Table 1. Industries with 100,000 or more occupational injury and illness cases, 2000
SIC code Industry Employment (thousands) Injuries and illnesses
Total cases (thousands) Incidence rate(1)

Private industry(2) 110,064.9 5,690.1 6.1

581

 Eating and drinking places 8,131.9 290.4 5.3

806

 Hospitals 3,958.2 283.4 9.1

805

 Nursing & personal care facilities 1,799.9 202.0 13.9

541

 Grocery stores 3,069.2 187.4 8.4

371

 Motor vehicles & equip., mfg. 1,016.5 172.9 16.8

531

 Department stores 2,529.6 154.9 8.4

451

 Air transportation, scheduled 1,101.3 132.3 14.7

421

 Trucking & courier services 1,625.5 130.3 7.8

701

 Hotels and motels 1,813.5 103.6 7.1

Footnotes:
(1) Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers, and were calculated as (number of injuries and illnesses X 200,000)/Employee hours worked.
(2) Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.

NOTE: Industries with 100,000 or more cases were determined by analysis of the number of cases at the three-digit SIC code level.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.