| Table 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness 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 | ||
| Nature of injury, illness: | |||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 100.0 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 22.7 | 12.4 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 30.7 | 8 | ||
| Bruises, contusions | 100.0 | 17.2 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 14.4 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 9.9 | 4 | ||
| Cuts, lacerations | 100.0 | 20.6 | 5.3 | 28.4 | 16.5 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 18.0 | 5 | ||
| Fractures | 100.0 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 63.5 | 49 | ||
| Heat burns | 100.0 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 39.3 | 15.6 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 100.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 57.9 | 43 | ||
| Tendonitis | 100.0 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 44.2 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 14 | ||
| Chemical burns | 100.0 | 40.5 | 17.3 | 15.5 | 4.5 | 18.9 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| Amputations | 100.0 | 1.3 | -- | 3.7 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 40.9 | 45.1 | 30 | ||
| Multiple injuries | 100.0 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 16.5 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 14 | ||
| Part of body affected: | |||||||||||
| Head | 100.0 | 32.7 | 19.1 | 17.5 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 12.9 | 2 | ||
| Eye | 100.0 | 42.0 | 22.0 | 21.3 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 2 | ||
| Neck | 100.0 | 13.0 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 33.6 | 6 | ||
| Trunk | 100.0 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 20.5 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 30.4 | 9 | ||
| Shoulder | 100.0 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 29.3 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 33.9 | 7 | ||
| Back | 100.0 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 19.6 | 15.3 | 11.3 | 5.7 | 29.1 | 9 | ||
| Upper extremities | 100.0 | 16.6 | 7.9 | 21.8 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 24.2 | 7 | ||
| Wrist | 100.0 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 19.2 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 38.3 | 15 | ||
| Hand, except finger | 100.0 | 19.3 | 10.1 | 25.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 5 | ||
| Finger | 100.0 | 19.3 | 5.9 | 22.6 | 16.3 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 21.1 | 6 | ||
| Lower extremities | 100.0 | 14.7 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 10.8 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 35.5 | 12 | ||
| Knee | 100.0 | 14.1 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 42.3 | 23 | ||
| Foot, except toe | 100.0 | 15.1 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 10.4 | 41.7 | 23 | ||
| Toe | 100.0 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 2.4 | 20.4 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 33.7 | 9 | ||
| Body systems | 100.0 | 56.2 | 18.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 1 | ||
| Multiple parts | 100.0 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 26.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 39.6 | 10 | ||
| Source of injury, illness: | |||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 100.0 | 16.8 | 8.0 | 15.3 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 40.7 | 12 | ||
| Containers | 100.0 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 22.9 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 23.2 | 7 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 100.0 | 15.9 | 26.0 | 18.9 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 3.0 | 15.3 | 3 | ||
| Machinery | 100.0 | 6.3 | 11.1 | 20.2 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 30.8 | 11 | ||
| Parts and materials | 100.0 | 16.8 | 7.3 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 28.3 | 8 | ||
| Worker motion or position | 100.0 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 23.7 | 8.5 | 11.8 | 3.0 | 34.5 | 10 | ||
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 100.0 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 17.2 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 38.7 | 15 | ||
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 100.0 | 21.7 | 10.1 | 20.2 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 23.2 | 5 | ||
| Vehicles | 100.0 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 39.4 | 14 | ||
| Health care patient | 100.0 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 29.9 | 18.2 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 24.0 | 6 | ||
| Event or exposure: | |||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 100.0 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 24.9 | 6 | ||
| Struck by object | 100.0 | 24.2 | 12.0 | 19.5 | 13.3 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 21.7 | 4 | ||
| Struck against object | 100.0 | 20.7 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 26.2 | 6 | ||
| Caught in equipment or object | 100.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 17.2 | 13.5 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 29.6 | 11 | ||
| Fall to lower level | 100.0 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 10.7 | 18.4 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 42.1 | 13 | ||
| Fall to same level | 100.0 | 8.4 | 13.7 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 9.7 | 32.3 | 8 | ||
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 100.0 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 16.9 | 8.4 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 42.5 | 17 | ||
| Overexertion | 100.0 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 24.0 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 6.2 | 28.6 | 9 | ||
| Overexertion in lifting | 100.0 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 20.5 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 28.7 | 8 | ||
| Repetitive motion | 100.0 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 15.1 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 6.7 | 41.9 | 19 | ||
| Exposure to harmful substances | 100.0 | 31.5 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 16.2 | 3 | ||
| Transportation accidents | 100.0 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 14.8 | 10.8 | 40.4 | 22 | ||
| Fires and explosions | 100.0 | 20.2 | 17.5 | 8.4 | -- | 40.6 | -- | 13.2 | 13 | ||
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 100.0 | 14.3 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 55.8 | 50 | ||
| 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. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||||
| nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||||