cases                   |                 recordable                
                      Industry sector                       |                                           |                   Total                   |                 with days                 |                  with job                 |                   cases                   
                                                            |                                           |                                           |                 away from                 |                transfer or                |                                           
                                                            |___________________________________________|                                           |                  work(2)                  |                restriction                |                                           
                                                            |                     |                     |___________________________________________|___________________________________________|___________________________________________|___________________________________________
                                                            |         2003        |         2004        |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
                                                            |                     |                     |         2003        |         2004        |         2003        |         2004        |         2003        |         2004        |         2003        |         2004        
____________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
Private industry(3).........................................|          5.0        |          4.8        |          2.6        |          2.5        |          1.5        |          1.4        |          1.1        |          1.1        |          2.4        |          2.3        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
  Goods producing(3)........................................|          6.7        |          6.5        |          3.7        |          3.5        |          1.9        |          1.9        |          1.8        |          1.7        |          3.0        |          2.9        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Natural resources and mining(3)(4)......................|          5.1        |          5.3        |          2.8        |          3.1        |          1.8        |          2.0        |          1.0        |          1.1        |          2.3        |          2.2        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Construction............................................|          6.8        |          6.4        |          3.6        |          3.4        |          2.6        |          2.4        |          1.0        |           .9        |          3.2        |          3.0        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Manufacturing...........................................|          6.8        |          6.6        |          3.8        |          3.6        |          1.6        |          1.6        |          2.2        |          2.1        |          3.1        |          3.0        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
  Service providing.........................................|          4.4        |          4.2        |          2.3        |          2.2        |          1.4        |          1.3        |           .9        |           .9        |          2.1        |          2.1        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Trade, transportation, and utilities(5).................|          5.5        |          5.5        |          3.2        |          3.1        |          1.9        |          1.8        |          1.3        |          1.3        |          2.4        |          2.3        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Information.............................................|          2.2        |          2.0        |          1.1        |          1.1        |           .8        |           .8        |           .3        |           .4        |          1.1        |           .9        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Financial activities....................................|          1.7        |          1.6        |           .8        |           .7        |           .6        |           .5        |           .2        |           .2        |           .9        |           .9        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Professional and business services......................|          2.5        |          2.4        |          1.4        |          1.3        |           .9        |           .8        |           .5        |           .5        |          1.1        |          1.1        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Education and health services...........................|          6.0        |          5.8        |          2.9        |          2.7        |          1.6        |          1.5        |          1.3        |          1.2        |          3.1        |          3.1        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Leisure and hospitality.................................|          5.1        |          4.7        |          2.1        |          1.9        |          1.3        |          1.1        |           .8        |           .8        |          3.0        |          2.8        
                                                            |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
    Other services, except public administration............|          3.4        |          3.2        |          1.7        |          1.6        |          1.1        |          1.1        |           .6        |           .5        |          1.7        |          1.6        
____________________________________________________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________



  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 that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
  3 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  4 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and
Gas Extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  Independent mining contractors
are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore,
estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
  5 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor