OS NR 12/12/2000 News Release:  Workplace injuries and illnesses in 1999

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Internet address:       http://stats.bls.gov/oshhome.htm           Tuesday, December 12, 2000

                      WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 1999

A total of 5.7 million injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces 
during 1999, resulting in a rate of 6.3 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, according to a 
survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.  Employers reported a 4 
percent drop in the number of cases and a 2 percent increase in the hours worked compared with 
1998, reducing the case rate from 6.7 in 1998 to 6.3 in 1999.  The rate for 1999 was the lowest 
since the Bureau began reporting this information in the early 1970s.  (See "Background of the 
Survey" section for a discussion of the factors that can influence rate changes from one survey to 
the next.)

The following tabulation on incidence rates for injuries and illnesses shows the decline in 
rates per 100 full-time workers since 1994:

                                              1994   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999


                    Private industry           8.4    8.1    7.4    7.1    6.7    6.3
                      Goods-producing         11.9   11.2   10.2    9.9    9.3    8.9
                      Service-producing        6.9    6.7    6.2    5.9    5.6    5.3

Among goods-producing industries, manufacturing had the highest incidence rate in 1999 (9.2 
cases per 100 full-time workers).  (See chart 1 and table 1.)  Within the service-producing sector, 
the highest incidence rate was reported for transportation and public utilities (7.3 cases per 100 
full-time workers), followed by wholesale and retail trade (6.1 cases per 100 workers).  

This release is the second in a series of three releases covering 1999 from the BLS safety 
and health statistical series. The first release, in August 2000, covered work-related fatalities 
from the 1999 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.  In April 2001, a third release will 
provide details 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, and primary source producing the disability).  
"More seriously" is defined in this survey as involving days away from work.

(Chart 1 appears here in the printed release.)
(Chart 2 appears here in the printed release.)

Case types

Of the 5.7 million total injuries and illnesses reported in 1999, about 2.7 million were lost workday 
cases, that is, they required recuperation away from work or restricted duties at work, or both.  
(See table 2.)  The remaining 3 million were cases without lost workdays.  The incidence rate for 
both types of cases declined from 1998 to 1999.  For lost workday cases, the rate declined from 
3.1 cases per 100 workers to 3.0 cases per 100 workers, and, for cases without lost workdays, the 
rate decreased from 3.5 cases per 100 workers to 3.3 cases per 100 workers.

Lost workday cases are comprised of two case types, those requiring at least one day 
away from work, with or without restricted work activity, and those requiring restricted activity 
only.  The latter type of case may involve shortened hours, a temporary job change, or temporary 
restrictions on certain duties (for example, no heavy lifting) of a worker's regular job.  At 1.9 
cases per 100 workers in 1999, the rate for cases with days away from work declined from 2.0 in 1998 and 
was the lowest on record.  (See chart 2.)  In contrast to the decreases posted by all the other 
major case types in 1999, the rate for cases involving restricted activity only remained at its 1998 
level, 1.2 cases per 100 employees.  (See chart 3.)  In 1999, the rate in manufacturing for 
restricted-activity-only cases (2.4) was higher than the rate for days-away-from-work cases (2.2).  
In all other divisions, the rate for days-away-from-work cases was higher than the rate for 
restricted-activity-only cases.

(Chart 3 appears here in the printed release.)

Injuries and Illnesses

Injuries.  Of the 5.7 million nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 1999, 5.3 
million were injuries.  Injury rates generally are higher for mid-size establishments (those 
employing 50 to 249 workers) than for smaller or larger establishments, although this pattern 
does not hold within certain industry divisions.  (See table 3.)  Nine industries, each having at 
least 100,000 injuries, accounted for about 1.6 million injuries, or 30 percent of the 5.3 million 
total.  (See table 4.)  All but one of these industries were in the service-producing sector.

Illnesses.  There were about 372,000 newly reported cases of occupational illnesses in 
private industry in 1999.  Manufacturing accounted for three-fifths of these cases.  (See table 5.) 
Disorders associated with repeated trauma, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and noise-induced 
hearing loss, accounted for 4 percent of the 5.7 million total workplace injuries and illnesses.  
They were, however, the dominant type of illness reported, making up 66 percent of the 372,000 
total illness cases.  Seventy percent of the repeated trauma cases were in manufacturing 
industries.

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 survey's 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).

Background of the Survey

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State program in which 
employer reports are collected from about 174,000 private industry establishments and processed 
by state agencies cooperating with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Occupational injury and 
illness data for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for railroad activities were provided by the 
Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Department of 
Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration.  The survey measures nonfatal injuries and 
illnesses only.  The survey 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 annual survey provides estimates of the number and frequency (incidence rates) of 
workplace injuries and illnesses based on logs kept by private industry employers during the 
year.  These records reflect not only the year's injury and illness experience, but also the 
employer's understanding of which cases are work related under current recordkeeping 
guidelines of the U.S. Department of Labor.  The number of injuries and illnesses reported in any 
given year also can be influenced by the level of economic activity, working conditions and work 
practices, worker experience and training, and the number of hours worked.

Establishments are classified in industry categories based on the 1987 Standard Industrial 
Classification (SIC) Manual, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. 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 95-percent confidence interval for an incidence rate of 
6.5 per 100 full-time workers with a relative standard error of 1.0 percent would be 6.5 plus or 
minus 2 percent (2 times 1.0 percent) or 6.37 to 6.63.  One can be 95 percent confident that the 
"true" incidence rate falls within the confidence interval.  The 1999 incidence rate for all 
occupational injuries and illnesses of 6.3 per 100 full-time workers in private industry has an 
estimated relative standard error of about 0.6 percent.  A relative standard error was calculated 
for each estimate from the survey and will be published in a BLS bulletin that is scheduled to be 
available at a later date.

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 divisions:  agriculture, 
forestry, and fishing; mining; construction; and manufacturing.  The service-producing sector 
includes the following industry divisions:  transportation and public utilities; trade; finance, 
insurance, and real estate; and services.  BLS has generated estimates of injuries and illnesses 
combined and of injuries alone for nearly all 2-, 3-, and, for manufacturing, 4-digit private sector 
industries as defined in the 1987 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification 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 202-691-6179 and from the BLS Internet site at 
http://stats.bls.gov/oshhome.htm.

TABLE 1.  Incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 1999
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                              |        |        |                                   |                                   
                              |        |        |       Injuries and illnesses      |              Injuries             
                              |        |        |___________________________________|___________________________________
                              |        |        |        |                 |        |        |                 |        
                              |        |  1999  |        |   Lost workday  |        |        |   Lost workday  |        
                              |        | Annual |        |      cases      |        |        |      cases      |        
         Industry(2)          |   SIC  | average|        |_________________|  Cases |        |_________________|  Cases 
                              | code(3)|employm-|  Total |        |        | without|  Total |        |        | without
                              |        | ent(4) |  cases |        |  With  |  lost  |  cases |        |  With  |  lost  
                              |        | (000s) |        |        |  days  |  work- |        |        |  days  |  work- 
                              |        |        |        |Total(5)|  away  |  days  |        |Total(5)|  away  |  days  
                              |        |        |        |        |  from  |        |        |        |  from  |        
                              |        |        |        |        | work(6)|        |        |        | work(6)|        
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Private industry(7).........|        |107611.8|     6.3|     3.0|     1.9|     3.3|     5.9|     2.8|     1.8|     3.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Agriculture, forestry, and|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     fishing(7)...............|        | 1,860.7|     7.3|     3.4|     2.4|     3.9|     7.0|     3.3|     2.4|     3.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Agricultural             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
      production(7)...........|  01-02 |   770.7|     7.7|     3.6|     2.5|     4.1|     7.4|     3.5|     2.4|     3.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
      Agricultural            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       production-crops(7)....|    01  |   578.2|     7.0|     3.1|     2.1|     3.9|     6.6|     3.0|     2.0|     3.6
      Agricultural            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       production-livestock(7)|    02  |   192.4|    10.0|     5.2|     3.5|     4.9|     9.5|     5.0|     3.4|     4.5
      Agricultural services...|    07  | 1,051.6|     7.1|     3.3|     2.4|     3.8|     6.8|     3.2|     2.4|     3.6
      Forestry................|    08  |    27.1|     6.1|     2.9|     2.2|     3.2|     5.6|     2.7|     2.0|     2.9
      Fishing, hunting, and   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       trapping...............|    09  |    11.4|     6.9|     4.5|     3.0|     2.4|     6.3|     4.0|     2.9|     2.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Mining(8).................|        |   535.4|     4.4|     2.7|     2.0|     1.7|     4.1|     2.5|     1.9|     1.6
      Metal mining(8).........|    10  |    43.5|     5.0|     2.9|     1.7|     2.1|     4.7|     2.7|     1.6|     2.0
      Coal mining(8)..........|    12  |    85.6|     7.4|     5.5|     5.2|     1.9|     6.8|     5.2|     4.9|     1.7
      Oil and gas extraction..|    13  |   294.6|     3.5|     1.8|     1.2|     1.7|     3.3|     1.7|     1.1|     1.7
      Nonmetallic minerals,   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       except fuels(8)........|    14  |   111.8|     4.3|     2.8|     2.0|     1.4|     4.1|     2.8|     2.0|     1.4
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Construction..............|        | 6,337.3|     8.6|     4.2|     3.3|     4.4|     8.4|     4.1|     3.3|     4.3
      General building        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       contractors............|    15  | 1,453.3|     8.0|     3.7|     2.9|     4.3|     7.9|     3.6|     2.9|     4.3
      Heavy construction,     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       except building........|    16  |   860.0|     7.8|     3.8|     2.8|     4.0|     7.6|     3.7|     2.7|     3.9
      Special trade           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       contractors............|    17  | 4,024.1|     8.9|     4.4|     3.6|     4.5|     8.8|     4.4|     3.5|     4.4
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Manufacturing.............|        |18,538.4|     9.2|     4.6|     2.2|     4.6|     8.0|     4.0|     2.0|     4.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Durable goods............|        |11,102.3|    10.1|     4.8|     2.4|     5.3|     8.8|     4.2|     2.1|     4.6
      Lumber and wood products|    24  |   831.9|    13.0|     6.7|     3.9|     6.3|    12.5|     6.4|     3.8|     6.0
      Furniture and fixtures..|    25  |   547.0|    11.5|     5.9|     2.5|     5.7|    10.3|     5.2|     2.2|     5.1
      Stone, clay, and glass  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    32  |   566.6|    10.7|     5.4|     3.0|     5.3|    10.1|     5.2|     2.9|     4.9
      Primary metal industries|    33  |   698.8|    12.9|     6.3|     3.1|     6.7|    11.9|     5.9|     2.9|     6.0
      Fabricated metal        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    34  | 1,521.9|    12.6|     6.0|     3.1|     6.6|    11.6|     5.6|     2.9|     6.1
      Industrial machinery and|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       equipment..............|    35  | 2,132.8|     8.5|     3.7|     2.0|     4.8|     7.8|     3.4|     1.8|     4.4
      Electronic and other    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       electric equipment.....|    36  | 1,666.1|     5.7|     2.8|     1.2|     2.9|     4.6|     2.2|     1.0|     2.4
      Transportation equipment|    37  | 1,891.8|    13.7|     6.4|     2.7|     7.3|    10.5|     5.2|     2.2|     5.3
      Instruments and related |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    38  |   852.6|     4.0|     1.8|      .9|     2.2|     3.1|     1.4|      .7|     1.8
      Miscellaneous           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       manufacturing          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       industries.............|    39  |   392.9|     8.4|     4.0|     1.9|     4.4|     7.7|     3.5|     1.7|     4.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Nondurable goods.........|        | 7,436.1|     7.8|     4.2|     1.9|     3.6|     6.8|     3.7|     1.7|     3.1
      Food and kindred        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    20  | 1,686.2|    12.7|     7.3|     2.8|     5.3|    10.4|     6.0|     2.5|     4.4
      Tobacco products........|    21  |    36.7|     5.5|     2.2|     1.7|     3.3|     5.2|     2.1|     1.6|     3.1
      Textile mill products...|    22  |   557.2|     6.4|     3.2|     1.2|     3.2|     5.7|     2.9|     1.1|     2.8
      Apparel and other       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       textile products.......|    23  |   689.9|     5.8|     2.8|     1.4|     3.0|     4.5|     2.2|     1.1|     2.3
      Paper and allied        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    26  |   667.8|     7.0|     3.7|     1.8|     3.3|     6.5|     3.5|     1.7|     3.0
      Printing and publishing.|    27  | 1,545.7|     5.0|     2.6|     1.6|     2.4|     4.6|     2.4|     1.5|     2.2
      Chemicals and allied    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    28  | 1,035.0|     4.4|     2.3|     1.1|     2.2|     3.8|     2.0|     1.0|     1.8
      Petroleum and coal      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    29  |   132.0|     4.1|     1.8|     1.0|     2.3|     3.9|     1.8|     1.0|     2.1
      Rubber and miscellaneous|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       plastics               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    30  | 1,008.6|    10.1|     5.5|     2.8|     4.7|     9.3|     5.0|     2.5|     4.3
      Leather and leather     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    31  |    76.9|    10.3|     5.0|     1.6|     5.3|     7.5|     3.8|     1.3|     3.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Transportation and public |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     utilities(8).............|        | 6,578.1|     7.3|     4.4|     3.1|     2.8|     7.0|     4.3|     3.0|     2.7
      Railroad                |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       transportation(8)......|    40  |    -   |     3.6|     2.8|     2.4|      .8|     3.5|     2.7|     2.3|      .8
      Local and interurban    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       passenger transit......|    41  |   463.3|     9.1|     4.7|     3.5|     4.4|     8.9|     4.7|     3.5|     4.3
      Trucking and warehousing|    42  | 1,804.1|     8.7|     5.1|     3.6|     3.6|     8.6|     5.0|     3.5|     3.6
      Water transportation....|    44  |   187.2|     8.0|     4.4|     3.8|     3.6|     7.6|     4.3|     3.7|     3.3
      Transportation by air...|    45  | 1,243.1|    13.3|     9.4|     6.6|     3.9|    12.8|     9.1|     6.3|     3.7
      Pipelines, except       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       natural gas............|    46  |    13.2|     5.1|     2.6|     2.2|     2.5|     5.1|     2.6|     2.2|     2.5
      Transportation services.|    47  |   457.5|     3.8|     2.2|     1.3|     1.6|     3.5|     2.1|     1.3|     1.5
      Communications..........|    48  | 1,548.5|     3.1|     1.7|     1.2|     1.4|     2.6|     1.5|     1.0|     1.2
      Electric, gas, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       sanitary services......|    49  |   859.6|     6.1|     3.3|     1.7|     2.9|     5.7|     3.2|     1.7|     2.6
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Wholesale and retail trade|        |29,715.7|     6.1|     2.7|     1.8|     3.4|     6.0|     2.7|     1.7|     3.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Wholesale trade..........|        | 6,903.0|     6.3|     3.3|     2.0|     3.0|     6.1|     3.2|     2.0|     2.9
      Wholesale tradedurable |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       goods..................|    50  | 4,102.2|     5.6|     2.6|     1.7|     2.9|     5.4|     2.6|     1.6|     2.9
      Wholesale               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       tradenondurable goods.|    51  | 2,800.8|     7.3|     4.2|     2.6|     3.1|     7.1|     4.1|     2.5|     3.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Retail trade.............|        |22,812.7|     6.1|     2.5|     1.7|     3.6|     6.0|     2.5|     1.7|     3.5
      Building materials and  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       garden supplies........|    52  |   989.1|     8.3|     3.8|     2.4|     4.5|     8.2|     3.8|     2.4|     4.4
      General merchandise     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       stores.................|    53  | 2,782.6|     8.5|     4.6|     2.4|     3.9|     8.4|     4.5|     2.3|     3.9
      Food stores.............|    54  | 3,490.5|     7.9|     3.4|     2.4|     4.5|     7.7|     3.2|     2.3|     4.4
      Automotive dealers and  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       service stations.......|    55  | 2,375.7|     5.7|     2.1|     1.6|     3.6|     5.6|     2.1|     1.6|     3.5
      Apparel and accessory   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       stores.................|    56  | 1,174.2|     3.2|     1.4|      .9|     1.8|     3.1|     1.3|      .9|     1.8
      Furniture and           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       homefurnishings stores.|    57  | 1,082.2|     4.7|     2.4|     1.6|     2.4|     4.7|     2.3|     1.6|     2.3
      Eating and drinking     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       places.................|    58  | 7,954.4|     5.6|     1.8|     1.4|     3.8|     5.5|     1.8|     1.4|     3.8
      Miscellaneous retail....|    59  | 2,963.9|     4.1|     1.8|     1.1|     2.3|     3.9|     1.7|     1.1|     2.2
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Finance, insurance, and   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     real estate..............|        | 7,399.5|     1.8|      .8|      .6|     1.1|     1.6|      .7|      .5|      .9
      Depository institutions.|    60  | 2,044.8|     1.5|      .6|      .4|     1.0|     1.3|      .5|      .4|      .8
      Nondepository           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       institutions...........|    61  |   707.1|     1.0|      .3|      .3|      .6|      .8|      .3|      .2|      .5
      Security and commodity  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       brokers................|    62  |   688.0|      .6|      .3|      .3|      .3|      .5|      .3|      .2|      .3
      Insurance carriers......|    63  | 1,477.4|     1.9|      .7|      .5|     1.2|     1.4|      .5|      .4|      .9
      Insurance agents,       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       brokers, and service...|    64  |   754.0|      .9|      .3|      .2|      .6|      .8|      .3|      .2|      .6
      Real estate.............|    65  | 1,493.5|     3.9|     1.9|     1.4|     2.0|     3.8|     1.9|     1.4|     1.9
      Holding and other       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       investment offices.....|    67  |   234.7|     1.4|      .4|      .3|     1.0|     1.3|      .4|      .2|      .9
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Services..................|        |36,374.0|     4.9|     2.2|     1.5|     2.6|     4.6|     2.1|     1.4|     2.5
      Hotels and other lodging|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       places.................|    70  | 1,835.8|     7.8|     3.7|     2.1|     4.1|     7.5|     3.6|     2.0|     3.9
      Personal services.......|    72  | 1,226.1|     3.0|     1.6|     1.0|     1.4|     2.8|     1.5|     1.0|     1.3
      Business services.......|    73  | 9,248.0|     3.0|     1.4|      .9|     1.6|     2.8|     1.3|      .9|     1.6
      Auto repair, services,  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       and parking............|    75  | 1,192.9|     6.1|     2.9|     2.3|     3.2|     5.9|     2.8|     2.3|     3.1
      Miscellaneous repair    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       services...............|    76  |   375.7|     5.2|     2.6|     1.8|     2.6|     5.1|     2.5|     1.8|     2.5
      Motion pictures.........|    78  |   599.4|     2.9|      .8|      .5|     2.1|     2.8|      .8|      .5|     2.0
      Amusement and recreation|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       services...............|    79  | 1,706.5|     6.7|     3.0|     1.7|     3.8|     6.4|     2.8|     1.6|     3.6
      Health services.........|    80  | 9,946.9|     7.5|     3.4|     2.2|     4.0|     7.0|     3.3|     2.1|     3.7
      Legal services..........|    81  |   995.3|     1.0|      .4|      .3|      .6|      .8|      .3|      .3|      .5
      Educational services....|    82  | 1,667.0|     2.9|     1.1|      .8|     1.8|     2.7|     1.0|      .8|     1.7
      Social services.........|    83  | 2,674.9|     5.6|     2.7|     1.9|     2.9|     5.4|     2.6|     1.9|     2.8
      Museums, botanical,     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       zoological gardens.....|    84  |    99.7|     7.0|     2.5|     1.7|     4.5|     6.6|     2.4|     1.5|     4.2
      Membership organizations|    86  | 1,060.6|     3.1|     1.2|     0.9|     1.9|     3.0|     1.2|     0.8|     1.8
      Engineering and         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       management services....|    87  | 3,262.9|     1.7|      .7|      .5|     1.0|     1.6|      .6|      .4|      .9
      Services, n.e.c.........|    89  |    50.4|     1.8|      .6|      .4|     1.2|     1.7|      .5|      .4|     1.2
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

  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 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
  4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and
Wages program.
  5 Total lost workday cases involve days away from work, days of restricted work activity, or both.
  6 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
  7 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  8 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in
railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, and
the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded
from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.  Dash indicates data not available.  The n.e.c.
abbreviation means that the category includes those components not elsewhere classified.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor



TABLE 2.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by selected industries and case types, 1999

(In thousands)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |                                   |                                   
                              |        |        |       Injuries and illnesses      |              Injuries             
                              |        |        |___________________________________|___________________________________
                              |        |        |        |                 |        |        |                 |        
                              |        |  1999  |        |   Lost workday  |        |        |   Lost workday  |        
                              |        | Annual |        |      cases      |        |        |      cases      |        
         Industry(1)          |   SIC  | average|        |_________________|  Cases |        |_________________|  Cases 
                              | code(2)|employm-|  Total |        |        | without|  Total |        |        | without
                              |        | ent(3) |  cases |        |  With  |  lost  |  cases |        |  With  |  lost  
                              |        |        |        |        |  days  |  work- |        |        |  days  |  work- 
                              |        |        |        |Total(4)|  away  |  days  |        |Total(4)|  away  |  days  
                              |        |        |        |        |  from  |        |        |        |  from  |        
                              |        |        |        |        | work(5)|        |        |        | work(5)|        
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Private industry(6).........|        |107611.8| 5,707.2| 2,742.8| 1,702.5| 2,964.5| 5,335.0| 2,575.9| 1,620.8| 2,759.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Agriculture, forestry, and|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     fishing(6)...............|        | 1,860.7|   105.0|    48.8|    34.9|    56.2|   100.0|    47.5|    34.0|    52.5
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Agricultural             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
      production(6)...........|  01-02 |   770.7|    42.2|    19.8|    13.4|    22.5|    40.2|    19.2|    13.1|    21.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
      Agricultural            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       production-crops(6)....|    01  |   578.2|    28.7|    12.8|     8.7|    15.9|    27.4|    12.4|     8.4|    15.0
      Agricultural            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       production-livestock(6)|    02  |   192.4|    13.5|     7.0|     4.7|     6.6|    12.9|     6.8|     4.6|     6.1
      Agricultural services...|    07  | 1,051.6|    60.7|    28.0|    20.7|    32.8|    57.9|    27.3|    20.2|    30.6
      Forestry................|    08  |    27.1|     1.4|      .6|      .5|      .7|     1.3|      .6|      .4|      .6
      Fishing, hunting, and   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       trapping...............|    09  |    11.4|      .6|      .4|      .3|      .2|      .6|      .4|      .3|      .2
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Mining(7).................|        |   535.4|    24.4|    14.9|    11.3|     9.5|    23.2|    14.2|    10.7|     9.1
      Metal mining(7).........|    10  |    43.5|     1.9|     1.1|      .6|      .8|     1.8|     1.0|      .6|      .7
      Coal mining(7)..........|    12  |    85.6|     6.3|     4.6|     4.4|     1.6|     5.8|     4.4|     4.1|     1.4
      Oil and gas extraction..|    13  |   294.6|    10.7|     5.5|     3.7|     5.3|    10.3|     5.2|     3.4|     5.1
      Nonmetallic minerals,   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       except fuels(7)........|    14  |   111.8|     5.5|     3.7|     2.6|     1.8|     5.4|     3.6|     2.6|     1.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Construction..............|        | 6,337.3|   501.4|   243.8|   193.8|   257.6|   493.0|   240.2|   190.6|   252.9
      General building        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       contractors............|    15  | 1,453.3|   106.5|    48.9|    39.0|    57.5|   105.1|    48.2|    38.3|    56.9
      Heavy construction,     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       except building........|    16  |   860.0|    65.8|    31.8|    23.4|    34.0|    64.2|    31.3|    23.0|    32.9
      Special trade           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       contractors............|    17  | 4,024.1|   329.2|   163.1|   131.4|   166.1|   323.8|   160.7|   129.3|   163.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Manufacturing.............|        |18,538.4| 1,706.1|   848.0|   403.6|   858.1| 1,483.1|   744.6|   366.6|   738.6
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Durable goods............|        |11,102.3| 1,131.8|   537.8|   263.7|   594.0|   986.8|   474.8|   238.5|   512.0
      Lumber and wood products|    24  |   831.9|   107.8|    55.5|    32.6|    52.3|   103.2|    53.3|    31.4|    49.9
      Furniture and fixtures..|    25  |   547.0|    62.7|    31.9|    13.6|    30.8|    56.1|    28.2|    11.9|    27.9
      Stone, clay, and glass  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    32  |   566.6|    62.5|    31.8|    17.4|    30.7|    58.9|    30.1|    16.7|    28.8
      Primary metal industries|    33  |   698.8|    94.1|    45.7|    22.4|    48.4|    86.2|    42.7|    21.2|    43.4
      Fabricated metal        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    34  | 1,521.9|   195.6|    93.2|    48.0|   102.4|   180.3|    86.4|    44.7|    93.9
      Industrial machinery and|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       equipment..............|    35  | 2,132.8|   183.1|    79.3|    42.8|   103.8|   167.6|    72.5|    39.6|    95.0
      Electronic and other    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       electric equipment.....|    36  | 1,666.1|    95.5|    46.4|    20.7|    49.1|    77.4|    37.0|    17.2|    40.4
      Transportation equipment|    37  | 1,891.8|   265.6|   124.3|    51.7|   141.3|   202.4|    99.9|    43.5|   102.5
      Instruments and related |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    38  |   852.6|    34.0|    15.1|     7.6|    18.9|    26.5|    11.6|     6.1|    14.9
      Miscellaneous           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       manufacturing          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       industries.............|    39  |   392.9|    30.9|    14.6|     7.0|    16.3|    28.1|    12.9|     6.3|    15.2
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Nondurable goods.........|        | 7,436.1|   574.3|   310.2|   139.9|   264.1|   496.4|   269.8|   128.1|   226.6
      Food and kindred        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    20  | 1,686.2|   216.6|   125.3|    47.1|    91.3|   178.0|   103.2|    43.3|    74.8
      Tobacco products........|    21  |    36.7|     1.9|      .7|      .6|     1.1|     1.8|      .7|      .5|     1.1
      Textile mill products...|    22  |   557.2|    35.6|    17.9|     6.5|    17.7|    31.8|    16.4|     6.1|    15.4
      Apparel and other       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       textile products.......|    23  |   689.9|    37.0|    17.9|     8.7|    19.1|    29.2|    14.3|     7.2|    14.9
      Paper and allied        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    26  |   667.8|    48.9|    25.8|    12.3|    23.1|    45.5|    24.4|    11.7|    21.1
      Printing and publishing.|    27  | 1,545.7|    71.3|    37.0|    22.2|    34.2|    64.9|    33.6|    20.6|    31.3
      Chemicals and allied    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    28  | 1,035.0|    46.2|    23.7|    11.6|    22.5|    39.5|    21.1|    10.7|    18.4
      Petroleum and coal      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    29  |   132.0|     5.8|     2.5|     1.4|     3.2|     5.5|     2.5|     1.4|     3.0
      Rubber and miscellaneous|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       plastics               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    30  | 1,008.6|   103.2|    55.5|    28.1|    47.7|    94.7|    50.7|    25.6|    43.9
      Leather and leather     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       products...............|    31  |    76.9|     7.9|     3.8|     1.2|     4.1|     5.7|     2.9|     1.0|     2.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Transportation and public |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     utilities(7).............|        | 6,578.1|   466.9|   284.1|   196.7|   182.8|   447.2|   274.3|   189.4|   172.9
      Railroad                |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       transportation(7)......|    40  |    -   |     8.8|     6.8|     5.8|     2.0|     8.7|     6.7|     5.7|     2.0
      Local and interurban    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       passenger transit......|    41  |   463.3|    33.8|    17.5|    12.9|    16.3|    33.1|    17.4|    12.8|    15.8
      Trucking and warehousing|    42  | 1,804.1|   158.8|    93.2|    65.7|    65.6|   156.4|    91.5|    64.2|    64.9
      Water transportation....|    44  |   187.2|    13.6|     7.5|     6.4|     6.1|    13.0|     7.4|     6.3|     5.7
      Transportation by air...|    45  | 1,243.1|   137.0|    96.6|    67.7|    40.5|   132.3|    93.6|    65.3|    38.6
      Pipelines, except       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       natural gas............|    46  |    13.2|      .7|      .4|      .3|      .4|      .7|      .4|      .3|      .4
      Transportation services.|    47  |   457.5|    15.9|     9.1|     5.5|     6.8|    14.7|     8.6|     5.3|     6.1
      Communications..........|    48  | 1,548.5|    45.8|    25.0|    17.7|    20.8|    39.4|    21.8|    15.4|    17.5
      Electric, gas, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       sanitary services......|    49  |   859.6|    52.4|    27.9|    14.6|    24.5|    49.0|    27.0|    14.1|    22.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Wholesale and retail trade|        |29,715.7| 1,459.4|   648.8|   427.7|   810.6| 1,426.4|   631.3|   416.0|   795.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Wholesale trade..........|        | 6,903.0|   416.3|   217.1|   136.1|   199.2|   404.9|   210.6|   132.0|   194.3
      Wholesale tradedurable |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       goods..................|    50  | 4,102.2|   222.0|   105.6|    67.2|   116.4|   216.4|   102.4|    65.1|   114.0
      Wholesale               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       tradenondurable goods.|    51  | 2,800.8|   194.2|   111.4|    68.9|    82.8|   188.5|   108.2|    66.9|    80.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     Retail trade.............|        |22,812.7| 1,043.1|   431.7|   291.6|   611.4| 1,021.5|   420.7|   284.0|   600.8
      Building materials and  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       garden supplies........|    52  |   989.1|    73.0|    33.3|    20.9|    39.6|    71.9|    33.0|    20.6|    38.9
      General merchandise     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       stores.................|    53  | 2,782.6|   176.9|    95.4|    48.7|    81.5|   174.2|    93.3|    47.3|    80.8
      Food stores.............|    54  | 3,490.5|   201.1|    85.6|    60.4|   115.4|   195.0|    82.4|    58.2|   112.6
      Automotive dealers and  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       service stations.......|    55  | 2,375.7|   126.3|    47.2|    36.5|    79.1|   124.6|    46.4|    35.7|    78.2
      Apparel and accessory   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       stores.................|    56  | 1,174.2|    26.1|    11.1|     7.6|    15.0|    25.3|    10.5|     7.3|    14.7
      Furniture and           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       homefurnishings stores.|    57  | 1,082.2|    44.1|    22.0|    14.9|    22.1|    43.6|    21.7|    14.7|    21.9
      Eating and drinking     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       places.................|    58  | 7,954.4|   304.2|    97.2|    76.9|   207.0|   299.8|    95.9|    76.0|   204.0
      Miscellaneous retail....|    59  | 2,963.9|    91.5|    39.9|    25.7|    51.6|    87.2|    37.5|    24.2|    49.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Finance, insurance, and   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
     real estate..............|        | 7,399.5|   124.6|    51.6|    39.5|    72.9|   109.7|    45.8|    35.3|    63.9
      Depository institutions.|    60  | 2,044.8|    28.2|    10.5|     8.0|    17.7|    24.2|     8.8|     6.8|    15.3
      Nondepository           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       institutions...........|    61  |   707.1|     6.5|     2.3|     1.8|     4.2|     5.4|     2.0|     1.5|     3.5
      Security and commodity  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       brokers................|    62  |   688.0|     4.2|     1.9|     1.8|     2.2|     3.6|     1.7|     1.6|     1.9
      Insurance carriers......|    63  | 1,477.4|    26.4|     9.4|     7.3|    17.0|    19.9|     6.8|     5.5|    13.1
      Insurance agents,       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       brokers, and service...|    64  |   754.0|     6.4|     2.1|     1.6|     4.3|     5.6|     1.8|     1.4|     3.8
      Real estate.............|    65  | 1,493.5|    50.1|    24.6|    18.5|    25.5|    48.5|    24.0|    18.1|    24.6
      Holding and other       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       investment offices.....|    67  |   234.7|     2.9|      .9|      .5|     2.0|     2.5|      .7|      .4|     1.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    Services..................|        |36,374.0| 1,319.5|   602.8|   394.9|   716.7| 1,252.2|   578.0|   378.3|   674.2
      Hotels and other lodging|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       places.................|    70  | 1,835.8|   114.9|    54.6|    30.6|    60.3|   110.9|    52.9|    29.7|    58.0
      Personal services.......|    72  | 1,226.1|    26.9|    14.3|     9.3|    12.6|    25.5|    13.7|     8.9|    11.8
      Business services.......|    73  | 9,248.0|   174.9|    79.7|    55.1|    95.2|   166.8|    75.9|    52.9|    91.0
      Auto repair, services,  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       and parking............|    75  | 1,192.9|    65.4|    31.3|    25.4|    34.1|    64.2|    30.6|    24.8|    33.5
      Miscellaneous repair    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       services...............|    76  |   375.7|    18.4|     9.2|     6.5|     9.1|    18.0|     9.0|     6.4|     8.9
      Motion pictures.........|    78  |   599.4|    11.1|     3.1|     2.1|     8.0|    10.6|     2.9|     2.0|     7.7
      Amusement and recreation|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       services...............|    79  | 1,706.5|    77.2|    34.1|    19.4|    43.1|    73.1|    32.2|    18.6|    40.9
      Health services.........|    80  | 9,946.9|   596.5|   275.0|   173.5|   321.5|   561.0|   264.4|   165.8|   296.6
      Legal services..........|    81  |   995.3|     9.1|     3.8|     3.1|     5.4|     7.3|     3.0|     2.4|     4.3
      Educational services....|    82  | 1,667.0|    33.6|    12.3|     9.7|    21.2|    31.8|    11.8|     9.4|    20.0
      Social services.........|    83  | 2,674.9|   111.6|    53.6|    38.2|    58.0|   109.0|    52.1|    37.0|    56.9
      Museums, botanical,     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       zoological gardens.....|    84  |    99.7|     4.9|     1.8|     1.2|     3.2|     4.7|     1.7|     1.1|     3.0
      Membership organizations|    86  | 1,060.6|    22.5|     9.0|     6.3|    13.5|    21.7|     8.6|     5.9|    13.1
      Engineering and         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
       management services....|    87  | 3,262.9|    51.7|    20.8|    14.4|    30.9|    46.8|    18.9|    13.1|    27.9
      Services, n.e.c.........|    89  |    50.4|      .8|      .2|      .2|      .5|      .7|      .2|      .2|      .5
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

  1 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
  2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
  3 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-State Covered Employment and
Wages program.
  4 Total lost workday cases involve days away from work, days of restricted work activity, or both.
  5 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
  6 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  7 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in
railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, and
the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded
from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.  Dash indicates data not available.  The n.e.c.
abbreviation means that the category includes those components not elsewhere classified.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor


TABLE 3.  Incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries by industry division
and employment size, 1999
____________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |                                            
                              |        |   Establishment employment size (workers)  
                              |   All  |____________________________________________
      Industry division       |establi-|        |        |        |        |        
                              | shments| 1 to 10|11 to 49|  50 to | 250 to |1,000 or
                              |        |        |        |   249  |   999  |  more  
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
Private industry(2)...........|     5.9|     2.3|     5.1|     7.7|     6.7|     6.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Agriculture, forestry, and  |        |        |        |        |        |        
   fishing(2).................|     7.0|     4.7|     7.4|     7.5|     7.7|     8.2
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Mining(3)...................|     4.1|     2.2|     5.8|     4.8|     3.4|     1.2
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Construction................|     8.4|     5.5|     9.0|    10.5|     7.7|     2.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Manufacturing...............|     8.0|     3.9|     7.9|     9.5|     7.6|     6.9
    Durable goods.............|     8.8|     5.0|     9.7|    10.7|     8.2|     7.3
    Nondurable goods..........|     6.8|     2.2|     5.0|     8.0|     6.9|     6.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Transportation and public   |        |        |        |        |        |        
   utilities(3)...............|     7.0|     2.2|     6.0|     8.9|     6.1|     7.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Wholesale and retail trade..|     6.0|     2.1|     5.2|     8.0|     8.8|     6.5
    Wholesale trade...........|     6.1|     2.4|     5.6|     8.1|     8.5|     4.4
    Retail trade..............|     6.0|     2.0|     5.1|     8.0|     8.9|     7.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Finance, insurance, and real|        |        |        |        |        |        
   estate.....................|     1.6|     1.2|     1.6|     2.2|     1.8|     1.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Services....................|     4.6|     1.5|     3.1|     6.2|     5.8|     6.1
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________

  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 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  3 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and
nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by
the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, and the Federal
Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining
contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
  
  
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor       



TABLE 4.  Number of cases and incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries for private sector industries with
100,000 or more cases, 1999
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                       |                         |                          |         
                                       |                         |                          |         
                                       |                         |        Total cases       |      Incidence
             Industry(2)               |        SIC  code(3)     |       (In thousands)     |         rate   
                                       |                         |                          |         
_______________________________________|_________________________|__________________________|_____________________ 
                                       |                         |                          |        
Eating and drinking places.............|           581           |            299.8         |          5.5
                                       |                         |                          |        
Hospitals..............................|           806           |            271.7         |          8.5
                                       |                         |                          |        
Nursing and personal care facilities...|           805           |            188.6         |         13.2
                                       |                         |                          |        
Grocery stores.........................|           541           |            182.3         |          8.1
                                       |                         |                          |        
Department stores......................|           531           |            159.7         |          8.7
                                       |                         |                          |        
Trucking and courier services,         |                         |                          |        
  except air...........................|           421           |            140.1         |          8.6
                                       |                         |                          |        
Motor vehicles and equipment...........|           371           |            129.2         |         12.2
                                       |                         |                          |        
Air transportation, scheduled..........|           451           |            119.7         |         13.9
                                       |                         |                          |        
Hotels and motels......................|           701           |            108.3         |          7.6
_______________________________________|_________________________|__________________________|_______________________
  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 Industries with 100,000 or more cases were determined by analysis of the number of cases at the 3-digit SIC
code level.
  3 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
 
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor       


TABLE 5.  Number of nonfatal occupational illnesses by industry division and selected case types, 1999

(In thousands)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                   |             |                           |             |        
                                   |             |    Lost workday cases     |             |     
                                   |             |___________________________|             | Total cases     
                                   |             |             |             |             | of disorders 
                                   |             |             |             |    Cases    |  associated       
      Industry division            |   Total     |             |  With days  |   without   |     with 
                                   |   cases     |   Total(1)  |  away from  |    lost     |   repeated    
                                   |             |             |   work(2)   |   workdays  |    trauma
___________________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|____________
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
Private industry(3)................|   372.3     |   166.9     |    81.6     |   205.4     |   246.7
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Agriculture, forestry,           |             |             |             |             |       
    and Fishing(3).................|     5.0     |     1.3     |      .9     |     3.7     |     1.0
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Mining(4)........................|     1.2     |      .7     |      .6     |      .5     |      .7
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Construction.....................|     8.4     |     3.7     |     3.2     |     4.7     |     3.1
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Manufacturing....................|   222.9     |   103.4     |    37.0     |   119.6     |   172.4
    Durable goods..................|   145.0     |    63.0     |    25.2     |    82.0     |   110.2
    Nondurable goods...............|    77.9     |    40.4     |    11.7     |    37.5     |    62.3
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Transportation and public        |             |             |             |             |        
   utilities(4)....................|    19.6     |     9.7     |     7.3     |     9.9     |    11.3
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Wholesale and retail trade.......|    33.0     |    17.5     |    11.7     |    15.5     |    19.1
    Wholesale trade................|    11.4     |     6.5     |     4.1     |     4.9     |     7.4
    Retail trade...................|    21.6     |    11.0     |     7.6     |    10.6     |    11.7
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Finance, insurance, and real     |             |             |             |             |        
   estate..........................|    14.9     |     5.9     |     4.2     |     9.0     |    11.5
                                   |             |             |             |             |        
  Services.........................|    67.3     |    24.8     |    16.6     |    42.5     |    27.7
___________________________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________

  1 Total lost workday cases involve days away from work, days of restricted work activity, or both.
  2 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without 
restricted work activity.
  3 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  4 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and 
for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, 
U.S.Department of Labor, and the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S.Department of Transportation.  
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor



TABLE 6.  Incidence rates(1) of occupational injuries and illnesses for private industry by selected
case types, 1973-99
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |                                   |                                   
                              |       Injuries and illnesses      |              Injuries             
                              |___________________________________|___________________________________
                              |        |                 |        |        |                 |        
                              |        |   Lost workday  |        |        |   Lost workday  |        
                              |        |      cases      |        |        |      cases      |        
           Year(2)            |        |_________________|        |        |_________________|        
                              |  Total |        |        |  Cases |  Total |        |        |  Cases 
                              |  cases |        |  With  | without|  cases |        |  With  | without
                              |        |        |  days  |  lost  |        |        |  days  |  lost  
                              |        |Total(3)|  away  |workdays|        |Total(3)|  away  |workdays
                              |        |        |  from  |        |        |        |  from  |        
                              |        |        | work(4)|        |        |        | work(4)|        
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
1973..........................|    11.0|     3.4|    -   |     7.5|    10.6|     3.3|    -   |     7.3
1974..........................|    10.4|     3.5|    -   |     6.9|    10.0|     3.4|    -   |     6.6
1975..........................|     9.1|     3.3|     3.2|     5.8|     8.8|     3.2|     3.1|     5.6
1976..........................|     9.2|     3.5|     3.3|     5.7|     8.9|     3.4|     3.2|     5.5
1977..........................|     9.3|     3.8|     3.6|     5.5|     9.0|     3.7|     3.5|     5.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
1978(5).......................|     9.4|     4.1|     3.8|     5.3|     9.2|     4.0|     3.7|     5.2
1979(5).......................|     9.5|     4.3|     4.0|     5.2|     9.2|     4.2|     3.9|     5.0
1980..........................|     8.7|     4.0|     3.7|     4.7|     8.5|     3.9|     3.6|     4.6
1981..........................|     8.3|     3.8|     3.5|     4.5|     8.1|     3.7|     3.4|     4.4
1982..........................|     7.7|     3.5|     3.2|     4.2|     7.6|     3.4|     3.2|     4.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
1983(5).......................|     7.6|     3.4|     3.2|     4.2|     7.5|     3.4|     3.1|     4.1
1984(5).......................|     8.0|     3.7|     3.4|     4.3|     7.8|     3.6|     3.3|     4.2
1985..........................|     7.9|     3.6|     3.3|     4.3|     7.7|     3.6|     3.3|     4.2
1986..........................|     7.9|     3.6|     3.3|     4.3|     7.7|     3.6|     3.3|     4.2
1987..........................|     8.3|     3.8|     3.4|     4.4|     8.0|     3.7|     3.3|     4.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
1988..........................|     8.6|     4.0|     3.5|     4.6|     8.3|     3.8|     3.4|     4.4
1989..........................|     8.6|     4.0|     3.4|     4.6|     8.2|     3.9|     3.3|     4.4
1990..........................|     8.8|     4.1|     3.4|     4.7|     8.3|     3.9|     3.3|     4.5
1991..........................|     8.4|     3.9|     3.2|     4.5|     7.9|     3.7|     3.1|     4.2
1992(6).......................|     8.9|     3.9|     3.0|     5.0|     8.3|     3.6|     2.9|     4.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
1993(6).......................|     8.5|     3.8|     2.9|     4.8|     7.9|     3.5|     2.7|     4.4
1994(6).......................|     8.4|     3.8|     2.8|     4.6|     7.7|     3.5|     2.6|     4.2
1995(6).......................|     8.1|     3.6|     2.5|     4.4|     7.5|     3.4|     2.4|     4.1
1996(6).......................|     7.4|     3.4|     2.2|     4.1|     6.9|     3.1|     2.1|     3.8
1997(6).......................|     7.1|     3.3|     2.1|     3.8|     6.6|     3.1|     2.0|     3.5
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
1998(6).......................|     6.7|     3.1|     2.0|     3.5|     6.2|     2.9|     1.9|     3.3
1999(6).......................|     6.3|     3.0|     1.9|     3.3|     5.9|     2.8|     1.8|     3.1
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

  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 Data for 1973-75 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1967 Edition; data
for 1976-87 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972 Edition; and data for
1988-99 are based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.  Data for 1976-99
exclude farms with fewer than 11 employees.  The recordkeeping guidelines for occupational injuries
and illnesses were revised in 1986, and the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses was
redesigned in 1992.
  3 Total lost workday cases involve days away from work, days of restricted work activity, or both.
  4 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without
restricted work activity.
  5 To maintain historical comparability with the rest of the series, data for small nonfarm employers
in low-risk industries who were not surveyed were imputed and included in the survey estimates.
  6 Data exclude fatal work-related injuries and illnesses.
  
  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 7.  Incidence rates(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by industry division and selected case types, 1996-99
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |                                   |                                                                       |                                   
                              |                                   |                           Lost workday cases                          |                                   
                              |                                   |_______________________________________________________________________|                                   
                              |            Total cases            |                                   |                                   |    Cases without lost work days   
                              |                                   |                                   |                                   |                                   
      Industry division       |                                   |              Total(2)             |    With days away from work(3)    |                                   
                              |___________________________________|                                   |                                   |___________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |___________________________________|___________________________________|        |        |        |        
                              |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  
                              |        |        |        |        |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |        |        |        |        
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Private industry(4)...........|     7.4|     7.1|     6.7|     6.3|     3.4|     3.3|     3.1|     3.0|     2.2|     2.1|     2.0|     1.9|     4.1|     3.8|     3.5|     3.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Agriculture, forestry, and  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   fishing(4).................|     8.7|     8.4|     7.9|     7.3|     3.9|     4.1|     3.9|     3.4|     3.0|     3.0|     3.0|     2.4|     4.8|     4.2|     4.0|     3.9
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Mining(5)...................|     5.4|     5.9|     4.9|     4.4|     3.2|     3.7|     2.9|     2.7|     2.5|     2.9|     2.2|     2.0|     2.2|     2.1|     2.0|     1.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Construction................|     9.9|     9.5|     8.8|     8.6|     4.5|     4.4|     4.0|     4.2|     3.7|     3.6|     3.3|     3.3|     5.4|     5.0|     4.8|     4.4
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Manufacturing...............|    10.6|    10.3|     9.7|     9.2|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.6|     2.5|     2.4|     2.3|     2.2|     5.7|     5.4|     5.0|     4.6
    Durable goods.............|    11.6|    11.3|    10.7|    10.1|     5.1|     5.1|     5.0|     4.8|     2.7|     2.6|     2.5|     2.4|     6.5|     6.2|     5.7|     5.3
    Nondurable goods..........|     9.2|     8.8|     8.2|     7.8|     4.6|     4.4|     4.3|     4.2|     2.3|     2.0|     2.0|     1.9|     4.6|     4.3|     3.9|     3.6
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Transportation and public   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   utilities(5)...............|     8.7|     8.2|     7.3|     7.3|     5.1|     4.8|     4.3|     4.4|     3.8|     3.7|     3.2|     3.1|     3.6|     3.4|     3.0|     2.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Wholesale and retail trade..|     6.8|     6.7|     6.5|     6.1|     2.9|     3.0|     2.8|     2.7|     2.1|     2.0|     1.8|     1.8|     3.9|     3.7|     3.6|     3.4
    Wholesale trade...........|     6.6|     6.5|     6.5|     6.3|     3.4|     3.2|     3.3|     3.3|     2.3|     2.1|     2.1|     2.0|     3.3|     3.3|     3.2|     3.0
    Retail trade..............|     6.9|     6.8|     6.5|     6.1|     2.8|     2.9|     2.7|     2.5|     2.0|     1.9|     1.8|     1.7|     4.1|     3.9|     3.8|     3.6
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Finance, insurance, and real|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   estate.....................|     2.4|     2.2|     1.9|     1.8|      .9|      .9|      .7|      .8|      .7|      .7|      .5|      .6|     1.4|     1.4|     1.2|     1.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Services....................|     6.0|     5.6|     5.2|     4.9|     2.6|     2.5|     2.4|     2.2|     1.8|     1.7|     1.5|     1.5|     3.4|     3.1|     2.9|     2.6
______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________

  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 Total lost workday cases involve days away from work, days of restricted work activity, or both.
  3 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
  4 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  5 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, and the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are
excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
  
  NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to totals.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor