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

Ambulatory healthcare services


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


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Number of Cases (Incidence Rate)
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


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Number of Cases (Incidence Rate)
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


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Number of Cases (Incidence Rate)
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


Healthcare and Social Assistance Subsector NAICS code Number of Cases (Incidence Rate)
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
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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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