Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck, Back, and Upper Extremity in Washington State, 1990-1998

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Washington State Department of Labor and Industries , Safety and Health Assessment Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program

Summary Statement

An in-depth research study of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Washington state from 1990-1998 based on worker’s compensation claims.
May 2000

Table 39. State Fund Non-Traumatic Soft Tissue Disorders in the Upper Extremity 1990-1998. WICs by Prevention Index*

 
                   

WIC DESCRIPTION

HOURS**

COUNT

RATE

LOW95

UPP95

RATE

RATE

COUNT

PREV

           

RATIO

RANK

RANK

INDEX

3304 Meat Dealers Wholesale

81,167,764

1,939

477.8

456.7

499.5

4.1

15

12

13.5

2903 Wood Products Mfg.

114,642,084

2,346

409.3

392.9

426.2

3.5

22

7

14.5

6108 Nursing Homes

318,998,144

5,658

354.7

345.6

364.1

3.1

33

2

17.5

1002 Sawmills

46,261,695

1,054

455.7

428.6

484.0

3.9

18

33

25.3

7114 Temp. Help-Assembly

20,511,447

821

800.5

746.7

857.2

6.9

3

48

25.5

0507 Roofing

30,718,052

836

544.3

508.0

582.5

4.7

11

47

29.0

0510 Wood Frame Bldg. Construction

194,531,508

2,891

297.2

286.5

308.3

2.6

62

4

33.0

0515 Wallboard Installation

17,974,290

560

623.1

572.6

676.9

5.4

8

61

34.3

4301 Meat Products Mfg.

21,057,070

580

550.9

507.0

597.6

4.7

10

59

34.5

0518 Building Construction NOC

87,932,579

1,374

312.5

296.2

329.5

2.7

50

21

35.5

2104 Fruit & Vegetable Packing

172,327,570

2,402

278.8

267.7

290.1

2.4

72

6

39.0

3510 Plastic Products Manufacturing

95,273,772

1,447

303.8

288.3

319.8

2.6

59

20

39.5

0301 Landscaping

67,457,555

1,048

310.7

292.2

330.1

2.7

51

34

42.5

4305 Garbage Collection

32,762,438

594

362.6

334.0

393.0

3.1

31

55

43.0

5103 Foundries, NOC

24,921,130

510

409.3

374.5

446.4

3.5

21

69

45.0

6802 Airlines, Ground Crew

25,150,030

511

406.4

371.9

443.2

3.5

23

68

45.5

3708 Textile Mfg.

43,120,692

714

331.2

307.3

356.4

2.9

41

51

46.0

3404 Aluminum Product Mfg.

139,393,657

1,834

263.1

251.2

275.5

2.3

81

14

47.5

6908 Paper Products Mfg.

24,555,960

469

382.0

348.2

418.2

3.3

27

73

50.0

0306 Plumbing

95,520,364

1,264

264.7

250.3

279.7

2.3

80

25

52.5

2904 Plywood Mfg.

21,873,713

440

402.3

365.6

441.7

3.5

25

81

52.8

0512 Insulation Installation

24,309,496

449

369.4

336.0

405.2

3.2

29

77

52.8

7201 State Health Care Facilities

80,720,784

1,098

272.0

256.2

288.6

2.3

76

30

53.0

2905 Furniture/Casket Mfg.

20,281,477

410

404.3

366.1

445.4

3.5

24

86

54.8

5209 Boilermaking

41,375,841

632

305.5

282.1

330.3

2.6

57

53

55.0

0109 Reinforcing Steel Installation

1,170,742

73

1247.1

977.5

1568.0

10.7

1

198

99.3

7119 Temp. Help-Vehicle Operation

1,238,666

73

1178.7

923.9

1482.0

10.1

2

198

99.8

3905 Restaurants

1,592,192,021

7,774

97.7

95.5

99.8

0.8

214

1

107.5

4904 Clerical Office, NOC

3,117,822,728

5,540

35.5

34.6

36.5

0.3

259

3

131.0

                   

*Below the line and highlighted in grey are risk classes that were in the top three by rate or count that were not in the top 25 based by prevention index

** Risk classes that had less than 100,000 hours per year were excluded from the analysis

         


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