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 47. Self-Insured (Compensable) Non-Traumatic Soft Tissue Disorders in the Upper Extremity 1992-1998. WICs by 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 |
786 |
215.1 |
200.3 |
230.6 |
3.8 |
7 |
5 |
6.0 |
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1404 Bus Companies |
48,664,338 |
516 |
212.1 |
194.2 |
231.2 |
3.8 |
8 |
9 |
8.5 |
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6802 Airlines, Ground Crew |
31,811,223 |
364 |
228.9 |
205.9 |
253.6 |
4.1 |
5 |
15 |
10.0 |
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7104 Temp. Help Admin. Staff |
2,314,502 |
175 |
1512.2 |
1296.4 |
1753.6 |
27.0 |
1 |
29 |
15.0 |
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6801 Airlines, Flight Crew |
17,161,635 |
201 |
234.2 |
203.0 |
269.0 |
4.2 |
4 |
28 |
16.0 |
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6104 Schools, All Other Employees |
188,859,036 |
1,135 |
120.2 |
113.3 |
127.4 |
2.1 |
31 |
4 |
17.5 |
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6402 Supermarkets |
293,590,816 |
1,718 |
117.0 |
111.6 |
122.7 |
2.1 |
35 |
3 |
19.0 |
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3404 Aluminum Product Mfg. |
47,990,329 |
327 |
136.3 |
121.9 |
151.9 |
2.4 |
22 |
17 |
19.5 |
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1102 Trucking, NOC |
45,490,367 |
312 |
137.2 |
122.4 |
153.3 |
2.5 |
21 |
20 |
20.3 |
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0803 Cities-All Other Employees, NOC |
91,647,031 |
544 |
118.7 |
108.9 |
129.1 |
2.1 |
34 |
7 |
20.5 |
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1802 Aluminum Smelting |
73,776,289 |
443 |
120.1 |
109.2 |
131.8 |
2.1 |
32 |
11 |
21.5 |
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1303 Telephone Co. - All Other Employees |
32,202,242 |
221 |
137.3 |
119.8 |
156.6 |
2.5 |
20 |
26 |
23.0 |
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3906 Bakeries Wholesale NOC |
34,956,145 |
233 |
133.3 |
116.7 |
151.6 |
2.4 |
25 |
23 |
24.0 |
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6407 Wholesale Stores, NOC |
40,646,747 |
268 |
131.9 |
116.6 |
148.6 |
2.4 |
26 |
22 |
24.0 |
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4103 Newspaper Publishing |
9,870,767 |
108 |
218.8 |
179.5 |
264.2 |
3.9 |
6 |
43 |
24.5 |
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2102 Warehouses, NOC |
76,012,466 |
424 |
111.6 |
101.2 |
122.7 |
2.0 |
38 |
12 |
25.0 |
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3606 Boat Building or Repair NOC |
10,234,820 |
107 |
209.1 |
171.4 |
252.7 |
3.7 |
9 |
44 |
26.5 |
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1002 Sawmills |
70,372,221 |
390 |
110.8 |
100.1 |
122.4 |
2.0 |
40 |
14 |
27.0 |
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2104 Fruit & Vegetables Packing |
24,953,683 |
161 |
129.0 |
109.9 |
150.6 |
2.3 |
27 |
30 |
28.5 |
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4002 Creameries |
16,136,530 |
114 |
141.3 |
116.5 |
169.7 |
2.5 |
19 |
39 |
28.8 |
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2401 Pulp or Paper Mfg. |
127,939,668 |
541 |
84.6 |
77.6 |
92.0 |
1.5 |
50 |
8 |
29.0 |
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3501 Brick or Clay Product Mfg. NOC |
2,094,581 |
60 |
572.9 |
437.2 |
737.5 |
10.2 |
2 |
57 |
29.5 |
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4301 Meat Products Mfg. |
23,421,019 |
149 |
127.2 |
107.6 |
149.4 |
2.3 |
28 |
32 |
30.0 |
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3605 Truck Mfg. |
11,626,685 |
93 |
160.0 |
129.1 |
196.0 |
2.9 |
14 |
47 |
30.5 |
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4305 Garbage Collection |
9,413,297 |
77 |
163.6 |
129.1 |
204.5 |
2.9 |
12 |
50 |
31.0 |
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6105 Hospitals |
692,191,371 |
2,108 |
60.9 |
58.3 |
63.6 |
1.1 |
65 |
2 |
33.5 |
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2105 Beer Distributors |
1,691,544 |
34 |
402.0 |
278.4 |
561.8 |
7.2 |
3 |
71 |
37.0 |
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3403 Aircraft Mfg. |
1,206,533,696 |
2,857 |
47.4 |
45.6 |
49.1 |
0.8 |
77 |
1 |
39.0 |
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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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