| Table 3. Incidence rates 1 of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by industry sector and employment size, 2004 | |||||||||
| West Virginia | |||||||||
| Industry sector 2 | All establishments |
Establishment employment size (workers) | |||||||
| 1 to 10 | 11 to 49 | 50 to 249 | 250 to 999 | 1,000 or more | |||||
| Private industry 3 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 5.8 | |||
| Goods producing 3 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 4.9 | |||
| Natural resources and mining 3,4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 6.3 | -- | |||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 3 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 10.7 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Mining 4 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 6.3 | -- | |||
| Construction | 9.6 | 5.2 | 12.0 | 9.7 | -- | -- | |||
| Manufacturing | 7.7 | 1.8 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 4.9 | |||
| Service providing | 5.3 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.4 | |||
| Trade, transportation, and utilities 5 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 2.2 | |||
| Wholesale trade | 7.4 | -- | 6.7 | 7.4 | 15.2 | -- | |||
| Retail trade | 5.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 10.6 | -- | |||
| Transportation and warehousing 5 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 12.2 | 5.1 | 2.2 | |||
| Utilities | 2.9 | ( 7 ) | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | -- | |||
| Information | 4.0 | -- | 3.2 | 3.0 | -- | -- | |||
| Financial activities | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | |||
| Finance and insurance | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -- | |||
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 | -- | -- | |||
| Professional and business services | 3.2 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 | -- | |||
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 2.0 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.1 | -- | -- | |||
| Management of companies and enterprises | ( 7 ) | ( 7 ) | -- | ( 7 ) | -- | -- | |||
| Administrative and
support and waste management and remediation services |
5.6 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 1.9 | -- | |||
| Education and health services | 6.8 | -- | 3.8 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 6.4 | |||
| Educational services | 2.4 | -- | ( 7 ) | 2.9 | 2.0 | -- | |||
| Health care and social assistance | 7.0 | -- | 3.9 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 6.4 | |||
| Leisure and hospitality | 6.4 | -- | 5.6 | 8.9 | -- | -- | |||
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Accommodation and food services | 6.7 | -- | 6.0 | 9.2 | -- | -- | |||
| Other services | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 6.1 | -- | -- | |||
| Other services, except public administration | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| 1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and were | from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes | ||||||||
| calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000 where | OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore | ||||||||
| N = number of injuries and illnesses | estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries. | ||||||||
| EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year | 5 Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal | ||||||||
| 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers | Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | ||||||||
| (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). | 6 Incidence rate less than 0.05. | ||||||||
| 2 North American Industry Classification System Manual, 2002 Edition | 7 Fewer than 15 cases. | ||||||||
| 3 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | |||||||||
| 4 Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System Manual, 2002 | -- Indicates data not available. | ||||||||
| edition) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) | |||||||||
| rules and reporting, such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of | ||||||||
| mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and | Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||
| Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded | |||||||||