OS TB 10/19/2006 Table: SNR12. Highest rates for total illness cases - 2005

                               
TABLE SNR12.  Highest incidence rates(1) of total nonfatal occupational illness cases, private industry, 2005
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                                                                  |                     |         2005        |                 Incidence                 
                                                                  |        NAICS        |        Annual       |                    rate                   
                      Industry(2)                                 |       code(3)       |       average       |___________________________________________
                                                                  |                     |    employment(4)    |                     |                     
                                                                  |                     |     (thousands)     |         2004        |         2005        
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Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing.....................|           336112    |          72.6       |        679.4        |         701.5       
Animal (except poultry) slaughtering..............................|           311611    |         148.4       |        504.2        |         478.8       
Automobile manufacturing..........................................|           336111    |         140.8       |        309.6        |      (5)320.6       
Cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing...........................|           321912    |          20.0       |         56.8        |         276.4       
Motor vehicle air-conditioning manufacturing......................|           336391    |          12.2       |        139.9        |         235.0       
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Aluminum die-casting foundries....................................|           331521    |          27.2       |          -          |         195.4       
Iron foundries....................................................|           331511    |          61.2       |        173.0        |         192.0       
Poultry processing................................................|           311615    |         235.6       |        226.0        |         187.2       
Gasoline engine and engine parts manufacturing....................|           336312    |          64.4       |        144.7        |         180.3       
Motor vehicle transmission and power train parts manufacturing....|            33635    |          84.4       |        279.8        |      (5)179.3       
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Amusement parks and arcades.......................................|             7131    |         153.9       |        176.3        |         174.8       
Beet sugar manufacturing..........................................|           311313    |           6.3       |          -          |         162.4       
Small arms manufacturing..........................................|           332994    |          10.0       |          -          |         157.3       
Carburetor, piston, piston ring, and valve manufacturing..........|           336311    |          15.1       |          -          |         156.8       
Men's footwear (except athletic) manufacturing....................|           316213    |           7.3       |          -          |         154.5       
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Meat processed from carcasses.....................................|           311612    |         111.3       |        148.7        |         143.7       
Water supply and irrigation systems...............................|            22131    |          35.1       |         13.2        |      (5)142.5       
Copper rolling, drawing, and extruding............................|           331421    |          15.6       |        108.9        |         139.0       
Other major household appliance manufacturing.....................|           335228    |          12.1       |          -          |         133.3       
Heavy duty truck manufacturing....................................|            33612    |          37.9       |          -          |         131.0       
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All other miscellaneous wood product manufacturing................|           321999    |          26.9       |         42.5        |         127.8       
Ship building and repairing.......................................|           336611    |          91.7       |        114.4        |      (5)127.4       
Flat glass manufacturing..........................................|           327211    |          13.1       |         33.2        |      (5)126.8       
Motor vehicle brake system manufacturing..........................|            33634    |          43.6       |         46.2        |      (5)125.8       
Yarn spinning mills...............................................|           313111    |          37.5       |         70.9        |         125.0       
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      Private industry(6).........................................|                     |     109,127.0       |         27.9        |          26.7       
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  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 High rate industries were those having the highest incidence rate of
total recordable cases of illnesses and at least 500 total recordable cases at the most detailed level of publication, based on the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002.
  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 A statistical significance test indicates that the difference between the 2005 incidence rate and the 2004 rate is statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level.
  6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  NOTE:  Dash indicates data not available.
  SOURCE:   Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor                          
            October 2006