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Characteristics of Work-related Injuries and Illnesses in Maine 1999_________________
Table 14. Disabling Cases by Occupation of Injured Worker, Maine, 1997-1999
Occupation of Injured Worker
Disabling Cases
1997 1998 1999
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 12,718 100.0 12,863 100.0 16,561 100.0
*Service Worker 2,200 17.3 2,350 18.3 3,099 18.7
Nursing aides, orderlies, & attendants 684 5.4 714 5.6 1,020 6.2
Janitors and cleaners 431 3.4 467 3.6 555 3.4
Kitchen workers, food preparation 220 1.7 200 1.6 263 1.6
Cooks 218 1.7 226 1.8 260 1.6
Miscellaneous food preparation occup 115 0.9 166 1.3 218 1.3
Maids and housemen 170 1.3 164 1.3 198 1.2
Health aides, exc. nursing 46 0.4 121 0.9 190 1.1
Waiters and waitresses 89 0.7 64 0.5 101 0.6
Supervisors-food prep/service occup 24 0.2 26 0.2 44 0.3
Child care workers, NEC 40 0.3 43 0.3 43 0.3
Waiters/waitresses assistants 35 0.3 30 0.2 41 0.2
Supervisors-cleaning/bldg service wrkr 23 0.2 36 0.3 33 0.2
Attendants/amusement/rec facilities 36 0.3 38 0.3 30 0.2
*Precision Production, Craft or Repair 2,210 17.4 2,331 18.1 2,965 17.9
Carpenters 327 2.6 338 2.6 425 2.6
Automobile mechanics 121 1.0 162 1.3 189 1.1
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter 153 1.2 120 0.9 164 1.0
Construction trades, NEC 69 0.5 65 0.5 158 1.0
Electricians 130 1.0 114 0.9 150 0.9
Structural metal workers 91 0.7 77 0.6 129 0.8
Miscellaneous precision metal workers 72 0.6 76 0.6 118 0.7
Heating/air condition/refrigeration mech 63 0.5 93 0.7 115 0.7
Not specified mechanics and repairers 1 0.0 117 0.9 105 0.6
Machinists 71 0.6 84 0.7 101 0.6
Sheet metal workers 57 0.4 71 0.6 100 0.6
Specified mechanics & repairers, NEC 197 1.5 93 0.7 88 0.5
Supervisors, production occupations 52 0.4 64 0.5 86 0.5
Supervisor-NEC 43 0.3 67 0.5 77 0.5
Bus/truck/stationary engine mechanics 48 0.4 43 0.3 63 0.4
Insulation workers 33 0.3 54 0.4 57 0.3
Painters, construction & maintenance 44 0.3 49 0.4 55 0.3
Electrical/electronic equip assemblers 38 0.3 44 0.3 55 0.3
Industrial machinery repairers 78 0.6 54 0.4 50 0.3
Electronic repairer communic/indstl eq 14 0.1 28 0.2 41 0.2
Drywall installers 23 0.2 16 0.1 40 0.2
Brickmasons and stonemasons 16 0.1 35 0.3 38 0.2
Roofers 13 0.1 23 0.2 38 0.2
Automobile body and related repairers 14 0.1 44 0.3 34 0.2
Butchers and meat cutters 28 0.2 20 0.2 34 0.2
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