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. |