Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work   1 by selected worker characteristics and industry sector, 2003             
               (in hundreds)
West Virginia--private industry
Characteristic Private
industry 2
Goods producing 2 Service providing
Total
goods
producing 2
Natural resources and mining 2,3 Construc-
tion
Manufac-
turing
Total
service
providing
Trade, transport-
ation, and utilities 4
Informa-
tion
Financial activities Profes-
sional and
business
services
Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services
          Total 128.3 47.6 14.2 13.2 20.2 80.7 34.1 1.5 1.8 5.3 22.3 12.4 3.4
Sex:                        
     Men 88.4 45.0 14.0 13.2 17.8 43.4 24.9 1.2 0.8 2.8 4.6 6.6 2.5
     Women 38.8 2.6 0.2 -- 2.4 36.2 8.1 0.3 1.0 2.5 17.7 5.8 0.9
Age:                        
     14 to 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     16 to 19 4.5 0.9 0.2 -- 0.6 3.6 1.6 -- -- 0.2 0.3 1.4 --
     20 to 24 17.8 5.4 0.8 2.2 2.4 12.4 4.2 0.2 -- 1.6 2.5 3.5 0.4
     25 to 34 33.5 12.8 2.9 4.0 5.9 20.8 9.2 0.4 0.2 1.7 5.1 3.4 0.8
     35 to 44 31.4 12.2 3.8 3.9 4.5 19.2 7.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 6.6 2.1 1.3
     45 to 54 28.7 12.0 5.0 1.8 5.1 16.7 7.8 0.3 0.6 0.8 5.6 1.2 0.5
     55 to 64 10.6 4.0 1.3 1.1 1.6 6.7 2.9 -- 0.3 -- 2.0 0.8 0.4
     65 and over 0.8 0.2 -- -- -- 0.6 0.3 -- -- -- 0.2 -- --
Length of service with employer:                        
     Less than 3 months 18.8 6.7 1.6 3.1 2.0 12.1 4.4 -- -- 1.1 2.1 3.5 0.9
     3 to 11 months 23.5 8.7 2.0 4.0 2.7 14.9 5.9 0.3 0.2 1.2 2.7 4.2 0.5
     1 to 5 years 46.6 16.2 5.6 3.6 7.0 30.4 11.4 0.6 0.6 2.4 10.9 3.6 0.9
     More than 5 years 37.9 15.7 4.6 2.6 8.5 22.2 11.3 0.5 0.9 0.6 6.7 1.2 1.0
Race or ethnic origin:                        
     White only 89.7 32.0 3.6 10.8 17.6 57.7 22.7 0.7 1.4 3.9 18.7 7.8 2.6
     Black only 2.2 0.4 -- -- 0.3 1.7 0.6 -- -- -- 0.7 0.4 --
     Hispanic or Latino only -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Asian only 0.6 -- -- -- -- 0.5 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- --
     Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander only -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     American Indian or Alaskan Native only 0.4 -- -- -- -- 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Hispanic or Latino and other race -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Multi-race 0.3 -- -- -- -- 0.2 -- -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
     Not reported 35.1 15.0 10.5 2.4 2.2 20.0 10.2 0.9 0.2 1.3 2.6 4.2 0.7
     1  Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer      4  Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad 
or restriction.                                                                                                                          Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  These data do not reflect the changes the 
     2  Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.                                                                             Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective  
     3  Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002)  January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other 
include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting,  industries.
such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and            NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and data exclusion 
 nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.   of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.                                                                    
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data                                                                                                                      
do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping            SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational 
requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates  Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies.                                                                  
in other industries.