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Table 1. Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry                          
Table 2.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, by industry division, 1992                                     
Table 2.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, by industry division, 1992 - Continued                        
Table 3.  Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1,  by industry division and                       
Table 4.   Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry, 1992                              
Table 4.   Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry, 1992 - Continued                  
Table 4.   Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry, 1992 - Continued                  
Table 5.   Nonfatal occupational injuries:  number of cases and incidence rates,  per 100 full-time workers 1,                  
Table 6.  Occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-                                                             
Table 7.  Occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-time                                                         

                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
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           WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 1992                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
   A total of 6.8 million injuries and illnesses was reported in                                                                    
private industry workplaces during 1992, occurring at a rate of                                                                     
about 9 cases for every 100 equivalent full-time workers.  The                                                                      
rate varied by industry, ranging from 13 injuries and illnesses                                                                     
for every 100 full-time construction workers to 3 per 100 full-                                                                     
time workers in finance, insurance, and real estate, according                                                                      
to initial results from the 20th annual survey of job-related                                                                       
injuries and illnesses by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.                                                                      
Department of Labor.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
   The 1992 findings announced today are the second in a series                                                                     
of three releases from BLS's recently redesigned safety and                                                                         
health statistical system.  In October 1993, a first release                                                                        
covered work-related fatalities from a new BLS national Census                                                                      
of Fatal Occupational Injuries.  In spring 1994, a third release                                                                    
will contain new information on the characteristics of workers                                                                      
sustaining serious nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 1992, for                                                                     
example, their occupation, the nature of their injury or illness,                                                                   
and how it happened.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
   The annual survey estimates of the number and frequency                                                                          
(incidence rates) of workplace injuries and illnesses are 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 changes in                                                                     
the level of economic activity, working conditions and work                                                                         
practices, worker experience and training, and the number of hours                                                                  
worked.                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
   The incidence rate of reported injuries and illnesses rose                                                                       
from 8.4 per 100 full-time workers in 1991 to 8.9 cases per 100                                                                     
workers in 1992.  Since 1980, such rates have fluctuated within                                                                     
a broad range of about 7.5 to 9.0.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
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1992 Results                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                    
   Of the 6.8 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses, 6.3 million                                                                  
were injuries that resulted in lost worktime, medical treatment                                                                     
other than first aid, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or                                                                 
motion, or transfer to another job.  The remainder of these private                                                                 
industry cases (about 450,000) were work-related illnesses.  (For                                                                   
information on work-related fatalities, see the section, "Occupational                                                              
Fatalities".)                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                    
       Other findings on 1992 nonfatal injuries and illnesses follow:                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
       *  Nearly 3 million injuries and illnesses were serious                                                                      
           enough to require recuperation away from work, to                                                                        
           restrict duties at work, or both (table 2).                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
       *  Manufacturing accounted for about two-thirds of                                                                           
           all newly reported occupational illnesses (table 2).                                                                     
           A majority of workplace illnesses were disorders                                                                         
           associated with repeated trauma (about 282,000),                                                                         
           such as carpal tunnel syndrome.  (See "Background of                                                                     
           the Survey" for limitations on kinds of illnesses                                                                        
           reported.)                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
        *  Injury rates were higher for mid-size establishments                                                                     
            (with 50 to 500 workers) than for the smallest and                                                                      
            the largest groupings (table 3).  This pattern                                                                          
            varied somewhat by industry division.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
        *  Injury rates can vary widely among individual                                                                            
            industries sharing the same broad industrial                                                                            
            activity.  Rates in manufacturing, for example,                                                                         
            ranged from about 16 per 100 full-time workers in                                                                       
            primary metal industries to less than 5 per 100                                                                         
            workers in instruments and related products                                                                             
            industries (table 4).                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
        *  Eight industries, each having at least 100,000                                                                           
            injuries, accounted for about 1.8 million injuries,                                                                     
            or 30 percent of the 6.3 million total (table 5).                                                                       
                                                                                                                                    
        *  After declining in 1990-91, the incidence rate of                                                                        
            reported injuries and illnesses rose from 8.4 per                                                                       
            100 full-time workers in 1991 to 8.9 per 100 full-                                                                      
            time workers in 1992 (table 6).  Almost all of the                                                                      
            1991-92 rise in injury and illness rates reflected                                                                      
            an increase in cases that did not involve lost                                                                          
            worktime or restricted work activity.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
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        *  Trade, finance, and services industries together                                                                         
            accounted for almost all of the 1991-92 increase in                                                                     
            injury and illness rates (table 7).                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                    
Occupational Fatalities                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
   The 1992 survey measures nonfatal injuries and illnesses only.                                                                   
Past BLS Surveys of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses covered                                                                     
both fatal and nonfatal incidents.  Work-related fatalities cannot                                                                  
be measured accurately through a sample survey of this size                                                                         
(250,000 establishments) because of their relatively rare occurrence.                                                               
To better address this basic element of workplace safety, BLS                                                                       
implemented the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.  Nationwide                                                                  
results of the 1992 fatality census were released on October 1.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                    
   In 1992, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries identified                                                                    
6,083 fatally injured workers of which about 4,200 were private                                                                     
wage and salary workers sharing the same scope as the annual survey                                                                 
whose results are reported in this release.  The Census of Fatal                                                                    
Occupational Injuries is broader in scope than the Survey of                                                                        
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, for example, it includes self-                                                                 
employed and government employees.  On the other hand, the Census                                                                   
does not include information on job-related illnesses which are                                                                     
fatal.                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
   Because work-related fatalities accounted for approximately                                                                      
4,200 of the 6.8 million injuries and illnesses, the inclusion of                                                                   
fatalities in the survey estimates would marginally affect the                                                                      
incidence rates.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Background of the Survey                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                    
   The Bureau of Labor Statistics, in response to recommendations                                                                   
by the National Academy of Sciences, redesigned its Survey of                                                                       
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.  The 1992 survey is the first                                                                  
under the new format.  In addition to the summary injury and illness                                                                
data gathered in past years, the new survey will provide details on                                                                 
the more seriously injured and ill workers (occupations, age, gender,                                                               
race, and length of service) and on the circumstances of their                                                                      
injuries and illnesses (nature of the injury/illness, part of body                                                                  
affected, event or exposure, and primary and secondary sources of                                                                   
the injury/illness).  "More seriously" is defined in this survey as                                                                 
involving days away from work.  This new information is scheduled                                                                   
for release in spring 1994.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                    
   The survey continues to measure the number of new work-related                                                                   
illness cases which are recognized, diagnosed, and reported during                                                                  
the year.  Some conditions, e.g., 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                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
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illness measures.  In contrast, the overwhelming majority of the                                                                    
reported new illnesses are those which are easier to directly relate                                                                
to workplace activity (e.g., contact dermatitis or carpal tunnel                                                                    
syndrome).                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
   The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/                                                                  
State program (50/50 funded) in which employer reports are collected                                                                
from about 250,000 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 excludes                                                              
the self-employed; farmers with fewer than 11 employees; private                                                                    
households; and employees in federal, state, and local government                                                                   
agencies.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                    
   The survey estimates of occupational injuries and illnesses are                                                                  
based on a scientifically selected probability sample, rather than                                                                  
a census of the entire population.  These sample-based estimates may                                                                
differ from the results which would be obtained from a census of the                                                                
population.  The sample used was one of many possible samples, each                                                                 
of which could have produced different estimates.  The variation in                                                                 
the sample estimates across all possible samples that could have been                                                               
drawn is measured by the standard error.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                    
   For example, the 1992 incidence rate for all occupational injuries                                                               
and illnesses of 8.9 per 100 full-time workers in private industry has                                                              
an estimated relative standard error of about 0.5 percent or less than                                                              
0.1 percentage point.  A relative standard error was calculated for each                                                            
estimate from the survey and will be published in a BLS bulletin that                                                               
will be available in the summer of 1994.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                    
   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 definitional difficulties are examples of                                                                   
nonsampling error in the survey.  Nonsampling errors are not measured.                                                              
However, BLS has implemented quality assurance procedures to reduce                                                                 
nonsampling error in the survey.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
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| Note on Injury and Illness Severity                   |                                                                           
|                                                       |                                                                           
|    Since 1972, BLS has published limited measures of  |                                                                           
| severity for lost workday injuries and illnesses.     |                                                                           
| These included the total number of lost workdays and  |                                                                           
| the lost workday incidence rate per 100 full-time     |                                                                           
| workers.  Although employer reports include a pre-    |                                                                           
| diction of future lost worktime for injured and ill   |                                                                           
| workers who have not returned to regular work         |                                                                           
| activity by the end of the survey year,  BLS is       |                                                                           
| unable to verify the accuracy of these estimates.     |                                                                           
| Therefore, beginning with the 1992 data, BLS has      |                                                                           
| suspended publication of the existing series on the   |                                                                           
| number of lost workdays and the lost workday          |                                                                           
| incidence rate.  These series will be available by    |                                                                           
| request beginning in March 1994 for users desiring    |                                                                           
| comparisons with estimates for previous years.        |                                                                           
|                                                       |                                                                           
|    Bureau researchers have started to look for        |                                                                           
| alternative ways of  measuring injury and illness     |                                                                           
| severity.  One such method uses new   information     |                                                                           
| from the redesigned survey for individual cases       |                                                                           
| involving days away from work to tabulate the median  |                                                                           
| number of lost workdays for groups of workers         |                                                                           
| sustaining similar work disabilities, for example,    |                                                                           
| back injuries.  This approach can also identify the   |                                                                           
| number of cases by their duration, for example, back  |                                                                           
| injuries resulting in 30 days away from work or more. |                                                                           
| Information of this type will be available in the     |                                                                           
| spring 1994 news release by industry division,        |                                                                           
| worker demographics, and characteristics of the days  |                                                                           
| away from work cases.                                 |                                                                           
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Table 1. Nonfatal occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry                          
  division, 1992                                                                                                                    
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                                    |               |                                  |                                            
                                    |               |       Lost workday cases         |                                            
                                                     __________________________________|     Cases                                  
          Industry division         |    Total      |               |                  |  without lost                              
                                    |    cases      |               |       With       |    workdays                                
                                    |               |   Total 2     |     days away    |                                            
                                    |               |               |    from work 3   |                                            
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                                    |               |               |                  |                                            
                                    |               |               |                  |                                            
        Private industry 4..........|      8.9      |      3.9      |         3.0      |        5.0                                 
                                    |               |               |                  |                                            
  Agriculture, forestry, and        |               |               |                  |                                            
     fishing 4......................|     11.6      |      5.4      |         4.7      |        6.2                                 
  Mining 5..........................|      7.3      |      4.1      |         3.6      |        3.3                                 
  Construction......................|     13.1      |      5.8      |         5.3      |        7.3                                 
  Manufacturing.....................|     12.5      |      5.4      |         3.5      |        7.1                                 
     Durable goods..................|     13.4      |      5.5      |         3.7      |        7.9                                 
     Nondurable goods...............|     11.3      |      5.3      |         3.3      |        6.0                                 
  Transportation and public         |               |               |                  |                                            
     utilities 5....................|      9.1      |      5.1      |         4.2      |        4.0                                 
  Wholesale and retail trade........|      8.4      |      3.5      |         2.9      |        4.9                                 
     Wholesale trade................|      7.6      |      3.6      |         3.0      |        3.9                                 
     Retail trade...................|      8.7      |      3.4      |         2.9      |        5.3                                 
  Finance, insurance, and real      |               |               |                  |                                            
     estate.........................|      2.9      |      1.2      |         1.0      |        1.7                                 
  Services..........................|      7.1      |      3.0      |         2.5      |        4.2                                 
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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 calendar year                                                                                           
            200,000  = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers                                                                    
                     (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks                                                                           
                     per year).                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                    
    2 Total includes cases involving restricted work activity only in addition to days-away-from-work cases with                    
  or without restricted work activity.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
    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 the totals.                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
   Table 2.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, by industry division, 1992                                     
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                                     |           |                                |                                                 
                                     |           |       Lost workday cases       |                                                 
                                                  ________________________________        Cases                                     
                                     |   Total   |             |                  |  without lost                                   
           Industry division         |   cases   |             |       With       |    workdays                                     
                                     |  (000's)  |  Total (1)  |     days away    |     (000's)                                     
                                     |           |   (000's)   |   from work (2)  |                                                 
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                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
         INJURIES AND ILLNESSES      |           |             |                  |                                                 
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
           Private industry  3 ......|   6,799.4 |    2,953.4  |       2,331.1    |      3,846.0                                    
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
     Agriculture, forestry, and      |           |             |                  |                                                 
        fishing  3 ..................|     115.6 |       54.0  |          47.1    |         61.6                                    
     Mining  4 ......................|      47.2 |       26.1  |          23.0    |         21.1                                    
     Construction....................|     519.9 |      230.4  |         209.6    |        289.5                                    
     Manufacturing...................|   2,213.2 |      953.6  |         623.6    |      1,259.6                                    
        Durable goods................|   1,356.0 |      553.5  |         370.6    |        802.5                                    
        Nondurable goods.............|     857.1 |      400.1  |         253.0    |        457.1                                    
     Transportation and public       |           |             |                  |                                                 
        utilities  4 ................|     487.7 |      272.7  |         224.7    |        215.0                                    
     Wholesale and retail trade......|   1,681.5 |      698.3  |         590.1    |        983.2                                    
        Wholesale trade..............|     436.6 |      210.4  |         172.7    |        226.2                                    
        Retail trade.................|   1,244.9 |      487.9  |         417.4    |        757.0                                    
     Finance, insurance, and real    |           |             |                  |                                                 
        estate.......................|     173.7 |       71.1  |          60.4    |        102.7                                    
     Services........................|   1,560.5 |      647.2  |         552.7    |        913.4                                    
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
                INJURIES             |           |             |                  |                                                 
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
           Private industry  3 ......|   6,342.0 |    2,776.1  |       2,226.0    |      3,565.9                                    
                                     |           |             |                  |                                                 
     Agriculture, forestry, and      |           |             |                  |                                                 
        fishing  3 ..................|     109.4 |       52.3  |          45.7    |         57.2                                    
     Mining  4 ......................|      45.3 |       25.6  |          22.5    |         19.7                                    
     Construction....................|     509.5 |      226.8  |         206.4    |        282.6                                    
     Manufacturing...................|   1,920.8 |      833.7  |         565.9    |      1,087.1                                    
        Durable goods................|   1,184.1 |      488.9  |         336.8    |        695.2                                    
        Nondurable goods.............|     736.7 |      344.8  |         229.0    |        391.9                                    
     Transportation and public       |           |             |                  |                                                 
        utilities  4 ................|     471.0 |      266.1  |         219.3    |        204.9                                    
     Wholesale and retail trade......|   1,637.6 |      682.0  |         577.0    |        955.5                                    
        Wholesale trade..............|     423.0 |      205.3  |         169.0    |        217.7                                    
        Retail trade.................|   1,214.6 |      476.7  |         407.9    |        737.9                                    
     Finance, insurance, and real    |           |             |                  |                                                 
        estate.......................|     157.7 |       64.4  |          55.6    |         93.2                                    
     Services........................|   1,490.7 |      625.1  |         533.5    |        865.6                                    
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   See footnotes at end of table.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
    Table 2.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, by industry division, 1992 - Continued                        
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                                     |           |                                     |                                            
                                     |           |          Lost workday cases         |                                            
                                                  _____________________________________       Cases                                 
                                     |   Total   |                  |                  |   without lost                             
            Industry division        |   cases   |                  |       With       |     workdays                               
                                     |  (000's)  |     Total (1)    |     days away    |      (000's)                               
                                     |           |      (000's)     |   from work (2)  |                                            
                                     |           |                  |      (000's)     |                                            
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                                     |           |                  |                  |                                            
                                     |           |                  |                  |                                            
                ILLNESSES            |           |                  |                  |                                            
                                     |           |                  |                  |                                            
                                     |           |                  |                  |                                            
            Private industry  3 .....|     457.4 |         177.3    |         105.1    |         280.1                              
                                     |           |                  |                  |                                            
      Agriculture, forestry, and     |           |                  |                  |                                            
         fishing  3 .................|       6.2 |           1.8    |           1.4    |           4.4                              
      Mining  4 .....................|       1.9 |           0.5    |           0.4    |           1.4                              
      Construction...................|      10.5 |           3.6    |           3.2    |           6.9                              
      Manufacturing..................|     292.3 |         119.9    |          57.7    |         172.5                              
         Durable goods...............|     171.9 |          64.6    |          33.7    |         107.3                              
         Nondurable goods............|     120.4 |          55.2    |          23.9    |          65.2                              
      Transportation and public      |           |                  |                  |                                            
         utilities  4 ...............|      16.7 |           6.6    |           5.3    |          10.0                              
      Wholesale and retail trade.....|      43.9 |          16.2    |          13.2    |          27.7                              
         Wholesale trade.............|      13.6 |           5.1    |           3.7    |           8.6                              
         Retail trade................|      30.3 |          11.2    |           9.5    |          19.2                              
      Finance, insurance, and real   |           |                  |                  |                                            
         estate......................|      16.1 |           6.7    |           4.8    |           9.4                              
      Services.......................|      69.8 |          22.1    |          19.2    |          47.7                              
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      1 Total includes cases involving restricted work activity only in addition to  days-away-from-work cases                      
    with or without restricted work activity.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                    
      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 the totals.                                                           
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 3.  Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1,  by industry division and                       
employment size, 1992                                                                                                               
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                                      |              Establishment employment size (workers)                                        
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          Industry division           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
                                      |  1    |  20   |  50   |  100  |  250  |  500  | 1,000 | 2,500                               
                                      |  to   |  to   |  to   |  to   |  to   |  to   |  to   |  or                                 
                                      |  19   |  49   |  99   |  249  |  499  |  999  | 2,499 | more                                
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                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
          Private industry 2..........|   4.3 |   8.3 |  10.0 |  11.1 |   9.7 |   8.6 |   8.5 |   8.4                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2|   8.3 |  10.7 |  12.5 |  13.1 |  13.1 |  12.5 |    -  |    -                                
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Mining 3............................|   6.1 |   8.6 |   8.5 |   8.4 |   6.9 |   5.2 |    -  |    -                                
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Construction........................|   9.8 |  15.9 |  16.4 |  14.4 |  12.1 |  10.5 |   6.6 |   2.5                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Manufacturing.......................|   7.6 |  12.3 |  13.1 |  12.5 |  10.8 |   9.5 |   9.2 |  10.1                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
     Durable goods....................|   9.3 |  14.0 |  14.4 |  13.5 |  11.4 |   9.4 |   9.3 |  11.3                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
     Nondurable goods.................|   4.9 |   9.6 |  11.4 |  11.5 |  10.1 |   9.5 |   9.1 |   5.9                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Transportation and public utilities |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
     3................................|   5.6 |   9.1 |  11.5 |  10.2 |   8.8 |   7.4 |   9.7 |   8.0                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Wholesale and retail trade..........|   3.8 |   8.1 |   9.7 |  11.3 |  11.7 |  10.4 |   9.9 |  10.7                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
      Wholesale trade.................|   4.1 |   7.9 |   9.1 |   9.8 |   9.8 |   8.9 |    -  |    -                                
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
      Retail trade....................|   3.7 |   8.2 |   9.9 |  11.8 |  12.3 |  10.7 |    -  |    -                                
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Finance, insurance, and real estate.|   2.4 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.6 |   2.3 |   2.4 |   1.9 |   1.8                               
                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |                                     
  Services............................|   2.5 |   5.2 |   8.0 |  10.9 |   8.9 |   8.4 |   9.0 |   7.7                               
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      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                                                             
                             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.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
        NOTE:  Dashes '-' indicate data that are not available or data that do not meet publication                                 
    guidelines.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                    
Table 4.   Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry, 1992                              
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                                         |          |             |             |                           |                       
                                         |          |             |             |     Lost workday cases    |                       
                                         |          |             |             |___________________________|                       
                                         |          |    Annual   |             |             |             |                       
               Industry 2                |   SIC    |   average   |    Total    |             |             |Cases without          
                                         |  code 3  | employment 4|    cases    |             |     With    |lost workdays          
                                         |          |   (000's)   |             |   Total 7   |  days away  |                       
                                         |          |             |             |             | from work 8 |                       
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                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
       Private industry 5................|          |   90,459.6  |      8.3    |      3.6    |      2.9    |       4.7             
                                                    |             |             |             |             |                       
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 5.....|          |    1,224.3  |     11.0    |      5.2    |      4.6    |       5.7             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Agricultural production 5..............|  01-02   |      n.a.   |     11.5    |      5.3    |      4.6    |       6.2             
  Agricultural services..................|    07    |      n.a.   |     10.7    |      5.3    |      4.7    |       5.4             
  Forestry...............................|    08    |      n.a.   |     10.6    |      4.4    |      4.0    |       6.1             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Mining 6.................................|          |      631.0  |      7.0    |      4.0    |      3.5    |       3.1             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Metal mining 6.........................|    10    |       53.2  |      5.8    |      3.2    |      2.4    |       2.6             
  Coal mining 6..........................|    12    |      125.5  |     11.8    |      7.7    |      7.3    |       4.1             
  Oil and gas extraction.................|    13    |      350.3  |      5.8    |      2.9    |      2.5    |       2.9             
  Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 6...|    14    |      101.5  |      6.3    |      3.7    |      3.0    |       2.6             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Construction.............................|          |    4,471.0  |     12.9    |      5.7    |      5.2    |       7.1             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  General building contractors...........|    15    |    1,063.8  |     12.0    |      5.3    |      4.8    |       6.7             
  Heavy construction, except building....|    16    |      711.2  |     11.9    |      5.3    |      4.7    |       6.5             
  Special trade contractors..............|    17    |    2,696.0  |     13.5    |      6.0    |      5.5    |       7.5             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Manufacturing............................|          |   18,040.0  |     10.8    |      4.7    |      3.2    |       6.1             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Durable goods..........................|          |   10,237.0  |     11.7    |      4.8    |      3.3    |       6.9             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
    Lumber and wood products.............|    24    |      674.4  |     15.6    |      7.3    |      5.8    |       8.3             
    Furniture and fixtures...............|    25    |      476.1  |     13.5    |      6.0    |      4.0    |       7.5             
    Stone, clay, and glass products......|    32    |      512.0  |     12.7    |      5.7    |      4.2    |       7.0             
    Primary metal industries.............|    33    |      693.4  |     16.1    |      6.7    |      4.6    |       9.4             
    Fabricated metal products............|    34    |    1,322.3  |     15.4    |      6.1    |      4.5    |       9.3             
    Industrial machinery and equipment...|    35    |    1,922.4  |     10.1    |      3.8    |      2.8    |       6.3             
    Electronic and other electric        |          |             |             |             |             |                       
      equipment..........................|    36    |    1,525.7  |      6.8    |      2.9    |      1.8    |       3.9             
    Transportation equipment.............|    37    |    1,822.2  |     14.8    |      5.9    |      3.6    |       8.9             
    Instruments and related products.....|    38    |      924.6  |      4.7    |      2.1    |      1.4    |       2.6             
    Miscellaneous manufacturing          |          |             |             |             |             |                       
      industries.........................|    39    |      363.4  |      9.3    |      4.2    |      2.9    |       5.1             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Nondurable goods.......................|          |    7,804.0  |      9.7    |      4.5    |      3.0    |       5.2             
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See footnotes at end of table.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 4.   Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry, 1992 - Continued                  
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                                         |          |             |             |                           |                       
                                         |          |             |             |     Lost workday cases    |                       
                                         |          |             |             |___________________________|                       
                                         |          |    Annual   |             |             |             |                       
               Industry 2                |   SIC    |   average   |    Total    |             |             |Cases without          
                                         |  code 3  | employment 4|    cases    |             |     With    |lost workdays          
                                         |          |   (000's)   |             |   Total 7   |  days away  |                       
                                         |          |             |             |             | from work 8 |                       
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                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
    Food and kindred products............|    20    |    1,654.8  |     15.4    |      7.8    |      5.1    |       7.6             
    Tobacco products.....................|    21    |       48.8  |      5.8    |      2.3    |      1.7    |       3.4             
    Textile mill products................|    22    |      671.4  |      8.6    |      3.7    |      1.9    |       4.8             
    Apparel and other textile products...|    23    |    1,005.0  |      7.5    |      3.2    |      2.4    |       4.4             
    Paper and allied products............|    26    |      687.3  |     10.2    |      4.7    |      3.0    |       5.5             
    Printing and publishing..............|    27    |    1,503.8  |      6.7    |      2.9    |      2.3    |       3.8             
    Chemicals and allied products........|    28    |    1,082.7  |      5.3    |      2.5    |      1.4    |       2.7             
    Petroleum and coal products..........|    29    |      158.9  |      5.4    |      2.7    |      1.4    |       2.8             
    Rubber and miscellaneous plastics    |          |             |             |             |             |                       
      products...........................|    30    |      871.9  |     13.3    |      6.2    |      4.2    |       7.1             
    Leather and leather products.........|    31    |      119.4  |      9.7    |      4.2    |      3.2    |       5.5             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Transportation and public utilities 6....|          |    5,709.0  |      8.8    |      4.9    |      4.1    |       3.8             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Railroad transportation 6..............|    40    |      254.4  |      6.4    |      5.0    |      4.5    |       1.4             
  Local and interurban passenger transit.|    41    |      359.2  |     10.7    |      5.8    |      5.2    |       4.9             
  Trucking and warehousing...............|    42    |    1,605.9  |     13.2    |      7.8    |      6.5    |       5.4             
  Water transportation...................|    44    |      173.3  |     11.1    |      5.4    |      5.1    |       5.7             
  Transportation by air..................|    45    |      729.0  |     13.3    |      7.3    |      6.4    |       6.0             
  Pipelines, except natural gas..........|    46    |       19.0  |      3.0    |      1.5    |      1.0    |       1.5             
  Transportation services................|    47    |      345.5  |      3.8    |      2.2    |      1.9    |       1.7             
  Communications.........................|    48    |    1,267.5  |      3.0    |      1.6    |      1.3    |       1.4             
  Electric, gas, and sanitary services...|    49    |      954.7  |      7.2    |      3.5    |      2.2    |       3.6             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Wholesale and retail trade...............|          |   25,391.0  |      8.2    |      3.4    |      2.9    |       4.8             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Wholesale trade........................|          |    6,045.0  |      7.3    |      3.6    |      2.9    |       3.8             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
    Wholesale trade--durable goods.......|    50    |    3,469.0  |      6.6    |      2.9    |      2.3    |       3.7             
    Wholesale trade--nondurable goods....|    51    |    2,576.0  |      8.3    |      4.5    |      3.7    |       3.8             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Retail trade...........................|          |   19,346.0  |      8.5    |      3.3    |      2.9    |       5.2             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
    Building materials and garden        |          |             |             |             |             |                       
      supplies...........................|    52    |      761.7  |     11.0    |      5.0    |      3.9    |       6.0             
    General merchandise stores...........|    53    |    2,422.2  |     10.2    |      4.7    |      3.6    |       5.5             
    Food stores..........................|    54    |    3,179.5  |     11.6    |      4.6    |      4.2    |       7.0             
    Automotive dealers and service       |          |             |             |             |             |                       
      stations...........................|    55    |    1,973.9  |      7.8    |      2.9    |      2.5    |       5.0             
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See footnotes at end of table.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 4.   Nonfatal occupational injury incidence rates per 100 full-time workers 1, by industry, 1992 - Continued                  
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                                         |          |             |             |                           |                       
                                         |          |             |             |     Lost workday cases    |                       
                                         |          |             |             |___________________________                        
                                         |          |    Annual   |             |             |             |                       
              Industry 2                 |   SIC    |   average   |    Total    |             |             |Cases without          
                                         |  code 3  | employment 4|    cases    |             |     With    |lost workdays          
                                         |          |   (000's)   |             |   Total 7   |  days away  |                       
                                         |          |             |             |             | from work 8 |                       
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                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
    Apparel and accessory stores.........|    56    |    1,131.0  |      4.2    |      1.5    |      1.2    |       2.7             
    Furniture and homefurnishings stores.|    57    |      806.2  |      5.7    |      2.6    |      2.1    |       3.1             
    Eating and drinking places...........|    58    |    6,601.7  |      8.9    |      3.1    |      2.8    |       5.9             
    Miscellaneous retail.................|    59    |    2,470.2  |      4.8    |      2.0    |      1.7    |       2.7             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Finance, insurance and real estate.......|          |    6,571.0  |      2.7    |      1.1    |      0.9    |       1.6             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Depository institutions................|    60    |    2,103.3  |      2.0    |      0.7    |      0.7    |       1.3             
  Nondepository institutions.............|    61    |      395.0  |      0.9    |      0.3    |      0.3    |       0.5             
  Security and commodity brokers.........|    62    |      438.9  |      0.6    |      0.3    |      0.3    |       0.4             
  Insurance agents, brokers, and service.|    64    |      652.2  |      1.2    |      0.4    |      0.4    |       0.8             
  Real estate............................|    65    |    1,282.0  |      6.5    |      3.0    |      2.5    |       3.5             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
Services.................................|          |   28,422.3  |      6.8    |      2.9    |      2.4    |       4.0             
                                         |          |             |             |             |             |                       
  Hotels and other lodging places........|    70    |    1,572.0  |     10.9    |      4.8    |      3.9    |       6.2             
  Personal services......................|    72    |    1,111.4  |      4.8    |      2.1    |      1.8    |       2.7             
  Business services......................|    73    |    5,312.6  |      5.2    |      2.5    |      2.2    |       2.7             
  Auto repair, services, and parking.....|    75    |      877.9  |      7.5    |      3.2    |      2.7    |       4.4             
  Miscellaneous repair services..........|    76    |      344.9  |      8.5    |      3.8    |      3.3    |       4.7             
  Amusement and recreation services......|    79    |    1,169.4  |      9.8    |      4.3    |      3.3    |       5.5             
  Health services........................|    80    |    8,523.3  |      9.7    |      4.0    |      3.4    |       5.7             
  Legal services.........................|    81    |      915.2  |      1.0    |      0.4    |      0.4    |       0.6             
  Educational services...................|    82    |    1,699.5  |      5.4    |      1.6    |      1.4    |       3.8             
  Social services........................|    83    |    1,958.0  |      7.8    |      3.3    |      2.8    |       4.5             
  Museums, botanical, zoological gardens.|    84    |       72.9  |      7.5    |      3.1    |      2.5    |       4.3             
  Engineering and management services....|    87    |    2,469.4  |      2.2    |      0.9    |      0.7    |       1.3             
  Services, n.e.c........................|    89    |       41.6  |      2.6    |      0.9    |      0.7    |       1.7             
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________          
                                                                                                                                    
        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 calendar year                                                                                     
             200,000    =  base for 100 equivalent full-time workers                                                                
                           (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year).                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
        2 Totals for divisions 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 Current Employment Statistics program. Annual average employment for the                                            
      agriculture, forestry, and fishing division is a composite of employment data for                                             
      agricultural production (SIC's 01 and 02) as obtained from the Annual Survey of                                               
      Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and employment data for agricultural services                                             
      (SIC 07); forestry (SIC 08); and fishing, hunting, and trapping (SIC 09) as                                                   
      obtained from State unemployment insurance programs.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
             5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                    
             6 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.                                         
                                                                                                                                    
             7 Total includes cases involving restricted work activity only in addition                                             
      to days-away-from-work cases with or without restricted work activity.                                                        
                                                                                                                                    
             8 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work                                          
      with or without restricted work activity.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                    
               NOTE:  Because of rounding, components may not add to the totals.                                                    
      n.a. = data not available.  n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
    Table 5.   Nonfatal occupational injuries:  number of cases and incidence rates,  per 100 full-time workers 1,                  
     for industries with 100,000 or more injury cases, 1992                                                                         
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                                          |                       |                       |                                         
                                          |          SIC          |         Total         |       Incidence                         
                   Industry               |         code 2        |         cases         |          rate                           
                                          |                       |        (000's)        |                                         
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________                  
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Eating and drinking places............|          581          |         387.8         |           8.9                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Hospitals.............................|          806          |         341.1         |          11.2                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Grocery stores........................|          541          |         252.8         |          12.3                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Nursing and personal care facilities..|          805          |         224.5         |          18.2                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Trucking and courier services, except |                       |                       |                                         
       air................................|          421          |         191.0         |          13.3                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Department stores.....................|          531          |         153.8         |          10.4                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Motor vehicles and equipment..........|          371          |         147.2         |          18.3                           
                                          |                       |                       |                                         
    Hotels and motels.....................|          701          |         131.9         |          11.0                           
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________                  
                                                                                                                                    
                   1 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 calendar year                                           
                     200,000  =  base for 100 equivalent full-time workers  (working 40 hours per week,                             
                                    50 weeks per year).                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
                   2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual,  1987 Edition.                                                      
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 6.  Occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-                                                             
time workers 1, 1973-92 2                                                                                                           
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       |    Injuries and illnesses    |             Injuries                                                                        
        _____________________________   _____________________________                                                               
       |     |  Lost workday |        |     | Lost workday  |                                                                       
       |     |     cases     |        |     |    cases      |                                                                       
              _______________                ________________                                                                       
       |     |        | With |Nonfatal|     |        | With |Nonfatal                                                               
 Year  |Total|        | days | cases  |Total|        | days | cases                                                                 
       |cases| Total 3| away |without |cases| Total 3| away |without                                                                
       |     |        | from | lost   |     |        | from | lost                                                                  
       |     |        |work 4|workdays|     |        |work 4|workdays                                                               
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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                                                                 
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    1    The   incidence   rates     historical  comparability   with                                                               
represent the number of injuries     the rest of the series, data for                                                               
and  illnesses per 100 full-time     small nonfarm employers in  low-                                                               
workers and were calculated  as:     risk  industries  who  were  not                                                               
(N/EH) x 200,000, where              surveyed   were   imputed    and                                                               
                                     included    in    the     survey                                                               
     N    =    number of             estimates.                                                                                     
injuries and illnesses                                                                                                              
     EH   =    total hours             6        Data for 1992 exclude                                                               
worked by all  employees             fatal work-related injuries  and                                                               
during calendar year                 illnesses.   Because  fatalities                                                               
     200,000   =    base for 100     account for about 4,200  of  the                                                               
equivalent full-time workers         6.8 million cases, the inclusion                                                               
(working 40 hours per week, 50       of   fatalities  in  the  survey                                                               
weeks          per year).            estimates    would    marginally                                                               
                                     impact the rates.                                                                              
   2        Data for 1973-75 are                                                                                                    
based on the Standard Industrial                                                                                                    
Classification   Manual,    1967         NOTE:    Data  for   1976-92                                                               
Edition; data for 1976-1987  are     exclude farms with fewer than 11                                                               
based on the Standard Industrial     employees.  Dashes '-'  indicate                                                               
Classification   Manual,    1972     data  that are not available  or                                                               
Edition;  and data  for  1988-92     data    that   do    not    meet                                                               
are   based   on  the   Standard     publication guidelines.                                                                        
Industrial        Classification                                                                                                    
Manual, 1987 Edition.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
   3        Total includes cases                                                                                                    
involving    restricted     work                                                                                                    
activity  only  in  addition  to                                                                                                    
days-away-from-work  cases  with                                                                                                    
or   without   restricted   work                                                                                                    
activity.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                    
   4         Days-away-from-work                                                                                                    
cases include those which result                                                                                                    
in  days away from work  with or                                                                                                    
without     restricted      work                                                                                                    
activity.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                    
      5           To    maintain                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 7.  Occupational injury and illness incidence rates per 100 full-time                                                         
workers 1, by industry division, 1990-92                                                                                            
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                                                 Lost workday cases                                                                 
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 Industry division     Total cases           Total 2         With days away      Nonfatal cases                                     
                                                              from work 3         without lost                                      
                                                                                    workdays                                        
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                    1990   1991  1992   1990  1991   1992  1990   1991  1992   1990  1991   1992                                    
                                   4                   4                  4                   4                                     
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 Private Industry 5 8.8    8.4    8.9    4.1   3.9    3.9   3.4    3.2   3.0    4.7   4.5    5.0                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Agriculture,                                                                                                                        
forestry, and                                                                                                                       
fishing 5           11.6  10.8   11.6    5.9   5.4    5.4   5.4    4.8   4.7    5.7   5.3    6.2                                    
Mining 6             8.3   7.4    7.3    5.0   4.5    4.1   4.5    4.0   3.6    3.3   2.8    3.3                                    
Construction        14.2  13.0   13.1    6.7   6.1    5.8   6.2    5.6   5.3    7.5   6.9    7.3                                    
Manufacturing       13.2  12.7   12.5    5.8   5.6    5.4   4.2    3.9   3.5    7.3   7.1    7.1                                    
 Durable goods      14.2  13.6   13.4    6.0   5.7    5.5   4.4    4.0   3.7    8.2   7.9    7.9                                    
 Nondurable goods   11.7  11.5   11.3    5.6   5.5    5.3   4.0    3.7   3.3    6.2   6.0    6.0                                    
Transportation and                                                                                                                  
public utilities 6   9.6   9.3    9.1    5.5   5.4    5.1   4.7    4.6   4.2    4.0   3.9    4.0                                    
Wholesale and                                                                                                                       
retail trade         7.9   7.6    8.4    3.5   3.4    3.5   3.1    3.0   2.9    4.4   4.1    4.9                                    
 Wholesale trade     7.4   7.2    7.6    3.7   3.7    3.6   3.2    3.1   3.0    3.7   3.6    3.9                                    
 Retail trade        8.1   7.7    8.7    3.4   3.3    3.4   3.1    2.9   2.9    4.7   4.4    5.3                                    
Finance, insurance,                                                                                                                 
and real estate      2.4   2.4    2.9    1.1   1.1    1.2   1.0    1.0   1.0    1.3   1.3    1.7                                    
Services             6.0   6.2    7.1    2.8   2.8    3.0   2.5    2.5   2.5    3.2   3.3    4.2                                    
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  1    The  incidence rates represent     Because fatalities account for  about                                                     
the  number of injuries and illnesses     4,200  of the 6.8 million cases,  the                                                     
per  100  full-time workers and  were     inclusion of fatalities in the survey                                                     
calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000 where     estimates would marginally impact the                                                     
                                          estimates.                                                                                
   N    = number of injuries and                                                                                                    
illnesses                                   5        Excludes farms with  fewer                                                     
   EH   = total hours worked by all       than 11 employees.                                                                        
employees during calendar year                                                                                                      
   200,000     =    base for 100            6        Data  conforming  to  OSHA                                                     
equivalent full-time workers (working     definitions  for mining operators  in                                                     
40 hours per week,                        coal, metal, and nonmetal mining  and                                                     
50 weeks per year).                       for     employers     in     railroad                                                     
                                          transportation are provided to BLS by                                                     
   2         Total   includes   cases     the    Mine    Safety   and    Health                                                     
involving  restricted  work  activity     Administration,  U.S.  Department  of                                                     
only  in  addition to days-away-from-     Labor;   and  the  Federal   Railroad                                                     
work cases with or without restricted     Administration,  U.S.  Department  of                                                     
work activity.                            Transportation.   Independent  mining                                                     
                                          contractors  are  excluded  from  the                                                     
  3        Days-away-from-work  cases     coal,   metal,  and  nonmetal  mining                                                     
include  those which result  in  days     industries.                                                                               
away   from  work  with  or   without                                                                                               
restricted work activity.                     NOTE:    Because   of   rounding,                                                     
                                          components may not add to the totals.                                                     
  4       Data for 1992 exclude fatal                                                                                               
work-related injuries and  illnesses.