CHART 19
O ccupations
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Incidence rate and number of injuries and
illnesses for occupations with high rates, 2008
In private industry, 12 occupations with
at least 0.1 percent of employment had
incidence rates of cases involving days
away from work that were at least 2
1/2 times the average. Together, these
occupations accounted for 26.1 percent
of all cases involving days away from
work.
Days-away-from-work rate (Private industry rate = 113)
Number of cases (Total = 1,078,140)
Occupation
Nursing aides, orderlies,
and attendants
449
Of the 12 occupations, nursing
aides, orderlies, and attendants;
and laborers and freight, stock and
material movers had the highest rates.
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics also had a high rate, but a
comparatively low number of cases.
Laborers and freight, stock,
and material movers
440
387
Emergency medical
technicians and paramedics
383
Construction laborers
Reservation and transportation
ticket agents and travel clerks
349
Roofers
57,700
4,920
3,400
Cooks, institution
and cafeteria
5,510
Light or delivery service
truck drivers
324
400
4,560
31,310
354
331
500
79,590
Heavy and tractor-trailer
truck drivers
362
44,610
28,040
300
Industrial machinery
mechanics
298
Food servers, nonrestaurant
292
Welders, cutters, solderers,
and brazers
300
200
100
0
Rate per 10,000 full-time workers
7,820
3,470
10,870
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
Number of cases
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2009.
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