The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses shows injuries and illnesses in private industry are dropping, though still far above the national average.
Private industry workplaces in Montana reported 5.0 injuries and illnesses per hundred full time workers in 2010. A year earlier the incidence rate was 5.3 cases per hundred full time workers.
Montana’s incidence rate was above the national rate of 3.5 cases per hundred full-time workers in 2010 and 3.6 cases per hundred full-time workers in 2009.
Montana’s incidence rate of injuries varies by major industry division, manufacturing leading the way.
Rates based on the number of cases per 100 full-time workers are: 7.1 for manufacturing; 6.3 for utilities; 3.9 for mining; 1.0 for finance and insurance; 4.2 for education; 6.2 for retail.
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