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Table 3. Number of nonfatal
occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1by
selected worker occupations and industry division, 1998
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Occupation |
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 |
100 |
1,462 |
1,171 |
4,257 |
1,398 |
1,147 |
3,314 |
105 |
3,726 |
| Nursing aides,
orderlies, and attendants |
1,416 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1,416 |
| Truck drivers |
1,209 |
-- |
43 |
-- |
26 |
615 |
214 |
116 |
-- |
178 |
| Laborers, nonconstruction |
1,203 |
-- |
181 |
-- |
514 |
46 |
184 |
197 |
24 |
57 |
| Construction
laborers |
528 |
-- |
-- |
526 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Cashiers |
417 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
417 |
-- |
-- |
| Cooks |
347 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
291 |
-- |
56 |
| Stock handlers
and baggers |
325 |
-- |
11 |
-- |
36 |
-- |
-- |
278 |
-- |
-- |
| Welders and
cutters |
308 |
-- |
19 |
-- |
227 |
12 |
19 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Janitors and
cleaners |
307 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
79 |
-- |
-- |
129 |
13 |
77 |
| Miscellaneous
food preparation occupations |
303 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
168 |
-- |
134 |
| Registered
nurses |
284 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
284 |
| Licensed practical
nurses |
280 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
277 |
| Supervisors
and proprietors, sales occupations |
257 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
45 |
211 |
-- |
-- |
| Carpenters |
256 |
-- |
15 |
141 |
24 |
-- |
-- |
15 |
-- |
59 |
| Driver-sales
workers |
237 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
112 |
-- |
105 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Packaging and
filling machine operators |
225 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
218 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Sales workers,
other commodities |
223 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
219 |
-- |
-- |
| Miscellaneous
material moving equipment operators |
200 |
-- |
181 |
-- |
16 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Waiters and
waitresses |
195 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
159 |
-- |
-- |
| Butchers and
meat cutters |
190 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
176 |
-- |
-- |
15 |
-- |
-- |
| Industrial
truck and tractor equipment operators |
189 |
-- |
32 |
-- |
122 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Maids and housemen |
180 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
180 |
| Health aides,
exc. nursing |
179 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
176 |
| Industrial
machinery repairers |
179 |
-- |
120 |
-- |
52 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Kitchen workers,
food preparation |
162 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
15 |
-- |
121 |
-- |
-- |
| Assemblers |
156 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
154 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Electricians |
152 |
-- |
102 |
-- |
43 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Stock and inventory
clerks |
151 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
61 |
-- |
-- |
72 |
-- |
-- |
| Operating engineers |
139 |
-- |
-- |
134 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Automobile
mechanics |
129 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
11 |
117 |
-- |
-- |
| Traffic, shipping,
and receiving clerks |
123 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
101 |
-- |
11 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
| 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. |
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