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
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Table 44. Self-Insured (Compensable) Non-Traumatic Soft Tissue Disorders in the Neck, Back, and Upper Extremity 1992-1998. WICs by |
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Prevention Index* |
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WIC DESCRIPTION |
HOURS** |
COUNT |
RATE |
LOW95 |
UPP95 |
RATE |
RATE |
COUNT |
PREV |
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RATIO |
RANK |
RANK |
INDEX |
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1101 Parcel Package Delivery |
73,092,027 |
2,992 |
818.7 |
789.6 |
848.6 |
5.0 |
5 |
5 |
5.0 |
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1404 Bus Companies |
48,664,338 |
1,347 |
553.6 |
524.4 |
584.0 |
3.4 |
9 |
9 |
9.0 |
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6802 Airlines, Ground Crew |
31,811,223 |
1,233 |
775.2 |
732.5 |
819.7 |
4.7 |
6 |
13 |
9.5 |
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1102 Trucking, NOC |
45,490,367 |
1,196 |
525.8 |
496.4 |
556.5 |
3.2 |
10 |
15 |
12.5 |
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6104 Schools, All Other Employees |
188,859,036 |
3,709 |
392.8 |
380.2 |
405.6 |
2.4 |
21 |
4 |
12.5 |
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2102 Warehouses, NOC |
76,012,466 |
1,595 |
419.7 |
399.3 |
440.8 |
2.6 |
18 |
8 |
13.0 |
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0803 Cities-All Other Employees, NOC |
91,647,031 |
1,884 |
411.1 |
392.8 |
430.1 |
2.5 |
20 |
7 |
13.5 |
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6801 Airlines, Flight Crew |
17,161,635 |
653 |
761.0 |
703.7 |
821.7 |
4.7 |
7 |
24 |
15.5 |
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7104 Temp. Help Admin. Staff |
2,314,502 |
398 |
3439.2 |
3109.5 |
3794.3 |
21.0 |
1 |
32 |
16.5 |
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6407 Wholesale Stores, NOC |
40,646,747 |
930 |
457.6 |
428.7 |
488.0 |
2.8 |
13 |
21 |
17.0 |
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6402 Supermarkets |
293,590,816 |
4,243 |
289.0 |
280.4 |
297.9 |
1.8 |
35 |
3 |
19.0 |
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4103 Newspaper Publishing |
9,870,767 |
301 |
609.9 |
542.9 |
682.8 |
3.7 |
8 |
37 |
22.5 |
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6602 Janitorial Service |
19,479,680 |
426 |
437.4 |
396.8 |
481.0 |
2.7 |
15 |
30 |
22.5 |
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1405 Ambulance Service |
5,212,389 |
236 |
905.5 |
793.7 |
1028.7 |
5.5 |
4 |
44 |
24.0 |
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1802 Aluminum Smelting |
73,776,289 |
1,105 |
299.6 |
282.1 |
317.8 |
1.8 |
32 |
16 |
24.0 |
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6904 Fire Fighters |
31,946,238 |
549 |
343.7 |
315.5 |
373.7 |
2.1 |
24 |
25 |
24.5 |
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3404 Aluminum Product Mfg. |
47,990,329 |
728 |
303.4 |
281.8 |
326.3 |
1.9 |
29 |
22 |
25.5 |
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3906 Bakeries Wholesale NOC |
34,956,145 |
528 |
302.1 |
276.9 |
329.0 |
1.8 |
30 |
27 |
28.5 |
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3606 Boat Building or Repair NOC |
10,234,820 |
227 |
443.6 |
387.7 |
505.2 |
2.7 |
14 |
45 |
29.5 |
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1303 Telephone Co. - All Other Employees |
32,202,242 |
483 |
300.0 |
273.8 |
328.0 |
1.8 |
31 |
28 |
29.5 |
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6108 Nursing Homes |
92,424,923 |
1,234 |
267.0 |
252.3 |
282.4 |
1.6 |
48 |
12 |
30.0 |
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6105 Hospitals |
692,191,371 |
7,700 |
222.5 |
217.5 |
227.5 |
1.4 |
59 |
1 |
30.0 |
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4002 Creameries |
16,136,530 |
294 |
364.4 |
323.9 |
408.5 |
2.2 |
23 |
38 |
30.5 |
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2104 Fruit & Vegetable Packing |
24,953,683 |
390 |
312.6 |
282.3 |
345.2 |
1.9 |
28 |
33 |
30.5 |
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1301 Electric Power Plants |
49,996,985 |
702 |
280.8 |
260.4 |
302.4 |
1.7 |
40 |
23 |
31.5 |
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2105 Beer Distributors |
1,691,544 |
120 |
1418.8 |
1176.3 |
1696.6 |
8.7 |
2 |
65 |
33.5 |
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3501 Brick Or Clay Product Mfg., NOC |
2,094,581 |
122 |
1164.9 |
967.4 |
1390.9 |
7.1 |
3 |
64 |
33.5 |
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3403 Aircraft Mfg. |
1,206,533,696 |
7,197 |
119.3 |
116.6 |
122.1 |
0.7 |
93 |
2 |
47.5 |
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*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 |
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** Risk classes that had less than 100,000 hours per year were excluded from the analysis |
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