Manufacturing reported the
highest rate of illness (57.7 cases
per 10,000 full-time employees),
more than twice that of private
industry as a whole (24.6).
Manufacturing's illness rate
declined from 66.1 in 2005.
C H A R T 1 5
Manufacturing, unlike all other
goods-producing industries,
exhibited a significant decline in
illness incidence rates from 2005
to 2006. The other industries
shown did not have a significant
change.
Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness incidence
rates, by goods-producing private industry sector,
2005–06
35.9
Agriculture, forestry,
fishing and hunting
41.3
10.4
Mining
11.8
2005
2006
15.7
Construction
14.9
66.1
Manufacturing
57.7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Incidence rate per 10,000 full-time workers
70
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007