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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2018 Jan;60(1):55–73. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001162

TABLE 2.

NORAa Sector Results (Counts and Rates per 100 Estimated FTE-years) for 2001–2011 by Claim Type and Intervention Category

Claim Type
LT
Total
Intervention Category
Intervention Category
ERGO
STF
OTH
ERGO
STF
OTH
Est. FTE-yearsc
Claim Count
Claim Count
Claim Count
Claim Count
Claim Count
Claim Count
NORA
Sector
Total Policy
Years
Unique
Policiesb
N % N % Rate N % Rate N % Rate N % Rate N % Rate N % Rate
Services 885,946 155,248 9,594,469 39.5 16,842 21.9 0.17 23,594 30.9 0.24 18,251 26.8 0.19 53,434 21.5 0.55 88,999 32.6 0.92 190,869 28.7 1.97
Manufacturing 148,707 22,315 4,184,281 17.2 21,279 27.6 0.50 11,768 15.4 0.28 20,771 30.5 0.49 68,232 27.4 1.62 45,623 16.7 1.08 203,570 30.6 4.84
Trade 371,480 64,128 4,135,267 17.0 12,356 16.0 0.30 11,690 15.3 0.28 9,713 14.2 0.23 40,191 16.2 0.96 43,607 16.0 1.05 97,755 14.7 2.35
Healthcare 201,854 29,329 3,205,432 13.2 12,410 16.1 0.39 10,220 13.4 0.32 4,546 6.7 0.14 46,665 18.8 1.45 41,096 15.1 1.28 61,525 9.2 1.90
Construction 238,399 40,126 2,001,181 8.2 8,425 10.9 0.42 11,735 15.4 0.58 8,997 13.2 0.45 23,533 9.5 1.17 33,180 12.2 1.65 80,875 12.2 4.02
Transportation 57,044 10,759 862,649 3.6 4,574 5.9 0.53 6,306 8.3 0.72 4,618 6.8 0.53 11,789 4.7 1.36 16,340 6.0 1.88 21,753 3.3 2.50
Agriculture 10,838 1,801 144,024 0.6 237 0.3 0.16 415 0.5 0.29 477 0.7 0.33 1,123 0.5 0.78 1,697 0.6 1.17 4,281 0.6 2.96
Mining 2,186 375 52,456 0.2 219 0.3 0.42 310 0.4 0.59 330 0.5 0.63 659 0.3 1.26 998 0.4 1.90 2,190 0.3 4.17
Public Safety 1,158 213 52,358 0.2 613 0.8 1.17 257 0.3 0.49 225 0.3 0.43 2,901 1.2 5.54 1,066 0.4 2.04 1,861 0.3 3.55
Oil & Gas 3,736 586 31,666 0.1 95 0.1 0.30 141 0.2 0.45 259 0.4 0.82 263 0.1 0.83 416 0.2 1.31 1,117 0.2 3.52

All Sectorsd 1,921,348 324,880 24,263,783 100 77,050 100.0 0.32 76,436 100.0 0.31 68,187 100.0 0.28 248,790 100.0 1.02 273,022 100.0 1.12 665,796 100.0 2.73
Unknowne 5,044 1,239 1,135,702 2,589 0.23 2,800 0.25 1,947 0.17 8,575 0.76 10,479 0.92 18,634 1.64

Total 1,926,392 326,119 25,399,485 79,639 79,236 70,134 257,368 283,501 684,430

Data current as of February 2017.

Agriculture sector, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing/Hunting; ERGO, Ergonomic intervention category that includes BLS-defined work-related musculoskeletal disorders caused by ergonomic hazards; FTE, full-time equivalent employee (2000 hours/year); Healthcare sector, Healthcare and Social Assistance; NEC, not elsewhere classified; NORA, National Occupational Research Agenda; LT, lost-time claims with 8 or more days away from work; OTH, other; Public Safety, Ambulance Services (NAICS = 62191), the only private industry in the sector. STF, slip, trip, or fall; Services sector, Services (except Public Safety); Total, medical-only and lost-time claims; Trade sector, Wholesale Trade/Retail Trade; Transportation sector, Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities.

a

Among privately owned employers in Ohio with single and multiple locations.

b

Unique policy counts are per sector; therefore, policies that belonged to >1 sectors during separate years are included for each sector’s count.

c

Estimated FTE year counts are totals for 2001–2011.

d

Numerators for All Sectors rates exclude claims from policies with missing or unreliable employee count data for the corresponding policy-year. Refer to Supplemental Table S1 for claim counts used in rate calculations.

e

For multi-location employers where the NAICS code selection method was less reliable or could not be determined.