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 46. Self-Insured (Compensable) Non-Traumatic Soft Tissue Disorders in the Back 1992-1998. WICs by Prevention Index* |
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WIC DESCRPTION |
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 |
1,861 |
509.2 |
486.3 |
532.9 |
6.0 |
4 |
5 |
4.5 |
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6802 Airlines, Ground Crew |
31,811,223 |
691 |
434.4 |
402.6 |
468.1 |
5.1 |
6 |
12 |
9.0 |
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1102 Trucking, NOC |
45,490,367 |
729 |
320.5 |
297.7 |
344.6 |
3.7 |
9 |
10 |
9.5 |
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2102 Warehouses, NOC |
76,012,466 |
980 |
257.9 |
242.0 |
274.5 |
3.0 |
16 |
8 |
12.0 |
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6104 Schools, All Other Employees |
188,859,036 |
2,029 |
214.9 |
205.6 |
224.4 |
2.5 |
20 |
4 |
12.0 |
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0803 Cities-All Other Employees, NOC |
91,647,031 |
1,110 |
242.2 |
228.2 |
256.9 |
2.8 |
18 |
7 |
12.5 |
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6407 Wholesale Stores, NOC |
40,646,747 |
555 |
273.1 |
250.8 |
296.8 |
3.2 |
12 |
16 |
14.0 |
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6801 Airlines, Flight Crew |
17,161,635 |
285 |
332.1 |
294.7 |
373.0 |
3.9 |
7 |
25 |
16.0 |
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1404 Bus Companies |
48,664,338 |
594 |
244.1 |
224.9 |
264.6 |
2.9 |
17 |
15 |
16.0 |
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7104 Temp. Help Admin. Staff |
2,314,502 |
162 |
1399.9 |
1192.6 |
1632.8 |
16.4 |
1 |
35 |
18.0 |
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6108 Nursing Homes |
92,424,923 |
793 |
171.6 |
159.9 |
184.0 |
2.0 |
27 |
9 |
18.0 |
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1405 Ambulance Service |
5,212,389 |
169 |
648.5 |
554.4 |
753.9 |
7.6 |
3 |
34 |
18.3 |
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6602 Janitorial Service |
19,479,680 |
255 |
261.8 |
230.7 |
296.0 |
3.1 |
13 |
26 |
19.5 |
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6402 Supermarkets |
293,590,816 |
2,048 |
139.5 |
133.5 |
145.7 |
1.6 |
38 |
3 |
20.5 |
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6904 Fire Fighters |
31,946,238 |
344 |
215.4 |
193.2 |
239.4 |
2.5 |
19 |
23 |
21.0 |
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6105 Hospitals |
692,191,371 |
4,495 |
129.9 |
126.1 |
133.7 |
1.5 |
46 |
1 |
23.5 |
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4103 Newspaper Publishing |
9,870,767 |
148 |
299.9 |
253.5 |
352.3 |
3.5 |
11 |
38 |
24.3 |
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1301 Electric Power Plants |
49,996,985 |
394 |
157.6 |
142.4 |
174.0 |
1.8 |
32 |
21 |
26.5 |
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1802 Aluminum Smelting |
73,776,289 |
541 |
146.7 |
134.6 |
159.6 |
1.7 |
36 |
18 |
27.0 |
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2105 Beer Distributors |
1,691,544 |
75 |
886.8 |
697.5 |
1111.6 |
10.4 |
2 |
57 |
29.3 |
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1501 Counties-All Other Employees NOC |
111,125,403 |
672 |
120.9 |
112.0 |
130.4 |
1.4 |
49 |
13 |
31.0 |
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4002 Creameries |
16,136,530 |
148 |
183.4 |
155.1 |
215.5 |
2.1 |
26 |
38 |
31.8 |
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1002 Sawmills |
70,372,221 |
461 |
131.0 |
119.3 |
143.5 |
1.5 |
45 |
20 |
32.5 |
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3404 Aluminum Product Mfg. |
47,990,329 |
322 |
134.2 |
119.9 |
149.7 |
1.6 |
42 |
24 |
33.0 |
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2104 Fruit & Vegetable Packing |
24,953,683 |
183 |
146.7 |
126.2 |
169.5 |
1.7 |
35 |
32 |
33.5 |
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3403 Aircraft Mfg. |
1,206,533,696 |
3,334 |
55.3 |
53.4 |
57.2 |
0.6 |
87 |
2 |
44.5 |
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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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