Table 3 Distribution of occupational cancer claims and approvals by industry and occupation
Total Claims | Approvals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases | % | Cases | % | |
Industry | ||||
Financial and insurance activities | 23 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.6 |
Mining and quarrying | 185 | 14.2 | 145 | 28.6 |
Manufacturing | 664 | 51.1 | 242 | 47.7 |
Electricity, gas, steam and water supply | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 |
Construction | 73 | 5.6 | 39 | 7.7 |
Transportation, storage and communication | 62 | 4.8 | 17 | 3.4 |
Forestry | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Agriculture | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 |
Other business | 276 | 21.2 | 53 | 10.5 |
Unclassified | 5 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 |
Occupation | ||||
Managers | 197 | 15.2 | 43 | 8.5 |
Professionals and related Workers | 87 | 6.7 | 21 | 4.1 |
Clerks | 79 | 6.1 | 16 | 3.2 |
Service workers | 14 | 1.1 | ||
Sales workers | 19 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.4 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 |
Craft and related trades workers | 239 | 18.4 | 138 | 27.2 |
Equipment, machine operating and assembling workers | 263 | 20.2 | 80 | 15.8 |
Elementary workers | 396 | 30.5 | 205 | 40.4 |
Economically dependent workers | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Total | 1299 | 100.0 | 507 | 100.0 |