|
Table 4. Number of nonfatal
occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1
by selected injury or illness 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 |
100 |
1,462 |
1,171 |
4,257 |
1,398 |
1,147 |
3,314 |
105 |
3,726 |
| Nature of injury, illness: |
| |
Sprains, strains |
7,794 |
28 |
625 |
423 |
1,713 |
744 |
635 |
1,478 |
36 |
2,113 |
| |
Bruises, contusions |
1,384 |
7 |
154 |
92 |
353 |
105 |
88 |
412 |
8 |
166 |
| |
Cuts, lacerations |
1,300 |
9 |
95 |
80 |
457 |
125 |
56 |
360 |
10 |
109 |
| |
Fractures |
852 |
14 |
137 |
63 |
281 |
118 |
57 |
86 |
-- |
93 |
| |
Heat burns |
216 |
-- |
11 |
-- |
16 |
-- |
-- |
129 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Carpal tunnel
syndrome |
228 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
176 |
-- |
18 |
17 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Tendonitis |
88 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
47 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Chemical burns |
133 |
-- |
6 |
-- |
67 |
11 |
-- |
17 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Amputations |
75 |
-- |
8 |
-- |
-- |
16 |
-- |
37 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Multiple injuries |
551 |
-- |
71 |
98 |
116 |
40 |
29 |
90 |
-- |
102 |
| Part of body affected: |
| |
Head |
960 |
-- |
143 |
53 |
253 |
94 |
81 |
216 |
-- |
115 |
| |
|
Eye |
518 |
-- |
44 |
51 |
195 |
29 |
53 |
109 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Neck |
360 |
-- |
42 |
17 |
38 |
64 |
40 |
40 |
-- |
118 |
| |
Trunk |
7,344 |
45 |
567 |
492 |
1,601 |
619 |
575 |
1,172 |
14 |
2,258 |
| |
|
Shoulder |
661 |
-- |
46 |
-- |
175 |
81 |
36 |
122 |
-- |
196 |
| |
|
Back |
5,600 |
38 |
373 |
436 |
1,129 |
446 |
414 |
858 |
13 |
1,893 |
| |
Upper extremities |
3,792 |
30 |
257 |
216 |
1,435 |
241 |
180 |
972 |
23 |
439 |
| |
|
Wrist |
770 |
8 |
39 |
-- |
369 |
26 |
36 |
132 |
-- |
149 |
| |
|
Hand, except finger |
682 |
7 |
47 |
-- |
222 |
91 |
30 |
254 |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
Finger |
1,277 |
10 |
120 |
67 |
549 |
58 |
60 |
313 |
9 |
93 |
| |
Lower extremities |
2,850 |
11 |
326 |
283 |
600 |
315 |
202 |
557 |
45 |
512 |
| |
|
Knee |
1,057 |
-- |
145 |
107 |
205 |
74 |
111 |
227 |
-- |
184 |
| |
|
Foot, except toe |
418 |
-- |
46 |
47 |
152 |
36 |
35 |
91 |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
Toe |
135 |
-- |
5 |
-- |
31 |
-- |
25 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Body systems |
190 |
-- |
-- |
67 |
54 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Multiple parts |
1,169 |
11 |
122 |
42 |
274 |
51 |
67 |
345 |
19 |
238 |
| Source of injury, illness: |
| |
Chemicals and
chemical products |
564 |
-- |
279 |
-- |
117 |
-- |
14 |
76 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Containers |
2,106 |
8 |
55 |
39 |
662 |
215 |
209 |
747 |
10 |
159 |
| |
Furniture and
fixtures |
599 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
71 |
45 |
58 |
204 |
11 |
200 |
| |
Machinery |
1,380 |
-- |
194 |
98 |
490 |
78 |
81 |
341 |
-- |
96 |
| |
Parts and materials |
2,172 |
-- |
199 |
420 |
978 |
171 |
167 |
205 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Worker motion
or position |
2,265 |
15 |
53 |
94 |
679 |
162 |
211 |
525 |
18 |
508 |
| |
Floors, walkways,
ground surfaces |
2,195 |
18 |
185 |
190 |
350 |
223 |
129 |
520 |
45 |
534 |
| |
Tools, instruments,
and equipment |
1,087 |
11 |
71 |
168 |
289 |
120 |
56 |
241 |
-- |
127 |
| |
Vehicles |
962 |
7 |
123 |
40 |
217 |
191 |
138 |
106 |
-- |
140 |
| |
Health care
patient |
1,569 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
76 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1,491 |
| Event or exposure: |
| |
Contact with
objects and equipment |
4,805 |
30 |
651 |
444 |
1,577 |
343 |
275 |
1,015 |
25 |
447 |
| |
|
Struck by object |
2,445 |
15 |
347 |
267 |
888 |
182 |
107 |
515 |
11 |
113 |
| |
|
Struck against object |
1,251 |
15 |
161 |
53 |
270 |
70 |
112 |
332 |
12 |
227 |
| |
|
Caught in equipment or
object |
994 |
-- |
140 |
106 |
408 |
73 |
48 |
139 |
-- |
78 |
| |
Fall to lower
level |
992 |
7 |
90 |
151 |
218 |
91 |
38 |
149 |
10 |
239 |
| |
Fall to same
level |
1,304 |
7 |
101 |
39 |
189 |
135 |
57 |
413 |
14 |
350 |
| |
Slips, trips,
loss of balance--without fall |
294 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
69 |
29 |
15 |
104 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Overexertion |
5,306 |
-- |
382 |
255 |
1,300 |
405 |
450 |
881 |
11 |
1,602 |
| |
|
Overexertion in lifting |
3,219 |
11 |
147 |
133 |
704 |
288 |
230 |
681 |
8 |
1,017 |
| |
Repetitive
motion |
385 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
287 |
-- |
22 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Exposure to
harmful substances |
818 |
-- |
92 |
98 |
194 |
38 |
37 |
210 |
-- |
149 |
| |
Transportation
accidents |
442 |
-- |
12 |
41 |
64 |
139 |
60 |
-- |
-- |
88 |
| |
Fires and explosions |
27 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Assaults and
violent acts by person |
245 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
34 |
-- |
202 |
| |
| 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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