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TOP TEN PRIVATE INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES, 2008 (1)
Rank Industry Number (000) Incidence rate (2)
1 General medical and surgical hospitals 258.2 7.6
2 Food services and drinking places 227.6 3.7
3 Specialty trade contractors 217.8 5.1
4 Administrative and support services 133.7 2.9
5 General merchandise stores 129.3 5.7
6 Ambulatory healthcare services 120.8 2.7
7 Nursing care facilities 113.8 8.9
8 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 109.2 3.6
9 Supermarkets and other grocery stores 108.3 6.2
10 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 107.5 6.8
  All private industry  3,696.1 3.9

(1) Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
(2) The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.