TABLE 4.
Number and Percentage of Total Workers’ Compensation Claims (Medical-Only and Lost-Time) by Intervention Category and National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Sector for Private Employers Insured by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation—Ohio, 2001–2011
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| All NORA sectors* | 152,797 | 100.0 | 143,678 | 100.0 | 132,384 | 100.0 | 126,014 | 100.0 | 119,145 | 100.0 | 110,654 | 100.0 | 103,523 | 100.0 | 91,071 | 100.0 | 69,338 | 100.0 | 70,418 | 100.0 | 68,697 | 100.0 |
| Ergonomic intervention category† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All NORA sectors | 33,738 | 100.0 | 32,013 | 100.0 | 28,358 | 100.0 | 26,635 | 100.0 | 24,412 | 100.0 | 22,974 | 100.0 | 20,753 | 100.0 | 17,749 | 100.0 | 14,134 | 100.0 | 14,216 | 100.0 | 13,808 | 100.0 |
| Services | 7,001 | 20.8 | 6,586 | 20.6 | 5,897 | 20.8 | 5,685 | 21.3 | 5,236 | 21.4 | 4,945 | 21.5 | 4,524 | 21.8 | 3,966 | 22.3 | 3,135 | 22.2 | 3,274 | 23.0 | 3,185 | 23.1 |
| Manufacturing | 10,468 | 31.0 | 9,081 | 28.4 | 7,764 | 27.4 | 7,461 | 28.0 | 6,779 | 27.8 | 6,463 | 28.1 | 5,669 | 27.3 | 4,626 | 26.1 | 3,202 | 22.7 | 3,361 | 23.6 | 3,358 | 24.3 |
| Trade | 5,679 | 16.8 | 5,612 | 17.5 | 4,935 | 17.4 | 4,324 | 16.2 | 3,861 | 15.8 | 3,440 | 15.0 | 3,126 | 15.1 | 2,687 | 15.1 | 2,147 | 15.2 | 2,210 | 15.5 | 2,170 | 15.7 |
| Healthcare | 5,120 | 15.2 | 5,215 | 16.3 | 5,049 | 17.8 | 4,925 | 18.5 | 4,549 | 18.6 | 4,395 | 19.1 | 4,043 | 19.5 | 3,675 | 20.7 | 3,403 | 24.1 | 3,263 | 23.0 | 3,028 | 21.9 |
| Construction | 3,698 | 11.0 | 3,504 | 10.9 | 2,870 | 10.1 | 2,610 | 9.8 | 2,420 | 9.9 | 2,089 | 9.1 | 1,859 | 9.0 | 1,411 | 7.9 | 1,094 | 7.7 | 1,014 | 7.1 | 964 | 7.0 |
| Transportation | 1,282 | 3.8 | 1,511 | 4.7 | 1,318 | 4.6 | 1,132 | 4.3 | 1,109 | 4.5 | 1,150 | 5.0 | 1,067 | 5.1 | 940 | 5.3 | 757 | 5.4 | 751 | 5.3 | 772 | 5.6 |
| Agriculture | 155 | 0.5 | 144 | 0.4 | 154 | 0.5 | 130 | 0.5 | 99 | 0.4 | 97 | 0.4 | 79 | 0.4 | 96 | 0.5 | 58 | 0.4 | 55 | 0.4 | 56 | 0.4 |
| Mining | 107 | 0.3 | 78 | 0.2 | 71 | 0.3 | 64 | 0.2 | 54 | 0.2 | 55 | 0.2 | 47 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.2 | 48 | 0.3 | 44 | 0.3 | 49 | 0.4 |
| Public safety | 197 | 0.6 | 252 | 0.8 | 278 | 1.0 | 279 | 1.0 | 279 | 1.1 | 307 | 1.3 | 321 | 1.5 | 281 | 1.6 | 276 | 2.0 | 226 | 1.6 | 205 | 1.5 |
| Oil and gas | 31 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 26 | 0.1 | 33 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 18 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.2 |
| Slip, trip, or fall intervention category | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All NORA sectors | 31,980 | 100.0 | 31,194 | 100.0 | 31,166 | 100.0 | 28,849 | 100.0 | 26,629 | 100.0 | 23,663 | 100.0 | 24,300 | 100.0 | 23,118 | 100.0 | 17,588 | 100.0 | 17,875 | 100.0 | 16,660 | 100.0 |
| Services | 10,490 | 32.8 | 10,112 | 32.4 | 10,052 | 32.3 | 9,406 | 32.6 | 8,441 | 31.7 | 7,671 | 32.4 | 7,813 | 32.2 | 7,614 | 32.9 | 5,895 | 33.5 | 6,031 | 33.7 | 5,474 | 32.9 |
| Manufacturing | 5,860 | 18.3 | 5,407 | 17.3 | 5,249 | 16.8 | 4,977 | 17.3 | 4,532 | 17.0 | 4,111 | 17.4 | 4,039 | 16.6 | 3,706 | 16.0 | 2,444 | 13.9 | 2,651 | 14.8 | 2,647 | 15.9 |
| Trade | 5,371 | 16.8 | 5,279 | 16.9 | 5,323 | 17.1 | 4,671 | 16.2 | 4,336 | 16.3 | 3,594 | 15.2 | 3,686 | 15.2 | 3,443 | 14.9 | 2,702 | 15.4 | 2,713 | 15.2 | 2,489 | 14.9 |
| Healthcare | 3,662 | 11.5 | 3,865 | 12.4 | 4,170 | 13.4 | 4,033 | 14.0 | 3,905 | 14.7 | 3,510 | 14.8 | 3,975 | 16.4 | 4,032 | 17.4 | 3,472 | 19.7 | 3,400 | 19.0 | 3,072 | 18.4 |
| Construction | 4,531 | 14.2 | 4,355 | 14.0 | 4,181 | 13.4 | 3,754 | 13.0 | 3,376 | 12.7 | 2,997 | 12.7 | 2,798 | 11.5 | 2,391 | 10.3 | 1,677 | 9.5 | 1,558 | 8.7 | 1,562 | 9.4 |
| Transportation | 1,584 | 5.0 | 1,727 | 5.5 | 1,757 | 5.6 | 1,590 | 5.5 | 1,600 | 6.0 | 1,453 | 6.1 | 1,628 | 6.7 | 1,553 | 6.7 | 1,083 | 6.2 | 1,243 | 7.0 | 1,122 | 6.7 |
| Agriculture | 234 | 0.7 | 221 | 0.7 | 184 | 0.6 | 186 | 0.6 | 170 | 0.6 | 141 | 0.6 | 124 | 0.5 | 137 | 0.6 | 95 | 0.5 | 92 | 0.5 | 113 | 0.7 |
| Mining | 121 | 0.4 | 104 | 0.3 | 106 | 0.3 | 79 | 0.3 | 105 | 0.4 | 67 | 0.3 | 77 | 0.3 | 96 | 0.4 | 87 | 0.5 | 72 | 0.4 | 84 | 0.5 |
| Public safety | 76 | 0.2 | 94 | 0.3 | 108 | 0.3 | 106 | 0.4 | 119 | 0.4 | 76 | 0.3 | 109 | 0.4 | 103 | 0.4 | 110 | 0.6 | 92 | 0.5 | 73 | 0.4 |
| Oil and gas | 51 | 0.2 | 30 | 0.1 | 36 | 0.1 | 47 | 0.2 | 45 | 0.2 | 43 | 0.2 | 51 | 0.2 | 43 | 0.2 | 23 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 24 | 0.1 |
| Other interventions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| All NORA sectors | 87,064 | 100.0 | 80,457 | 100.0 | 72,848 | 100.0 | 70,520 | 100.0 | 68,089 | 100.0 | 64,008 | 100.0 | 58,460 | 100.0 | 50,181 | 100.0 | 37,613 | 100.0 | 38,327 | 100.0 | 38,229 | 100.0 |
| Services | 23,317 | 26.8 | 22,381 | 27.8 | 20,791 | 28.5 | 20,114 | 28.5 | 19,484 | 28.6 | 18,408 | 28.8 | 16,637 | 28.5 | 14,755 | 29.4 | 11,496 | 30.6 | 11,945 | 31.2 | 11,541 | 30.2 |
| Manufacturing | 28,534 | 32.8 | 24,798 | 30.8 | 21,574 | 29.6 | 22,009 | 31.2 | 21,552 | 31.7 | 20,179 | 31.5 | 18,507 | 31.7 | 15,246 | 30.4 | 9,709 | 25.8 | 10,390 | 27.1 | 11,072 | 29.0 |
| Trade | 13,412 | 15.4 | 12,309 | 15.3 | 11,246 | 15.4 | 10,406 | 14.8 | 9,748 | 14.3 | 8,902 | 13.9 | 8,166 | 14.0 | 7,108 | 14.2 | 5,550 | 14.8 | 5,439 | 14.2 | 5,469 | 14.3 |
| Healthcare | 6,012 | 6.9 | 6,181 | 7.7 | 6,171 | 8.5 | 5,873 | 8.3 | 5,716 | 8.4 | 6,005 | 9.4 | 5,759 | 9.9 | 5,248 | 10.5 | 4,981 | 13.2 | 4,939 | 12.9 | 4,640 | 12.1 |
| Construction | 12,279 | 14.1 | 11,260 | 14.0 | 9,823 | 13.5 | 9,028 | 12.8 | 8,473 | 12.4 | 7,575 | 11.8 | 6,511 | 11.1 | 5,180 | 10.3 | 3,791 | 10.1 | 3,531 | 9.2 | 3,424 | 9.0 |
| Transportation | 2,390 | 2.7 | 2,501 | 3.1 | 2,231 | 3.1 | 2,140 | 3.0 | 2,201 | 3.2 | 2,115 | 3.3 | 2,035 | 3.5 | 1,849 | 3.7 | 1,365 | 3.6 | 1,445 | 3.8 | 1,481 | 3.9 |
| Agriculture | 553 | 0.6 | 551 | 0.7 | 516 | 0.7 | 473 | 0.7 | 437 | 0.6 | 352 | 0.5 | 331 | 0.6 | 299 | 0.6 | 242 | 0.6 | 275 | 0.7 | 252 | 0.7 |
| Mining | 286 | 0.3 | 219 | 0.3 | 217 | 0.3 | 182 | 0.3 | 191 | 0.3 | 188 | 0.3 | 206 | 0.4 | 186 | 0.4 | 202 | 0.5 | 163 | 0.4 | 150 | 0.4 |
| Public safety | 164 | 0.2 | 171 | 0.2 | 185 | 0.3 | 197 | 0.3 | 169 | 0.2 | 182 | 0.3 | 173 | 0.3 | 187 | 0.4 | 175 | 0.5 | 138 | 0.4 | 120 | 0.3 |
| Oil and gas | 117 | 0.1 | 86 | 0.1 | 94 | 0.1 | 98 | 0.1 | 118 | 0.2 | 102 | 0.2 | 135 | 0.2 | 123 | 0.2 | 102 | 0.3 | 62 | 0.2 | 80 | 0.2 |
Data current as of February 2017.
Agriculture sector, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing/Hunting; Healthcare sector, Healthcare and Social Assistance; NORA, National Occupational Research Agenda; Public Safety, Ambulance Services (NAICS = 62191), the only private industry in the sector. Services sector, Services (except Public Safety); Trade sector, Wholesale Trade/Retail Trade; Transportation sector, Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities.
*
The row for All NORA Sectors includes all intervention categories and 113 claims where it was not possible to assign an intervention category due to missing data or vague narratives.
†
Ergonomic intervention category includes BLS-defined work-related musculoskeletal disorders caused by ergonomic hazards.