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TABLE 22. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation(3) and selected sources of injury or illness, 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Source of injury or illness(4) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Person, injured or ill| Person, other than | | Total | | | | | | Floors, | | | worker | injured or ill worker | _______________________________________________ Occupation | cases | Chemicals | | Furniture | | Parts | walkways | | | | | All | | and | Containers| and | Machinery | and | or | Handtools | Vehicles | | | | | other | | chemical | | fixtures | | materials | ground | | | | Worker | | Health | sources(5) | | products | | | | | surfaces | | | Total | motion | Total | care | | | | | | | | | | | | or | | patient | | | | | | | | | | | | position | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,078,140 cases]......| 113.3 | 1.6 | 13.7 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 11.2 | 22.8 | 5.3 | 9.6 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 14.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 449.0 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 18.4 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 77.5 | .9 | 7.5 | 42.5 | 41.8 | 247.9 | 241.2 | 38.0 Laborers and freight, stock, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and material movers, hand ...| 440.3 | 4.4 | 116.3 | 21.5 | 25.8 | 52.2 | 55.5 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 51.5 | 49.7 | 1.0 | - | 47.2 Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and paramedics...............| 387.0 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 13.2 | - | 10.0 | 30.6 | - | 33.4 | 53.4 | 47.2 | 175.4 | 146.1 | 60.0 Construction laborers.........| 383.1 | 3.7 | 20.2 | 2.6 | 20.1 | 97.5 | 67.8 | 38.9 | 26.9 | 41.1 | 39.8 | .6 | - | 63.8 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 362.0 | 3.4 | 39.1 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 43.0 | 82.2 | 6.0 | 91.7 | 52.0 | 49.2 | .6 | - | 31.1 Reservation and transportation| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ticket agents and travel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | clerks.......................| 353.8 | 1.6 | 140.9 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 51.5 | - | 64.9 | 43.0 | 42.7 | 4.3 | - | 28.7 Roofers.......................| 349.2 | 2.1 | 43.6 | - | 10.2 | 58.3 | 74.1 | 34.6 | 19.4 | 39.0 | 35.2 | - | - | 68.0 Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cafeteria....................| 330.7 | 5.1 | 65.1 | 10.7 | 14.2 | 2.7 | 93.8 | 26.5 | 4.2 | 47.6 | 46.5 | - | - | 60.2 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 323.8 | 1.0 | 66.9 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 25.5 | 57.3 | 6.8 | 72.7 | 47.1 | 43.5 | .8 | - | 26.0 Industrial machinery mechanics| 299.9 | 5.3 | 25.0 | 3.9 | 51.1 | 57.1 | 37.2 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 42.8 | 42.4 | - | - | 33.7 Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 298.4 | 5.3 | 52.4 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 82.0 | 15.2 | 17.9 | 38.2 | 36.9 | 3.0 | - | 47.4 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 292.1 | 1.8 | 13.9 | 4.0 | 30.9 | 91.2 | 25.8 | 33.1 | 7.1 | 32.6 | 32.4 | - | - | 51.5 Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 277.7 | 6.5 | 28.2 | 35.6 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 76.5 | 4.4 | 11.4 | 57.0 | 52.3 | 1.6 | .8 | 46.5 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 254.2 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 11.7 | 72.7 | 26.9 | 28.5 | 39.4 | 25.8 | 24.5 | - | - | 30.2 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 251.8 | - | 23.5 | - | - | 2.3 | 47.4 | - | 114.2 | 17.1 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 4.7 | 36.2 Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | installers...................| 243.9 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 25.6 | 41.8 | 42.9 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 46.0 | 45.8 | - | - | 38.7 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 243.0 | 5.9 | 34.5 | 20.9 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 58.3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 1.3 | - | 35.9 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 241.4 | 3.4 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 25.9 | 49.0 | 38.0 | 24.1 | 8.0 | 37.2 | 36.8 | - | - | 32.7 Carpenters....................| 235.7 | .7 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 84.7 | 37.5 | 16.9 | 6.2 | 31.9 | 29.9 | - | - | 32.1 Butchers and meat cutters.....| 234.2 | - | 55.3 | 1.8 | 60.3 | 2.5 | 28.5 | 39.8 | 7.7 | 18.3 | 18.1 | - | - | 19.5 Bus and truck mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | diesel engine specialists....| 230.6 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 13.3 | 3.7 | 52.0 | 22.5 | 35.7 | 29.2 | 33.1 | 32.5 | 3.1 | - | 26.4 Telecommunications line | | | | | | | | | | | | | | installers and repairers.....| 230.6 | - | 16.7 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 49.6 | 7.5 | 25.0 | 47.2 | 47.0 | 2.9 | - | 54.3 Maintenance and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | | | workers, general.............| 212.7 | 3.7 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 27.9 | 30.5 | 37.8 | 18.4 | 13.8 | 29.4 | 28.9 | .3 | - | 26.3 Sheet metal workers...........| 211.7 | - | 3.5 | 3.0 | 13.9 | 68.0 | 34.1 | 20.6 | 4.5 | 27.4 | 27.3 | - | - | 36.5 Painters, construction and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | maintenance..................| 209.9 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 64.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 36.2 | 36.0 | - | - | 50.9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where N =number of injuries and illnesses EH =total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year 20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year) 2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment. 4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49; Person, injured or ill worker = 56; Worker motion or position = 562; Person, other than injured or ill worker = 57; Health care patient = 573; Floors, walkways, or ground surfaces = 62; Handtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; All other sources = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 5 Includes nonclassifiable responses. NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies