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Table 7. Percent distribution
of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work1 by selected
worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 1998
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Characteristic |
Total cases |
Percent of cases involving |
Median days away from
work |
| 1 day |
2 days |
3 to 5 days |
6 to 10 days |
11 to 20 days |
21 to 30 days |
31 days or more |
| |
Total [16,678 cases] |
100.0 |
12.8 |
10.8 |
19.7 |
12.4 |
9.4 |
5.6 |
29.3 |
7 |
| Sex: |
| |
Men |
100.0 |
13.3 |
10.2 |
17.8 |
11.8 |
8.8 |
6.6 |
31.5 |
9 |
| |
Women |
100.0 |
11.8 |
12.1 |
23.6 |
13.5 |
10.5 |
3.6 |
24.8 |
6 |
| Age: |
| |
14 to 15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
16 to 19 |
100.0 |
24.1 |
13.1 |
33.7 |
8.6 |
4.3 |
3.2 |
13.0 |
3 |
| |
20 to 24 |
100.0 |
24.1 |
13.4 |
26.1 |
18.6 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
8.6 |
3 |
| |
25 to 34 |
100.0 |
14.5 |
10.9 |
19.4 |
16.0 |
11.2 |
4.8 |
23.3 |
7 |
| |
35 to 44 |
100.0 |
10.3 |
11.3 |
21.7 |
9.3 |
9.6 |
6.1 |
31.7 |
8 |
| |
45 to 54 |
100.0 |
7.8 |
8.8 |
12.3 |
8.9 |
10.9 |
7.0 |
44.3 |
24 |
| |
55 to 64 |
100.0 |
5.5 |
9.7 |
15.6 |
12.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
48.9 |
30 |
| |
65 and over |
100.0 |
-- |
-- |
7.2 |
3.5 |
44.6 |
24.6 |
20.2 |
20 |
| Occupation: |
| |
Managerial
and professional specialty |
100.0 |
14.3 |
9.0 |
29.3 |
11.2 |
2.4 |
6.7 |
27.3 |
5 |
| |
Technical,
sales, and administrative support |
100.0 |
16.8 |
16.6 |
18.4 |
12.8 |
9.3 |
5.0 |
21.1 |
5 |
| |
Service |
100.0 |
10.7 |
12.4 |
22.9 |
15.1 |
9.3 |
3.3 |
26.3 |
6 |
| |
Farming, forestry,
and fishing |
100.0 |
11.0 |
20.4 |
16.8 |
15.8 |
20.6 |
1.2 |
14.2 |
6 |
| |
Precision production,
craft, and repair |
100.0 |
10.4 |
6.3 |
17.1 |
10.6 |
11.0 |
7.9 |
36.6 |
16 |
| |
Operators,
fabricators, and laborers |
100.0 |
13.3 |
9.8 |
18.7 |
11.6 |
9.3 |
6.1 |
31.3 |
9 |
| Length of service with
employer: |
| |
Less than 3
months |
100.0 |
13.9 |
9.5 |
30.0 |
15.1 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
23.3 |
5 |
| |
3 to 11 months |
100.0 |
15.9 |
11.9 |
22.2 |
17.8 |
10.1 |
2.1 |
20.0 |
6 |
| |
1 to 5 years |
100.0 |
10.5 |
12.2 |
20.5 |
12.8 |
9.6 |
6.6 |
27.8 |
7 |
| |
More than 5
years |
100.0 |
12.4 |
9.4 |
14.4 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
6.8 |
36.6 |
14 |
| Race or ethnic origin: |
| |
White, non-Hispanic |
100.0 |
12.6 |
9.9 |
21.2 |
14.0 |
9.8 |
5.6 |
26.8 |
7 |
| |
Black, non-Hispanic |
100.0 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
14.5 |
2.2 |
16.1 |
8.7 |
27.8 |
11 |
| |
Hispanic |
100.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
100.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
9 |
| |
Asian or Pacific
Islander |
100.0 |
11.7 |
51.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
37.4 |
-- |
2 |
| |
American Indian
or Alaskan Native |
100.0 |
-- |
41.5 |
58.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5 |
| |
| 1 Days-away-from-work
cases include those which result in days away from work with or without |
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational |
| restricted work activity. |
Injuries and Illnesses
in cooperation with participating State agencies. |
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| NOTE: Dashes
indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion
of |
|
| nonclassifiable
responses, data may not sum to the totals. |
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