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Table 6. Incidence rates1
for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving
days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers for selected
characteristics and industry division, 1998
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Characteristic |
Private industry 3 |
Goods producing |
Service producing |
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
3 |
Mining 4 |
Construction |
Manufacturing |
Transportation and public utilities
4 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade |
Finance, insurance, and real estate |
Services |
| |
|
Total [16,678 cases] |
348.6 |
287.0 |
614.7 |
390.3 |
521.0 |
366.4 |
394.8 |
340.6 |
44.4 |
246.2 |
| Nature of injury, illness: |
| |
Sprains, strains |
162.9 |
80.7 |
262.6 |
141.2 |
209.6 |
194.9 |
218.7 |
151.9 |
15.1 |
139.6 |
| |
Bruises, contusions |
28.9 |
19.3 |
64.8 |
30.7 |
43.3 |
27.4 |
30.4 |
42.4 |
3.2 |
10.9 |
| |
Cuts, lacerations |
27.2 |
25.9 |
39.7 |
26.6 |
55.9 |
32.7 |
19.3 |
37.0 |
4.2 |
7.2 |
| |
Fractures |
17.8 |
40.4 |
57.4 |
21.1 |
34.4 |
31.1 |
19.5 |
8.8 |
-- |
6.2 |
| |
Heat burns |
4.5 |
-- |
4.5 |
-- |
1.9 |
-- |
-- |
13.3 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Carpal tunnel
syndrome |
4.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
21.5 |
-- |
6.3 |
1.7 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Tendonitis |
1.9 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Chemical burns |
2.8 |
-- |
2.5 |
-- |
8.2 |
3.0 |
-- |
1.8 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Amputations |
1.6 |
-- |
3.4 |
-- |
-- |
4.1 |
-- |
3.8 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Multiple injuries |
11.5 |
-- |
29.7 |
32.6 |
14.2 |
10.6 |
9.9 |
9.2 |
-- |
6.8 |
| Part of body affected: |
| |
Head |
20.1 |
-- |
60.1 |
17.8 |
31.0 |
24.7 |
28.0 |
22.2 |
-- |
7.6 |
| |
|
Eye |
10.8 |
-- |
18.6 |
17.1 |
23.8 |
7.6 |
18.4 |
11.2 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Neck |
7.5 |
-- |
17.7 |
5.8 |
4.7 |
16.8 |
13.8 |
4.1 |
-- |
7.8 |
| |
Trunk |
153.5 |
129.0 |
238.5 |
164.1 |
195.9 |
162.3 |
198.0 |
120.5 |
6.0 |
149.2 |
| |
|
Shoulder |
13.8 |
-- |
19.3 |
-- |
21.4 |
21.3 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
-- |
12.9 |
| |
|
Back |
117.0 |
109.4 |
156.7 |
145.4 |
138.1 |
117.0 |
142.6 |
88.2 |
5.5 |
125.1 |
| |
Upper extremities |
79.3 |
85.2 |
108.2 |
71.9 |
175.6 |
63.2 |
61.9 |
99.9 |
9.6 |
29.0 |
| |
|
Wrist |
16.1 |
24.1 |
16.4 |
-- |
45.2 |
6.9 |
12.3 |
13.5 |
-- |
9.8 |
| |
|
Hand, except finger |
14.3 |
20.8 |
19.8 |
-- |
27.1 |
23.8 |
10.2 |
26.1 |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
Finger |
26.7 |
27.4 |
50.2 |
22.3 |
67.2 |
15.1 |
20.7 |
32.2 |
3.6 |
6.2 |
| |
Lower extremities |
59.6 |
32.4 |
136.9 |
94.4 |
73.4 |
82.5 |
69.4 |
57.3 |
18.9 |
33.8 |
| |
|
Knee |
22.1 |
-- |
60.7 |
35.5 |
25.1 |
19.3 |
38.1 |
23.4 |
-- |
12.1 |
| |
|
Foot, except toe |
8.7 |
-- |
19.2 |
15.5 |
18.6 |
9.5 |
12.0 |
9.4 |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
Toe |
2.8 |
-- |
2.1 |
-- |
3.8 |
-- |
8.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Body systems |
4.0 |
-- |
-- |
22.2 |
6.6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Multiple parts |
24.4 |
30.7 |
51.3 |
14.1 |
33.5 |
13.5 |
23.0 |
35.4 |
8.0 |
15.8 |
| Source of injury, illness: |
| |
Chemicals and
chemical products |
11.8 |
-- |
117.3 |
-- |
14.4 |
-- |
4.8 |
7.8 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Containers |
44.0 |
24.2 |
23.2 |
13.0 |
81.0 |
56.4 |
72.1 |
76.8 |
4.3 |
10.5 |
| |
Furniture and
fixtures |
12.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8.7 |
11.8 |
19.8 |
21.0 |
4.5 |
13.2 |
| |
Machinery |
28.9 |
-- |
81.4 |
32.5 |
59.9 |
20.4 |
27.9 |
35.0 |
-- |
6.4 |
| |
Parts and materials |
45.4 |
-- |
83.6 |
140.0 |
119.7 |
44.8 |
57.6 |
21.1 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Worker motion
or position |
47.3 |
43.7 |
22.4 |
31.4 |
83.1 |
42.4 |
72.6 |
54.0 |
7.5 |
33.6 |
| |
Floors, walkways,
ground surfaces |
45.9 |
51.4 |
77.9 |
63.4 |
42.9 |
58.4 |
44.6 |
53.4 |
19.1 |
35.3 |
| |
Tools, instruments,
and equipment |
22.7 |
32.4 |
29.8 |
56.1 |
35.4 |
31.4 |
19.3 |
24.8 |
-- |
8.4 |
| |
Vehicles |
20.1 |
19.5 |
51.5 |
13.4 |
26.6 |
50.2 |
47.4 |
10.9 |
-- |
9.3 |
| |
Health care
patient |
32.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
20.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
98.5 |
| Event or exposure: |
| |
Contact with
objects and equipment |
100.4 |
87.2 |
273.5 |
148.0 |
193.0 |
89.9 |
94.6 |
104.3 |
10.7 |
29.5 |
| |
|
Struck by object |
51.1 |
43.7 |
145.8 |
89.0 |
108.7 |
47.6 |
36.8 |
52.9 |
4.8 |
7.5 |
| |
|
Struck against object |
26.2 |
43.5 |
67.8 |
17.6 |
33.1 |
18.3 |
38.4 |
34.1 |
4.9 |
15.0 |
| |
|
Caught in equipment or
object |
20.8 |
-- |
58.6 |
35.2 |
50.0 |
19.1 |
16.6 |
14.3 |
-- |
5.2 |
| |
Fall to lower
level |
20.7 |
19.3 |
37.6 |
50.2 |
26.7 |
23.9 |
13.2 |
15.3 |
4.2 |
15.8 |
| |
Fall to same
level |
27.3 |
20.8 |
42.2 |
13.1 |
23.1 |
35.3 |
19.5 |
42.5 |
5.8 |
23.2 |
| |
Slips, trips,
loss of balance--without fall |
6.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8.5 |
7.6 |
5.1 |
10.7 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Overexertion |
110.9 |
-- |
160.5 |
85.0 |
159.1 |
106.3 |
154.8 |
90.6 |
4.5 |
105.9 |
| |
|
Overexertion in lifting |
67.3 |
30.6 |
61.8 |
44.3 |
86.2 |
75.5 |
79.3 |
70.0 |
3.5 |
67.2 |
| |
Repetitive
motion |
8.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
35.1 |
-- |
7.6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Exposure to
harmful substances |
17.1 |
-- |
38.6 |
32.8 |
23.8 |
9.9 |
12.7 |
21.6 |
-- |
9.9 |
| |
Transportation
accidents |
9.2 |
-- |
5.1 |
13.7 |
7.8 |
36.5 |
20.8 |
-- |
-- |
5.8 |
| |
Fires and explosions |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Assaults and
violent acts by person |
5.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
3.5 |
-- |
13.4 |
| |
| 1 Incidence
rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time
workers and were |
4 Data conforming
to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
and |
| calculated as: (N/EH)
x 20,000,000 where |
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. |
| ' N = number of injuries
and illnesses |
Independent mining contractors
are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries. |
| EH = total hours worked
by all employees during calendar year |
|
| 20,000,000 = base for
10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, |
NOTE: Dashes indicate
data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of |
| 50 weeks per year). |
nonclassifiable responses,
data may not sum to the totals. |
| |
|
| 2 Days away
from work cases include those which result in days away from work with
or without |
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries |
| restricted work activity. |
and Illnesses in cooperation
with participating State agencies. |
| 3 Excludes
farms with fewer than 11 employees. |
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