| Table 3. Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational injuries by industry division and employment size, 2001 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | ||||||||
| Establishment employment size (workers) | ||||||||
| Industry division | All establishments |
1 to 10 | 11 to 49 | 50 to 249 | 250 to 999 | 1,000 or more | ||
| Private industry2 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 6.4 | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing2 | 8.0 | -- | 10.1 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Mining3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 4.8 | -- | ||
| Construction | 7.6 | 11.2 | 6.2 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Manufacturing | 8.9 | 8.2 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 5.8 | ||
| Durable goods | 10.5 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 10.0 | ||
| Nondurable goods | 6.3 | -- | 11.4 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 3.3 | ||
| Transportation and public utilities4 | 5.5 | -- | 5.3 | 5.9 | -- | -- | ||
| Wholesale and retail trade | 7.1 | -- | 8.0 | 8.3 | -- | -- | ||
| Wholesale trade | 7.1 | -- | 9.9 | 7.3 | 6.6 | -- | ||
| Retail trade | 7.1 | -- | 7.3 | 8.5 | -- | -- | ||
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | -- | -- | ||
| Services | 6.4 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries per 100 full-time | contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. | |||||||
| workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000 where | Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, | |||||||
| 1987 edition) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health | ||||||||
| N = number of injuries | Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. | |||||||
| EH = total hours worked by all employees during | 4 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for employers in railroad transportation | |||||||
| the calendar year | are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of | |||||||
| 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers | Transportation. | |||||||
| ' (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). | 5 Incidence rate less than 0.05. | |||||||
| 2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | -- Indicates data not available. | |||||||
| 3 Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, | ||||||||
| metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of | |||||||
| Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining | Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||