HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

doctor and patient, man helping woman in wheelchair

Inputs: Occupational Safety and Health Risks

Ambulatory healthcare services

Table 6. Number (and Incidence Rates in Cases/100 Full-Time Workers) of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries, Healthcare and Social Assistance Sector, 2008

Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector	NAICS code	Number of Cases (Incidence Rate)
Subtotal: Ambulatory healthcare services	621	110,600 (2.5)
Physician offices	6211	31,300 (1.6)
Dental offices	6212	- (-)
Offices of other health practitioners	6213	- (-)
Outpatient care centers	6214	19,700 (4.6)
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	6215	4,600 (2.3)
Home healthcare services	6216	24,700 (3.8)
Other ambulatory healthcare services	6219	15,500 (7.8)
Hospitals
Subtotal: Hospitals	622	254,200 (7.0)
General medical and surgical hospitals	6221	238,200 (7.0)
Psychiatric & substance abuse hospitals	6222	5,500 (7.0)
Specialty hospitals (ex. 6221 and 6222)	6223	- (-)*
Nursing and residential care facilities
Nursing and residential care facilities	623	191,300 (8.0)
Nursing care facilities	6231	108,100 (8.4)
Residential care facilities	6232	31,700 (7.1)
Community care facilities	6233	41,400 (8.0)
Other residential care facilities	6239	10,000 (7.2)
Social assistance
Subtotal: Social assistance	624	59,800 (3.3)
Individual and family services	6241	27,000 (3.3)
Community food and housing and emergency and other relief services	6242	2,200 (2.0)
Vocational rehabilitation services	6243	15,700 (6.3)
Child day care services	6244	14,900 (2.4)
Totals
Total, healthcare and social assistance sector	62	615,900 (5.0)
Total, Private Industry (16 years and older)		4,376,300 (4.0)

Dash (-) indicates that data were not available for this NAICS code. Asterisk (*) indicates data too small to be displayed.
Data were extracted from 2008 BLS Table SNR5 http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/os/ostb2063.pdf