OS TB 10/19/2006 Table: SNR03. Highest rates for cases with days away from work - Inj/Ill - 2005


TABLE SNR03.  Highest incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work,(2) private industry, 2005
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                                                                  |                     |         2005        |                 Incidence                 
                                                                  |        NAICS        |        Annual       |                    rate                   
                          Industry(3)                             |       code(4)       |       average       |___________________________________________
                                                                  |                     |    employment(5)    |                     |                     
                                                                  |                     |     (thousands)     |         2004        |         2005        
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Rooming and boarding houses.......................................|             7213    |          10.8       |          0.4        |        (6)6.0       
Scheduled air transportation......................................|             4811    |         460.9       |          5.5        |           5.6       
Framing contractors...............................................|            23813    |         168.1       |          4.5        |           5.5       
Aluminum foundries (except die-casting)...........................|           331524    |          22.5       |          3.6        |           5.2       
Clay refractory manufacturing.....................................|           327124    |           5.7       |          -          |           5.1       
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Bituminous coal underground mining................................|           212112    |          38.3       |          5.4        |           4.9       
Couriers..........................................................|             4921    |         512.9       |          4.2        |           4.3       
Urban transit systems.............................................|             4851    |          35.7       |          5.4        |           4.2       
Cut stone and stone product manufacturing.........................|           327991    |          27.4       |          3.5        |           4.1       
Support activities for water transportation.......................|             4883    |          95.8       |          3.8        |           4.1       
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Concrete block and brick manufacturing............................|           327331    |          23.2       |          3.4        |           4.0       
All other miscellaneous wood product manufacturing................|           321999    |          26.9       |          3.1        |           3.8       
Sewage treatment facilities.......................................|            22132    |           8.6       |          -          |           3.7       
Roofing contractors...............................................|            23816    |         193.4       |          3.3        |           3.7       
Rendering and meat byproduct processing...........................|           311613    |           8.3       |          -          |           3.7       
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Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers.|             4248    |         144.3       |          4.0        |           3.7       
Hog and pig farming...............................................|             1122    |          17.1       |          4.4        |           3.6       
Heavy duty truck manufacturing....................................|            33612    |          37.9       |          -          |           3.6       
Bottled water manufacturing.......................................|           312112    |          15.5       |          5.2        |           3.5       
Prefabricated wood building manufacturing.........................|           321992    |          26.7       |          4.0        |           3.5       
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Waste collection..................................................|             5621    |         121.6       |          3.6        |           3.5       
Ice manufacturing.................................................|           312113    |           7.7       |          -          |           3.4       
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      Private industry(7).........................................|                     |     109,127.0       |          1.4        |           1.4       
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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 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
  3 High rate industries were those having the highest incidence rate of injury and illness cases with days away from work 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.
  4 North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002
  5 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
  6 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.
  7 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