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in this section: Food | Fruit and vegetable | Frozen food | Frozen specialty food | Canning, pickling, and drying | Animal slaughtering | processed carcasses | Beverage and tobacco | Beverage | Tobacco | Fabric mills | Broadwoven fabric mills | Textile product mills | Textile furnishings mills | Carpet and rug mills | Footwear manufacturing | Wood | Other wood | Millwork | Paper | solid fiber box | Sanitary paper | Printing | Petroleum and coal | Petroleum refineries | Chemical | Basic chemical | Industrial gas | artificial and synthetic fibers | Resin and synthetic rubber | Toilet preparation | Plastics and rubber | Plastics | plastic bag | Tire | Nonmetallic mineral | Architectural & structural metals | Hardware | machinery | Lawn and garden | Mining oil gas field | Oil and gas field | general purpose machinery | Material handling | Communications | Telephone | Electronic | Environmental control | Electrical equipment | Small electrical appliance | Furniture | Household | Office furniture | Miscellaneous | Surgical medical instrument | Surgical appliance supplies | Ophthalmic goods | Other miscellaneous | Doll, toy, and game | Children's Vehicle

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Manufacturing
Industry Injury and Illness Data - 2003


Manufacturing industries had a rate of 6.8 cases of nonfatal injuries and illnesses per 100 equivalent full-time workers. The rate for injuries and illnesses for small establishments (those employing 1 to 10 workers) was 2.7 cases per 100 workers, while it was 6.4 for large establishments (those employing more than 1000 workers). Mid-size establishments (those employing 50 to 249 workers) had a rate of 7.8 cases per 100 workers. The rate for establishments employing 11 to 49 workers and 250 to 999 workers was 6.6 and 6.8 respectively.

Food Fruit and vegetable Frozen food
Frozen specialty food Canning, pickling, and drying Animal slaughtering
processed carcasses Beverage and tobacco Beverage
Tobacco Fabric mills Broadwoven fabric mills
Textile product mills Textile furnishings mills Carpet and rug mills
Footwear manufacturing Wood Other wood
Millwork Paper solid fiber box
Sanitary paper Printing Petroleum and coal
Petroleum refineries Chemical Basic chemical
Industrial gas artificial and synthetic fibers Resin and synthetic rubber
Toilet preparation Plastics and rubber Plastics
plastic bag Tire Nonmetallic mineral
Architectural & structural metals Hardware machinery
Lawn and garden Mining oil gas field Oil and gas field
general purpose machinery Material handling Communications
Telephone Electronic Environmental control
Electrical equipment Small electrical appliance Furniture
Office furniture Miscellaneous
Surgical medical instrument Surgical appliance supplies Ophthalmic goods
Other miscellaneous Doll, toy, and game
Children's Vehicle

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Industries Establishment Size - Number of Employees
Total 1 to 10 11 to 49 50 to 249 250 to 999 1000+
Manufacturing 6.8 2.7 6.6 7.8 6.8 6.4

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