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Table 1. Incidence Rates of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Selected Industries and Case Types, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: March 31, 2004

Table 1. Incidence Rates(1) of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Selected Industries and Case Types, United States, 2002
Industry(2) SIC Code(3) Total recordable cases Cases with days away from work, job transfer, or restriction Other recordable cases
Total Cases with days away from work(4) Cases with job transfer or restriction

Private Industry(5)

 5.3 2.8 1.6 1.2 2.5

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing(5)

 6.4 3.3 2.1 1.2 3.1

Agricultural production(5)

 01-02 7.0 3.8 2.2 1.6 3.2

Agricultural production-crops(5)

 01 6.2 3.5 2.0 1.5 2.7

Agricultural production - livestock(5)

 02 9.0 4.7 2.8 1.9 4.4

Agricultural services

 07 6.1 3.0 2.1 0.9 3.1

Forestry

 08 5.2 2.4 1.4 0.9 2.8

Fishing, hunting, and trapping

 09 4.5 1.2 1.1 0.1 3.4

Mining(6)

 4.0 2.6 2.0 0.7 1.4

Metal mining(7)

 10 4.1 2.3 1.6 0.7 1.7

Coal mining(7)

 12 6.8 4.9 4.6 0.3 1.9

Oil and gas extraction

 13 3.4 2.2 1.5 0.7 1.3

Nonmetallic minerals mining(7)

 14 3.8 2.6 1.7 0.9 1.2

Construction

 7.1 3.8 2.8 1.1 3.2

General building contractors

 15 6.2 3.2 2.3 0.9 2.9

Heavy construction, except building

 16 6.4 3.7 2.4 1.3 2.7

Special trade contractors

 17 7.5 4.1 3.0 1.1 3.5

Manufacturing

 7.2 4.1 1.7 2.3 3.1

Durable goods

 7.9 4.3 1.9 2.4 3.6

Lumber and wood products

 24 10.1 5.7 2.9 2.8 4.4

Furniture and fixtures

 25 9.9 6.0 2.2 3.8 3.9

Stone, clay, and glass products

 32 9.4 5.4 2.6 2.8 4.0

Primary metal industries

 33 10.3 5.5 2.5 3.0 4.8

Fabricated metal products

 34 9.8 5.1 2.4 2.7 4.7

Industrial machinery and equipment

 35 6.7 3.3 1.6 1.7 3.4

Electronic and other electric equipment

 36 4.5 2.4 1.0 1.3 2.1

Transportation equipment

 37 10.1 5.8 1.9 3.9 4.3

Instruments and related products

 38 3.3 1.9 0.8 1.1 1.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

 39 6.2 3.4 1.7 1.7 2.8

Nondurable goods

 6.2 3.8 1.6 2.2 2.5

Food and kindred products

 20 9.3 6.1 2.2 3.9 3.2

Tobacco products

 21 4.0 2.1 1.3 0.7 1.9

Textile mill products

 22 5.2 3.0 0.9 2.1 2.2

Apparel and other textile products

 23 4.6 2.7 1.2 1.6 1.8

Paper and allied products

 26 5.6 3.1 1.7 1.5 2.4

Printing and publishing

 27 4.0 2.2 1.2 1.1 1.8

Chemicals and allied products

 28 3.3 1.9 0.8 1.1 1.4

Petroleum and coal products

 29 3.6 2.2 1.3 0.8 1.4

Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products

 30 8.8 5.1 2.2 2.9 3.6

Leather and leather products

 31 7.3 4.3 1.7 2.7 3.0

Transportation and public utilities(8)

 6.1 4.0 2.7 1.3 2.1

Railroad transportation(8)

 40 3.0 2.3 2.1 0.2 0.7

Local and interurban passenger transit

 41 7.9 4.6 3.3 1.3 3.4

Trucking and warehousing

 42 7.0 4.6 3.3 1.3 2.4

Water transportation

 44 6.8 4.4 3.2 -- --

Transportation by air

 45 11.8 8.4 5.2 3.2 3.4

Transportation services

 47 2.9 1.7 1.0 0.7 1.2

Communications

 48 3.0 2.0 1.4 0.5 1.0

Electric, gas, and sanitary services

 49 5.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 2.2

Wholesale and retail trade

 5.3 2.7 1.6 1.1 2.6

Wholesale trade

 5.2 3.1 1.7 1.3 2.1

Wholesale trade--durable goods

 50 4.5 2.5 1.5 1.0 2.0

Wholesale trade--nondurable goods

 51 6.1 3.9 2.2 1.7 2.2

Retail trade

 5.3 2.5 1.5 1.0 2.7

Building materials and garden supplies

 52 7.2 4.3 2.5 1.8 2.9

General merchandise stores

 53 7.7 4.7 2.2 2.5 2.9

Food stores

 54 6.8 3.4 2.1 1.2 3.4

Automotive dealers and service stations

 55 5.1 2.2 1.6 0.6 2.8

Apparel and accessory stores

 56 3.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.6

Furniture and homefurnishings stores

 57 4.2 2.3 1.4 0.9 1.9

Eating and drinking places

 58 4.6 1.6 1.1 0.5 3.0

Miscellaneous retail

 59 3.6 1.9 1.1 0.8 1.7

Finance, insurance, and real estate

 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.9

Depository institutions

 60 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.9

Nondepository institutions

 61 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.5

Security and commodity brokers

 62 0.5 0.2 0.1 (9) 0.3

Insurance carriers

 63 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.0

Insurance agents, brokers, and service

 64 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6

Real estate

 65 3.5 1.9 1.3 0.7 1.6

Holding and other investment offices

 67 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 --

Services

 4.6 2.2 1.3 0.9 2.4

Hotels and other lodging places

 70 6.6 3.4 1.8 1.5 3.2

Personal services

 72 3.0 1.8 1.1 0.7 1.2

Business services

 73 2.7 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.4

Auto repair, services, and parking

 75 4.5 2.2 1.6 0.6 2.3

Miscellaneous repair services

 76 4.9 2.7 2.0 0.8 2.2

Motion pictures

 78 2.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.3

Amusement and recreation services

 79 6.3 3.2 1.7 1.5 3.1

Health services

 80 7.4 3.4 2.0 1.5 4.0

Legal services

 81 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4

Educational services

 82 2.8 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.5

Social services

 83 5.5 2.9 1.8 1.1 2.6

Museums, botanical, zoological gardens

 84 4.9 2.6 1.6 0.9 2.3

Membership organizations

 86 2.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.5

Engineering and management services

 87 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.8

Footnotes:
(1) Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as follows: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses, EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year, 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year).
(2) Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
(3) Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987.
(4) Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
(5) Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
(6) Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.
(7) Data for mining operators in this industry are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded. These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.
(8) Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.
(9) Incidence rate less than 0.05.

NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to totals. Dashes indicate data not available.
n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

 

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