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Table 4. Number (and Incidence Rates in Cases/10,000 Full-Time Workers) of Falls, Slips and Trips Involving Days Away From Work, Healthcare and Social Assistance Sector, 2008

Ambulatory healthcare services


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Falls, Same Level Slips and Trips, Without Fall
Subtotal: Ambulatory healthcare services 621 5,560 (12.6) 1,070 (2.4)
Physician offices 6211 1,190 (6.3) 170 (0.9)
Dental offices 6212 - (-) - (-)
Offices of other health practitioners 6213 - (-) - (-)
Outpatient care centers 6214 1,350 (31.2) 440 (10.3)
Medical and diagnostic laboratories 6215 240 (12.2) 30 (1.4)
Home healthcare services 6216 2,000 (30.8) 340 (5.2)
Other ambulatory healthcare services 6219 500 (25.0) 80 (3.8)

Hospitals


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Falls, Same Level Slips and Trips, Without Fall
Subtotal: Hospitals 622 11,720 (32.4) 2,120 (5.8)
General medical and surgical hospitals 6221 11,050 (32.5) 2,010 (5.9)
Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals 6222 270 (34.4) 40 (4.8)
Specialty hospitals (ex. 6221 and 6222) 6223 400 (28.3) 70 (5.2)

Nursing and residential care facilities


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Falls, Same Level Slips and Trips, Without Fall
Subtotal: Nursing and residential care facilities 623 12,770 (53.4) 2,310 (9.6)
Nursing care facilities 6231 7,700 (59.9) 1,110 (8.6)
Residential care facilities 6232 1,840 (41.2) 520 (11.7)
Community care facilities 6233 2,560 (49.2) 580 (11.2)
Other residential care facilities 6239 670 (48.2) 90 (6.7)

Social assistance


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Falls, Same Level Slips and Trips, Without Fall
Subtotal: Social assistance 624 4,850 (26.9) 1,360 (7.6)
Individual and family services 6241 2,280 (27.7) 750 (9.2)
Community food and housing and emergency and other relief services 6242 340 (31.6) - (-)*
Vocational rehabilitation services 6243 670 (27.3) 530 (21.6)
Child day care services 6244 1,560 (24.9) 70 (1.2)

Totals


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Falls, Same Level Slips and Trips, Without Fall
Total, healthcare and social assistance sector 62 34,910 (28.5) 6,850 (5.6)
Total, Private Industry (16 years and older)   157,680 (16.6) 35,420 (3.7)

Dash (-) indicates that data were not available for this NAICS code; Asterisk (*) indicates data too small to be displayed.
Numbers of cases were rounded off to the nearest 100 workers and were extracted from 2008 BLS Table R4 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/ostb2086.pdf and Table R8 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/ostb2090.pdf (External links)

Page last updated: July 16, 2010
Page last reviewed: April 27, 2011
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Respiratory Disease Studies


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