| Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected occupations and number of days away | |||||||||
| from work, 2002 | |||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||
| Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work |
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| Total cases |
1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days |
6 to 10 days |
11 to 20 days |
21 to 30 days |
31 days or more |
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| Total [14,571 cases] | 100.0 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 21.6 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 28.4 | 7 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 100.0 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 23.9 | 20.6 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 24.9 | 7 |
| Laborers, nonconstruction | 100.0 | 12.4 | 7.9 | 22.8 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 28.1 | 9 |
| Truck drivers | 100.0 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 26.2 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 33.1 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous food preparation occupations | 100.0 | 19.6 | 28.1 | 25.9 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 15.8 | 3 |
| Janitors and cleaners | 100.0 | 10.3 | 15.8 | 21.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 28.9 | 7 |
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 6.3 | 14.6 | 24.1 | 11.9 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 34.1 | 7 |
| Stock handlers and baggers | 100.0 | 19.8 | 21.9 | 32.0 | 8.8 | 7.6 | -- | 9.9 | 3 |
| Sales workers, other commodities | 100.0 | 3.9 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 13.1 | 8.5 | 24.8 | 10 |
| Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations | 100.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 26.6 | 25.7 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 28.7 | 6 |
| Cooks | 100.0 | 25.9 | 9.9 | 38.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3 |
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 8.3 | 55.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 27.5 | 2 |
| Maids and housemen | 100.0 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 19.7 | 3 |
| Carpenters | 100.0 | 0.7 | -- | 48.2 | 1.6 | 9.6 | -- | 40.0 | 10 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 4.1 | 22.7 | 6 |
| Industrial machinery repairers | 100.0 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 4.7 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 59.8 | 45 |
| Electricians | 100.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 70.7 | 104 |
| Driver-sales workers | 100.0 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 30.9 | 4.4 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 33.0 | 6 |
| Welders and cutters | 100.0 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 31.7 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 2.5 | 18.6 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators | 100.0 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 58.8 | 46 |
| Timber cutting and logging occupations | 100.0 | 31.0 | 1.8 | 12.8 | 0.9 | 25.1 | -- | 28.4 | 16 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 100.0 | 10.4 | 30.5 | 27.2 | 14.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 16.3 | 3 |
| Welfare service aides | 100.0 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 29.7 | 10 |
| Heating, air conditioning, refrigeration mechanics | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
| Kitchen workers, food preparation | 100.0 | 13.1 | 31.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 10.0 | 34.0 | 6 |
| Grinding, abrading, polishing machine operators | 100.0 | -- | 26.9 | 9.9 | 25.3 | 10.9 | -- | 27.0 | 7 |
| Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators | 100.0 | 0.8 | 17.9 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 53.0 | 38 |
| Machinists | 100.0 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 28.7 | 13.3 | -- | 2.3 | 41.4 | 8 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 100.0 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 41.4 | 12.8 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 4 |
| Guards and police, exc. public service | 100.0 | 17.5 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 14.4 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 27.8 | 10 |
| Punching and stamping press machine operators | 100.0 | 7.1 | -- | 12.8 | 25.0 | -- | -- | 55.0 | 36 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators | 100.0 | 29.4 | 13.9 | 18.1 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 22.8 | 4 |
| 1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||
| job transfer or restriction. | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||
| NOTE:Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||
| nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||