Goods-producing industry
sectors accounted for 33 percent
of all injury and illness cases in
2006, but these sectors made up
just over 20 percent of private
sector employment. Serviceproviding industries accounted
for roughly two-thirds of injury
and illness cases, but
represented nearly 80 percent of
private industry employment.
Rates and counts declined in
2006 for goods-producing
industries, except for the rate and
number of job transfer or
restriction cases, which remained
unchanged.
The service-providing industries’
rates declined for all case types
in 2006.
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Total recordable nonfatal occupational injury and illness
incidence rates in goods-producing industries, serviceproviding industries, and total private industry, 2003–06
2003
C H A R T
The rates at which nonfatal
injuries and illnesses occurred
among both goods-producing
industries as a whole and
service-providing industries as a
whole declined significantly from
2005 to 2006—from 6.2 to 5.9
cases and 4.1 to 3.9 cases per
100 workers, respectively.
2004
2005
2006
5.0
4.8
Total private
industry
4.6
4.4
6.7
6.5
Goods-producing
industries
6.2
5.9
4.4
4.2
Service-providing
industries
4.1
3.9
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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