|
Table 5. Percent distribution
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 cases] |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Nature of injury, illness: |
| |
Sprains, strains |
46.7 |
28.1 |
42.7 |
36.2 |
40.2 |
53.2 |
55.4 |
44.6 |
33.9 |
56.7 |
| |
Bruises, contusions |
8.3 |
6.7 |
10.5 |
7.9 |
8.3 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
12.4 |
7.2 |
4.4 |
| |
Cuts, lacerations |
7.8 |
9.0 |
6.5 |
6.8 |
10.7 |
8.9 |
4.9 |
10.9 |
9.5 |
2.9 |
| |
Fractures |
5.1 |
14.1 |
9.3 |
5.4 |
6.6 |
8.5 |
4.9 |
2.6 |
-- |
2.5 |
| |
Heat burns |
1.3 |
-- |
0.7 |
-- |
0.4 |
-- |
-- |
3.9 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Carpal tunnel
syndrome |
1.4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4.1 |
-- |
1.6 |
0.5 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Tendonitis |
0.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Chemical burns |
0.8 |
-- |
0.4 |
-- |
1.6 |
0.8 |
-- |
0.5 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Amputations |
0.5 |
-- |
0.5 |
-- |
-- |
1.1 |
-- |
1.1 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Multiple injuries |
3.3 |
-- |
4.8 |
8.4 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
-- |
2.7 |
| Part of body affected: |
| |
Head |
5.8 |
-- |
9.8 |
4.6 |
5.9 |
6.7 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
-- |
3.1 |
| |
|
Eye |
3.1 |
-- |
3.0 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
2.1 |
4.7 |
3.3 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Neck |
2.2 |
-- |
2.9 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
4.6 |
3.5 |
1.2 |
-- |
3.2 |
| |
Trunk |
44.0 |
44.9 |
38.8 |
42.0 |
37.6 |
44.3 |
50.1 |
35.4 |
13.6 |
60.6 |
| |
|
Shoulder |
4.0 |
-- |
3.1 |
-- |
4.1 |
5.8 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
-- |
5.3 |
| |
|
Back |
33.6 |
38.1 |
25.5 |
37.3 |
26.5 |
31.9 |
36.1 |
25.9 |
12.4 |
50.8 |
| |
Upper extremities |
22.7 |
29.7 |
17.6 |
18.4 |
33.7 |
17.2 |
15.7 |
29.3 |
21.6 |
11.8 |
| |
|
Wrist |
4.6 |
8.4 |
2.7 |
-- |
8.7 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
-- |
4.0 |
| |
|
Hand, except finger |
4.1 |
7.3 |
3.2 |
-- |
5.2 |
6.5 |
2.6 |
7.7 |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
Finger |
7.7 |
9.6 |
8.2 |
5.7 |
12.9 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
9.4 |
8.2 |
2.5 |
| |
Lower extremities |
17.1 |
11.3 |
22.3 |
24.2 |
14.1 |
22.5 |
17.6 |
16.8 |
42.6 |
13.7 |
| |
|
Knee |
6.3 |
-- |
9.9 |
9.1 |
4.8 |
5.3 |
9.7 |
6.9 |
-- |
4.9 |
| |
|
Foot, except toe |
2.5 |
-- |
3.1 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
-- |
-- |
| |
|
Toe |
0.8 |
-- |
0.3 |
-- |
0.7 |
-- |
2.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Body systems |
1.1 |
-- |
-- |
5.7 |
1.3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Multiple parts |
7.0 |
10.7 |
8.3 |
3.6 |
6.4 |
3.7 |
5.8 |
10.4 |
18.0 |
6.4 |
| Source of injury, illness: |
| |
Chemicals and
chemical products |
3.4 |
-- |
19.1 |
-- |
2.8 |
-- |
1.2 |
2.3 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Containers |
12.6 |
8.4 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
15.6 |
15.4 |
18.3 |
22.5 |
9.7 |
4.3 |
| |
Furniture and
fixtures |
3.6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.7 |
3.2 |
5.0 |
6.2 |
10.1 |
5.4 |
| |
Machinery |
8.3 |
-- |
13.2 |
8.3 |
11.5 |
5.6 |
7.1 |
10.3 |
-- |
2.6 |
| |
Parts and materials |
13.0 |
-- |
13.6 |
35.9 |
23.0 |
12.2 |
14.6 |
6.2 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Worker motion
or position |
13.6 |
15.2 |
3.6 |
8.0 |
15.9 |
11.6 |
18.4 |
15.8 |
17.0 |
13.6 |
| |
Floors, walkways,
ground surfaces |
13.2 |
17.9 |
12.7 |
16.2 |
8.2 |
15.9 |
11.3 |
15.7 |
43.1 |
14.3 |
| |
Tools, instruments,
and equipment |
6.5 |
11.3 |
4.8 |
14.4 |
6.8 |
8.6 |
4.9 |
7.3 |
-- |
3.4 |
| |
Vehicles |
5.8 |
6.8 |
8.4 |
3.4 |
5.1 |
13.7 |
12.0 |
3.2 |
-- |
3.8 |
| |
Health care
patient |
9.4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5.4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
40.0 |
| Event or exposure: |
| |
Contact with
objects and equipment |
28.8 |
30.4 |
44.5 |
37.9 |
37.0 |
24.5 |
24.0 |
30.6 |
24.2 |
12.0 |
| |
|
Struck by object |
14.7 |
15.2 |
23.7 |
22.8 |
20.9 |
13.0 |
9.3 |
15.5 |
10.7 |
3.0 |
| |
|
Struck against object |
7.5 |
15.1 |
11.0 |
4.5 |
6.3 |
5.0 |
9.7 |
10.0 |
11.1 |
6.1 |
| |
|
Caught in equipment or
object |
6.0 |
-- |
9.5 |
9.0 |
9.6 |
5.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
-- |
2.1 |
| |
Fall to lower
level |
6.0 |
6.7 |
6.1 |
12.9 |
5.1 |
6.5 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
9.5 |
6.4 |
| |
Fall to same
level |
7.8 |
7.3 |
6.9 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
9.6 |
4.9 |
12.5 |
13.0 |
9.4 |
| |
Slips, trips,
loss of balance--without fall |
1.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.6 |
2.1 |
1.3 |
3.1 |
-- |
-- |
| |
Overexertion |
31.8 |
-- |
26.1 |
21.8 |
30.5 |
29.0 |
39.2 |
26.6 |
10.2 |
43.0 |
| |
|
Overexertion in lifting |
19.3 |
10.7 |
10.0 |
11.3 |
16.5 |
20.6 |
20.1 |
20.5 |
7.8 |
27.3 |
| |
Repetitive
motion |
2.3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6.7 |
-- |
1.9 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Exposure to
harmful substances |
4.9 |
-- |
6.3 |
8.4 |
4.6 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
6.3 |
-- |
4.0 |
| |
Transportation
accidents |
2.6 |
-- |
0.8 |
3.5 |
1.5 |
10.0 |
5.3 |
-- |
-- |
2.4 |
| |
Fires and explosions |
0.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Assaults and
violent acts by person |
1.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.0 |
-- |
5.4 |
| |
| 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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