Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
Private industry4 ...............................................
44.2
6.0
0.2
2.0
0.5
1.9
28.5
5.1
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing4 ...............
30.9
17.2
.2
3.7
.5
1.0
4.4
3.8
Agricultural production4 ..................................
01-02
38.7
18.9
.4
4.4
1.0
.8
8.3
5.0
Agricultural production—crops4 ....................
Field crops, except cash grains4 .................
Vegetables and melons4 .............................
Fruits and tree nuts4 ...................................
Horticultural specialties4 .............................
General farms, primarily crop4 ....................
Agricultural production—livestock4 ...............
Livestock, except dairy and poultry4 ...........
Dairy farms4 ................................................
Poultry and eggs4 .......................................
Animal specialties4 ......................................
Agricultural services .....................................
Crop services ..............................................
Veterinary services .....................................
Animal services, except veterinary .............
Farm labor and management services .......
Landscape and horticultural services .........
Forestry ........................................................
Forestry services ........................................
Fishing, hunting, and trapping ......................
01
013
016
017
018
019
02
021
024
025
027
07
072
074
075
076
078
08
085
09
39.2
21.7
30.2
51.2
45.9
3.1
37.1
40.3
13.8
47.6
78.2
26.2
31.2
12.7
77.6
21.8
26.1
18.2
–
20.6
22.6
10.7
7.9
38.5
23.2
(5)
6.7
6.7
2.3
10.1
9.9
16.4
4.9
8.8
28.6
20.0
19.3
12.4
22.8
5.4
.3
.3
.3
.2
.3
.8
.9
.3
12.1
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.3
(5)
4.0
3.4
1.2
2.3
11.2
9.1
7.1
16.9
15.4
3.4
16.3
1.4
3.2
(5)
2.4
(5)
(5)
5.4
1.2
5.1
1.9
1.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
10.8
.7
.9
.5
.7
1.0
(5)
1.0
(5)
1.1
2.3
(5)
1.2
1.8
(5)
4.1
(5)
1.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
7.1
5.1
13.8
2.9
10.6
(5)
12.3
20.7
(5)
14.8
13.2
1.8
5.8
.1
7.5
1.4
.9
5.8
(5)
(5)
5.0
.3
1.7
4.4
9.7
(5)
4.8
3.7
3.1
2.9
26.4
3.3
2.3
2.3
34.3
.3
1.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
Mining6 ............................................................
Metal mining6 ................................................
Iron ores6 ....................................................
Copper ores6 ...............................................
Lead and zinc ores6 ....................................
Gold and silver ores6 ..................................
Ferroalloy ores, except vanadium6 .............
Miscellaneous metal ores6 ..........................
Coal mining6 .................................................
Bituminous coal and lignite mining6 ............
Anthracite mining6 .......................................
Oil and gas extraction ...................................
Crude petroleum and natural gas ...............
Oil and gas field services ............................
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels6 .............
Dimension stone6 ........................................
Crushed and broken stone6 ........................
Sand and gravel6 ........................................
Clay, ceramic, and refractory minerals6 ......
Chemical and fertilizer minerals6 ................
Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals6 ..........
20.8
36.0
41.4
5.7
13.5
56.6
115.8
16.4
62.5
62.2
80.6
10.3
16.5
6.5
14.7
14.1
17.2
6.9
10.6
27.1
22.7
.9
.5
4.3
.9
4.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
25.3
24.8
55.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.3
(5)
3.6
.5
1.8
.8
8.3
.8
.2
1.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.9
.9
(5)
.9
(5)
1.5
.5
2.3
.3
.5
.9
.8
(5)
.1
.2
.7
10
101
102
103
104
106
109
12
122
123
13
131
138
14
141
142
144
145
147
149
.6
(5)
1.0
1.3
(5)
1.0
2.5
.9
.8
(5)
12.2
32.7
34.3
3.3
9.0
54.6
108.6
16.4
29.9
30.1
18.6
6.4
15.0
.9
8.5
11.7
8.9
2.5
6.2
23.8
14.5
1.9
1.4
1.2
1.6
4.5
1.3
(5)
(5)
5.1
5.2
(5)
1.5
1.4
1.6
.9
(5)
1.5
.3
5
( )
.8
(5)
Construction ..................................................
General building contractors ........................
Residential building construction ................
Nonresidential building construction ...........
Heavy construction, except building .............
Highway and street construction .................
Heavy construction, except highway ..........
Special trade contractors ..............................
Plumbing, heating, air-conditioning .............
Painting and paper hanging ........................
15
152
154
16
161
162
17
171
172
14.2
14.0
5.5
23.4
17.1
21.3
15.3
13.6
9.4
20.3
.3
.6
1.4
1.1
.2
2.0
2.1
.3
2.9
1.3
1.0
10.4
2.2
2.2
.6
4.0
1.4
2.6
.8
2.4
.3
.6
3.6
4.3
2.6
6.2
2.5
2.4
2.5
3.6
2.2
2.3
2.8
2.0
.8
3.3
3.2
3.9
2.9
3.0
4.8
2.1
See footnotes at end of table.
(5)
(5)
(5)
.7
7.2
(5)
.9
.8
6.2
.9
–
1.4
1.0
(5)
1.7
.5
.9
(5)
(5)
3.3
3.1
1.0
5.3
7.4
11.2
5.8
2.4
.9
3.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.2
.2
.2
.2
.3
(5)
.1
(5)
.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.2
(5)
.1
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
.7
.1
1.4
.3
.7
.2
.5
.2
1.1
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Electrical work .............................................
Masonry, stonework, and plastering ...........
Carpentry and floor work ............................
Roofing, siding, and sheet metal work ........
Concrete work .............................................
Water well drilling ........................................
Miscellaneous special trade contractors .....
SIC
code2
See footnotes at end of table.
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
11.7
25.1
7.3
7.9
11.1
11.5
16.6
3.0
2.5
.3
1.3
6.0
5.5
2.6
0.9
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
5
( )
.3
0.7
1.4
–
.9
1.3
.5
.6
(5)
(5)
1.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.9
0.3
13.5
.7
1.0
.8
(5)
2.0
4.6
5.0
3.7
2.7
2.2
5.5
4.7
2.2
2.6
1.5
1.3
.8
5
( )
4.5
125.5
12.9
.4
3.5
1.2
4.8
96.0
6.6
24
241
242
2421
2426
134.4
58.7
17.5
54.1
43.2
98.2
14.7
6.4
1.8
5.2
4.0
10.3
.5
.5
.8
.8
1.1
4.0
1.0
(5)
.7
.9
5
( )
1.7
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
6.5
3.2
(5)
2.6
2.7
2.2
99.7
43.1
15.0
41.6
30.8
84.3
7.2
4.4
.7
3.3
4.0
–
243
2431
2434
2435
2436
2439
244
2448
245
2451
2452
249
2491
2499
25
251
2511
2512
2514
2515
2519
252
2521
2522
253
254
2541
2542
259
74.1
93.0
77.6
66.4
53.7
30.3
20.5
17.7
51.1
61.4
15.9
81.2
30.6
101.5
109.5
96.1
95.1
129.8
50.1
63.9
47.7
113.4
72.7
149.3
276.3
60.4
78.7
37.1
105.4
8.8
16.8
4.6
7.4
–
.2
2.4
3.1
7.4
9.5
(5)
5.0
16.2
3.4
7.0
5.4
5.8
5.0
11.8
2.6
(5)
8.1
3.9
11.7
22.5
3.9
4.7
3.0
4.9
.6
.2
1.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.1
(5)
1.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.0
4.4
.5
(5)
1.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
.8
1.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.6
.6
–
–
(5)
(5)
2.6
2.7
2.1
3.2
10.7
16.3
28.8
.5
1.6
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.0
(5)
1.9
2.4
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
.1
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.2
2.2
(5)
5
( )
1.6
2.5
.7
1.4
2.3
.2
(5)
(5)
9.8
12.6
.4
7.2
2.6
2.6
3.0
3.6
6.9
–
4.7
.3
(5)
.7
(5)
1.3
4.8
2.3
3.7
.5
1.8
54.2
62.9
63.9
48.8
29.4
29.6
16.2
12.2
32.5
37.3
15.5
59.5
3.4
83.8
88.6
78.7
66.8
121.3
33.6
59.2
45.0
97.8
66.4
125.4
232.9
31.5
36.0
25.9
97.1
6.8
6.2
6.2
8.8
18.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
.6
.8
(5)
8.1
8.5
10.1
6.0
7.7
15.2
1.9
(5)
1.4
(5)
4.2
.6
7.4
5.0
5.0
3.3
7.2
.3
2591
2599
32
321
322
3221
3229
323
324
325
3251
3253
65.9
155.8
66.6
251.1
98.1
110.8
91.4
92.1
60.2
37.2
22.8
66.1
.5
10.7
14.0
11.2
19.8
5.1
27.6
3.3
32.2
5.8
(5)
3.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
3.6
1.2
10.6
3.5
3.9
3.5
.3
1.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.3
1.2
3.1
4.5
3.8
10.2
.4
1.2
9.5
2.0
4.0
1.0
62.2
141.0
42.5
204.0
59.8
69.7
54.7
79.8
4.2
25.8
13.4
62.0
.5
(5)
4.4
11.2
10.0
22.3
3.5
6.8
12.7
2.3
5.4
(5)
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
Manufacturing ................................................
Durable goods ................................................
Lumber and wood products ..........................
Logging .......................................................
Sawmills and planing mills ..........................
Sawmills and planing mills, general ..........
Hardwood dimension and flooring mills ....
Millwork, plywood and structural
members ...............................................
Millwork .....................................................
Wood kitchen cabinets ..............................
Hardwood veneer and plywood .................
Softwood veneer and plywood ..................
Structural wood members, n.e.c. ..............
Wood containers .........................................
Wood pallets and skids .............................
Wood buildings and mobile homes .............
Mobile homes ............................................
Prefabricated wood buildings ....................
Miscellaneous wood products .....................
Wood preserving .......................................
Wood products, n.e.c. ...............................
Furniture and fixtures ...................................
Household furniture ....................................
Wood household furniture .........................
Upholstered household furniture ...............
Metal household furniture ..........................
Mattresses and bedsprings .......................
Household furniture, n.e.c. ........................
Office furniture ............................................
Wood office furniture .................................
Office furniture, except wood ....................
Public building and related furniture ...........
Partitions and fixtures .................................
Wood partitions and fixtures ......................
Partitions and fixtures, except wood .........
Miscellaneous furniture and fixtures ...........
Drapery hardware and blinds and
shades .................................................
Furniture and fixtures, n.e.c. .....................
Stone, clay, and glass products ...................
Flat glass ....................................................
Glass and glassware, pressed or blown .....
Glass containers .......................................
Pressed and blown glass, n.e.c. ...............
Products of purchased glass ......................
Cement, hydraulic .......................................
Structural clay products ..............................
Brick and structural clay tile ......................
Ceramic wall and floor tile .........................
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
(5)
.8
1.1
.9
(5)
1.5
.3
5
( )
1.2
(5)
(5)
.5
8.4
.3
(5)
.4
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Pottery and related products .......................
Vitreous plumbing fixtures .........................
Vitreous china table and kitchenware .......
Pottery products, n.e.c. .............................
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products ....
Concrete block and brick ...........................
Concrete products, n.e.c. ..........................
Ready-mixed concrete ..............................
Gypsum products ......................................
Cut stone and stone products .....................
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral
products ................................................
Abrasive products .....................................
Minerals, ground or treated .......................
Mineral wool ..............................................
Nonmetallic mineral products, n.e.c. .........
Primary metal industries ...............................
Blast furnace and basic steel products .......
Blast furnaces and steel mills ....................
Steel wire and related products .................
Cold finishing of steel shapes ...................
Steel pipe and tubes .................................
Iron and steel foundries ..............................
Gray and ductile iron foundries .................
Steel investment foundries ........................
Steel foundries, n.e.c. ...............................
Primary nonferrous metals ..........................
Primary copper ..........................................
Primary aluminum .....................................
Primary nonferrous metals, n.e.c. .............
Secondary nonferrous metals .....................
Nonferrous rolling and drawing ...................
Copper rolling and drawing .......................
Aluminum sheet, plate, and foil .................
Aluminum extruded products ....................
Aluminum rolling and drawing, n.e.c. ........
Nonferrous rolling and drawing, n.e.c. ......
Nonferrous wiredrawing and insulating .....
Nonferrous foundries (castings) ..................
Aluminum die-castings ..............................
Nonferrous die-casting except aluminum ..
Aluminum foundries ..................................
Miscellaneous primary metal products .......
Metal heat treating ....................................
Primary metal products, n.e.c. ..................
Fabricated metal products ............................
Metal cans and shipping containers ...........
Metal cans .................................................
Cutlery, handtools, and hardware ...............
Cutlery .......................................................
Hand and edge tools, n.e.c. ......................
Hardware, n.e.c. ........................................
Plumbing and heating, except electric ........
Metal sanitary ware ...................................
Plumbing fixture fittings and trim ...............
Heating equipment, except electric ...........
Fabricated structural metal products ..........
Fabricated structural metal ........................
Metal doors, sash, and trim .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
326
3261
3262
3269
327
3271
3272
3273
3275
328
196.3
127.2
215.8
321.4
37.0
7.5
84.5
11.7
11.7
20.8
8.7
9.4
(5)
(5)
19.6
(5)
50.6
4.7
(5)
(5)
3.7
.9
(5)
(5)
.7
(5)
1.2
.5
(5)
(5)
2.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
.2
.6
(5)
(5)
0.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.1
(5)
3.4
10.4
(5)
(5)
1.9
(5)
1.2
3.0
(5)
(5)
175.1
100.8
215.8
321.4
12.4
4.0
28.0
–
4.8
(5)
1.8
5.7
(5)
(5)
1.8
3.5
3.3
(5)
2.8
20.8
329
3291
3295
3296
3299
33
331
3312
3315
3316
3317
332
3321
3324
3325
333
3331
3334
3339
334
335
3351
3353
3354
3355
3356
3357
336
3363
3364
3365
339
3398
3399
34
341
3411
342
3421
3423
3429
343
3431
3432
3433
344
3441
3442
25.4
31.6
38.6
16.4
16.8
106.2
61.5
66.9
93.1
43.6
26.3
163.5
188.6
133.6
126.3
222.2
17.2
319.3
104.5
102.9
94.0
94.8
46.9
68.6
16.1
108.5
121.3
128.6
163.8
119.1
88.6
51.6
26.2
92.3
102.3
96.1
69.7
146.5
130.0
143.9
140.4
216.9
586.6
71.9
76.0
50.0
44.1
56.6
6.2
7.8
(5)
1.2
16.8
12.8
6.2
5.0
13.4
19.9
.7
18.3
10.9
49.6
13.7
41.8
(5)
69.6
1.6
11.6
10.6
15.2
12.4
6.5
2.0
12.3
10.6
15.5
15.4
11.3
9.9
6.8
1.0
16.2
15.6
12.9
16.1
15.8
23.8
18.7
13.1
7.1
14.8
4.8
3.7
8.0
2.5
6.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.0
.5
.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.1
1.1
(5)
1.9
15.9
(5)
26.8
(5)
2.3
.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
5.2
.1
4.2
(5)
4.0
13.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
.2
1.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
6.9
2.6
3.5
1.0
(5)
.7
5.1
5.7
8.7
2.2
15.9
(5)
21.6
11.5
12.8
4.8
.4
2.3
1.1
(5)
5.2
8.9
19.6
21.7
13.0
1.9
6.8
10.1
.8
3.0
4.9
6.2
1.2
(5)
2.5
.4
3.5
3.6
.4
7.5
1.6
.5
1.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.9
1.1
1.4
(5)
(5)
.7
.9
1.5
(5)
(5)
6.8
(5)
.4
22.2
38.9
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.6
1.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.2
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
.2
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
6.8
3.6
32.7
1.6
(5)
7.9
6.2
7.7
1.4
3.3
.7
3.9
4.5
3.6
2.9
51.0
(5)
85.8
(5)
8.1
7.9
14.0
6.9
12.0
8.1
2.6
5.6
1.7
3.2
(5)
(5)
.9
(5)
2.4
11.2
(5)
(5)
1.5
(5)
.7
2.3
125.7
450.3
(5)
(5)
8.1
13.4
4.2
11.2
16.6
5.8
12.9
5
( )
68.3
41.6
45.4
66.7
21.0
21.7
126.7
154.5
70.1
101.7
72.2
10.7
104.6
30.4
29.1
65.5
53.6
24.3
43.8
6.0
81.8
91.6
78.4
112.8
75.3
60.7
20.2
10.1
36.4
62.6
33.5
41.7
113.7
106.9
119.5
100.5
77.8
116.7
65.1
59.9
27.6
20.6
43.2
.9
2.6
(5)
.8
(5)
6.4
3.3
3.2
10.6
(5)
1.8
7.5
10.4
–
3.8
18.6
6.4
10.6
38.7
(5)
4.7
11.1
–
5.2
(5)
1.3
4.4
8.4
9.5
16.2
2.7
17.1
5.5
35.6
7.6
44.7
5.8
14.0
(5)
2.2
23.6
2.6
1.2
1.6
4.8
4.4
7.2
1.2
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Fabricated plate work (boiler shops) .........
Sheet metalwork .......................................
Architectural metal work ............................
Prefabricated metal buildings ....................
Miscellaneous metal work .........................
Screw machine products, bolts, etc. ...........
Screw machine products ...........................
Bolts, nuts, rivets, and washers ................
Metal forgings and stampings .....................
Iron and steel forgings ...............................
Nonferrous forgings ...................................
Automotive stampings ...............................
Metal stampings, n.e.c. .............................
Metal services, n.e.c. ..................................
Plating and polishing .................................
Metal coating and allied services ..............
Ordnance and accessories, n.e.c. ..............
Ammunition, except for small arms,
n.e.c. ...................................................
Small arms ................................................
Ordnance and accessories, n.e.c. .............
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products ....
Industrial valves ........................................
Fluid power valves and hose fittings .........
Valves and pipe fittings, n.e.c. ..................
Wire springs ..............................................
Miscellaneous fabricated wire products ....
Metal foil and leaf ......................................
Fabricated pipe and fittings .......................
Fabricated metal products, n.e.c. ..............
Industrial machinery and equipment ............
Engines and turbines ..................................
Turbines and turbine generator sets .........
Internal combustion engines, n.e.c. ..........
Farm and garden machinery .......................
Farm machinery and equipment ...............
Lawn and garden equipment .....................
Construction and related machinery ...........
Construction machinery ............................
Mining machinery ......................................
Elevators and moving stairways ................
Conveyors and conveying equipment .......
Hoists, cranes, and monorails ...................
Industrial trucks and tractors .....................
Metalworking machinery .............................
Machine tools, metal cutting types ............
Machine tools, metal forming types ...........
Special dies, tools, jigs and fixtures ..........
Machine tool accessories ..........................
Power-driven handtools ............................
Welding apparatus ....................................
Metalworking machinery, n.e.c. .................
Special industry machinery .........................
Textile machinery ......................................
Woodworking machinery ...........................
Paper industries machinery .......................
Printing trades machinery .........................
Food products machinery ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
3443
3444
3446
3448
3449
345
3451
3452
346
3462
3463
3465
3469
347
3471
3479
348
79.8
33.9
18.5
44.9
43.8
55.7
72.1
39.3
204.1
105.7
84.5
354.8
79.8
82.9
92.3
68.6
137.3
23.0
1.3
4.0
(5)
20.9
23.4
34.4
12.3
26.1
19.1
16.1
39.5
14.8
17.5
22.6
10.0
17.2
(5)
(5)
1.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
1.0
1.7
5
( )
.5
2.8
.2
5.5
(5)
4.2
4.1
7.7
.6
3.0
1.1
(5)
4.8
1.8
3.7
6.0
.2
1.5
0.8
(5)
(5)
.6
(5)
.3
(5)
.6
2.5
(5)
(5)
5.6
(5)
15.8
1.0
38.1
2.0
11.4
1.7
1.8
25.3
9.7
3.2
1.5
4.8
10.7
(5)
24.7
9.7
14.7
1.8
1.9
1.7
2.0
37.8
26.0
5.2
9.6
5.6
17.2
23.4
11.0
151.7
64.1
43.7
281.6
45.1
36.9
49.0
18.5
110.4
4.0
4.8
(5)
9.6
3.5
7.5
4.9
9.9
10.0
21.4
(5)
13.4
3.5
6.0
10.0
5
( )
3.5
3483
3484
3489
349
3491
3492
3494
3495
3496
3497
3498
3499
35
351
3511
3519
352
3523
3524
353
3531
3532
3534
3535
3536
3537
354
3541
3542
3544
3545
3546
3548
3549
355
3552
3553
3554
3555
3556
135.5
144.1
153.9
73.1
81.5
87.9
35.8
40.2
72.4
12.7
93.6
81.4
78.6
156.8
75.5
188.8
109.8
64.8
244.0
89.4
132.4
43.7
–
30.1
46.7
114.8
30.7
16.7
30.5
19.0
51.6
63.5
54.2
19.4
47.8
63.1
20.6
33.5
28.3
41.7
14.7
26.5
20.7
16.1
27.5
20.6
10.0
3.4
7.0
(5)
33.2
14.1
12.7
28.5
7.3
36.8
11.2
10.7
13.3
12.5
16.4
5.8
2.0
8.8
9.1
23.9
7.4
7.0
(5)
4.8
15.5
12.6
4.6
6.5
6.7
31.6
1.8
1.8
4.4
3.1
1.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.4
.4
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
(5)
2.1
(5)
(5)
5.3
1.8
1.8
.4
5
( )
7.9
(5)
12.1
6.5
2.0
3.0
(5)
4.2
5.0
1.2
15.9
1.8
2.6
1.7
2.0
1.2
3.4
2.6
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.5
.9
1.5
1.4
(5)
1.0
(5)
.9
(5)
(5)
4.3
2.6
(5)
(5)
.2
1.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
.1
(5)
.2
.2
.2
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.0
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.0
.3
(5)
(5)
2.3
(5)
(5)
3.1
(5)
3.0
7.4
2.8
39.6
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
2.6
4.6
3.9
2.1
.9
2.5
6.5
4.6
12.2
10.1
12.9
.6
2.0
4.4
5.7
26.5
1.7
(5)
19.1
(5)
3.7
.5
(5)
3.2
1.9
8.8
(5)
.5
1.3
2.7
109.4
114.4
124.3
38.2
37.8
25.3
25.1
36.2
47.1
(5)
30.4
54.4
54.4
116.4
55.2
140.4
85.8
47.3
200.3
61.2
97.0
26.2
–
12.5
28.5
56.8
16.6
8.1
10.4
11.6
25.0
47.0
22.3
5.7
32.3
(5)
17.9
24.0
22.1
20.2
2.1
3.2
3.0
5.8
9.9
.8
.4
5
( )
10.0
12.7
15.3
2.0
4.9
6.3
11.2
4.2
1.1
.7
2.2
3.7
3.7
8.7
–
2.2
(5)
5.0
3.4
–
(5)
1.1
5.5
1.9
26.0
(5)
5.4
23.5
(5)
4.1
(5)
11.3
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Special industry machinery, n.e.c. ............
General industrial machinery ......................
Pumps and pumping equipment ...............
Ball and roller bearings .............................
Air and gas compressors ..........................
Blowers and fans .......................................
Packaging machinery ................................
Speed changers, drives, and gears ..........
Industrial furnaces and ovens ...................
Power transmission equipment, n.e.c. ......
General industrial machinery, n.e.c. ..........
Computer and office equipment ..................
Electronic computers .................................
Computer storage devices ........................
Computer peripheral equipment, n.e.c. .....
Office machines, n.e.c. ..............................
Refrigeration and service machinery ..........
Automatic vending machines ....................
Commercial laundry equipment ................
Refrigeration and heating equipment ........
Service industry machinery, n.e.c. ............
Industrial machinery, n.e.c. .........................
Carburetors, pistons, rings, valves ............
Fluid power cylinders and actuators ..........
Scales and balances, except laboratory ...
Industrial machinery, n.e.c. .......................
Electronic and other electric equipment .......
Electric distribution equipment ....................
Transformers, except electronic ................
Switchgear and switchboard apparatus ....
Electrical industrial apparatus .....................
Motors and generators ..............................
Relays and industrial controls ...................
Electrical industrial apparatus, n.e.c. ........
Household appliances ................................
Household cooking equipment ..................
Household refrigerators and freezers ........
Household laundry equipment ..................
Electric housewares and fans ...................
Household appliances, n.e.c. ....................
Electric lighting and wiring equipment ........
Electric lamps ............................................
Current-carrying wiring devices .................
Noncurrent-carrying wiring devices ...........
Residential lighting fixtures .......................
Commercial lighting fixtures ......................
Vehicular lighting equipment .....................
Lighting equipment, n.e.c. .........................
Household audio and video equipment ......
Household audio and video equipment .....
Prerecorded records and tapes .................
Communications equipment .......................
Telephone and telegraph apparatus .........
Radio and TV communications
equipment ...........................................
Electronic components and accessories ....
Electron tubes ...........................................
Printed circuit boards ................................
Semiconductors and related devices ........
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
3559
356
3561
3562
3563
3564
3565
3566
3567
3568
3569
357
3571
3572
3577
3579
358
3581
3582
3585
3589
359
3592
3593
3596
3599
36
361
3612
3613
362
3621
3625
3629
363
3631
3632
3633
3634
3639
364
3641
3643
3644
3645
3646
3647
3648
365
3651
3652
366
3661
59.2
71.2
93.0
137.9
111.0
41.1
7.3
60.0
18.5
55.3
63.5
74.0
68.9
63.2
89.9
70.4
173.7
59.8
39.7
194.1
130.6
64.2
255.5
60.6
126.1
41.5
112.4
173.1
211.7
138.9
150.6
160.2
150.4
142.9
238.5
212.4
299.6
347.1
191.4
249.4
96.2
49.4
84.0
119.5
41.5
85.7
250.7
76.8
107.2
104.0
113.4
59.3
50.5
6.3
15.0
3.7
42.8
9.6
6.5
(5)
16.3
2.5
29.5
13.0
4.6
3.8
3.8
8.6
2.1
18.9
1.1
3.6
23.8
9.4
20.9
112.2
10.0
3.7
14.0
11.2
7.6
13.6
2.3
31.2
19.6
54.5
4.2
9.3
11.9
5.6
14.8
12.5
8.6
12.1
2.5
19.3
14.5
1.0
–
24.0
13.5
10.6
7.3
17.3
1.4
1.2
3663
367
3671
3672
3674
70.9
76.7
127.4
65.6
68.1
1.1
10.5
4.1
13.1
7.3
0.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
1.9
(5)
.6
(5)
(5)
.6
.7
.2
1.6
(5)
3.7
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
1.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.5
.6
(5)
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
0.7
2.4
1.2
1.7
.4
9.3
.4
6.3
(5)
2.7
.2
1.1
.9
1.0
2.4
(5)
3.5
1.1
3.6
3.9
3.2
2.3
7.4
(5)
3.7
1.9
4.0
2.1
2.4
1.6
3.9
1.4
7.5
6.4
2.8
2.8
1.1
5.8
1.9
7.9
.9
(5)
(5)
1.1
.5
5
( )
6.4
–
2.4
2.2
2.8
.9
1.4
.4
5.7
1.4
6.7
5.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
3.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
.3
.2
(5)
(5)
.7
1.1
(5)
(5)
1.4
.7
.2
1.2
(5)
(5)
.2
2.0
3.4
.3
6.0
.4
.8
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.7
.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
9.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
1.2
3.0
4.6
6.4
.4
4.1
(5)
5.8
(5)
(5)
2.5
.3
.2
.2
(5)
5
( )
6.9
2.2
(5)
4.2
18.7
5.2
14.3
1.0
(5)
4.9
1.6
5.0
3.9
6.0
1.6
.6
.9
(5)
2.8
10.6
2.5
.6
1.1
(5)
.8
(5)
–
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.3
2.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
47.4
46.7
83.1
81.6
96.6
18.0
6.9
21.6
16.0
20.9
40.2
65.6
61.6
57.2
77.0
62.0
129.7
47.8
32.5
144.7
90.0
27.9
105.6
49.6
117.0
13.1
89.2
150.2
185.9
118.8
108.5
135.8
81.5
130.2
221.0
184.0
285.5
324.6
173.6
232.2
78.2
46.9
61.8
99.4
33.5
82.0
201.2
57.6
89.7
91.2
86.6
55.1
45.7
3.4
3.6
.6
5.7
3.7
.5
(5)
9.5
(5)
1.8
7.8
1.9
2.1
1.0
(5)
5.6
12.9
6.5
(5)
15.6
7.8
7.4
13.1
(5)
(5)
7.3
4.4
4.8
5.5
4.2
5.1
1.9
6.2
3.2
2.1
3.2
3.5
1.9
1.9
(5)
3.1
(5)
1.9
5.0
6.5
2.9
5.9
–
4.6
3.5
6.7
1.5
2.2
.2
.5
.5
1.5
.5
.8
1.6
4.1
1.1
.7
67.2
54.3
103.0
39.1
51.3
1.2
3.8
14.0
3.4
2.4
.4
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Electronic capacitors .................................
Electronic resistors ....................................
Electronic coils and transformers ..............
Electronic connectors ................................
Electronic components, n.e.c. ...................
Miscellaneous electrical equipment and
supplies .................................................
Storage batteries .......................................
Primary batteries, dry and wet ..................
Engine electrical equipment ......................
Magnetic and optical recording media ......
Electrical equipment and supplies,
n.e.c. ...................................................
Transportation equipment ............................
Motor vehicles and equipment ....................
Motor vehicles and car bodies ..................
Truck and bus bodies ................................
Motor vehicle parts and accessories .........
Truck trailers .............................................
Aircraft and parts ........................................
Aircraft .......................................................
Aircraft engines and engine parts .............
Aircraft parts and equipment, n.e.c. ..........
Ship and boat building and repairing ..........
Ship building and repairing ........................
Boat building and repairing .......................
Railroad equipment .....................................
Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts .................
Guided missiles, space vehicles, parts .......
Guided missiles and space vehicles .........
Space propulsion units and parts ..............
Space vehicle equipment, n.e.c. ...............
Miscellaneous transportation equipment ....
Travel trailers and campers .......................
Tanks and tank components .....................
Transportation equipment, n.e.c. ..............
Instruments and related products .................
Search and navigation equipment ..............
Measuring and controlling devices .............
Environmental controls ..............................
Process control instruments ......................
Fluid meters and counting devices ............
Instruments to measure electricity ............
Analytical instruments ...............................
Optical instruments and lenses .................
Measuring and controlling devices,
n.e.c. ...................................................
Medical instruments and supplies ...............
Surgical and medical instruments .............
Surgical appliances and supplies ..............
Dental equipment and supplies .................
X-ray apparatus and tubes ........................
Electromedical equipment .........................
Ophthalmic goods .......................................
Photographic equipment and supplies ........
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries ......
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware ..........
Jewelry, precious metal .............................
Musical instruments ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
3675
3676
3677
3678
3679
45.9
226.7
229.6
81.9
72.5
9.3
94.5
26.1
1.9
9.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.1
42.5
14.8
1.4
2.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.0
33.4
85.0
175.6
51.6
54.3
0.5
4.7
13.1
26.0
1.5
369
3691
3692
3694
3695
222.1
270.1
81.9
325.5
131.0
14.4
17.0
2.4
19.6
15.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
9.4
(5)
3.2
17.3
7.3
17.1
72.4
(5)
8.6
(5)
2.4
4.1
(5)
3.9
(5)
163.5
129.3
76.4
262.0
107.9
15.3
47.3
.8
14.4
–
3699
37
371
3711
3713
3714
3715
372
3721
3724
3728
373
3731
3732
374
375
376
3761
3764
3769
379
3792
3795
3799
38
381
382
3822
3823
3824
3825
3826
3827
60.5
343.3
477.7
818.2
90.7
331.5
181.7
198.6
276.4
77.6
142.5
292.0
350.1
182.1
87.0
266.4
69.1
73.6
40.5
83.8
102.5
74.0
45.7
138.4
97.2
51.2
97.1
125.9
91.7
138.6
125.0
110.4
10.6
5.5
29.2
37.3
40.6
13.9
39.2
10.7
19.0
21.7
14.4
17.4
32.5
28.8
39.3
19.1
24.0
8.6
7.1
9.1
15.8
13.5
22.3
1.5
9.6
8.0
2.1
8.1
18.0
4.4
16.1
1.7
11.6
–
(5)
1.4
.3
.3
.5
.2
.7
.7
1.2
.3
.1
12.3
18.5
.5
.3
(5)
.2
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
.1
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
5.5
9.1
9.6
14.2
1.2
8.5
1.2
7.5
10.1
3.3
5.7
16.6
22.4
5.7
7.6
11.5
3.2
3.8
2.4
1.6
.9
(5)
(5)
1.8
2.8
1.7
2.6
1.8
.7
14.3
1.5
4.1
(5)
(5)
3.9
4.2
7.3
(5)
3.1
(5)
5.5
9.1
1.0
2.0
1.7
2.6
5
( )
(5)
(5)
.3
.5
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
1.5
.4
2.1
.1
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.9
2.5
(5)
16.2
13.1
15.4
23.1
8.1
60.2
2.3
2.1
1.0
3.5
88.5
127.7
14.3
24.8
3.8
.6
.9
(5)
(5)
13.0
5.2
6.1
20.2
1.5
.4
1.3
2.8
2.3
(5)
.9
1.3
(5)
48.1
267.1
391.7
710.1
47.9
254.8
81.0
149.8
212.8
51.0
105.1
133.7
140.0
121.8
22.2
221.8
51.0
56.9
24.8
55.4
69.7
41.3
38.1
99.7
77.8
44.1
80.2
101.1
70.9
108.2
117.8
91.0
2.1
1.8
16.5
21.4
30.3
4.2
17.7
27.7
13.9
19.5
6.8
8.9
6.6
9.9
–
13.1
5.3
5.1
4.1
4.2
11.1
4.9
4.7
(5)
6.3
5.0
2.7
4.4
2.0
13.4
(5)
2.9
1.6
(5)
3829
384
3841
3842
3843
3844
3845
385
386
39
391
3911
393
73.0
106.3
112.4
92.9
283.5
58.2
76.3
260.7
95.7
71.6
76.0
86.6
93.6
12.9
8.8
5.7
10.5
36.3
2.7
5.9
32.2
7.2
14.3
21.5
26.7
14.1
.2
.1
6.2
3.5
1.6
5.5
14.1
(5)
1.1
4.2
3.0
1.9
.4
.6
1.3
.2
6.0
.4
(5)
106.8
(5)
.9
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
2.5
.1
2.8
(5)
(5)
9.5
1.5
.4
2.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
51.5
79.7
96.2
70.5
126.3
54.8
49.8
218.9
74.8
49.8
51.2
56.7
77.0
1.2
5.8
8.2
3.3
(5)
(5)
8.6
3.9
9.9
2.9
3.1
3.0
1.3
.9
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
.4
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
Toys and sporting goods ............................
Dolls and stuffed toys ................................
Games, toys, and children’s vehicles ........
Sporting and athletic goods, n.e.c. ............
Pens, pencils, office, and art supplies ........
Pens and mechanical pencils ....................
Costume jewelry and notions ......................
Costume jewelry ........................................
Fasteners, buttons, needles, and pins ......
Miscellaneous manufactures ......................
Brooms and brushes .................................
Signs and advertising specialities .............
Burial caskets ............................................
Hard surface floor coverings, n.e.c. ..........
Manufacturing industries, n.e.c. ................
394
3942
3944
3949
395
3951
396
3961
3965
399
3991
3993
3995
3996
3999
98.2
2.0
121.9
95.3
67.4
67.6
49.5
42.7
56.9
55.3
102.7
32.2
99.0
23.2
68.7
14.4
(5)
8.3
18.1
4.4
2.3
12.0
17.7
6.0
14.3
9.7
6.1
3.9
1.5
26.9
0.5
(5)
(5)
.7
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.0
(5)
2.4
1.9
(5)
5
( )
5.3
4.6
6.0
2.3
2.8
1.2
(5)
(5)
4.0
0.3
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.1
(5)
1.0
2.6
4.7
7.0
.5
.9
(5)
3.1
5.5
3.1
1.3
(5)
3.2
73.6
(5)
106.3
65.2
56.9
53.6
26.5
19.5
34.9
33.8
83.4
21.1
82.3
18.9
32.6
5.5
2.0
4.2
6.3
1.4
4.7
4.8
(5)
10.0
1.4
–
(5)
11.6
1.5
2.0
Nondurable goods ..........................................
Food and kindred products ...........................
Meat products .............................................
Meat packing plants ..................................
Sausages and other prepared meats ........
Poultry slaughtering and processing .........
Dairy products .............................................
Cheese, natural and processed ................
Dry, condensed, evaporated products .....
Ice cream and frozen desserts ..................
Fluid milk ...................................................
Preserved fruits and vegetables .................
Canned specialities ...................................
Canned fruits and vegetables ...................
Dehydrated fruits, vegetables, soups ........
Pickles, sauces, and salad dressings .......
Frozen fruits and vegetables .....................
Frozen specialities, n.e.c. ..........................
Grain mill products ......................................
Cereal breakfast foods ..............................
Rice milling ................................................
Prepared flour mixes and doughs .............
Wet corn milling .........................................
Dog and cat food .......................................
Prepared feeds, n.e.c. ...............................
Bakery products ..........................................
Bread, cake, and related products ............
Cookies and crackers ................................
Sugar and confectionery products ..............
Raw cane sugar ........................................
Beet sugar .................................................
Candy and other confectionery products ..
Chocolate and cocoa products ..................
Fats and oils ...............................................
Beverages ...................................................
Malt beverages ..........................................
Wines, brandy, and brandy spirits .............
Distilled and blended liquors .....................
Bottled and canned soft drinks ..................
Flavoring extracts and syrups, n.e.c. ........
Miscellaneous food and kindred products ..
Canned and cured fish and seafoods .......
Fresh or frozen prepared fish ....................
20
201
2011
2013
2015
202
2022
2023
2024
2026
203
2032
2033
2034
2035
2037
2038
204
2043
2044
2045
2046
2047
2048
205
2051
2052
206
2061
2063
2064
2066
207
208
2082
2084
2085
2086
2087
209
2091
2092
112.0
258.5
683.8
1,135.4
256.2
567.5
54.0
81.6
62.7
79.7
23.9
76.3
45.4
45.4
49.7
73.8
104.1
110.7
46.5
67.9
38.4
124.6
16.4
43.4
15.9
77.4
46.6
155.5
79.3
3.5
–
101.0
88.5
16.0
43.4
110.7
55.5
49.7
22.9
26.1
152.5
164.1
347.1
10.2
21.4
54.4
89.0
10.1
50.0
8.8
13.0
16.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
4.8
5.3
17.0
.9
9.7
7.2
8.1
6.0
8.1
29.1
6.4
2.4
2.4
6.7
5.1
9.6
5.3
3.5
9.5
6.4
5.2
(5)
3.1
2.8
1.5
12.4
2.8
2.8
12.5
33.7
27.9
.2
.2
.3
.4
.4
.1
.2
2.7
5.7
11.4
12.0
8.2
12.2
2.4
3.1
1.2
4.6
.6
2.7
2.4
2.4
(5)
1.8
6.4
.9
2.1
.5
8.1
4.1
2.7
(5)
.5
2.2
2.0
–
1.5
(5)
15.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.8
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.8
2.8
10.1
4.6
25.6
.4
1.1
1.0
.7
2.0
.9
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
1.0
.6
.8
(5)
(5)
3.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.6
.1
6.5
7.0
(5)
3.6
12.8
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
.1
(5)
.5
2.1
4.5
8.4
16.8
4.1
4.8
2.9
3.4
(5)
7.3
(5)
3.7
1.2
4.6
(5)
3.2
3.9
4.5
2.6
3.5
10.1
8.8
(5)
(5)
2.2
.9
.8
1.5
.5
(5)
(5)
1.0
(5)
(5)
.8
.6
.5
(5)
.8
1.9
7.9
(5)
26.4
90.5
217.8
597.9
993.5
226.8
494.6
36.5
57.3
32.6
60.0
15.8
51.8
32.8
25.9
28.6
52.5
52.9
97.4
29.5
53.8
8.1
74.5
–
25.5
10.5
57.4
36.5
107.0
58.2
(5)
–
71.2
81.9
–
33.3
92.5
49.1
31.7
15.1
16.8
114.3
118.1
254.2
5.8
7.9
10.5
23.1
4.4
4.9
3.2
4.2
10.5
2.3
1.0
9.8
3.6
6.5
4.8
14.9
25.9
.7
4.2
3.5
4.0
8.1
2.7
15.6
(5)
8.5
2.0
30.2
6.5
(5)
(5)
9.7
1.5
14.2
4.2
12.9
2.9
4.1
2.1
1.9
7.4
9.2
12.5
See footnotes at end of table.
(5)
1.8
(5)
(5)
.4
.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
.3
(5)
3.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Roasted coffee ..........................................
Potato chips and similar snacks ................
Food preparations, n.e.c. ..........................
Tobacco products .........................................
Cigarettes ...................................................
Textile mill products ......................................
Broadwoven fabric mills, cotton ..................
Broadwoven fabric mills, manmade ............
Broadwoven fabric mills, wool ....................
Narrow fabric mills ......................................
Knitting mills ................................................
Women’s hosiery, except socks ................
Hosiery, n.e.c. ...........................................
Knit outerwear mills ...................................
Knit underwear mills ..................................
Weft knit fabric mills ..................................
Lace and warp knit fabric mills ..................
Textile finishing, except wool ......................
Finishing plants, cotton .............................
Finishing plants, manmade .......................
Finishing plants, n.e.c. ..............................
Carpets and rugs ........................................
Yarn and thread mills ..................................
Yarn spinning mills ....................................
Throwing and winding mills .......................
Miscellaneous textile goods ........................
Coated fabrics, not rubberized ..................
Tire cord and fabrics .................................
Nonwoven fabrics ......................................
Cordage and twine ....................................
Textile goods, n.e.c. ....................................
Apparel and other textile products ................
Men’s and boys’ suits and coats .................
Men’s and boys’ furnishings .......................
Men’s and boys’ shirts ...............................
Men’s and boys’ underwear and
nightwear .............................................
Men’s and boys’ trousers and slacks ........
Men’s and boys’ work clothing ..................
Men’s and boys’ clothing, n.e.c. ................
Women’s and misses’ outerwear ................
Women’s, junior’s, and misses’ dresses ...
Women’s and misses’ suits and coats ......
Women’s and misses’ outerwear, n.e.c. ...
Women’s and children’s undergarments ....
Women’s and children’s underwear ..........
Hats, caps, and millinery .............................
Girls’ and children’s outerwear ...................
Girls’ and children’s outerwear, n.e.c. .......
Miscellaneous apparel and accessories .....
Apparel belts .............................................
Apparel and accessories, n.e.c. ................
Miscellaneous fabricated textile products ...
Curtains and draperies ..............................
Housefurnishings, n.e.c. ............................
Textile bags ...............................................
Canvas and related products ....................
Pleating and stitching ................................
Automotive and apparel trimmings ............
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
2095
2096
2099
21
211
22
221
222
223
224
225
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
2258
226
2261
2262
2269
227
228
2281
2282
229
2295
2296
2297
2298
2299
23
231
232
2321
17.2
233.6
51.5
46.5
42.0
69.2
57.4
47.1
45.5
68.1
115.2
132.2
238.7
64.0
180.9
65.6
34.0
27.3
36.2
8.8
36.3
29.4
86.6
113.1
21.2
57.1
96.7
45.5
41.1
51.6
53.1
129.6
134.0
237.3
160.5
1.0
10.7
6.9
1.4
2.2
5.4
.8
2.5
3.7
22.5
5.0
8.0
1.9
7.2
10.6
3.9
2.7
4.2
3.7
.5
10.7
5.4
2.6
3.6
(5)
15.4
55.8
25.0
(5)
5.7
3.4
7.3
4.8
8.4
6.2
4.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.1
.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
1.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.4
(5)
.2
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
3.7
8.5
(5)
(5)
.9
(5)
1.7
.7
4.3
.3
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
.4
1.1
2.0
2.7
2.3
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.5
8.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.8
1.8
2.0
.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2322
2325
2326
2329
233
2335
2337
2339
234
2341
235
236
2369
238
2387
2389
239
2391
2392
2393
2394
2395
2396
184.5
455.5
188.2
69.0
58.8
–
33.3
78.2
63.1
59.5
297.4
116.7
146.0
30.5
–
20.2
127.5
92.8
64.5
119.6
44.8
17.6
196.4
25.7
10.4
7.3
3.8
7.8
–
–
10.7
–
(5)
13.0
4.5
3.7
5.8
(5)
10.4
7.2
2.6
4.7
(5)
(5)
4.5
16.9
(5)
(5)
2.2
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
(5)
.7
2.3
2.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.6
14.8
.4
1.0
(5)
1.1
9.2
.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
7.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.2
(5)
(5)
2.8
(5)
1.7
.7
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
1.0
1.9
.3
.4
1.2
(5)
.3
3.7
4.8
1.2
(5)
2.4
1.7
2.4
5
( )
(5)
.5
.3
.9
(5)
1.9
1.6
2.2
(5)
1.2
(5)
(5)
1.4
(5)
2.8
1.0
4.0
.7
(5)
11.1
206.5
29.1
40.7
32.5
53.5
38.9
30.7
38.0
33.1
106.0
122.9
228.3
53.9
164.3
58.6
29.0
17.7
26.4
3.7
20.8
21.6
60.9
78.4
19.5
33.4
18.6
19.1
36.3
38.7
42.9
112.2
105.5
210.8
147.9
1.0
11.7
5.1
4.1
6.5
7.9
17.6
11.0
(5)
3.8
2.7
1.2
5.4
1.5
4.7
2.6
1.1
2.3
2.7
(5)
4.7
–
21.4
28.9
1.8
3.2
14.0
(5)
(5)
5.7
(5)
6.5
17.7
16.0
6.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.0
.9
1.5
1.5
(5)
–
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
5
( )
1.4
1.8
2.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.8
3.7
.9
14.0
(5)
(5)
1.7
114.2
406.9
174.4
63.3
49.7
–
30.6
65.7
60.8
57.1
281.6
109.5
137.9
25.0
–
9.7
105.4
68.0
56.1
91.7
41.8
12.5
159.1
43.8
33.7
5.5
(5)
.7
(5)
(5)
.9
(5)
5
( )
–
.9
1.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
6.3
3.7
2.4
6.0
3.0
(5)
8.5
.1
(5)
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Fabricated textile products, n.e.c. .............
Paper and allied products .............................
Pulp mills ....................................................
Paper mills ..................................................
Paperboard mills .........................................
Paperboard containers and boxes ..............
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes ..............
Fiber cans, drums and similar products ....
Sanitary food containers ...........................
Folding paperboard boxes ........................
Miscellaneous converted paper products ...
Paper coated and laminated, packaging ...
Paper coated and laminated, n.e.c. ..........
Bags: plastics, laminated, and coated .......
Bags: uncoated paper and multiwall .........
Die-cut paper and board ...........................
Sanitary paper products ............................
Envelopes .................................................
Stationery products ...................................
Converted paper products, n.e.c. ..............
Printing and publishing .................................
Newspapers ................................................
Periodicals ..................................................
Books ..........................................................
Book publishing .........................................
Book printing .............................................
Miscellaneous publishing ............................
Commercial printing ....................................
Commercial printing, lithographic ..............
Commercial printing, gravure ....................
Commercial printing, n.e.c. .......................
Manifold business forms .............................
Greeting cards ............................................
Blankbooks and bookbinding ......................
Blankbooks and looseleaf binders ............
Bookbinding and related work ...................
Printing trade services ................................
Typesetting ................................................
Platemaking services ................................
Chemicals and allied products .....................
Industrial inorganic chemicals .....................
Alkalies and chlorine .................................
Industrial gases .........................................
Inorganic pigments ....................................
Industrial inorganic chemicals, n.e.c. ........
Plastics materials and synthetics ................
Plastics materials and resins .....................
Organic fibers, noncellulosic .....................
Drugs ..........................................................
Medicinals and botanicals .........................
Pharmaceutical preparations ....................
Diagnostic substances ..............................
Biological products except diagnostic .......
Soap, cleaners, and toilet goods ................
Soap and other detergents ........................
Polishes and sanitation goods ..................
Toilet preparations ....................................
Paints and allied products ...........................
Industrial organic chemicals .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
2399
26
261
262
263
265
2653
2655
2656
2657
267
2671
2672
2673
2674
2675
2676
2677
2678
2679
27
271
272
273
2731
2732
274
275
2752
2754
2759
276
277
278
2782
2789
279
2791
2796
28
281
2812
2813
2816
2819
282
2821
2824
283
2833
2834
2835
2836
284
2841
2842
2844
285
286
Total
cases
262.6
48.8
31.8
69.9
18.4
37.9
37.5
26.6
49.7
43.1
52.3
56.4
39.2
25.5
67.1
59.5
65.8
55.4
68.4
67.5
42.4
49.0
21.3
39.9
34.9
49.5
23.0
42.7
43.3
67.9
38.4
57.8
132.9
58.9
68.6
46.8
4.1
7.7
–
54.2
14.6
–
–
–
20.7
41.7
39.4
44.4
89.3
72.8
89.7
61.4
132.0
48.5
58.4
64.0
41.9
32.4
39.0
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
5.1
3.0
(5)
3.9
–
1.2
1.5
(5)
(5)
1.2
4.5
13.5
6.6
.7
8.0
1.0
4.3
(5)
6.7
3.5
2.4
1.1
–
1.2
1.3
1.0
(5)
4.7
2.0
11.0
9.3
2.6
1.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.0
(5)
1.5
12.5
3.1
3.8
(5)
(5)
4.6
9.4
13.1
4.6
20.4
23.1
13.1
–
119.0
6.1
2.3
8.2
7.9
18.6
7.3
(5)
(5)
1.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
.4
.5
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.3
(5)
.9
.4
1.2
.3
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
5
( )
.4
(5)
.8
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
3.0
2.0
7.8
3.7
5.0
.3
.3
(5)
(5)
.4
1.5
(5)
2.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.0
(5)
(5)
3.8
.4
.8
(5)
.2
(5)
.5
(5)
.3
.3
(5)
.3
(5)
.4
.5
.9
5
( )
.2
(5)
.3
2.9
.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.1
4.3
5.9
1.7
3.2
4.9
3.4
1.8
(5)
2.8
1.8
7.3
1.8
1.5
1.8
11.5
.2
(5)
.5
.2
.2
.3
(5)
.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
.1
.1
(5)
.3
.8
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.4
0.3
1.6
(5)
4.2
1.1
1.3
.9
(5)
(5)
3.7
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.7
(5)
.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
.6
.5
1.3
.1
.1
5
( )
.4
.7
.9
2.3
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.8
1.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.1
2.0
1.7
2.6
3.4
.8
3.7
3.6
2.7
1.6
2.0
3.2
.8
6.3
2.8
225.4
37.4
20.2
48.5
11.0
30.9
28.3
24.8
49.2
37.5
42.9
42.9
30.1
20.7
52.3
51.3
53.8
48.0
61.7
57.4
35.3
42.0
16.1
33.3
26.1
47.4
17.8
33.1
37.0
53.2
23.0
53.8
130.1
56.9
68.0
43.2
2.8
7.7
–
30.5
7.4
–
–
–
9.9
22.7
15.7
32.7
54.4
28.7
61.0
54.7
10.3
32.9
40.8
39.9
29.2
6.0
18.9
16.9
4.6
2.3
9.1
–
4.0
6.2
1.2
(5)
–
3.2
(5)
–
4.0
5.1
7.2
3.1
7.4
(5)
2.9
3.7
4.5
3.6
5.1
7.6
.5
4.8
3.5
2.8
.5
5.4
1.4
(5)
1.6
(5)
3.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.5
1.9
3.8
(5)
(5)
2.6
3.0
2.9
2.0
7.3
13.4
7.8
(5)
(5)
4.8
11.3
5.1
1.8
(5)
5.9
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Cyclic crudes and intermediates ...............
Industrial organic chemicals, n.e.c. ...........
Agricultural chemicals .................................
Phosphatic fertilizers .................................
Agricultural chemicals, n.e.c. ....................
Miscellaneous chemical products ...............
Adhesives and sealants ............................
Explosives .................................................
Printing ink ................................................
Chemical preparations, n.e.c. ...................
Petroleum and coal products ........................
Petroleum refining .......................................
Asphalt paving and roofing materials ..........
Asphalt paving mixtures and blocks ..........
Asphalt felts and coatings .........................
Miscellaneous petroleum and coal
products ................................................
Lubricating oils and greases .....................
Rubber and miscellaneous plastics
products ..................................................
Tires and inner tubes ..................................
Rubber and plastics footwear .....................
Hose and belting and gaskets and
packing .................................................
Rubber and plastics hose and belting .......
Gaskets, packing and sealing devices ......
Fabricated rubber products, n.e.c. ..............
Mechanical rubber goods ..........................
Fabricated rubber products, n.e.c. ............
Miscellaneous plastics products, n.e.c. ......
Unsupported plastics film and sheet .........
Unsupported plastics profile shapes .........
Laminated plastics plate and sheet ...........
Plastics pipe ..............................................
Plastics bottles ..........................................
Plastics foam products ..............................
Custom compound purchased resins ........
Plastics plumbing fixtures ..........................
Plastics products, n.e.c. ............................
Leather and leather products .......................
Leather tanning and finishing ......................
Footwear, except rubber .............................
Men’s footwear, except athletic .................
Women’s footwear, except athletic ...........
Luggage ......................................................
Handbags and personal leather goods .......
Women’s handbags and purses ................
Leather goods, n.e.c. ..................................
Transportation and public utilities6 .............
Railroad transportation6 ................................
Local and interurban passenger transit ........
Local and suburban transportation .............
Taxicabs .....................................................
Bus charter service .....................................
School buses ..............................................
Trucking and warehousing ..........................
Trucking and courier services,
except air .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
2865
2869
287
2874
2879
289
2891
2892
2893
2899
29
291
295
2951
2952
27.9
42.1
47.9
53.3
35.5
69.4
76.3
87.0
38.1
78.2
10.7
10.6
13.7
–
26.9
6.1
7.7
8.1
16.1
7.8
23.3
46.3
17.7
11.1
15.9
2.2
1.7
5.6
2.7
9.0
299
2992
6.1
7.3
30
301
302
83.6
81.6
57.3
11.2
7.5
5.1
305
3052
3053
306
3061
3069
308
3081
3082
3083
3084
3085
3086
3087
3088
3089
31
311
314
3143
3144
316
317
3171
319
100.0
109.3
93.4
137.7
123.5
150.4
74.1
62.9
70.5
142.6
39.1
16.6
62.1
211.5
79.4
70.9
279.2
280.4
431.1
385.6
191.7
113.5
34.9
(5)
28.0
17.1
12.2
20.5
17.0
17.8
16.2
10.2
5.4
13.2
60.8
11.3
(5)
7.8
16.4
10.3
8.5
14.5
52.2
14.4
15.2
11.2
(5)
–
(5)
–
40
41
411
412
414
415
42
26.7
6.7
30.7
47.3
–
5.0
19.8
8.9
2.8
.9
1.4
2.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
421
8.5
(5)
(5)
–
(5)
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
.9
2.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
3.2
1.5
1.7
6.0
1.2
5.4
(5)
5.0
(5)
11.2
1.2
.4
4.9
(5)
10.5
(5)
1.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.7
3.2
3.0
.7
(5)
.3
(5)
1.7
1.7
.6
3.4
60.8
69.9
45.5
6.4
2.7
(5)
1.3
1.0
1.4
7.3
2.0
12.1
2.8
1.3
(5)
12.0
7.7
(5)
1.5
16.7
.5
2.1
1.9
7.3
1.8
–
1.2
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.3
2.0
.5
2.1
2.4
1.7
1.8
1.4
(5)
(5)
1.5
.6
.3
5.6
(5)
2.2
1.3
(5)
2.9
5.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
76.9
89.7
67.9
104.2
93.9
113.4
51.7
52.7
56.5
63.1
18.5
14.5
40.3
157.6
69.1
49.4
255.8
220.1
400.7
350.2
169.3
103.7
33.7
(5)
27.1
3.5
4.4
2.9
7.2
7.6
6.8
7.0
2.4
–
5.0
(5)
1.5
11.8
10.0
(5)
8.3
4.8
–
8.2
13.2
2.5
9.7
5
( )
(5)
(5)
14.8
2.8
5.3
6.9
–
(5)
5.8
4.4
4.3
1.3
18.1
30.3
(5)
2.0
8.6
1.7
4.3
1.6
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
1.2
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
.1
.8
(5)
1.8
(5)
7.5
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
.9
1.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
5.2
(5)
.3
.4
(5)
.9
1.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
.1
.5
.5
8.9
1.5
5.4
1.0
9.9
3.2
(5)
1.3
(5)
6.8
1.1
.8
1.4
(5)
3.0
2.0
.4
3.4
4.1
2.1
(5)
4.5
1.7
(5)
1.7
.1
.5
2.0
1.2
1.1
1.0
3.2
1.7
.7
.4
1.6
.5
.5
7.7
21.7
23.6
–
14.0
34.5
29.2
56.7
27.0
38.6
4.4
5.9
–
(5)
–
(5)
(5)
2.0
7.0
6.4
24.1
2.9
.8
.8
5.0
(5)
.5
1.7
1.8
1.1
(5)
2.2
2.7
3.2
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Public warehousing and storage .................
Water transportation .....................................
Deep sea domestic transportation of
freight ....................................................
Water transportation of freight, n.e.c. .........
Water transportation of passengers ............
Water transportation services .....................
Transportation by air ....................................
Air transportation, scheduled ......................
Air transportation, nonscheduled ................
Pipelines, except natural gas .......................
Transportation services ................................
Passenger transportation arrangement ......
Freight transportation arrangement ............
Miscellaneous transportation services ........
Communications ...........................................
Telephone communications ........................
Radio and television broadcasting ..............
Cable and other pay television services .....
Electric, gas, and sanitary services ..............
Electric services ..........................................
Gas production and distribution ..................
Combination utility services ........................
Water supply ...............................................
Sanitary services ........................................
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
422
44
–
17.5
–
0.5
(5)
(5)
2.7
2.3
442
444
448
449
45
451
452
46
47
472
473
478
48
481
483
484
49
491
492
493
494
495
168.0
(5)
11.8
10.8
48.9
56.8
–
4.8
15.3
10.6
18.8
22.0
32.2
40.6
7.2
21.5
39.5
42.3
30.4
55.6
41.5
25.8
(5)
(5)
2.8
.4
2.8
3.1
(5)
(5)
1.5
(5)
1.4
8.5
3.0
2.9
–
7.6
9.8
11.9
11.9
6.2
8.1
7.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
16.7
Wholesale and retail trade ............................
(5)
(5)
(5)
2.5
–
7.5
3.3
4.6
(5)
2.3
4.1
.1
2.7
(5)
(5)
29.2
(5)
(5)
1.2
3.6
4.2
(5)
(5)
.9
.3
1.7
(5)
1.4
1.5
1.2
1.7
1.9
1.2
.7
.8
9.2
4.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.0
1.3
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
.3
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
.4
.6
.1
.1
.4
.4
2.3
46.7
(5)
(5)
.2
7.6
9.0
(5)
(5)
.5
–
.3
3.4
.4
.4
–
.9
2.4
2.3
1.8
2.9
2.2
2.8
71.1
(5)
7.3
4.0
23.5
27.0
(5)
4.8
10.6
9.8
12.8
6.3
24.4
32.6
–
10.4
20.8
21.3
14.4
39.4
21.3
7.3
21.0
(5)
1.7
5.0
10.1
12.0
–
(5)
1.6
.5
2.3
4.0
2.9
3.2
3.8
.4
1.8
1.3
1.6
3.1
(5)
2.1
1.9
.1
1.1
.1
.9
9.0
3.6
.1
.1
.6
.6
1.4
1.1
.4
.4
.3
.2
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.8
.5
.8
.2
.2
5.4
(5)
11.5
8.5
18.3
5.7
13.0
4.9
5.9
3.1
3.5
6.3
2.8
2.4
.6
.8
.3
.8
.4
.6
.4
.4
.2
.8
.6
1.2
.7
1.1
.4
.1
.1
1.5
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
5
( )
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
.3
.8
1.4
(5)
(5)
1.0
.7
2.2
.5
(5)
.7
4.7
5.8
3.4
8.1
16.1
7.1
44.6
7.9
18.0
8.5
2.0
8.5
3.5
19.9
3.3
1.9
2.3
2.5
1.9
2.5
1.5
3.5
(5)
4.3
1.9
1.4
2.0
1.3
3.3
1.9
1.5
1.8
5
( )
33.9
2.9
3.2
.1
.4
.4
1.0
.3
.2
(5)
(5)
.8
2.1
2.1
2.4
7.9
2.4
3.3
.7
.5
2.2
(5)
9.0
9.6
3.8
1.2
1.1
(5)
3.1
.3
(5)
5.4
6.1
.2
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.1
.2
Wholesale trade .............................................
Wholesale trade—durable goods .................
Motor vehicles, parts, and supplies ............
Lumber and construction materials .............
Professional and commercial equipment ....
Metals and minerals, except petroleum ......
Electrical goods ..........................................
Hardware, plumbing and heating
equipment .............................................
Machinery, equipment, and supplies ..........
Miscellaneous durable goods .....................
Wholesale trade—nondurable goods ...........
Paper and paper products ..........................
Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries ..............
Apparel, piece goods, and notions .............
Groceries and related products ..................
Farm-product raw materials ........................
Chemicals and allied products ....................
Petroleum and petroleum products .............
Beer, wine, and distilled beverages ............
Miscellaneous nondurable goods ...............
50
501
503
504
505
506
17.8
14.4
28.8
11.0
16.3
12.8
7.0
1.4
.9
1.9
.9
.3
1.4
–
507
508
509
51
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
10.1
7.6
15.2
22.9
10.0
47.6
15.5
24.8
18.1
12.9
11.1
7.0
30.2
.5
.6
2.1
2.1
.4
(5)
4.9
1.6
5.8
4.9
(5)
.1
3.3
(5)
Retail trade .....................................................
Building materials and garden supplies ........
Lumber and other building materials ..........
Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores ..............
Hardware stores .........................................
Retail nurseries and garden stores .............
Mobile home dealers ..................................
General merchandise stores ........................
Department stores ......................................
16.2
9.0
7.4
3.9
5.6
12.3
39.4
21.8
23.8
2.0
1.3
.5
2.0
.3
9.1
(5)
2.0
2.2
(5)
52
521
523
525
526
527
53
531
See footnotes at end of table.
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
(5)
.1
.2
(5)
(5)
.1
.9
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
3.7
.4
.4
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Variety stores ..............................................
Miscellaneous general merchandise
stores ....................................................
Food stores ..................................................
Grocery stores ............................................
Meat and fish markets ................................
Candy, nut, and confectionery stores .........
Dairy products stores ..................................
Retail bakeries ............................................
Miscellaneous food stores ..........................
Automotive dealers and service stations ......
New and used car dealers ..........................
Used car dealers .........................................
Auto and home supply stores .....................
Gasoline service stations ............................
Boat dealers ................................................
Recreational vehicle dealers .......................
Motorcycle dealers ......................................
Automotive dealers, n.e.c. ..........................
Apparel and accessory stores ......................
Men’s and boys’ clothing stores ..................
Women’s clothing stores .............................
Women’s accessory and speciality stores ..
Children’s and infants’ wear stores .............
Family clothing stores .................................
Shoe stores .................................................
Miscellaneous apparel and accessory
stores ....................................................
Furniture and homefurnishings stores ..........
Furniture and homefurnishings stores ........
Household appliance stores .......................
Radio, television, and computer stores .......
Eating and drinking places ...........................
Miscellaneous retail ......................................
Drug stores and proprietary stores .............
Liquor stores ...............................................
Used merchandise stores ...........................
Miscellaneous shopping goods stores ........
Nonstore retailers .......................................
Fuel dealers ................................................
Retail stores, n.e.c. .....................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate .............
Depository institutions ..................................
Central reserve depositories .......................
Commercial banks ......................................
Savings institutions .....................................
Credit unions ...............................................
Foreign bank and branches and agencies ..
Functions closely related to banking ...........
Nondepository institutions ............................
Federal and federal-sponsored credit
agencies ...............................................
Personal credit institutions ..........................
Business credit institutions .........................
Mortgage bankers and brokers ...................
Security and commodity brokers ..................
Security brokers and dealers ......................
Commodity contracts brokers and dealers
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
(5)
0.7
(5)
1.3
1.9
2.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.4
1.2
1.7
2.6
(5)
.7
.7
5
( )
.7
(5)
42.3
1.1
.5
1.4
(5)
(5)
2.2
(5)
(5)
–
–
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.9
1.0
1.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.3
1.0
1.4
(5)
.1
1.3
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.6
(5)
(5)
–
–
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
3.9
6.5
7.5
6.2
5.3
11.6
23.4
18.7
(5)
8.2
12.1
97.5
4.3
10.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
–
60
601
602
603
606
608
609
61
23.1
18.3
40.2
13.9
27.3
43.1
(5)
15.1
18.0
1.1
.1
.4
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
–
611
614
615
616
62
621
622
33.7
11.1
30.6
16.3
6.8
7.5
(5)
(5)
–
(5)
(5)
–
533
5.1
539
54
541
542
544
545
546
549
55
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
559
56
561
562
563
564
565
566
7.8
28.4
30.7
–
(5)
(5)
17.9
12.5
9.8
9.5
19.9
6.8
10.0
6.5
16.0
(5)
81.4
9.6
11.4
4.0
(5)
2.3
14.6
12.9
569
57
571
572
573
58
59
591
592
593
594
596
598
599
–
.8
.8
2.1
.5
2.8
1.8
.9
5
( )
1.0
1.7
4.8
3.1
1.2
.2
(5)
.1
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
.1
.1
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
.4
.7
.7
1.0
1.0
1.3
5
( )
2.6
1.1
.7
(5)
.7
1.0
1.2
5.2
.4
6.5
(5)
(5)
1.9
.6
(5)
.1
.4
.9
.4
.6
(5)
0.1
(5)
.8
6.7
6.7
(5)
(5)
(5)
12.8
1.6
2.6
2.1
14.1
3.9
.7
5
( )
15.3
(5)
(5)
2.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.7
3.6
3.8
2.4
3.0
–
1.8
2.9
16.7
12.8
(5)
2.1
5.6
84.4
1.2
4.6
.1
2.4
2.8
1.3
2.0
3.5
2.9
3.0
(5)
2.6
2.3
6.4
(5)
2.9
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
18.3
13.9
32.8
11.4
11.3
38.9
(5)
13.0
14.6
2.4
2.8
1.7
1.7
9.5
4.1
(5)
–
2.8
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
–
(5)
33.7
7.1
20.9
15.3
5.7
6.1
(5)
(5)
3.6
9.2
.2
.2
–
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.7
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
.2
.3
.1
4.4
(5)
.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
1.5
(5)
.4
.6
(5)
.1
.1
5
( )
(5)
.3
.2
(5)
(5)
.3
1.3
.8
.7
5
( )
(5)
1.2
.9
(5)
.9
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.4
.5
(5)
.2
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
4.8
18.1
20.0
.5
(5)
(5)
3.7
8.2
3.8
3.3
–
2.0
6.1
6.5
(5)
(5)
39.1
5.1
10.8
2.6
(5)
2.3
5.6
7.7
.7
.7
.3
.2
4.1
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
Security and commodity exchanges ...........
Insurance carriers .........................................
Life insurance .............................................
Medical service and health insurance .........
Fire, marine, and casualty insurance ..........
Surety insurance .........................................
Title insurance ............................................
Pension, health, and welfare funds .............
Insurance agents, brokers, and service .......
Real estate ...................................................
Real estate operators and lessors ..............
Real estate agents and managers ..............
Title abstract offices ....................................
Subdividers and developers .......................
Holding and other investment offices ...........
Holding offices ............................................
Investment offices .......................................
Trusts ..........................................................
Miscellaneous investing ..............................
Services ..........................................................
Hotels and other lodging places ...................
Hotels and motels .......................................
Personal services .........................................
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services ...
Photographic studios, portrait .....................
Beauty shops ..............................................
Barber shops ..............................................
Funeral service and crematories ................
Miscellaneous personal services ................
Business services .........................................
Mailing, reproduction, stenographic ............
Services to buildings ...................................
Miscellaneous equipment rental and
leasing ..................................................
Personnel supply services ..........................
Computer and data processing services ....
Miscellaneous business services ................
Auto repair, services, and parking ................
Automotive rentals, no drivers ....................
Automobile parking .....................................
Automotive repair shops .............................
Automotive services, except repair .............
Miscellaneous repair services ......................
Electrical repair shops ................................
Reupholstery and furniture repair ...............
Miscellaneous repair shops ........................
Motion pictures .............................................
Motion picture production and services ......
Motion picture distribution and services ......
Amusement and recreation services ............
Dance studios, schools, and halls ..............
Producers, orchestras, entertainers ............
Bowling centers ..........................................
Commercial sports ......................................
Miscellaneous amusement, recreation
services .................................................
Health services .............................................
Offices and clinics of medical doctors .........
See footnotes at end of table.
SIC
code2
Total
cases
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
(5)
(5)
623
63
631
632
633
635
636
637
64
65
651
653
654
655
67
671
672
673
679
11.7
46.1
51.4
39.1
49.3
35.2
4.3
103.5
23.7
12.8
14.3
10.8
6.1
20.3
37.1
55.5
12.3
33.3
15.3
70
701
72
721
722
723
724
726
729
73
733
734
27.2
17.9
18.0
19.7
16.8
29.9
28.4
3.3
2.6
14.6
16.3
34.9
13.5
6.7
5.5
5.3
5.5
5.1
1.7
6.8
(5)
(5)
9.0
1.5
–
2.1
735
736
737
738
75
751
752
753
754
76
762
764
769
78
781
782
79
791
792
793
794
–
15.2
14.7
14.7
6.5
9.1
3.3
5.8
7.3
12.8
8.8
7.1
15.3
14.2
25.1
22.9
39.4
(5)
25.4
(5)
20.0
(5)
2.4
.3
2.8
.8
.3
(5)
.6
2.2
2.7
.8
5
( )
3.9
5.4
10.6
(5)
12.0
(5)
9.3
(5)
2.5
(5)
(5)
(5)
799
80
801
46.3
51.3
37.5
14.3
14.5
1.6
(5)
.2
.1
.3
.4
(5)
(5)
.2
–
5.2
7.2
3.3
(5)
9.3
2.2
–
–
11.2
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.1
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.2
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
.3
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
(5)
1.0
.1
2.2
.9
.5
.5
(5)
(5)
1.7
3.0
1.0
(5)
.8
.1
5
( )
(5)
.8
(5)
1.9
1.1
1.1
.5
1.2
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
1.1
–
1.2
(5)
2.0
.9
1.4
1.2
–
(5)
1.8
.8
.4
(5)
1.0
.6
.8
1.6
(5)
3.9
(5)
1.1
(5)
.3
4.9
3.6
4.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
3.5
(5)
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
11.7
42.2
47.8
34.2
44.8
34.7
3.7
102.8
20.5
3.4
1.7
4.5
4.0
4.7
28.4
53.9
11.6
(5)
8.5
(5)
2.3
2.8
2.0
2.7
5
( )
(5)
.2
3.1
1.7
2.1
1.4
2.0
1.6
6.2
1.2
–
21.3
6.7
.4
(5)
2.4
1.0
1.3
1.3
.5
1.2
5
( )
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
1.0
10.2
3.6
3.6
11.2
8.6
27.8
16.7
3.3
1.1
5.5
10.8
34.3
4.3
6.8
5.9
6.1
2.0
.7
.4
4.5
(5)
1.5
.2
2.1
–
2.4
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
1.5
1.6
3.2
(5)
5.7
(5)
.4
(5)
2.0
–
8.5
11.1
7.0
2.7
4.1
1.7
2.0
3.4
6.2
3.6
3.0
7.7
4.8
6.9
22.9
–
(5)
11.7
(5)
13.3
(5)
1.7
2.5
2.9
1.5
4.3
1.6
1.2
(5)
2.4
4.4
3.0
1.5
1.0
1.8
(5)
4.2
(5)
2.9
(5)
1.6
.3
.4
.5
7.2
1.3
.5
–
15.2
19.9
5.0
15.9
10.3
.2
.5
.3
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
–
.1
.1
(5)
(5)
.4
.1
.1
.4
(5)
(5)
.3
.3
.4
–
–
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.6
.1
.5
.6
(5)
.2
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
.3
.2
(5)
.1
(5)
(5)
.2
.5
.9
(5)
.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.8
.9
Nonfatal occupational illness incidence rates by industry and category of illness, 1998 — Continued
Incidence rates per 10,000 full-time workers3
Industry1
SIC
code2
Offices and clinics of dentists .....................
Offices of osteopathic physicians ...............
Offices of other health practitioners ............
Nursing and personal care facilities ............
Hospitals .....................................................
Medical and dental laboratories ..................
Home health care services .........................
Health and allied services, n.e.c. ................
Legal services ..............................................
Educational services ....................................
Elementary and secondary schools ............
Colleges and universities ............................
Libraries ......................................................
Vocational schools ......................................
Schools and educational services, n.e.c. ....
Social services .............................................
Individual and family services .....................
Job training and related services ................
Child day care services ...............................
Residential care ..........................................
Social services, n.e.c. .................................
Museums, botanical, zoological gardens .....
Museums and art galleries ..........................
Botanical and zoological gardens ...............
Membership organizations ...........................
Professional organizations ..........................
Labor organizations ....................................
Civic and social associations ......................
Religious organizations ...............................
Membership organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Engineering and management services .......
Engineering and architectural services .......
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping ......
Research and testing services ....................
Management and public relations ...............
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
81
82
821
822
823
824
829
83
832
833
835
836
839
84
841
842
86
862
863
864
866
869
87
871
872
873
874
Total
cases
12.4
59.0
7.7
38.2
79.0
48.6
42.6
25.8
16.0
15.2
4.7
21.6
9.8
4.2
16.3
15.1
17.5
27.3
7.6
17.5
2.8
26.3
17.9
47.5
14.9
4.1
19.0
20.7
4.6
14.9
15.9
12.4
3.7
30.2
18.2
1 Totals include data for industries not shown separately.
2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 Edition.
3 The incidence rates represent the number of illnesses per 10,000 full-time
workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000, where
N
EH
= number of illnesses
= 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).
4 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
5 Incidence rate less than 0.05.
Skin
Dust
diseases diseases
or
of the
disorders
lungs
5.6
55.8
.6
14.8
24.7
4.4
12.5
9.0
–
1.9
1.6
2.6
(5)
(5)
(5)
5.2
4.2
11.9
4.1
5.8
.3
3.4
2.0
6.7
1.9
1.1
(5)
3.6
1.2
(5)
3.4
4.1
(5)
2.2
5.4
(5)
(5)
RespiraDisorders
tory
Disorders associAll other
condidue to
ated
occupations
Poisoning
physical
tional
with
due
agents
repeated illnesses
to toxic
trauma
agents
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
.6
.4
.3
(5)
(5)
.2
(5)
.2
(5)
–
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.1
.2
4.7
.6
15.0
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.1
(5)
(5)
.3
(5)
.2
1.7
5.5
2.0
3.5
.9
–
1.9
.1
2.5
1.8
.5
3.8
1.4
.9
2.1
.1
2.8
.2
2.3
2.6
–
1.2
.4
(5)
1.5
(5)
(5)
1.0
.9
.5
1.4
1.0
(5)
(5)
(5)
.2
.5
(5)
.8
1.5
(5)
.1
.2
.1
(5)
(5)
(5)
.4
.3
(5)
(5)
1.0
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.6
.4
1.0
.1
5
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(5)
(5)
.2
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.8
(5)
0.1
1.6
(5)
.9
2.3
4.3
.7
.1
.3
.8
.4
1.3
(5)
(5)
(5)
.5
.3
.9
.3
.9
(5)
4.4
3.5
6.7
2.1
1.1
(5)
4.5
(5)
(5)
.4
.3
.3
.2
.6
6.7
1.6
6.3
6.5
20.6
33.0
5.6
6.2
12.8
6.6
1.1
10.3
(5)
.9
6.1
3.4
7.5
5.4
.9
1.5
1.1
7.0
4.9
–
6.3
.9
18.5
6.1
2.9
8.3
8.3
3.9
2.3
22.8
7.4
(5)
(5)
.3
14.1
24.9
4.4
19.2
8.1
2.6
3.7
1.3
4.5
8.0
–
6.5
4.2
4.2
6.9
2.3
5.5
.9
4.1
3.9
4.6
3.3
–
.5
4.8
.5
6.4
2.7
3.0
.6
2.5
3.7
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.
NOTE: Because of rounding, components may not add to the totals.
n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.
– Indicates data not available.
SOURCE:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
January 2000