Table 4. Number of cases and incidence rate of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses for industries with 100,000 or more cases, 2006

TABLE 4.  Number of cases and incidence rate(1) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses for industries with 100,000 or more cases, 2006
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                                                                                |                     |         2006        |                     |                     
                                                                                |        NAICS        |        Annual       |     Total cases     |      Incidence      
                         Industry(2)                                            |       code(3)       |       average       |     (thousands)     |         rate        
                                                                                |                     |    employment(4)    |                     |                     
                                                                                |                     |     (thousands)     |                     |                     
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General medical and surgical hospitals..........................................|             6221    |       4,095.2       |         264.3       |          8.1        
General merchandise stores......................................................|              452    |       2,950.1       |         144.6       |          6.7        
Transportation equipment manufacturing..........................................|              336    |       1,764.4       |         141.8       |          8.0        
Administrative and support services.............................................|              561    |       7,907.5       |         135.3       |          3.1        
Ambulatory health care services.................................................|              621    |       5,238.6       |         127.5       |          3.1        
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Nursing care facilities.........................................................|             6231    |       1,575.1       |         121.1       |          9.8        
Building equipment contractors..................................................|             2382    |       1,986.8       |         120.7       |          6.4        
Fabricated metal product manufacturing..........................................|              332    |       1,539.3       |         119.3       |          7.6        
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods.............................................|              423    |       3,051.9       |         114.1       |          3.9        
Limited-service eating places...................................................|            72221    |       3,951.8       |         112.5       |          4.4        
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Full-service restaurants........................................................|             7221    |       4,374.4       |         110.6       |          3.9        
Food manufacturing..............................................................|              311    |       1,470.7       |         109.9       |          7.4        
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores......................|            44511    |       2,299.7       |         108.0       |          6.5        
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods..........................................|              424    |       2,025.0       |         105.4       |          5.4        
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      Private industry(5).......................................................|                     |     111,273.1       |       4,085.4       |          4.4        
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  1 The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as:  (N/EH) x 200,000, where                  
     
     N      =  number of injuries and illnesses                   
     EH     =  total hours worked by all employees during the   
               calendar year                                 
     200,000=  base for 100 equivalent full-time workers                 
               (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
     
  2 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
  3 North American Industry Classification System - United States, 2002
  4 Employment is expressed as an annual average and is derived primarily from the BLS-Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
  5 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
  
  
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor