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 47. Self-Insured (Compensable) Non-Traumatic Soft Tissue Disorders in the Upper Extremity 1992-1998. WICs by Prevention Index*

                 

WIC DESCRIPTION

HOURS**

COUNT

RATE

LOW95

UPP95

RATE

RATE

COUNT

PREV

           

RATIO

RANK

RANK

INDEX

1101 Parcel Package Delivery

73,092,027

786

215.1

200.3

230.6

3.8

7

5

6.0

1404 Bus Companies

48,664,338

516

212.1

194.2

231.2

3.8

8

9

8.5

6802 Airlines, Ground Crew

31,811,223

364

228.9

205.9

253.6

4.1

5

15

10.0

7104 Temp. Help Admin. Staff

2,314,502

175

1512.2

1296.4

1753.6

27.0

1

29

15.0

6801 Airlines, Flight Crew

17,161,635

201

234.2

203.0

269.0

4.2

4

28

16.0

6104 Schools, All Other Employees

188,859,036

1,135

120.2

113.3

127.4

2.1

31

4

17.5

6402 Supermarkets

293,590,816

1,718

117.0

111.6

122.7

2.1

35

3

19.0

3404 Aluminum Product Mfg.

47,990,329

327

136.3

121.9

151.9

2.4

22

17

19.5

1102 Trucking, NOC

45,490,367

312

137.2

122.4

153.3

2.5

21

20

20.3

0803 Cities-All Other Employees, NOC

91,647,031

544

118.7

108.9

129.1

2.1

34

7

20.5

1802 Aluminum Smelting

73,776,289

443

120.1

109.2

131.8

2.1

32

11

21.5

1303 Telephone Co. - All Other Employees

32,202,242

221

137.3

119.8

156.6

2.5

20

26

23.0

3906 Bakeries Wholesale NOC

34,956,145

233

133.3

116.7

151.6

2.4

25

23

24.0

6407 Wholesale Stores, NOC

40,646,747

268

131.9

116.6

148.6

2.4

26

22

24.0

4103 Newspaper Publishing

9,870,767

108

218.8

179.5

264.2

3.9

6

43

24.5

2102 Warehouses, NOC

76,012,466

424

111.6

101.2

122.7

2.0

38

12

25.0

3606 Boat Building or Repair NOC

10,234,820

107

209.1

171.4

252.7

3.7

9

44

26.5

1002 Sawmills

70,372,221

390

110.8

100.1

122.4

2.0

40

14

27.0

2104 Fruit & Vegetables Packing

24,953,683

161

129.0

109.9

150.6

2.3

27

30

28.5

4002 Creameries

16,136,530

114

141.3

116.5

169.7

2.5

19

39

28.8

2401 Pulp or Paper Mfg.

127,939,668

541

84.6

77.6

92.0

1.5

50

8

29.0

3501 Brick or Clay Product Mfg. NOC

2,094,581

60

572.9

437.2

737.5

10.2

2

57

29.5

4301 Meat Products Mfg.

23,421,019

149

127.2

107.6

149.4

2.3

28

32

30.0

3605 Truck Mfg.

11,626,685

93

160.0

129.1

196.0

2.9

14

47

30.5

4305 Garbage Collection

9,413,297

77

163.6

129.1

204.5

2.9

12

50

31.0

6105 Hospitals

692,191,371

2,108

60.9

58.3

63.6

1.1

65

2

33.5

2105 Beer Distributors

1,691,544

34

402.0

278.4

561.8

7.2

3

71

37.0

3403 Aircraft Mfg.

1,206,533,696

2,857

47.4

45.6

49.1

0.8

77

1

39.0

                   

* 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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