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 40. State Fund Claims for Sciatica 1990-1998. Top 25 WICs by Prevention Index*

         
                   

WIC DESCRIPTION

HOURS**

COUNT

RATE

LOW95

UPP95

RATE

RATE

COUNT

PREV

           

RATIO

RANK

RANK

INDEX

6108 Nursing Homes

318,998,144

366

22.9

20.7

25.4

4.7

8

1

4.5

0510 Wood Frame Bldg. Construction

194,531,508

143

14.7

12.4

17.3

3.0

22

3

12.5

0518 Building Construction NOC

87,932,579

79

18.0

14.2

22.4

3.7

13

17

15.0

0101 Road Construction

105,726,705

85

16.1

12.8

19.9

3.3

16

14

15.0

1102 Trucking, NOC

162,999,719

117

14.4

11.9

17.2

2.9

25

5

15.0

0507 Roofing

30,718,052

51

33.2

24.7

43.7

6.8

4

30

16.8

0307 HVAC Systems

85,317,579

66

15.5

12.0

19.7

3.2

18

21

19.5

0306 Plumbing

95,520,364

72

15.1

11.8

19.0

3.1

21

19

19.8

0515 Wallboard Installation

17,974,290

36

40.1

28.1

55.5

8.2

2

41

21.5

7204 Preferred Workers

17,941,424

33

36.8

25.3

51.7

7.5

3

43

23.0

2105 Beer Distributors

34,437,289

33

19.2

13.2

26.9

3.9

12

43

27.5

0504 Painting

75,277,953

52

13.8

10.3

18.1

2.8

27

28

27.5

7201 State Health Care Facilities

80,720,784

53

13.1

9.8

17.2

2.7

29

27

27.8

4910 Prop. And Bldg. Management

198,408,417

101

10.2

8.3

12.4

2.1

49

7

28.0

6907 Moving Companies

24,074,567

30

24.9

16.8

35.6

5.1

7

51

28.8

0502 Floor Covering Installation

20,455,835

28

27.4

18.2

39.6

5.6

6

55

30.3

6509 Boarding Homes

151,912,678

80

10.5

8.4

13.1

2.2

45

16

30.5

3402 Machine Shops

219,757,227

105

9.6

7.8

11.6

2.0

59

6

32.5

2009 Bldg. And Home Improvement Centers

94,392,082

53

11.2

8.4

14.7

2.3

42

27

34.3

4905 Motels & Hotels

141,628,309

72

10.2

8.0

12.8

2.1

50

19

34.3

0107 Underground Utilities

39,496,528

30

15.2

10.2

21.7

3.1

19

51

34.8

0512 Insulation Installation

24,309,496

25

20.6

13.3

30.4

4.2

10

61

35.3

1501 Counties-All Other Employees NOC

82,185,958

47

11.4

8.4

15.2

2.3

40

32

35.8

3401 Auto Dealers & Repair

276,321,707

119

8.6

7.1

10.3

1.8

68

4

36.0

1101 Parcel Package Delivery

130,388,856

65

10.0

7.7

12.7

2.0

51

22

36.5

0201 Bridge Construction

6,308,921

13

41.2

21.9

70.5

8.4

1

104

52.3

3905 Restaurants

1,592,192,021

259

3.3

2.9

3.7

0.7

110

2

56.0

                   

*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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