Finance and insurance
experienced the lowest injury rate
among the service-providing
sectors—0.8 case per 100 fulltime employees—followed by
professional, scientific, and
technical services (1.1).
Of the 15 service-providing
sectors, 7 experienced significant
declines in their respective injury
rates in 2006: wholesale trade
(from 4.4 to 4.0); transportation
and warehousing (6.7 to 6.3);
utilities (4.2 to 3.7); finance and
insurance (0.9 to 0.8); real estate
and rental and leasing (3.6 to
3.1); professional, scientific, and
technical services (1.3 to 1.1);
and arts, entertainment, and
recreation (5.8 to 4.9). Rates for
the other eight sectors remained
statistically unchanged compared
with 2005 figures.
C H A R T 1 2
Among service-providing industry
sectors, transportation and
warehousing experienced the
highest rate of injuries in
2006—6.3 cases per 100 full-time
employees.
Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury incidence
rates, by service-providing private industry sector,
2005–06
4.4
4.0
Wholesale trade
4.9
4.8
Retail trade
6.7
6.3
Transportation and warehousing
Utilities
3.7
4.2
1.9
1.8
Information
2005
0.9
0.8
Finance and insurance
Real estate and rental and leasing
3.1
Professional, scientific, and
technical services
Management of companies
and enterprises
Admin and support and waste
management and remediation
2006
3.6
1.3
1.1
2.3
2.0
3.5
3.2
2.3
2.2
Education services
Health care and social assistance
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
4.9
5.5
5.4
5.8
4.3
4.4
Accommodation and food services
3.0
2.8
Other services
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Incidence rate per 100 full-time workers
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007
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