|
Table 2. Percent distribution
of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work1 by selected
worker characteristics and industry division, 1998
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Characteristic |
Private industry 2 |
Goods producing |
Service producing |
| Agriculture, forestry,
and fishing 2 |
Mining 3 |
Construction |
Manufacturing |
Transportation and public
utilities 3 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade |
Finance, insurance,
and real estate |
Services |
| |
Total [16,678 cases] |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Sex: |
| |
Men |
66.9 |
75.5 |
99.5 |
99.7 |
80.7 |
87.3 |
94.8 |
52.2 |
34.7 |
25.3 |
| |
Women |
32.9 |
24.5 |
0.5 |
-- |
19.3 |
9.4 |
5.2 |
47.8 |
65.3 |
74.7 |
| Age: |
| |
14 to 15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
16 to 19 |
3.2 |
14.0 |
-- |
1.6 |
3.5 |
-- |
3.6 |
8.3 |
-- |
-- |
| |
20 to 24 |
12.1 |
14.7 |
3.4 |
9.7 |
14.2 |
8.7 |
6.5 |
20.7 |
10.1 |
9.2 |
| |
25 to 34 |
29.4 |
40.4 |
10.8 |
27.3 |
32.8 |
27.0 |
29.6 |
28.5 |
30.3 |
34.7 |
| |
35 to 44 |
29.4 |
-- |
34.4 |
38.8 |
24.7 |
46.5 |
32.6 |
24.2 |
21.9 |
27.3 |
| |
45 to 54 |
18.3 |
8.4 |
37.1 |
12.7 |
18.6 |
13.9 |
20.3 |
12.2 |
25.8 |
18.7 |
| |
55 to 64 |
6.6 |
-- |
9.7 |
10.0 |
5.7 |
3.7 |
7.5 |
4.1 |
10.1 |
8.5 |
| |
65 and over |
0.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.4 |
-- |
-- |
2.1 |
-- |
-- |
| Occupation: |
| |
Managerial
and professional specialty |
4.3 |
-- |
2.0 |
-- |
0.8 |
-- |
5.4 |
3.4 |
15.7 |
12.3 |
| |
Technical,
sales, and administrative support |
14.0 |
18.4 |
0.6 |
-- |
7.0 |
12.9 |
11.0 |
33.2 |
47.6 |
15.0 |
| |
Service |
21.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.9 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
32.3 |
12.4 |
62.3 |
| |
Farming, forestry,
and fishing |
1.2 |
78.3 |
-- |
-- |
0.8 |
-- |
4.6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Precision production,
craft, and repair |
14.9 |
-- |
49.9 |
35.1 |
13.9 |
14.7 |
19.9 |
7.4 |
-- |
2.0 |
| |
Operators,
fabricators, and laborers |
43.9 |
-- |
44.2 |
63.7 |
75.5 |
69.2 |
57.1 |
23.5 |
24.3 |
7.6 |
| Length of service with
employer: |
| |
Less than 3
months |
9.4 |
8.0 |
6.0 |
11.4 |
8.2 |
7.1 |
10.3 |
17.2 |
34.3 |
4.4 |
| |
3 to 11 months |
16.1 |
32.6 |
9.4 |
20.6 |
14.5 |
16.9 |
14.0 |
20.8 |
-- |
15.4 |
| |
1 to 5 years |
31.8 |
37.0 |
38.8 |
28.6 |
35.8 |
27.1 |
29.6 |
31.8 |
20.3 |
28.1 |
| |
More than 5
years |
34.0 |
-- |
39.0 |
36.2 |
33.8 |
29.9 |
45.1 |
25.2 |
40.5 |
37.9 |
| |
Not reported |
8.6 |
-- |
6.8 |
-- |
7.8 |
19.0 |
0.9 |
5.0 |
-- |
14.2 |
| Race or ethnic origin: |
| |
White, non-Hispanic |
67.4 |
62.8 |
9.2 |
94.1 |
74.9 |
72.7 |
85.0 |
73.2 |
74.0 |
60.6 |
| |
Black, non-Hispanic |
1.6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.4 |
-- |
5.0 |
2.0 |
-- |
1.5 |
| |
Hispanic |
0.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Asian or Pacific
Islander |
0.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
American Indian
or Alaskan Native |
0.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Not reported |
30.8 |
32.7 |
90.8 |
4.2 |
23.3 |
26.8 |
9.8 |
24.8 |
19.2 |
37.8 |
| |
| 1 Days-away-from-work
cases include those which result in days away from work with or without |
NOTE: Dashes indicate
data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of |
| restricted work activity. |
nonclassifiable responses,
data may not sum to the totals. |
| 2 Excludes
farms with fewer than 11 employees. |
|
| 3 Data conforming
to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
and |
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries |
| for employers in railroad
transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health |
and Illnesses in cooperation
with participating State agencies. |
| Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor; and the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of |
|
| Transportation. Independent
mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal |
|
| industries. |
|