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Inputs: Occupational Safety and Health Risks

Table 3.  Number (and Incidence Rates in Cases/10,000 Full-Time Workers) of Overexertion Injuries Involving Days Away From Work, Healthcare and Social Assistance Sector, 2006

Ambulatory healthcare services


Healthcare and social assistance subsector NAICS code Overexertion Injuries
Subtotal: Ambulatory healthcare services 621 9,340 (22.4)
Physician offices 6211 1,400 (7.7)
Dental offices 6212 - (-)
Offices of other health practitioners 6213 180 (4.2)
Outpatient care centers 6214 920 (23.5)
Medical and diagnostic laboratories 6215 160 (8.5)
Home healthcare services 6216 3,680 (61.3)
Other ambulatory healthcare services 6219 2,970 (159.0)

Hospitals


Healthcare and social assistance subsector NAICS code Overexertion Injuries
Subtotal: Hospitals 622 24,060 (69.7)
General medical and surgical hospitals 6221 22,890 (70.5)
Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals 6222 340 (44.2)
Specialty hospitals (ex. 6221 and 6222) 6223 830 (65.2)

Nursing and residential care facilities


Healthcare and social assistance subsector NAICS code Overexertion Injuries
Subtotal: Nursing and residential care facilities 623 23,920 (105.3)
Nursing care facilities 6231 17,180 (138.3)
Residential care facilities 6232 1,890 (46.1)
Community care facilities 6233 4,440 (92.1)
Other residential care facilities 6239 410 (30.0)

Social assistance


Healthcare and social assistance subsector NAICS code Overexertion Injuries
Subtotal: Social assistance 624 4,440 (26.9)
Individual and family services 6241 2,480 (34.2)
Community food and housing and emergency and other relief services 6242 220 (20.7)
Vocational rehabilitation services 6243 900 (38.1)
Child day care services 6244 840 (14.3)

Totals


Healthcare and social assistance subsector NAICS code Overexertion Injuries
Total, healthcare and social assistance sector 62 61,760 (53.5)
Total, Private Industry (16 years and older) 284,910 (30.8)

Dash (-) indicates that data were not available for this NAICS code;
Numbers of cases were rounded off to the nearest 100 workers and were extracted from 2006 BLS Table R1 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/ostb1793.txt, Table R4 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/ostb1796.txt, Table R5 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/ostb1797.txt, and Table R8 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/ostb1800.txt
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Page last updated: September 26, 2008
Page last reviewed: October 20, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Respiratory Disease Studies


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