Originally Posted by
Phil Thien
Also from the report you linked (all respiratory values):
Construction, .7
Construction of buildings, .5.
General merchandise stores, 2.1
Warehouse clubs, 3.1
Education services (College, universities, and professional schools), 2.4
In order to assume that those for the woodworking-related categories are wood-dust related, there would have to be corresponding occupational illnesses for the other categories, right? After all, the report is titled "Incidence rates1 of nonfatal occupational illness, by industry and category of illness, 2013."
So for "Educational services," is that some communicable disease like pneumonia or something?
What about "General merchandise stores" and "Warehouse clubs?"
General medical and surgical hospitals are 5.1 for respiratory conditions. Much higher than woodworking.
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