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Table 10. Percent distribution
of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work1 by industry
division and number of days away from work, 1999
|
| 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 |
| Private industry
2
[15,940 cases] |
100.0 |
13.2 |
11.0 |
19.5 |
14.7 |
11.6 |
4.8 |
25.1 |
7 |
| Goods producing: |
| |
Agriculture,
forestry, and fishing 2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Mining 3 |
100.0 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
9.2 |
9.8 |
9.2 |
6.0 |
56.4 |
43 |
| |
Construction |
100.0 |
12.1 |
9.3 |
16.6 |
22.7 |
14.4 |
1.9 |
23.0 |
7 |
| |
Manufacturing |
100.0 |
13.1 |
10.9 |
19.3 |
12.0 |
8.9 |
5.7 |
30.1 |
8 |
| |
Durable goods |
100.0 |
14.4 |
9.8 |
19.6 |
11.7 |
6.7 |
6.0 |
31.8 |
8 |
| |
Nondurable goods |
100.0 |
10.4 |
13.3 |
18.5 |
12.5 |
13.4 |
5.2 |
26.7 |
8 |
| Service producing: |
| |
Transportation
and public utilities 3 |
100.0 |
12.9 |
6.8 |
12.9 |
32.0 |
9.8 |
2.3 |
23.2 |
8 |
| |
Wholesale trade |
100.0 |
11.0 |
15.7 |
20.1 |
12.3 |
11.8 |
3.4 |
25.6 |
7 |
| |
Retail trade |
100.0 |
17.8 |
12.3 |
19.1 |
14.6 |
12.6 |
4.2 |
19.5 |
6 |
| |
Finance, insurance,
and real estate |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Services |
100.0 |
13.4 |
12.6 |
24.6 |
11.3 |
12.6 |
6.1 |
19.4 |
5 |
| 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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