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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A . F. Hinrichs, Acting Commissioner

Industrial Injuries, in the U nited
States D uring 1942

B ulletin 7S[o. 758

[Reprinted from the M onthly Labor R eview
November 1943, w ith additional data]

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Letter of Transmittal
U n it e d S t a t e s D e p a r t m e n t o f L a b o r ,
B u r e a u of L a b o r S t a t is t ic s ,

Washington, D. C., November 15, 1943.
The S e c r e t a r y o f L a b o r
I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on industrial injuries in the
United States during 1942. This information is based on reports from over
50,000 establishments.
This bulletin, a portion of which appeared in the November 1943 Monthly
Labor Review, was prepared in the Bureau’s Industrial Hazards Division by
Max D. Kossoris and Frank S. McElroy.
A. F. H in r ic h s ,
Acting Commissioner.
Hon. F r a n c e s P e r k in s ,
Secretary o f Labor.

Contents
Page

Summary______________________________________________________________
Estimates for individual manufacturing industries______________________
Estimates of disabling work injuries during 1942________________________
Survey data-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manufacturing industries___________________________________________
Nonmanufacturing industries__________
Changes in exposure, injuries, and injury rates_________________________
Disability estimates for manufacturing industries_____________________
Disability distribution__________________________________________________
Parts of body permanently impaired______________________________
Trend of disabling injuries in manufacturing industries_________________
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Industrial Injuries in the United States During 1942
Summary
C O N T I N U I N G the trend noted for 1941 in manufacturing industries*
the number of disabling work injuries during 1942 increased much
more markedly than did either employment or total employee-hours
worked. In nearly 21,000 identical manufacturing establishments,
employment increased b y 16 percent, employee-hours b y 22 percent,
and injuries b y 34 percent. Am ong individual industries, it was not
unusual for the increase in injuries to be about twice the increase in
employment. T he frequency rate, reflecting the average number of
disabilities per million employee-hours, increased b y 9 percent. The
reasons assigned for the upward trend of work injuries during 1941—
inexperienced workers, rapidly expanding employment, overcrowded
plant facilities, and failure of safety activities to keep fully abreast of
these changes— hold for 1942 as well. Tw o further reasons m a y be
noted— the general lengthening of working hours; and the heavy
replacement of experienced workers, drawn into the armed forces,
b y less-experienced or inexperienced help.
Large as was the time loss resulting from work injuries during 1941,
that for 1942 was even greater. Taking into account only the time
lost during the year, and without any regard for the economic losses
caused b y deaths and permanent impairments, workers in United
States industries lost a total of 53 million days— enough to have pro­
vided full-time employment for 177,000 workers for the entire year.
I f to these actual time losses are added the economic time charges for
fatal and crippling injuries, the time loss reaches the staggering total
of 263 million days.
According to the estimates of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, work
injuries during 1942 resulted in 18,100 fatalities, 1,800 permanent
total disabilities which completely disabled workers from any further
industrial activity, 100,800 permanent partial impairments, and
2,147,000 temporary total disabilities.
The weighted accident-frequency rate of the entire group of manu­
facturing industries was 19.9. In 1941 it was 18.1. A total of 27,328
establishments reported more than 15.6 billion employee-hours,
worked by about 7,111,000 employees. O f the nearly 305,000 dis­
abling injuries, about 0.4 percent were fatalities, about 0.04 percent
permanent total disabilities, 4.2 percent permanent partial impair­
ments, and about 95.3 percent temporary total disabilities. In com­
parison with 1941, the increase in injuries was primarily in temporary
total disabilities. T he relative percentages of fatalities and per­
manent impairments were lower in 1942 than in 1941.




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INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

As was true in earlier years, the logging industry had the highest
number of disabling injuries per million employee-hours worked, 89.6.
Even so, this frequency rate is lower than that of 96.3 for 1941.
Sawmills, however, had a higher rate— 61.7— in 1942 than in the
previous year— 54.5. Other manufacturing industries with high
frequency rates are wooden containers, 50.2; foundries, 4 9 .7 ; slaughter­
ing and meat packing, 44.8 (an increase of 45 percent over the 1941
rate of 3 0 .9 ); forgings, 38.0 (a considerable reduction from the 1941
rate of 4 4 .5 ); shipbuilding, 33.1 (25 percent above the previous year’s
rate of 2 6 .4 ); canning and preserving, 33.0 (about 10 percent above
the 1941 rate); and motor-vehicle parts, 31.9 (50 percent higher than
the 1941 rate of 21.2).
T h e ordnance group experienced relatively low frequency rates.
For the group as a whole the weighted rate was 14.8. The large-arms
ammunitions industry had the highest rate in the group, 17.2. T he
rate in the production of tanks was 9.3 (against 18.3 in 1941) and tank
parts, 7.7. In comparison, the rate for motor vehicles was 11.3, for
motor-vehicle parts, 31.9, and for the aircraft industry, 11.4 injuries
per million hours.

Estimates fo r Individual Manufacturing Industries
T he survey data in a considerable number of manufacturing indus­
tries were sufficiently comprehensive to permit estimates of the number
of disabling injuries for the individual industries. On chart 1 are
shown the estimates of injuries and total time losses for the 9 major
industrial groups, each of which had more than 20,000 disabling
injuries during the year.
A s in 1941, the iron and steel group lead all manufacturing groups
in the total of work injuries. The estimate is 93,900 disabilities, ac­
counting for 7,450,000 days lost. Although the time loss of 1941 was
exceeded in this group b y only 5.7 percent, the number of injuries was
exceeded b y about 26 percent. Alm ost on a level with this number
of injuries, but far exceeding the time loss, was the lumber group, for
which the total estimates are 93,600 injuries and 8,935,000 days lost.
Ranking third in 1942, as against sixth in 1941, the transportation
industry had 89,200 injuries and 6,304,000 days lost. In this group,
the shipbuilding industry alone is estimated to have had 59,200 injuries
and about 4,250,000 days of lost time.
Fourth w&s the food products group, with 75,300 injuries and a time
loss of over 4,750,000 days. N ext followed the textile group, with
58,900 injuries and nearly 3,000,000 days lost; the machinery group
with 53,200 injuries and 3,461,000 days lost; the ordnance group with
47,500 injuries and 4,134,000 days lost; chemical products, with 27,000
injuries and nearly 3,500,000 days lost; and, finally, the stone, clay,
and glass products group with 23,500 injuries and about 2,000,000 days
lost.
Individual industries with time losses in excess of 1,000,000 days each
were iron and steel (2,634,000), iron and steel foundries (1,808,000),
general machinery (1,573,000), pulp (1,011,000), cotton goods
(1.15 6 .0 00 ) , shipbuilding (4,252,000), and aircraft and aircraft parts
(1.29 0 .0 00 ) . The foregoing by no means includes all the industries
having a time loss of over 1,000,000 days. In a number of other




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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCING MORE THAN 20,000
INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN 1942

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INDUSTRIAL IN JU RIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

industries the reporting group was not deemed large enough to permit
an estimate with a fair degree of accuracy.

Estimates of Disabling Work Injuries During 1942
Estim ates of disabling injuries b y major industrial groups are given
in table 1. A s the basic data from which these estimates are made
vary widely in adequacy, footnotes have been supplied to permit an
evaluation of the reliability of each of the estimates.
T h e estimate of 2,267,700 disabling work injuries in 1942 represents
an increase of 4 percent over the estimate of 2,180,200 in 1941. M o st
of this increase occurred in temporary disabilities. The estimate for
fatalities and permanent total disabilities of 19,200 for 1941 is ex­
ceeded b y the 1942 estimate of 19,900. The 1942 data, however, show
these two types of disabilities separately, with a total of 18,100
fatalities and 1,800 permanent total disabilities.
T a b le 1.— Estim ated N um ber o f Disabling Injuries D uring 1942 , b y Indu stry Groups
Number of disabling injuries

All disabilities

Fatalities

Industry group

Total

Permanent
total dis­
abilities

Permanent
partial dis­
abilities

To
To
T o em­
em­
em­
ployees Total ploy­ Total ploy­ Total
ees
ees

To
em­
ploy­
ees

Temporary total
disabilities

Total

To em­
ployees

A ll industry groups_____ 2,267,700 1,834,600 18,100 13,400 1,800 1,400 100,800 80,800 2,147,000 1,739,000
Agriculture i.............. ......
Mining and quarrying a_.
Construction 8__..............
Manufacturing *...............
Public utilities_________
T rade8________________
Railroads8_____________
Miscellaneous transpor­
tation *_______________
Services, government,
and miscellaneous in­
dustries 8_____________

283,700
102,700
349,500
635,200
21,000
284,200
60,800

68,600
97,900
281,000
623,800
21,000
225,800
60,800

1,100
1,900
2,700
2,500
500
1,000
1,100

400
200
300
300
(5)
100
200

136,900

116,200 1,200 1,000

100

100

393,700

339,500 1,800 1,600

200

4,500
2,000
3,300
2,500
500
1,200
1,100

100 14,200 3,400
200 4,500 4,300
200 17,100 13,700
300 27,000 26,500
500
500
(#)
100 7,000 5,600
200 4,200 4,200

264,600
96,000
328,800
605,400
20,000
275,900
55,300

64,000
91,500
264,400
594,500
20,000
219,100
55,300

3,200

131,800

111,900

200 22,500 19,400

369,200

318,300

3,800

i Based on fragmentary data.
* Based largely on Bureau of Mines data.
* Based on small sample studies.
4 Based on comprehensive survey.
* Less than 50.
8 Based on Interstate Commerce Commission data.

Permanent partial disabilities are estimated to have remained at
alm ost the 1941 level, the 1942 figure being 100,800, compared to
100,600 in 1941. Temporary totals, however, rose from 2,060,400 to
2,14 7 ,0 0 0 . T he m ost significant change in the ranking of the various
industries is that the total of disabling injuries in manufacturing
exceeded by a large margin that of any other industry group. In
1941, manufacturing, with a total of 452,700 injuries, was outranked
by construction, with 495,500 injuries; but the estimate for manu­
facturing for 1942 is 635,200 injuries, an increase of about 40 percent
over 1941. There is no doubt that this is the result of our war effort
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was there a sharp increase in manufacturing employment during 1942,
but in addition m any experienced workers— drawn into the armed
forces— were replaced by less-experienced and very often entirely
inexperienced workers.

Survey Data
Following the precedent established with the presentation of the
1941 data, the 1942 injury rates are based on the total reporting group.
A total of 49,900 establishments reported almost 340,000 injuries for
nearly 8X million employees.
M A N U FA C TU RIN G IN D U ST R IE S

The weighted injury frequency rate for the entire manufacturing
group was 19.9. The highest group rate was that of 42.4 for the
lumber and lumber products group. Included in this group are three
industries with very high frequency rates: Logging, 8 9 .6 ; sawmills, 6 1 .7 ;
and wooden containers, 50.2. Am ong other industries with high rates
are foundries, 4 9 .7 ; slaughtering and meat packing, 4 4 .8 ; forgings, 3 8 .0 ;
canning, 3 3 .0 ; shipbuilding, 3 3 .1 ; and motor vehicle parts, 31.9.
N ON M A N U FA C TU RIN G IN D U ST RIE S

In sharp contrast with the rates for former years, there was little
difference between the frequency rates of the three branches of the
construction industry: Building, 36 .2 ; heavy engineering, 3 7 .4 ; and
highway, 38.6. The reason for this obviously is that there was rela­
tively little activity in the last two groups. Apparently the work done
was of a less hazardous character than is usually the case.
A s usual, the frequency rate for the communication group was low,
2.9. In the transportation group, warehousing and storage was the
m ost hazardous, as indicated by the rate of 38.2. Trucking and haul­
ing was a close second with a rate of 34.8. Streetcar and bus opera­
tions averaged 19.8 and 15.3 disabling injuries, respectively, per mil­
lion employee-hours worked.
In the group of personal services, employees of hotels, restaurants,
and similar establishments averaged the largest number of disabling
injuries. The rate of 12.9 exceeds that of 10.1 for laundry and dry
cleaning.
W ithin the group of business-service industries, real-estate estab­
lishments proved to be as hazardous to employees as were laundries
in the personal-services group. O f similar interest is the fact that
employees of various types of educational establishments had a rate
of 8.0— which was considerably in excess of that of 6.7 in general
retail stores.
W ithin the trade group, establishments wholesaling and retailing
dairy products had the high rate of 24.0. The retail automobile
industry experienced a rate of 15.3; and general wholesale distribu­
tors, a rate of 17.2. In comparison, the rate in the manufacture of
iron and steel was only 10.4.




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able

o>

2 . — In ju ry Rates and Injuries b y Extent o f D isability, 1942
[All reporting establishments]

Injury rates2

Number of disabling injuries

Death and
Tempo­
permanent Permanent
rary total
partial
total
disability
disability
disability1

49,900

8,473, 294

18,455,357

339,715

(138) 1,629

13,964

324,124

27,370,089

Manufacturing
Total, manufacturing—................................................................

27,328

7,110,807

15,606,073

304,778

(128) 1,330

12,949

290,499

23,875,412

3 19.9

3 1.5

Chemical products_______________________________________
Drugs, toiletries, and insecticides_____________________
Explosives________________ __________________________
Fertilizers____________________________________________
Paints and varnishes_____ __________________________
Petroleum refining ______ _________________________
Rayon and allied products____________________________
Soap and glycerin_______________ ____ ________________
Industrial chemicals___________________ ____ __________
Not elsewhere classified_____________ _________ _________

1,957
287
75
343
396
217
26
86
290
237

466,240
43, 334
86, 533
18,284
28, 682
98, 542
47, 677
18, 278
78,037
46, 873

973,533
88,241
196,712
36,282
59,745
201,135
95, 561
36,842
167, 539
91,476

12,450
1,361
1,260
1,161
1,042
2,147
806
380
2,811
1,482

124
9
40
•5
2
24
1
1
27
15

592
46
86
34
46
101
41
32
133
73

11,734
1,306
1,134
1,122
994
2,022
764
347
2,651
1,394

1,608,983
102,878
323, 790
93,862
84,549
323,062
69,475
44,979
377,187
189,201

3 13.9
15.4
6.4
32.0
17.4
10.7
8.4
10.3
16.8
16.2

31.8
1.2
1.6
2.6
1.4
1.6
.7
1.2
2.3
2.1

Food products.---------- ----------------------------------------------- -----Baking__________________________ ____________________
Canning and p re s e rv in g ._________________________ _
Confectionery. _ _____________________________________
Flour, feed, and other grain-mill products______________
Slaughtering and meat packing________________________
Sugar refining_______________ ________ _______ ______
Beverages __________________ _______ _________________
Dairy products______________________ _____ ___________
Breweries_________ _____ __________________ ___________
Not elsewhere classified........................................................

3,327
740
413
254
540
199
114
382
145
265
275

385,494
58,060
61,974
39,867
35,878
86,127
26,542
15. 728
4,135
36,470
20,713

782, 556
119,057
101,596
80,854
80,599
182,788
54,709
31,063
9,729
77,443
44,718

23,329
1,923
3,353
1,226
2,009
8,183
1,720
613
198
2,958
1,146

76
11
9
2
5
9
15
2
18
5

863
78
61
50
53
272
53
14
3
261
18

22,390
1,834
3,283
1,174
1,951
7,902
1,652
597
195
2,679
1,123

1,655,723
171,148
159,217
58,619
114,221
396,454
193, 597
31,614
4,250
461,932
64,671

« 27. 3
16.2
33.0
15.2
24.9
44.8
31.4
19.7
20.4
38.2
25.6

3 1.7
1.4
1.6
.7
1.4
2.2
3.5
1.0
.4
6.0
1.4

Iron and steel and their products__________________________
Iron and steel ______________________________________
Cutlery and edge tools-------- --------- -------------------- --------Enameling and galvanizing.._____ ________ ______ ______
Fabricated structural steel....................................................

3,309
301
100
60
295

1,106,205
574,003
11,225
6,711
32,049

2,395,117
1,200,894
25,659
14,335
71,686

54,110
12,504
629
395
2,920

356
215
4
1
9

2,610
1,007
25
18
125

51,144
11,282
600
376
2,786

4,958,002
2,394,407
52,163
23,990
192,749

3 24.7
10.4
24.5
27.6
40.7

3 2.0
2.0
2.0
1.7
2.7

All industries____

__




_ ____ _ _

(6)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(4)
(2)
(1)
(1)

(31)
(6)
(1)
(2)

Total time
lost (days)
Fre­
quency

Severity

T H E UNITED STATES

Total

INDUSTRIAL IN JU RIES IN

Resulting in—

Number Number Employeehours
of
of estab­
worked
lishments employees (thousands)

Industry

.989199

Forgings........ .......................T________
Foundries_______________ _____ _____
Hardware__________________________
Ornamental metalwork_____________
Plumbers’ supplies_________________
Stamped and pressed metal products..
Steam fittings and apparatus________
Stoves and furnaces, not electric_____
Tin cans and other tinware__________
Tools, except edge tools_____________
Wire and wire products_____ ____ ___
Not elsewhere classified........................

119
898
156
76
86
244
221
185
88
131
123
226

34,253
167,696
28,245
4,969
30,702
36,815
38,256
26,639
21, 559
24,089
24,802
44,192

81,563
365,848
64, 572

646
160
388
98

159,841
34,804
116, 752
8, 285

322,615
73,405
231,790
17,420

Lumber, lumber products, and furniture...
Logging---------------- --------------------------Planing mills.____ ___________________
Sawmills___________ _____ __________
Furniture, except metal______________
Furniture, metal------------------------------Partitions, shelving, and store fixtures..
Morticians’ supplies_________________
Wooden containers............. ................. .
Not elsewhere classified______ _______

3,626
217
871
770
965
79
109
42
314
259

308, 544
17,424
57,975
61,422
96,665
13, 576
7,466
2,775
31,718
19, 523

657,945
35, 572
125,207
126, 531
208,493
29,158
15,624
5,738
67,668
43,954

Machinery (not transportation)........................ ...............
Agricultural machinery and tractors.......................... .
Construction and mining machinery........... .............. .
Electrical equipment and supplies..... ........... ............ .
Food-products machinery_________________ _______ _
Metalworking machinery________________ _________
Textile machinery________________________________
Special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified..
General industrial machinery_____________________
Machinery, not elsewhere classified________________
Repair shops___________________ ______ _______ ____

2,818
155
239
321
96
438
120
287
827
88
247

1,019,793
61,390
56,785
358,701
7,866
152,772
16,564
39,133
293,460
28,446
4,676

2,467,196
139,351
136,961
842,216
17,872
319,696
39, 351
95,295
726,322
67,280
10,852

Paper and allied products______
Pulp----------------------- ---------Paper_____________________
Paper and pulp (integrated)..
Folding boxes______________
Set-up boxes_______________
Corrugated boxes___________
Fiber boxes________ _______
Not elsewhere classified_____

1,333
34
287
82
121
346
106
21
336

235,660
10,213
76,921
53,309
10,990
21,836
13,250
1,930
47,211

510,250
22,336
169,264
117,782
23,584
45,359
27,640
4,287
99,998

Leather and its products___
Leather____ ___________
Boots and shoes________
Not elsewhere classified..

See footnotes at end of table.




11, 212

66,044
82,310
88,107
57,043
44,716
57,372
54,723
109,033

(13)
(1)
(2)
(7)

3
3
2

137
457
98
20
62
156
104
63
69
90
46
133

2,952
17,637
1,469
318
1,256
1,535
3,387
1,848
839
1,304
1,134
2,421

174,842
1,057,147
106,749
20,848
108,607
147,309
181,230
132,161
58,280
114,120
59,909
133,491

38.0
49.7
24.3
30.2
20.1
20.6
39.7
33.7
20.3
• 24.3
21.6
23.4

2.1
2.9
1.7
1.9
1.6
1.8
2.1
2.3
1.3
2.0
1.1
1.2

7
75
3
1
9
4
10
10

4,630
2,220
2,095
315

(1)
(1)

14
10
3
1

139
52
73
14

4,477
2,158
2,019
300

278,054
161,048
97,841
19,165

* 14.1
30.2
9.0
18.1

3.8
2.2
.4
1.1

26,427
3,188
4,703
7,803
4,934
671
284
99
3, 395
1,350

(6)
(2)

115
42
10
34
9
1
1

1,399
58
248
316
440
40
22
1
185
89

24,913
3,088
4,445
7,453
4,485
630
261
98
3,198
1,255

2,416,082
400,595
352,868
699,645
465,493
43,223
27,893
1,870
291,897
132,598

*42.4
89,6
37.6
61.7
23.7
23.0
18.2
17.2
50.2
30.7

3 4.0
11.3
2.8
5.5
2.2
1.5
1.8
.3
4.3
3.0

2,003
257
102
443
29
351
34
100
638
42
7

38,076
2,293
3,779
5,728
298
8,188
687
2,299
13,653
899
252

2,564,571
272,065
231, 339
512,292
35,315
426,765
34,895
129,072
862,833
42,780
17,215

8 18.8
818.3
28.4
7.3
18,3
21.8
18.3
25.2
19.7
14.0
24.1

3 1.2
2.0
1.7
.6
2.0
1.1
.9
1.4
1.2
.6
1.6

491
18
179
120
20
27
20
5
102

11,811
632
4,295
2,855
468
576
829
232
1,924

1,001,167
89,218
344,618
320,328
43,692
27,425
28,527
7,658
139,701

8 23.6
29.5
26.5
25.4
20.8
13.3
30.7
55.3
20.3

3 1.8
4.0
2.0
2.7
1.9
.6
1.0
1.8
1.4

40,159
2,557
3,895
6,185
327
8,552
721
2,404
i4,316
941
261
12,353
660
4,486
2,997
491
603
849
237
2,030

(4)

12
6
(9)
(3)
(3)

80
7
14
14

(2)

13

(1)

5
25

(6)
(i)
(3)
(1)

51
10
12
22
3

(1)

4

2




INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN T H E UNITED STATES

3,096
18,169
1,570
339
1,327
1,695
3,501
1,921
908
1,397
1,183
2,556

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[All reporting establishments]
Number of disabling injuries
Number Number Employeehours
of estab­
of
worked
lishments employees (thousands)

Resulting in—
Total

Death and
Tempo­
permanent Permanent
rary total
partial
total
disability
disability
disability1

Total time
lost (days)

Fre­
quency

Severity

Manufacturing—Continued
Printing and publishing________
______________ ________
Book and job______ ________________________________
News and periodical__________________________________
Bookbinding_________________________________________

2,637
1,746
862
39

156,960
79,527
76,293
1,140

315,469
163,367
149,783
2,318

3,000
1,713
1,267
20

(3)
(2)
(1)

7
3
4

129
74
53
2

2,864
1,636
1,210
18

229,995
127,899
99,277
2,819

*9.4
10.5
8.5
8.6

*0.8
.8
.7
1.2

Rubber and its products__________________________________
Rubber tires________ __ ____________________________
Rubber boots and shoes___________________ ______ ____
Not elsewhere classified_____________ _______________

196
38
20
138

104,172
52, 218
18, 257
33,697

221,001
109,996
39,423
71,582

2,871
1,312
338
1,221

(2)
(2)

8
6
2

129
55
17
57

2,734
1,251
321
1,162

236,214
130,950
24, 769
80,495

*13.3
11.9
8.6
17.1

*1.1
1*2
.6
1.1

Stone, clay, and glass products______ . . _______ _______
Brick, tile, and terra cotta___ _________________________
Cement.____ ___________ ____________________________
Glass_______________________________________________ _
Pottery. ____________________________________________
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products__________ ____
Cut stone and cut-stone products. . . ___ _______________
Not elsewhere classified------------------ 1 ______ .............. ......

1,389
486
142
192
93
226
137
113

205, 534
43,683
27,573
74,289
24,676
10,087
4,024
21,202

414,595
84,330
55,270
149,076
48,689
22,251
8,142
46,838

10,588
3,969
404
3,060
755
1,077
272
1,051

(29)
(9)

77
25
14
4
12
6
10
6

260
67
33
85
9
24
4
38

10,251
3,877
357
2,971
734
1,047
258
1,007

870,605
268,219
130,127
138,650
91,269
82,293
69,297
90, 750

*26.4
47.1
7.3
20.5
15.5
48.4
33.4
22.4

*2.3
3.2
2.4
.9
1.9
3.7
8.5
1.9

Textiles and textile-mill products__________________________
Carpets and rugs__ __________________________________
Clothing, men’s______________________________________
Clothing, women’s___ _ _ ___________________________
Cotton goods_________________________________________
Dyeing and finishing_____________________________ ____
Knit goods___________________________________________
Silk and rayon products, not elsewhere classified — .......
Woolen goods__________________________ ____ _________
Not elsewhere classified._________ _____________________

3,475
74
584
531
496
192
638
192
352
416

870,612
28,529
99,813
50,918
304,304
33,124
122,600
48,997
121,083
61,244

1,771,790
55,053
186,934
97,038
644,037
72,097
239,163
102,014
249,444
126,011

24,497
778
1,431
451
10,499
1,786
1,852
1,177
4,475
2,048

(10)

55
2
2
27
7
2
1
10
4

744
66
17
8
325
42
35
14
162
75

23,698
710
1,412
443
10,147
1,737
1,815
1,162
4,303
1,969

1,358,383
106,944
49,240
8,007
611,748
124,697
59,694
29,995
264,090
103,968

*11.9
14.1
7.7
4.6
16.3
24.8
7.7
11.5
17.9
16.3

*.6
1.9
.3
.1
.9
1.7
.2
.3
1.1
.8

Transportation equipment.................................... ........... .........
Motor vehicles_______________________________________
Shipbuilding.. ____________________________________
Railroad equipment--------------------- --------- --------------------

748
98
257
40

1,455,055
193,773
593,611
66,361

3,337,118
424,973
1,336,605
154, 712

69,727
4,805
44,197
2,691

(14)

289
22
230
14

2,264
311
953
137

67,174
4,472
43,014
2,540

4,906,950
408,427
3,151,123
237,437

*21.3
11.3
33.1
17.4

*1.5
1.0
2.4
1.5




(1)
(11)
(1)
(7)

(1)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(1)

(10)
(3)

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

Industry

Injury rates1

M
d
3
M

3
o

CQ
«
CO

Aircraft........... ....................................
Motor-vehicle p a r t s ------ ------------Boatbuilding___________ ______ —
Aircraft parts______ ______________
Not elsewhere classified— ......... ......

44
62
17
114
116

306,415
54,540
11,705
221,403
7,247

708,443
127, 756
25, 544
541,809
17,276

Miscellaneous manufacturing............... .
Tobacco products_________________
Radios and phonographs.____ _____
Smelting and refining (nonferrous)...
Nonferrous metal products...............
Brushes__________________________
Brooms_________ ____ ____________
Coke ovens----------- ---------------------Not elsewhere classified.....................

1,591
208
61
106
683
45
42
25
421

306,176
50,313
58, 599
46,888
70,650
3,109
1,794
6,219
68,604

670,638
99,266
129,973
104,070
160,650
6,521
3,786
12,797
153,575

Ordnance and accessories_________ ____
Guns and related equipment______
Ammunition, except for small arms..
Tanks, military___________________
Sighting and fire-control equipment.
Small arms_______________________
Tank parts, military................ .........
Not elsewhere classified.......... ...........

276
64
107
19
13
25
16
30

330, 521
81,135
119,374
30,162
17,368
38,790
18,757
22,867

766,250
198,890
257,836
71,769
43,110
96,076
43,112
51,421

Nonmanufaclurmg
Construction. ___________ __________
Building. _______ ____ ____ ________
Heavy engineering________________
Highway____________ ____ ________
Not elsewhere classified........... .........

4 2, 536
4 2,113
4123
4165
4135

135,214
80,882
31,489
15,051
7,792

226, 591
129,293
58,020
25,999
13,279

Communication.
___________________
Telephone (wire and radio)________
Radio broadcasting and television.

«114
828

339,916
339,026
890

655,158
653,394
1,763

Transportation_______________ ________
Streetcar_________________________
Bus______________________________
Both streetcar and bus____________
Trucking and hauling_____________
Warehousing and storage__________
Pipe lines, except natural gas______
Not elsewhere classified___________

4944
424
4155
441
4 575
<88
412
449

167,180
21,398
26,167
62,838
13,974
2,830
1,398
38, 575

382,492
50, 280
64, 510
148, 733
31, 626
5,607
2,957
78,779

Heat, light, and power________________
Electric light and power............ .......
G a s ....................................................

8301
*215
8 86

217,995
181,061
36,934

519, 506
442, 768
76,738

W aterworks.............................................

*97

2,884

8,538

See footnotes at end of table.




8 86

8,075
4,070
283
5,139
467

(1)

10,484
646
761
3,060
3,799
130
70
282
1,736

(2)

10,153
2,530
4,446
670
312
878
332
875

(5)
(1 )
(4)

8,306
4,683
2,172
1,004
447

(1)

314
81
46
408
14

7,751
3,986
237
4,722
452

482,199
94,978
46,197
466,281
20,308

11.4
31.9
11.1
9.5
27.0

.7
.7
1.8
.9
1.2

578
26
44
123
257
8
1
7
112

9,871
619
714
2,920
3,535
122
69
271
1,621

862,512
32,199
57,611
308,957
280,432
6,022
1,247
36,232
139,812

815.5
6.5
5.9
29.4
23.6
19.9
18.5
22.0
11.3

* 1.3
.3
.4
3.0
1.7
.9
.3
2.8
9

43
io
16
3
1
11
3

748
208
246
54
41
140
23
29

9,362
2,312
4,185
613
270
727
306
846

928,171
251,377
295,114
72,661
64,801
170,405
37,870
30,879

3 14.8
12.7
17.2
9.3
7.2
9.1
7.7
17.0

«1.2
1.3
i.i
1.0
i.5
i.8
.9
.6

76
36
23
11
6

179
83
67
17
12

8,051
4,564
2,082
976
429

817,797
412,048
248, Oil
99,765
57,973

36.7
36.2
37.4
38.6
33.7

3.6

13
13

4
4

1,909
1,908
1

112,418
112,400,
18

2.9
2.9
.6

.2
.2
0

B
cj
§

71
8
7
24
10
1

513
10
41
23
8

1,092,750
79,374
109,575
214,771
86,097
8,290
1,641
593,002

20.9
19.8
15.3
13.6
34.8
38.2
17.9
33.4

2.9
1.6
1.7
1.4
2.7
1.5
.6
7.5

H3
H
«
„
g
g
S5
g
ZP

io
3
9
1

(2)

35
1
3
17
7
4
3

w
^
U
3
OQ
$
W
M
F
g
%
d
Q
OQ

(1)

1,926
1,925
1
8,013
995
986
2,030
1,102
214
53
2,633
5,325
4,198
1,127
93

(7)
(7)

3.2
4.3
3.8
4.4

21

1
428

7,431
977
938
1,983
1,084
213
52
2,184

98
91
7

121
105
16

5,106
4,002
1,104

873,430
792,217
81,213

10.3
9.5
14.7

1.7
1.8
1.1

1

92

1,473

10.9

.2




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O

[All reporting establishments]

Injury rates 1
23

Number of disabling injuries
Number Number Employeehours
of
of estab­
worked
lishments employees (thousands)

Resulting in—
Total

4,397
702
822
482
523
1,249
332
287

146,676
17,795
42,107
37, 550
9,444
28,331
7,888
3,561

318,285
38,956
93.691
87,346
14, 551
59,488
17, 251
7,002

2,919
200
836
883
101
770
103
26

Business services______________ ____________________ ____
Banks and other financial agencies- ___________________
Insurance___________________________________ _______
Real estate_____ ________________ __________________ _
Miscellaneous business services. ____ _____ ___________

2,494
1,036
387
529
542

94,453
47, 599
25,287
10,067
11,500

186, 343
93,099
49,808
20,804
22,633

950
326
108
221
295

Educational services______________________________________

76

8,976

10,185

81

Trade________________________________________ _________
Wholesale distributors_____________________ __________
Retail, general merchandise ..................... ..................... .
Retail, food ..........................................................................
Wholesale and retail dairy products...................................
Retail, automobiles___________________ _______________
Filling stations..................... ...............................................
Retail, apparel and accessories................. ..................... ......
Miscellaneous retail stores___________________ _______
Wholesale and retail trade combined_____ ____ _________

11,613
2,899
489
3,489
202
869
363
735
1,972
595

249,193
62,015
62,508
29,534
9,526
11,590
4,913
19,769
33,179
16,159

542,186
131,221
131, 220
70,055
22, 232
27, 595
11, 537
40,613
71,344
38,368

7,324
2,263
876
940
534
423
149
219
1,130
790

(1)
(1)

(1)
(1)

175,686
15,808
44,545
66, 730
8,006
34,343
5,351
903

9.2
5.2
8.9
10.1
6.9
12.9
6.0
3.7

0.6
.4
.5
.8
.6
.6
.3
.1

2
5

933
323
105
219
286

68,731
8,346
20,017
4,749
35,619

5.1
3.5
2.2
10.6
13.0

.4
.1
.4
.2
1.6

81

684

8.0

.1

132
41
10
19
7
7
3
3
32
10

7,170
2,214
865
920
525
416
146
216
1,091
777

351,708
114,283
30,309
35,759
28.018
11,102
5,343
6,245
85,676
34,973

«13.7
17.2
6.7
13.4
24.0
15.3
12.9
5.4
15.8
21.7

8.7
.9
.2
.5
1.3
.4
.5
.2
1.2
1.0

55
2
23
21

7

10
3

3

22
8
1
1
2

7
3

Severity

2,852
196
811
858
100
760
102
25

12
2
2
4
1
3

4

Fre­
quency

7
1
1

1 Figures in parentheses show the number of permanent-total disability cases included.
2 The frequency rate is the average number of disabling injuries for each million employee-hours worked. The severity rate is the average number of days lost for each thousand
employee-hours worked. The standard time-loss ratings for fatalities and permanent disabilities are given in Method of Compiling Industrial Injury Rates, approved by the American
Standards Association, 1937.
3 Weighted by Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data. * Tabulated by operating units instead of by establishment. 8 Tabulated by company instead of by establishment.




T H E UNITED STATES

Nonmanufacturing—Continued
Personal services___ __________________ ________ ______ ___
Dry cleaning_________________________________________
Laundries_____________ _____ ________________________
Laundry and dry cleaning combined___________________
Amusements and related services______________________
Hotels, and eating and drinking places____________ ____
Medical and other professional services__ ______________
Miscellaneous personal services________________ ____ ___

Total time
lost (days)

Death and
Tempo­
permanent Permanent
rary total
partial
total
disability
disability
disability1

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

Industry

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN T H E UNITED STATES

11

,

Changes in Exposure9 Injuries and Injury Rates
A s was true in 1941, the increase in the number of disabling injuries
far outstripped the increases in employment and exposure hours.
For the manufacturing group, injuries increased by 34 percent—
more than twice the increase in employment (16 percent) and half
again as much as the increase in employee-hours (22 percent).
The
industries in which the number of injuries increased by a smaller
percentage than exposure, or decreased by a larger percentage than
did employment, were relatively few.
In most industries, the increase in the number of disabling injuries
far exceeded the increases in either employment or hours. This is
particularly noticeable in industries which experienced sharp increases
in employment because of war activities. In iron and steel forging,
for instance, employment increased by 28 percent, hours by 32 percent,
and injuries by 34 percent. In iron and steel foundries, employment
rose by 14 percent, hours by 22 percent, and injuries by 27 percent.
In the manufacture of metalworking machines, the increases for
employment, hours, and injuries were 35, 44, and 58 percent, respec­
tively. In the large group of iron and steel, the respective increases
were 8, 9, and 13 percent.
In shipbuilding, injuries increased half again as much as employ­
ment and hours, and in the aircraft industry, by about 25 percent.
In a number of other industries the increases in injuries coincided
fairly well with increases in hours, but both exceeded the increase in
employment. In a few cases, such as in the production of explosives,
injuries increased by a smaller percentage than hours, but were con­
siderably in excess of the increase in employment.
The decreased frequency rates in the construction industries were
due to the fact that injuries increased by much smaller percentages
than did employment and employee-hours. In building construc­
tion, for instance, injuries increased by only 3 percent for 1,319 iden­
tical establishments, whereas employment increased by 24 percent
and employee-hours by 29 percent. In 142 highway-construction
companies, an employment increase of 32 percent and an hours
increase of 50 percent were accompanied by an actual injury decrease
of 3 percent. A s a consequence, the frequency rate for this identical
group dropped 35 percent below that for 1941.
The transportation group again illustrates the 2 to 1 relationship
between increases in the number of injuries and in the number of
employees. The latter increased 9 percent, as did also hours, whereas
injuries rose 16 percent. These relationships were particularly appar­
ent for the street-car and bus industries.
The personal-service industries, as a group, also illustrated this
trend. Em ploym ent and hours in 3,198 identical establishments both
rose by 5 percent— but injuries went up 18 percent. In laundries,
the increase in injuries was nearly 4 times the increase in employees
and nearly 3 times the increase in hours. Still more marked was the
situation in establishments with combined laundry and dry-cleaning
activities; employment rose only 2 percent, hours fell 6 percent, and
injuries increased 76 percent.




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INDUSTRIAL IN JU RIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

3 . — Changes in Exposure, Disabling In ju ries, and In ju ry Rates, fo r 34,942 Identi­

cal Establishments, 1941 to 1942

Industry

Num­
ber of
estab­
lish­
ments

Percent of change in—
Em­
Dis­
Em­
Fre­ Sever­
abling Total quen­
ploy­ ployeetime
ity
hours
inju­
ees worked ries
lost cy rate rate

Manufacturing
Total, manufacturing..............................................

20,965

+16

+22

Chemical products______________ ______ _______ _
Drugs, toiletries, and insecticides. .......... .........
Explosives_______________________ _________
Fertilizers_____________________ __________ _
Paints and varnishes______________________
Petroleum refining_____________ ______ ____
Rayon and allied products...............................
Soap and glycerin__________ ______________
Industrial chemicals_______________ ________
Not elsewhere classified_____________ ______

1,611
243
59
310
351
199
25
78
163
183

+17
+13
+140
-6
-6
+5
+4
-8
+9
+15

+23
+13
+225
-1
-5
+8
+4
-6
+13
+10

Food products______________ _______ __________
Baking_________ _______ __________________
Canning and preserving____________________
Confectionery_________ _____ _______ _____ _
Flour, feed, and other grain-mill products___
Slaughtering and meat packing_____________
Sugar refining._______________________ *____
Beverages.............................. .............. ..............
Dairy products____ ____ __________________
Breweries_________________________________
Not elsewhere classified____________________

2,446
649
357
215
498
169
64
111
113
46
224

+8
+16
+12
+2
+5
+9
+00
-3
+5
+3
-3

+8
+8
+11
+5
+11
+12
-3
-5
+8
+3
“ (2)

H34
hl4
1-15
b20
H30
H26
+5
+14
+4
+37
+17

Iron and steel and their products_______________
Iron and steel_____________ ______ _________
Cutlery and edge tools.....................................
Enameling and galvanizing______ __________
Fabricated structural steel........... ..................
Forgings_______________________________ _
Foundries________________________________
Hardware________________________________
Ornamental metalwork____________________
Plumbers’ supplies________________________
Stamped and pressed metal products_______
Steam fittings and apparatus______________
Stoves and furnaces, not electric.......................
Tin cans and other tinware____ ______ ______
Tools, except edge tools..__________________
Wire and wire products____________________
Not elsewhere classified....................................

2,347
227
88
47
225
78
467
135
67
55
198
172
145
66
103
100
124

+7
+8
-5
-1 4
+7
+28
+14
-1 0
+1
-6
+4
+10
-1 3
-1 2
+19
-3
+26

+11
+9
+1
-1 2
+13
+32
+22
-4
+9
-6
+8
+18
-1 0
-1 1
+32
+4
+43

Leather and its products_______________________
Boots and shoes.................................................
Leather................................................... ..........
Not elsewhere classified____________________

589
351
• 152
86

+ ( 2)
+1
-1
+1

Lumber, lumber products, and furniture...............
Logging---------------------------------------------------Planing mills. ..................................... ..............
Sawmills_________________________________
Furniture, except metal____________________
Furniture, metal__________ _______________
Partitions, shelving, and store fixtures_______
Morticians’ supplies. ...................... .................
Wooden containers...........................................
Not elsewhere classified......... .............. .......... .

3,025
163
753
593
847
67
98
37
273
194

Machinery (not transportation)_______________ _
Agricultural machinery and tractors________
Construction and mining machinery________
Electrical-equipment supplies________ _____ _
Food-products machinery__________________
Metalworking machinery........... ......... ........... .
Textile machinery. ...................... ....................
Special industry machinery, not elsewhere
classified____ ______ _____________________
General industrial machinery_____ _____ ____
Machinery, not elsewhere classified ................ .
Repair shops....... ...............................................
See footnotes at end of table.




+34

+11 ' i + 9

+27 ~ ~ +2
+75
+71
+205 +118
-4 3
+11
-1 7
+21
+22
-2 2
-2 8
-4
+68
-8
-2 3
+17
+21 +175

i -1 2

1+7
+55
-7
+12
+27
+13
-8
-1
+4
+9

i -6
+66
-3 3
-4 3
-1 3
-2 7
-3 6
+71
-3 1
+150

+10
+17
+11
-1 0
-2 6
+37
+8
-2 4
-4 2
-7 8
+40

1 +10
+6
+4
-1 4
+17
+13
+8
+19
-3
+33
+18

i0
+7
-6
-2 2
-3 5
+28
+12
-2 5
-4 4
-7 9
+42

+18
+13
+19
-28
-2
+34
+27
+17
+18
-6
-5
+44
-4
-18
+20
+38
+40

+10
+18
+55
-4 1
+1
+11
+9
-3 8
-4 0
-1
-1 4
+29
+00
-3 3
+60
+00
+9

*+ 4
+3
+18
-1 8
-1 3
+1
+4
+22
+9
-1
-1 1
+22
+7
-7
-9
+33
-2

l -5
+11
+58
-3 2
-1 1
-1 4
-1 2
-3 3
-4 7
+6
-2 0
+11
+13
-2 5
+24
0
-2 5

+2
+2
+1
+8

+17
+23
+11
+19

-4
+2
-2
-3 3

i +21
+22
+10
+11

i -1 1
0
0
-4 0

-2
-6
-1
+ ( 2)
-<*)
-1 8
- ( 2)
-1 0
+2
-1

+4
+3
+1
+7
+7
-1 6
+2
-8
+12
+10

+13
-3
+5
+25
+11
-14
-16
+16
+34
+1

-1
-1 8
-1 2
-1 2
+27
+23
-1 1
-4 4
+43
+14

»+ 4
-6
+4
+17
+4
+3
-1 8
+26
+20
-8

1 -1 1
-2 0
-1 2
-1 8
+21
+50
-1 0
-3 3
+28
+4

1,908
111
179
255
84
243
109

+22
-1 0
+18
+24
-3
+35
-4

+31
+1
+24
+34
-2
+44
+3

+27
-7
+22
+24
-24
+58
+4

+5
-2 0
+2
-2
-8
+49
-3 7

*+l
-8
-1
-8
-2 2
+10
+1

i -8
-2 2
-1 8
-2 5
-9
0
-3 8

237
469
59
162

+16
+32
+8
+13

+22
+41
+14
+22

+22
+32
+22
-22

-1 3
+20
-4 1
+83

-C 2)
-6
+6
-3 6

-2 8
-1 3
-4 3
+50

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN
T

able

13

T H E UNITED STATES

3 . — Changes in Exposure, Disabling Injuries, and Injury Rates, for 34,942 Identic

cal Establishments, 1941 to 1942— Continued

Industry

Number of
estab­
lish­
ments

Percent of change in—
Dis­
Em­
Fre­ Sever­
Em­
abling Total quen­
ploy­ ployeeity
hours inju­ time
lost
cy
rate rate
ees worked
ries

Manufacturing—Oontinusd
Paper and allied products....... ............................. .
Pulp_____________________________________
Paper________________________________ ____
Paper and pulp (integrated) _ .............. .............
Folding boxes................................................... .
Set-up boxes.......................................................
Corrugated boxes.......................................... .
Fiber boxes......... ...............................................
Not elsewhere classified................................ ._.

1,221
32
268
67
115
320
95
20
314

+2
+3
+3
+1
-4
+9
-5
-5
+ ( 2)

+4
+7
+6
+4
-2
+12
-4
+ ( 2)
+2

1-15
-15
H14
hl7
-9
+28
-12
+62
+29

-1 3
+4
-2 1
-1 0
-6
-1 1
-5 6
+8
+4

l +7
+7
+8
+13
-7
+15
-8
+62
+27

i -2 1
-2
-2 6
-1 5
JD
-2 5
-5 6
+13
0

Printing and publishing. .........................................
Book and job______________________________
News and periodical........... ...............................
Bookbinding_____________________ _________

2,407
1,599
773
35

-3
-2
-4
-1 2

-2
-1
-2
-1 3

+16
+19
+13
+29

-8
-1 3
-4
+305

i +20
+20
+16
+47

1+14
-1 2
0
+367

Rubber and its products____ __________________
Rubber tires___ ______ _____ __________ ____
Rubber boots and shoes.............................. .
Not elsewhere classified................................ .

172
35
18
119

+ ( 2)
+15
-1 4
-1 2

+5
+23
-1 2
-9

-6
+16
-9
-21

-9
-1 0
+5
-1 2

i -1 0
-6
+3
—13

i -1 5
-2 7
+17
0

Stone, clay, and glass products-------------------------Brick, tile, and terra cotta__________________
Cement________ __________________________
Glass_____________________________________
Pottery___________________________________
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products. J___
Cut stone and cut-stone products___________
Not elsewhere classified________ ___________

1,193
427
133
175
90
151
118
99

+2
+6
+6
-1
+1
+ ( 2)
-5
+5

+4
+5
+6
+1
+1
+5
+5
+13

+15
+24
+10
+22
-1
+2
+2
+ ( 2)

+5
+65
-8
-1 1
+35
-3 1
+15
-2 6

i -3
+19
+3
+20
-1
-3
-3
-1 1

l -1 2
+62
-1 3
-1 0
+33
-3 4
+11
-3 3

Textiles and textile-mill products. _____ ________
Carpets and rugs_________________________
Clothing, men’s---------------------------------------Clothing, women’s________________________
Cotton goods_____ ______ __________________
Dyeing and finishing_________ ____ ________
Knit goods_________ _____________________
Silk and rayon products, not elsewhere classified.
Woolen goods_________ ____ _______________
Not elsewhere classified____________________

2,894
59
4,866
384
433
172
553
166
320
321

_ ( 2)
-1 2
+1
-7
+6
-1
-6
-3
-3
+2

+3
-1 3
+3
-5
+10
+5
-2
+5
-1
+6

+17
-3
+8
+24
+19
+34
+13
+13
+15
+16

-3
-1 7
-2 1
-7 7
+18
+25
-1 5
-21
-1 8
-1 1

i +10
+12
+4
+32
+7
+27
+15
+7
+16
+9

l -1 4
-5
0
-6 7
D
+19
0
-2 5
-1 5
-1 8

Transportation equipment.......................................
Motor vehicles..____________ ______________
Shipbuilding........................................ ..............
Railroad equipment..........................................
Aircraft.............. ................................... ...........
Motor-vehicle parts..................................... i ._.
Boatbuilding............. ............ ...........................
Aircraft parts_____________ _____________ _
Not elsewhere classified........................... .........

304
62
109
19
21
35
8
21
29

+90
-2 0
+190
+16
+81
+7
+36
+73
+12

+102
-1 8
+226
+55
+78
+17
+97
+82
+21

+174
+11
+292
+47
+101
+87
+115
+52
+41

+73
-2 5
+181
-3
+8
+24
+49
-7
-3 2

i +32
+36
+20
-9
+13
+59
+9
-1 7
+16

» -1 7
-1 2
-1 5
-3 7
-3 6
0
-2 4
-4 8
-4 3

Miscellaneous manufacturing *................................
Tobacco products....... . . . ........................ .........
Radios and phonographs....... ......................
Smelting and refining (nonferrous)...................
Nonferrous metal products................................
Brushes..................................... — ......... .........
Brooms........................... ....................................
Not elsewhere classified-...................................

834
185
47
80
154
42
36
286

+5
-1
+13
-3
+8
-4
+3
+7

+13
+5
+31
+2
+16
-6
+8
+12

+10
+8
+26
+19
-5
+44
+2
+12

-8
-4 0
-5 3
-9
+22
+37
-4 6
+9

l -4
+3
-5
+16
-1 8
+53
+1
0

i -1 3
-4 0
*—67
-9
+5
+50
-5 0
0

* 1,620
*1,819
483
4 142
4 76

+40
+24
+92
+32
+123

+52
+29
+108
+50
+151

+7
+3
+25
-3
-9

+44
+60
+57
+25
-2 8

-3 0
-2 0
-4 0
-3 5
-6 4

-5
+21
-2 5
-1 7
-7 2

*75

+8

+8

+17

-1 8

+7

Nonmanufacturing
Construction....... ............... .
Building.........................
Heavy engineering____
Highway_____________
Not elsewhere classified.
Communication: Telephone....
See footnotes at end of table.




14

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN T H E

UNITED STATES

T a b l e 3. — Changes in Exposure, Disabling Injuries, and Injury Rates, for 34,942 Identi­

cal Establishments, 1941 to 1942— Continued

Industry

Number of
estab­
lish­
ments

Percent of change in—
Dis­
Em­
Em­
Fre­ Sever­
abling Total
ity
ploy­ ployeetime quen­
inju­
hours
lost cy rate rate
ees worked ries

Nonmanufacturing—Continued
Transportation3......... ........... ..................................
Streetcar............ .............. ..................................
Bus______________________ ________________
Both streetcar and bus___..................................
Trucking and hauling........................................
Warehousing and storage............... - ..................
Pipe lines, except natural gas-----------------------Not elsewhere classified.....................................

4 587
4 17
4128
4 40
4325
4 39
4 10
4 27

+9
+7
+9
+11
+1
+16
-3
+13

+9
+9
+14
+10
+4
+16
-3
+15

+16
+22
+32
+21
-7
-1 6
+47
+3

+18
+34
+47
+20
-1 7
-3 9
+313
+1

+6
+13
+16
+11
-1 1
-2 8
+51
-1 0

+7
+18
+27
+8
-2 0
-4 3
+500
-2 5

Heat, light, and power____ _____________________
Electric light and power. ................................
Gas...................... ...............................................
Steam heat and power......................................

5268
5 192
567
59

-7
-6
-7
-4

+13
+15
-4
0

-5
-3
-1 6
-6 0

+5
+11
-3 3
-9 1

-1 6
-1 6
-1 2
-6 0

-6
-6
-2 9
-8 3

W aterworks____ ____ ________ _________________

5125

-8

+48

-2 4

-2 3

-4 9

-3 3

Personal services____________ __________________
Dry cleaning............................................. .........
Laundries....... ....................................................
Laundry and dry cleaning combined................
Amusements and related services. .................
Hotels, and eating and drinking places—.........
Medical and other professional services........ —
Miscellaneous personal services. ......................

3,198
589
707
363
361
771
230
177

+5
+7
+12
+2
-8
+3
+1
-3

+5
+8
+16
-6
-3
+8
+2
-1

+18
+3
+44
+76
-2 4
-1 8
-3 3
+23

-1 6
+7
-4 3
+54
-8 1
-4 8
+188
+47

+13
-6
+25
+88
-2 1
-2 5
-3 5
+23

-1 7
0
-5 6
+60
-8 6
-5 0
+100
0

Business services..... .............................................. —
Banks and other financial agencies...................
Insurance.................................................. .........
Real estate..........................................................
Miscellaneous business services.......................

1,746
665
282
390
409

-2
+1
-1
-1
-1 5

—2
0
-1
-8
-1 1

-4
+37
-2 6
-2
—27

+27
-6 1
+161
-2 0
+168

-2
+37
-2 6
+8
-1 8

0
-6 7
+100
-3 3
+225

Educational services.................................................

58

-1

+10

-7

-5 9

-1 5

-5 0

Trade------------------------------------------------------------Wholesale distributors.............. ........................
Retail, general merchandise....... ........... ...........
Retail, food........................ ................................
Wholesale and retail dairy products.................
Retail, automobiles............................................
Filling stations............... .......................... .........
Retail, apparel and accessories. ......... .......... .
Miscellaneous retail stores....................... .........
Wholesale and retail trade combined________

6,300
1,833
391
661
157
700
229
506
1,394
429

-5
-7
0
-1
+9
-3 5
-1 1
-6
-3
0

-3
-6
+3
0
+8
-3 4
-9
+5
-1
-2

-6
-7
-9
+12
+7
-4 0
-2 8
+5
-2
+8

-2 8
-4 7
-4 3
+54
+39
-7 9
-6 9
+122
+28
-1 3

i-3
-1
-1 2
+11
-1
-9
-2 1
0
-1
+11

i-3 3
-4 4
-5 0
+67
+25
-7 0
-6 7
+100
+22
-8

i Weighted by Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data.
3 Less than 0.5.
3 Totals include figures for industries not shown separately.
4 Tabulated by operating units instead of by establishment.
®Tabulated by company instead of by establishment.




INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

15

T H E UNITED STATES

Disability Estimates fo r Manufacturing Industries
In table 4 are shown estimates of work injuries for a number of
manufacturing industries. N o estimates were made when the num­
ber of employees covered in the Bureau's survey composed less than
40 percent of an industry's total employment. The estimates were
made by increasing the reported injuries by the ratio which the em­
ployment surveyed bore to the total industry employment. T he
estimates are believed to be conservative. The important phases of
table 4 have been covered in the summary.
T able 4.— Estimates o f Disabilities, by Extent, fo r M anufacturing Industries, 1942
Estimates for entire industry

All reporting establishments

Industry

Num­
Num­ ber of
ber of em­
estab­ ploy­
lish­
ees
ments (thou­
sands)

Total All
days disa­
lost bling
(thou­ in­
sands) juries

Death Per­ Tem­
ma­ po­ Total
and
per­ nent rary
ma­ par­ total days
lost
tial dis­ (thou­
nent
total dis­ abil­
sands)
disa­ abil­ ity
bility ity

974 12,450 1,609 27,000

270 1,290 25,440 3,478

Em­
ploy­
ee
hours
worked
(mil­
lions)

Num­
ber of
disa­
bling
in­
juries

Chemical products 1..................... .
Drugs, toiletries, and insecti­
cides________ ____________
Explosives......... .......................
Fertilizers.......... ......................
Paints and varnishes...............
Petroleum refining__________
Rayon and allied products___
Snap and glynarin
Industrial chemicals.................

1,D57

466

287
75
343
396
217
26
86
290

43
87
18
29
99
48
18
78

Food products1..............................
Confectionery..........................
Flour, feed, and other grainmill products............. ..........
Sugar refining..... ................... .
Beverages_______ ______ ____
Breweries__________________

3,327
254

385
40

540
114
382
265

36
27
16
36

Iron and steel 'and their productsl.
Iron and steel.. . . . . . . _
Cutlery and edge tools_______
Stampings and enameled ware .
Fabricated structural steel___
Forgings..................................
Foundries.................................
Hardware_________________
Plumbers’ supplies_____ ____
Steam fittings and apparatus..
Stoves and furnaces, not elec­
tric________________ ______
Tin cans and other tinware___
Tools, except edge tools...........

3,309
301
100
304
295
119
898
156
86
221

1,106
574
11
44
32
34
168
28
31
38

185
88
131

27
22
24

57
45
57

1,921
908
1,397

132 2,000
58 1,800
114 1,800

10
5

70 1,920
130 1,670
120 1,675

140
113
149

Leather and its products1.............
Leather.....................................
Boots and shoes............ ...........

646
160
388

160
35
117

323
73
232

4,630
2,220
2,095

278 12,000
161 3,600
98 4,500

35
15
5

410 11,555
80 3,505
160 4,335

705
258
212

Lumber, lumber products, and
furniture 1..... ...............................
Planing m ills...........................
Furniture, except metal...........
Wooden containers...................

3,626
871
1,153
314

309
58
118
32

658 26,427 2,416 93,600
125 4,703
353 7,900
253 5,889
537 11,000
68 3,395
292 3,800

480 4,700 88,420 8,935
15
596
420 7,465
930 10,050
20
998
15
210 3,575
330

2,818

1,020

2,467 40,159 2,565 53,200

110 2,710 50,380 3,461

155

61

1,449

397

Machinery (not transportation) i__
Agricultural machinery and
tractors..................................
General and special industry
machinery3...........................

88
197
36
60
201
96
37
168

1,361
1,260
1,161
1,042
2,147
806
380
2,811

103
324
94
85
323
69
45
377

1,900
2,100
2,100
1,700
2,700
1,400
500
6,200

783 23,329 1,656 75,300
81 1,226
59 2,300
81
55
31
77

2,009
1,720
613
2,958

114
194
32
462

4,000
2,000
1,300
4,500

2,395 54,110 4,958 93,900
1,201 12,504 2,394 13,800
26
52
629
700
97 2,090
171 4,300
72 2,920
193 6,600
82 3,096
175 3,700
366 18,169 1,057 31,100
65 1,570
107 2,700
66 1,327
109 1,300
88 3,501
181 3,500

139

2,557

272 4,700

60

60
140
60
80
130
70
40
290

1,830
1,895
2,030
1,615
2,540
1,330
460
5,850

140
528
172
140
404
117
54
830

240 2,340 72,720 4,764
111
5
100 2,195
10
20
5
30

110
60
30
400

3,880
1,920
1,265
4,070

228
230
65
707

470 4,410 89,020 7,450
235 i, n o 12,455 2,634
5
30
57
665
349
10
360 3,930
434
20
280 6,300
10
210
160 3,530
130
780 30,190 1,808
5
170 2,525
180
109
10
60 1,230
181
10
100 3,390

15

470 4,215

495

55 1,090 25,055 1,573
1 Includes data for industries not shown separately because of insufficient coverage upon which to base
industry estimates.
3 This classification includes construction, mining, and food-products machinery.




976 20,942 1,259 26,200

10
65
10
5
30

16

INDUSTRIAL IN JU RIES IN T H E UNITED STATES

T a ble 4. — Estim ates o f D isabilities, b y Extent, fo r M anufacturing Industries, 1942 — Con.
Estimates for entire industry

All reporting establishments
Num­
Num­ ber of
ber of em­
estab­ ploy­
lish­
ees
ments (thou­
sands)

Industry

Em­
ploy­
ee
hours
worked
(mil­
lions)

Num­
ber of
disa­
bling
in­
juries

Death Per­ Tem­
ma­ po­ Total
and
Total All
nent rary
days
days disa­ per­
ma­
par­
lost bling nent tial total lost
(thou­ in­ total
dis­ (thou­
dis­
sands) juries disa­ abil­ abil­ sands)
ity
bility ity

Machinery—Continued.
Electrical equipment and sup­
plies ___________________
Metalworking machinery____
Repair sh ops_______________

321
438
247

359
153
5

842
392
11

512 7,700
427 11,200
600
17

20
15
5

550 7,130
460 10,725
20
575

Paper and allied products 1........
Pulp. ......... ............................
Paper boxes.............................

1,333
403
694

236
140
48

510 12, 353 1,001 19,100
309 8,143
754 10,900
101 2,180
107 4,100

75
60
5

770 18,255 1,494
430 10,410 1,011
140 3,955
204

6,185
8, 552
261

640
559
40

Printing and publishing *..............

2,637

157

315

3,000

230 9,000

20

390 8,590

694

Rubber and its products L_...........
Rubber tires............ ................
Rubber boots and shoes______

196
38
20

104
52
18

221
110
39

2,871
1, 312
338

236 4,700
131 2,100
400
25

15
10

210 4,475
90 2,000
20
380

383
206
33

Stone, clay, and glass products i_._
Brick, tile, and terra cotta___
Cement____________________
Glass_______________________
Pottery____________________

1, 389
486
142
192
93

206
44
28
74
25

415 10,588
84 3,969
55
404
149 3,060
755
49

871 23, 500
268 6,900
500
130
139 4,700
91 1,600

180
45
15
5
25

3,475
74
496
192
638

871
29
304
33
123

192
352

49
121

Transportation equipment1_____
Motor vehicles and parts____
Shipbuilding and boatbuild­
ing________________
Railroad equipment_________
Aircraft and parts_____
___

748
160

1,455
248

3,337 69,727 4,907 89,200
553 8,875
503 8,900

370 2,850 85,980 6,304
25
390 8,485
503

274
40
158

605
66
528

1,362 44,480 3,197 59,200
155 2,691
237 2,700
1, 250 13,214
948 18,000

305 1, 330 57, 565 4,252
15
140 2, 545
237
25
980 16,995 1,290

Miscellaneous manufacturing 1___
Tobacco products _________
Radios and phonographs.........

1,591
208
61

306
50
59

671 10,484
99
646
130
761

863 34,900
32 1,400
58 1,100

110 1,960 32,830 2,882
60 1,340
69
5
85
70 1,025

Ordnance and accessories 1_______

276

331

766 10,153

928 47,500

170 3,560 43, 770 4,134

Textiles and textile-mill prod­
ucts i_________ _____ __________
Carpets and rugs____________
Cotton goods..!_____________
Dyeing and finishing________
Knit goods_________________
Silk and rayon products, not
elsewhere classified_____ __
Woolen g o o d s .______ ____

1,772 24,497 1,358 58,900
55
778
800
107
644 10,499
612 19,800
72 1,786
125 4,200
239 1,852
60 3,600
102
249

1,177
4,475

30 2,700
264 7,300

600 22, 720 2,036
120 6,735
464
445
40
160
130 4,565
211
20 1, 555
194

120 1,680 57,100 2,980
70
107
730
610 19,140 1,156
50
15
100 4,085
292
5
70 3,525
116
15

30 2,670
270 7,015

69
433

1Includes data for industries not shown separately because of insufficient coverage upon which to base
industry estimates.

Disability Distribution
I n table 5 is shown the disability distribution for the injuries
reported by all establishments surveyed. In comparison with 1941,
the weighted percentage of deaths and a small number of permanent
total disabilities during 1942 in the entire manufacturing group was
slightly lower, 0.4 of 1 percent as against 0.5 of 1 percent. The per­
centage of permanent partial impairments was considerably lower,
4 .7 as against 5.7. Conversely, the percentage of temporary total
disabilities increased from 93.8 to 94.9.
T h e shift toward disabilities of a lower degree is also emphasized b y
the average time losses per injury. There was, of course, no change in
the average time charges for deaths and permanent total disabilities,
which remain at 6,000 days. The average time charge per permanent



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17

partial impairment, however, was reduced from 950 days per case in
1941 to 874 days in 1942. Similarly, the average time lost per case of
temporary total disability dropped from 16 to 15 days.
The number of manufacturing industries in which deaths amounted
to 1.0 percent or more of the total reported injuries was relatively
small. Outstanding were the cement and cut-stone industries, each
with 3.7 percent. The explosives industry followed with 3.1 percent.
Lagging considerably was the iron and steel industry with 1.6 percent,
matched by the pottery industry. The percentage in pulp manufac­
turing was 1.5; coke ovens, 1.4; logging, 1 .3; small arms, 1.3 ; petroleum
refining, 1.2; machine repair shops, 1.1; and industrial chemicals, 1.0.
In comparison with 1941, fatalities formed a considerably higher pro­
portion of disabling injuries in the pulp and cut-stone industries, and
to a lesser degree in explosives manufacturing. A notable reduction
was experienced in petroleum refining. In the other industries, there
was relatively little change.
Comparison with the 1941 data reveals that the number of in­
dustries in which permanent impairments accounted for 10 percent or
more of all injuries was very much smaller in 1942, illustrating again
the trend toward less serious injuries. One of the highest percentages
in 1942 is found in the small-arms industry, 15.9 percent. Another war
industry in this group is that manufacturing sighting and fire-control
equipment, with a percentage of 13.1. In comparison, the figure for
explosives is 6 .9 ; for iron and steel, 7 .7 ; forgings, 4 .4 ; foundries, 2 .4 ;
shipbuilding, 2 .2 ; and aircraft, 3.9.
The sighting and fire-control equipment industry also had one of the
highest average time charges per permanent impairment, 1,327 days.
This average was exceeded by only 5 industries— fertilizers, 1,406
days; petroleum refining, 1,387 days; sugar refining, 1,444 days; log­
ging, 1,400 days; and dyeing and finishing, 1,370 days.
B y far the largest number of manufacturing industries had an
average of less than 20 days of time lost per temporary total dis­
ability. Outstanding for high averages were iron and steel, 25 days;
logging, 22 days; rubber tires, 32 days; and railroad equipment, 24
days.
Am ong the nonmanufacturing industries, the electric light and
power industry had the highest percentage of fatalities, 2.2. In
heavy engineering construction, highway construction, streetcar and
bus operation, and in dry cleaning, the percentage of fatalities was as
high as 1.0 percent or more.
The percentages of permanent impairments generally fall far below
those noted in m any of the manufacturing industries. The highest
percentage, 4.2, is found in bus transportation, followed by 3.1 in
heavy engineering construction. In all other industries the per­
centage was below 3.0. The average for the entire manufacturing
group, it will be recalled, was 4.7 percent.
In sharp contrast with this distribution, however, are the average
time charges per permanent impairment in a number of these in­
dustries. For combined streetcar and bus operations, this average is
1,587 days; for electric light and power, 1,554 days; building con­
struction, 1,499 days; gas, 1,328 days; and laundry and dry cleaning,
1,438 days.
Only in the electric light and power industry did the average dura­
tion per temporary total disability exceed 20 days.



18

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN T H E UNITED STATES

T a b le 5.— D isability Distribution and Average D a ys Lost p er D isability , by Industry,
1942
Percent of injuries resulting
in—
Industry

Average days lost
per disability

Death
Tem­
Perma­
Tem­
and per­ Perma­
porary
nent
nent
porary
manent
partial
total
partial
total
total dis­ disability disability disability
disability
ability 1

Manufacturing
Total, manufacturing 2__......... ...................................

0.4

4.7

94.9

874

15

Chemical products2............................. .................... .
Drugs, toiletries, and insecticides..........................
Explosives........ .......... ...... ...................................
Fertilizers.—................. ........................................
Paints and varnishes.............. ...............................
Petroleum refining...... ................... ......................
Rayon and allied products........ ............................
Soap and glycerin.............. ...................................
Industrial chemicals. ......................... ..................
Not elsewhere classified................................ ........

1.2
.7
3.1
.4
.2
1.2
.1
.3
1.0
1.0

6.1
3.3
6.9
3.0
6.1
4.7
6.1
8.4
4.7
4.9

93.7
96.0
90.0
96.6
94.7
94.1
94.8
91.3
94.3
94.1

1,108
782
702
1,406
1,233
1,387
1,244
1,063
1,295
1,049

16
10
20
14
15
19
16
14
16
16

Food products2................................................ ...........
Baking................. ..................................................
Canning and preserving______________________
Confectionery_________________ ____________
Flour, feed, and other grain-mill products______
Slaughtering and meat packing________________
Sugar refining.......................... ................. ...........
Beverages___________________________________
Dairy products........ ............ .................... ...........
Breweries _________________________________
Not elsewhere classified.........................................

.4
.6
.3
.2
.2
.1
.8
.3

3.1
4.1
1.8
3.9
2.6
3.3
3.0
2.3
8.8
1.6

96.5
95.3
97.9
95.9
97.2
96.6
96.2
97.4
0
90.6
98.0

962
1,008
1,037
612
1,090
921
1,444
818
600
1,212
947

14
14
13
14
14
12
16
14
13
14
16

0

.6
.4

0

Iron and steel and their products 2..............................
Iron and steel................... .....................................
Cutlery and edge tools..........................................
Enameling and galvanizing..................................
Fabricated structural steel____________________
Forgings.................. ...................... ............... ........
Foundries_________ _________________________
Hardware..------- -----------------------------------------Ornamental metalwork____ _________________
Plumbers' supplies____________________ ____
Stamped and pressed metal products__________
Steam fittings and apparatus_________________
Stoves and furnaces, not electric_______________
Tin cans and other tinware. ........................... ......
Tools, except edge tools.......... .......................... .
Wire and wire products.........................................
Not elsewhere classified.........................................

.8
1.6
.6
.3
.3
.2
.4
.2
.3
.7
.2
.3
.5
0
.2
.2
.1

6.7
7.7
3.9
4.6
4.2
4.4
2.4
6.2
6.9
4.5
9.3
2.8
3.1
7.6
6.3
3.6
5.2

93.5
90.7
95.5
95.2
95.5
95.4
97.2
93.6
93.8
94.8
90.5
96.9
96.4
92.4
93.5
96.2
94.7

723
732
814
658
773
681
813
685
548
647
672
740
753
672
859
549
675

18
25
13
16
15
13
14
15
13
12
12
13
13
14
15
14
13

Leather and its products2. ..........................................
Leather...................................................................
Boots and shoes................. .............. .....................
Not elsewhere classified_________ _____ ________

.2
.6
.1
.3

3.6
2.3
3.5
4.4

96.2
97.2
96.4
95.3

803
1,325
727
707

13
15
13
11

Lumber, lumber products, and furniture2_________
Logging..----------------------------------------------------Planing mills____________
Sawmills___ _______ _
____________________
Furniture, except metal______________________
Furniture, metal_____________________________
Partitions, shelving, and store fixtures_________
Morticians' supplies__________________________
Wooden containers___________ ________ _____
Not elsewhere classified________________ ______

.4
1.3
.2
.4
.2
.1
.3

5.7
1.8
5.3
4.0
8.9
6.0
8.0
5.4
6.6

93.9
96.9
94.5
95.6
90.9
93.9
91.7
0
94.2
93.0

973
1,400
901
1,187
813
748
770
750
961
861

16
22
16
16
12
12
19
11.
13
16

.2
0

5.6
10.1
2.6
7.0
8.9
4.1
4.6

94.2
89.6
97.0
92.8
91.1
95.7
95.4

766
771
903
740
1,069
694
681

15
14
15
17
14
13
16

.2
.2
0
1.1

4.2
4.4
4.5
2.6

95.6
95.4
95.5
96.3

661
840
731
343

14
13
13
11

Machinery (not transportation)2_______ _____ ____
Agricultural machinery and tractors___________
Construction and mining machinery___________
Electrical equipment and supplies............... ......
Food-products machinery____________ ___ ____
Metalworking machinery_____________________
Textile machinery___________________________
Special industry machinery, not elsewhere clas­
sified___ ____ ________________________ _____
General industrial machinery_________________
Machinery, not elsewhere classified______ _____
Repair shops..................................... .....................
S eafon tn otes at end o f table.




0

.4
.4
.2
.3
.4
.2
0

0

19

INDUSTRIAL IN JU RIES IN T H E UNITED STATES

T able 5.— D isability Distribution and Average D ays Lost p er D isability , by Industry ,
1942 — Continued
Percent of injuries resulting
in—
Industry

Average days lost
per disability

Death
Perma­
Tem­
Tem­
and per­ Perma­
porary
nent
porary
nent
manent
partial
total
partial
total
total dis­ disability disability disability disability
ability 1

Manufacturing—Continued
Paper and allied products2_______________________
P u l p - ...........—------------ --------- ----------------------Paper--------------------------------------- ------------------Paper and pulp (integrated)—. _______________
Folding boxes_________ ______ _______ ________
Set-up boxes_________________________ _______
Corrugated boxes........ ........................ ...... .........
Fiber boxes........................................ ...... ............
Not elsewhere classified-....................... ...... .........

0.3
1.5
.3
.7
.6
0
0
0
.2

4.0
2.7
4.1
4.0
4.1
4.5
2.4
2.1
5.0

95.7
95.8
95.6
95.3
95.3
95.5
97.6
97.9
94.8

990
1,031
1,122
1,135
993
696
860
1,230
853

16
17
16
18
12
15
14
7
15

Printing and publishing 2_................................. .........
Book and job— .............................................. .
News and periodical..............................................
Bookbinding..........................................................

.2
.2
.3
0

5.3
4.3
4.2
10.0

94.5
95.5
95.5
90.0

1,151
1,165
1,066
1,275

15
14
16
15

Rubber and its products2................................ ...........
Rubber tires__________________________ ______
Rubber boots and shoes............................._
Not elsewhere classified........................................

.3
.5
0
.2

4.5
4.2
5.0
4.7

95.2
95.3
95.0
95.1

976
995
1,126
891

24
32
18
15

Stone, clay, and glass products2.................................
Brick, tile, and terra cotta.___________________
Cement............................................... ...................
Glass......................................................................
Pottery...----------------------------------------------------Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products_______
Cut stone and cut-stone products.................... .
Not elsewhere classified...... ......... .................... .

1.0
.6
3.7
.1
1.6
.7
3.7
.6

3.0
1.7
8.3
2.8
1.2
2.7
1.5
3.6

96.0
97.7
88.0
97.1
97.2
96.6
94.8
95.8

974
1,037
1,109
906
778
1,222
1,300
937

17
13
32
13
17
15
16
19

Textiles and textile-mill products 2__....................... .
Carpets and rugs....... ...... .....................................
Clothing, men’s......................... ........................ .
Clothing, women’s...................... ......................
Cotton goods_______•------------ ------ ------------------Dyeing and finishing_______ ______________ _
Knit goods_____________ _____________________
Silk and rayon products, not elsewhere classified.
Woolen goods-----------------------------------------------Not elsewhere classified.................................... .

.2
.3
.1
0
.3
.4
.1
.1
.2
.2

2.5
8.5
1.2
1.8
3.1
2.4
1.9
1.2
3.6
3.7

97.3
91.2
98.7
98.2
96.6
97.2
98.0
98.7
96.2
96.1

820
1, 259
1,253
488
889
1,370
681
539
815
707

13
17
11
9
16
14
13
14
17
14

Transportation equipment2........................................
Motor vehicles........... ................ ...................... .
Shipbuilding
Railroad equipment................... ...........................
Aircraft....................................... ...........................
Motor-vehicle parts__________________________
Boatbuilding....... ........................ .............. ...........
Aircraft parts___________ ______ ______________
Not elsewhere classified...................................... .

* .3
.5
.5
.5
.1
.1
0
.2
.2

3.8
6.5
2.2
5.1
3.9
2.0
16.3
7.9
3.0

95.9
93.0
97.3
94.4
96.0
97.9
83.7
91.9
96.8

900
688
960
672
1,019
572
925
851
600

16
14
20
24
13
8
15
14
13

Miscellaneous manufacturing2....................................
Tobacco products____ _____________ _________ _
Radios and phonographs..................................... .
Smelting and refining (nonferrous)._............... .
Nonferrous metal products................................
Brushes....................................... ...........................
Brooms...................... ............... ............................
Coke ovens__________ _________________ ______
Not elsewhere classified_________________ _____

•3
.2
.4
.6
.2
(■)
(3)
1.4
.2

5.7
4.0
6.0
4.0
6.7
(3)
(3)
2.5
6.5

94.0
95.8
93.6
95.4
93.1
(3)
(3)
96.1
93.3

868
733
771
1,268
741
581
600
1,071
897

14
12
12
18
14
11
9
17
13

Ordnance and accessories2............... ............ ..............
Guns and related equipment.................................
Ammunitition, except for small arms....... ...........
Tanks, military______________________________
Sighting and fire-control equipment.....................
Small arms............................................ ................
Tank parts, military........ ....................................
Not elsewhere classified.........................................

.4
.4
.3
.4
.3
1.3
.9
0

8.2
8.2
5.5
7.9
13.1
15.9
6.8
3.3

91.4
91.4
94.2
91.7
86.6
82.8
92.3
96.7

717
773
593
767
1,327
666
711
671

14
13
14
19
16
15
12
14

See footnotes at end o f table.




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INDUSTRIAL INJUBIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

T a b le 5.— D isability Distribution and Average D ays Lost p er D isability , by Industry,
1 942— Continued
Percent of injuries resulting ! Average days lost
in—
per disability
Industry

Death
Tem­
Perma­
Tem­
and per­ Perma­
porary
porary
nent
nent
manent
total
partial
partial
total
total dis­ disability disability disability disability
ability 1

Nonmanufacturing
Construction....... ........................... .............................
Building______ ______________________________
Heavy engineering— ________________________
Highway____________________________________
Not elsewhere classified________________ ______

1.0
.8
1.1
1.1
1.2

2.3
1.8
3.1
1.7
3.0

96.7
97.4
95.8
97.2
95.8

1,297
1,499
1,175
1,218
1,304

16
16
15
13
14

Communication: Telephone.........................................

.7

.2

99.1

638

17

Transportation......................... ....................................
Streetcar-----------------------------------------------------Bus_______________ ____ _____ ____ ____ ______
Both streetcar and bus______________________
Trucking and hauling----------------- ------------------Warehousing and storage............ ......... ..............
Pipe lines (except natural gas)------------ -----------Not elsewhere classified---- ------ ----------- ----------

.9
.8
.7
1.2
.9
.5
00
C)

6.4
1.0
4.2
1.1
.7
0
(3)
(3)

92.7
98.2
95.1
97.7
98.4
99.5
00
00

1,063
1,300
1,333
1,587
1,325
0
750
0

17
19
14
18
14
11
17
16

Heat, light, and power...-------- ---------- ---------------Electric light and power______________________
Gas._______________ ________________________

1.8
2.2
.6

2.3
2.6
1.4

95.9
95.3
98.0

1, 524
1,554
1,328

20
21
16

Waterworks._______________ ____________________

(3)

CO

00

300

13

Personal services________________________________
Dry cleaning___________ _______________ _____
Laundries___________________________________
Laundry and dry cleaning combined..................
Amusements and related services--------------------Hotels, and eating and drinking places....... ........
Miscellaneous personal services------ -----------------

.4
1.0
.2
.5
(3)
.4
(3)

1.9
1.0
2.8
2.4
CO
.9
CO

97.7
98.0
97.0
97.1
00
98.7
00

1,135
750
920
1,438
0
729
500

14
12
14
15
20
14
16

Business services................................. ........................
Banks and other financial agencies.......................
Insurance____ ____ ________ ____ ______ ______
Real estate..................................... ........................
Miscellaneous business services............ ...... .........

.7
0
(3)
0
1.4

1.1
.9
CO
.9
1.7

98.2
99.1
00
99.1
96.9

1,210
1,200
0
300
1,580

16
15
19
19
13

Educational services.....................................................

(3)

CO

00

Trade 1
2........................................................ .................
Wholesale distributors..................... .....................
Retail, general merchandise..................................
Retail, food-------- ---------- ---------- -------------------Wholesale and retail dairy products....................
Retail, automobiles................................................
Filling stations.......................................................
Retail, apparel and accessories..............................
Miscellaneous retail stores.....................................
Wholesale and retail trade combined....................

.3
.4
.1
.1
.4
0
(3)
0
.6
.4

1.8
1.8
1.1
2.0
1.3
1.7
CO
1.4
2.8
1.3

97.9
97.8
98.8
97.9
98.3
98.3
00
98.6
96.6
98.3

1 Each death or permanent total disability is charged with a time loss of 6,000 days.
2 Weighted by Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data.
* Computations not given because of small number of injuries.




!

0

8

914
873
1,220
795
1,136
814
950
800
781
600

15
14
14
16
15
13
17
18
17
14

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

21

PARTS OF BODY PERMANENTLY IMPAIRED

Because of the considerable interest displayed b y safety men in
injuries to various parts of the body— evidencing needs for bard bats,
goggles, safety shoes, etc.— the distribution of permanent impairments
according to body part injured is again given this year. On the whole,
table 6 reveals little change from that for the year 1941.




22

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

T ab le 6.— Distribution o f A ll Reported Injuries Resulting in Perm anent Partial D is­
ability , According to Part o f B ody Affected , by Industry , 1942
Percent of permanent partial disability cases
involving the loss, or loss of use, of—
Industry

Total

A
Afoot
An hand
or
arm fin­ A leg or
toes
gers

An
eye

One or
both
ears Other
(hear­
ing)

Manufacturing

Chemical products__ _______ ___________________
Drugs, toiletries, and insecticides_____________
Explosives............................................................. .
Fertilizers............................................. ............... .
Paints and varnishes.............. ............................. .
Petroleum refining........ ....................................... .
Rayon and allied products..... ......... __.............. . .
Soap and glycerin. .............................................. . .
Industrial chemicals________________________ _ .
Not elsewhere classified________ ____ ___ _____ .

100
3
: = -1
100
5
2
100
100
2
100
12
100
2
100
3
100
5
100
6
100
8
100
4

79
."■68
83
88
55
40
57
58
76
66
84

2
8
} - ■ » i~
3
10
2
4
2
1
3
12
8
15
1
23
5
12
3
3
2
11
1
3

Food products............................................................. .
Baking. ............................................. ................. . .
Canning and preserving..................................... . .
Confectionery......... ............. .............................. .
Flour, feed, and other grain-mill products........ .
Slaughtering and meat packing............................
Sugar refining................................................. ..... .
B r e w e r ie s .____ _________ _______ _____ _____ .

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

5
5
3
2
6
3
7
6

67
80
75
92
88
79
56
44

4
1
5
0
2
4
7
5

Iron and steel and their products.............................. .
Iron and steel............. .......................... .............. . .
Cutlery and edge tools______________________ .
Fabricated structural steel__________ _________ .
Forgings..... ............................. ............................. .
Foundries................................ ............................. .
Hardware............................... ........... ......... ......... .
Ornamental metalwork______________________ .
Plumbers’ supplies________________ __________ .
Stamped and pressed metal products................. .
Steam fittings and apparatus________________ .
Stoves and furnaces, not electric_____________ .
Tin cans and other tinware. ......... ............ ......... .
Tools, except edge tools.......... .......................... .
Wire and wire products__________ ____ ______ .
Not elsewhere classified______________________

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

1
2
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1

80
78
92
69
88
72
93
75
89
92
69
91
97
80
89
83

Leather and its products____ _____ _____ ________ .
Leather................................................................. .
Boots and shoes........................ .......... ............... .

100
100
100

1
2
1

Lumber, lumber products, and furniture....... ......... .
Logging............................................................... .
Planing mills...................................................... . .
Sawmills.............. ................................................. .
Furniture, except metal....................................... .
Furniture, metal................................................... .
Partitions, shelving, and store fixtures...........— .
Wooden containers............................................. . .
Not elsewhere classified..... ......... ....................... .

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

Machinery (not transportation)................................ .
Agricultural machinery and tractors................. . .
Construction and mining machinery................. .
Electrical equipment and supplies......... ............
Food-products machinery.................................. . .
Metalworking machinery.................................... .
Textile machinery....... ........................................ .
Special industry machinery, not elsewhere clas­
sified__________________________ ___________ .
General industrial machinery________________ .
Machinery, not elsewhere classified___________ .
Paper and allied products. .........................................
Paper......... .............................. ......................... . .
Paper and pulp (integrated)............................... .
Folding boxes. .................................................... . .
Set-up boxes.................. ...................................... .
Corrugated boxes................................................ .
Not elsewhere classified-..................................... .
1 Less than half of 1 percent.




5
:-7
0
5
15
10
10
10
6
5
8

0)

12
8
5
4
0
8
19
22

3
0
5
0
4
3
9
2

(1)

2
3
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
1
0
0

7
6
0
18
7
10
2
10
6
2
13
2
0
12
2
4

6
7
4
6
3
10
2
5
3
2
8
5
0
5
9
5

(1)
0

90
90
90

1
2
0

1
2
0

6
4
8

0
0
0

1
0
1

3
7
3
4
2
0
0
2
3

82
53
85
72
88
93
96
88
87

3
9
1
7
1
0
0
4
1

5
9
7
5
4
0
0
2
4

4
10
2
7
3
7
4
4
4

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

3
12

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

2
2
2
2
7
1
0

82
86
74
88
73
79
85

2
2
2
1
0
2
3

7
5
8
5
17
10
3

5
5
13
2
0
6
6

100
100
100

0
2
2

84
81
88

1
2
0

8
6
5

4
6
5

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

5
6
4
5
7
0
4

81
75
79
80
89
90
87

3
2
5
5
0
5
1

6
8
5
5
4
5
5

3
4
5
5
0
0
1

0

0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0

0

(1)

0

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0

(l)
0

0
1
0
0
0
0
0

7
9
0
3
25
6

10

6

7
0

9
6
7
2

0
3
2
21

4
4
0
4
0
5
0
10
2

3
8
2

0

0
0

7

2

5
2

0
0
0
1
C O IO C O fc O M H -fc O

Total, manufacturing___________________________ .

23

INDUSTRIAL IN JU RIES IN T H E UNITED STATES

T a b le 6.— Distribution o f A ll Reported Injuries Resulting in Perm anent Partial D is­
ability, According to Part o f B od y Affected , by Industry, 1942 — Continued
Percent of permanent partial disability cases
involving the loss, or loss of use, of—
Industry

Total

A
Afoot An
An hand
or
or
arm fin­ A leg toes
eye
gers

One or
both
ears Other
(hear­
ing)

Manufacturing—Continued
Printing and publishing,.......... ___...........................
Book and job________ ______ _______________ _
News and periodical..........................................

100
100
100

6
5
8

84
87
80

3
4
2

5
3
8

1
1
0

0
0
0

1
0
2

Rubber and its products................ ...........................
Rubber tires............. ............................................
Not elsewhere classified............. ..........................

100
100
100

5
9
0

89
87
90

0
0
0

2
2
4

2
2
2

0
0
0

2
0
4

Stone, clay, and glass products...... ...........................
Brick, tile, and terra cotta......... ........... ..............
Cement.____ ______________ ________________
Glass___......................... ............................. .........
Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products............
Not elsewhere classified______________________

100
100
100
100
100
100

3
3
3
2
0
8

76
79
73
75
64
79

3
1
3
2
9
3

7
7
12
6
9
5

7
9
9
7
12
0

0
0
0
0
0
0

4
1
0
8
6
5

Textiles and textile-mill products.............................
Carpets and r u g s.................... ......... ........... ......
Cotton goods....................................................
Dyeing and finishing........................................
Knit goods___________ __________________
Woolen goods........... ....................................... .
Not elsewhere classified-.....................................

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

5
14
6
14
0
2
0

84
65
84
74
88
83
95

1
0
1
0
3
2
1

5
21
4
10
3
3
1

2
0
3
0
3
1
0

0
0
0
0
1
0

3
0
2
2
3
8
3

Transportation equipment .......................................
Motor vehicles______________________________
Shipbuilding.........................................................
Railroad equipment....... .................................. —
Aircraft ............ ............................................ ___
Motor-vehicle parts. ....... ............................... .
Boatbuilding....................................................
Aircraft parts— ....................................................

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

2
0
2
1
4
0
2
1

75
84
69
85
77
90
72
78

3
2
5
1
3
1
4
3

9
5
11
10
6
4
7
12

8
8
9
3
9
5
9
5

Miscellaneous manufacturing____________________
Tobacco products_______ ______ ____________
Radios and phonographs__________________
Smelting and refining (nonferrous)-----------------Nonferrous metal products. .................... ...........
Not elsewhere classified............. ......... ...............

100
100
100
100
100
100

2
0
0
6
1

77
84
85
50
86
85

2
4
4
2
1
2

11
0
9
32
6
4

Ordnance and a c c e s s o r i e s ..................... ..............
Guns and related equipm ent......... .............. .
Ammunition, except for small arms.......... .........
Tanks, military________________ __________
Sighting and fire-control equipment___ _______
Tank parts, military________ _____ ________
Small arms--------------------------------- -----------Not elsewhere classified.......................................

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

2
2
1
4
2
4
2
0

80
78
92
73
62
74
68
91

1
2
0
0
2
0
0
3

Nonmanufacturing
Construction....... ...................................................—_
Building........... ............................................ ........
Heavy engineering. ..................................... ........

100
100
100

5
5
6

62
55
59

Transportation___________ ____ _________________
Rapid transit—overhead and underground-----Bus___________________ ______ ______ ____ —
Both streetcar and bus...................... ..................

100
100
100
100

5
5
7
9

Heat, light, and power...............................................
Electric light, and power....................................

100
100

Personal services. ............... .......... ...........................
Laundries........................................... ..................
Laundry and dry cleaning combined_____ ____
Trade_________ ____ ______________ ____________
Wholesale distributors----------------------------------Miscellaneous retail stores.______ _______ _____
i Less than half of 1 percent.




0)

1
0
1
0
0
2
0

2
1
3
0
1
0
4
1

5
8
2
7
5
3

0
0
0
0
0
0

3
4
0
3
2
5

9
15
4
7
17
9
10
3

3
2
2
16
7
9
1
3

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

5
1
1
0
10
4
19
0

8
16
3

11
7
21

10
10
7

0
0

4
7
4

38
34
54
31

5
4
5
17

21
23
12
13

3
2
10
13

0
0
0
0

28
32
12
17

10
10

48
47

7
8

16
17

10
8

0
0

9
10

100
100
100

5
4
10

78
79
80

4
0
5

2
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

11
17
5

100
100
100

1
2
0

76
71
88

5
5
6

4
2
0

8
10
3

0
0
0

6
10
3

0)

0

0)

24

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

Trend of Disabling Injuries in Manufacturing Industries
T he year 1942 was the fourth such period showing an upward trend
in disabling work injuries in manufacturing. The experience of about
21,000 identical establishments which reported both in 1941 and 1942
indicates an increase in the all-injury index of 9 percent, from 85.8 to
93.5. A s already pointed out, however, all of this increase came in
the group of temporary total disabilities. Death and permanent total
disabilities, reversing the upward trend since 1939, dropped from an
index point of 80.3 to 70.7. Permanent partial disabilities dropped
similarly, from 93.7 to 83.4. Only the index for temporary total
disabilities continued upward, from 86.3 in 1941 to 94.1 in 1942.
T h e data from 1926 (the base year for the index) onward, are shown
in table 7 and graphically on chart 3.




INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN T H E UNITED STATES




26

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES IN

T H E UNITED STATES

T able 7.— Indexes o f In ju ry Frequency Rates in Manufacturings 1 9 2 6 -4 2 , by Extent
o f D isability 1
[1926=1001

Year

All injuries

Death and
permanent
total

Permanent
partial

1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931

100.0
93.6
93.2
99.2
95.6
78.0

100.0
107.1
107.1
92.9
107.1
92.9

1932.
1933.
1934.
1935.
1936.
1937.

80.9
91.8
93.6
88.1
85.7
85.8

107.1
85.7
107.1
92.9
85.7
85.7

113.8
110.1
128.4

1938.
1939.
1940.
1941.
1942.

71.7
73.4
75.3
85.8
93.5

71.4
71.4
71.4
80.3
70.7

78.9
80.7
84.8
93.7
83.4

100.0

96.3
104.6
109.2
111.0
102.8

121.1

114.7

Temporary
total
100.0
93.3
92.5
98.7
94.6
76.5
78.9
90.8
91.6
86.2
84.1
83.7
68.1
73.9
75.6
86.3
94.1

1 Beginning with 1937, the indexes are based on the percent of change of the frequency rates of identical
establishments in each pair of successive years.