|
Table 2. Percent distribution
of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work1 by selected
worker characteristics and industry division, 1999
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Characteristic |
Private industry 2
|
Goods
producing |
Service
producing |
| Agriculture, forestry,
and fishing |
Mining 3 |
Construction |
Manufacturing |
Transportation and
public utilities 3 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade |
Finance, insurance,
and real estate |
Services |
| |
Total [15,940 cases] |
100.0 |
-- |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
-- |
100.0 |
| Sex: |
| |
Men |
61.7 |
-- |
98.8 |
97.5 |
76.3 |
91.2 |
85.4 |
47.6 |
-- |
30.9 |
| |
Women |
37.9 |
-- |
1.2 |
-- |
23.5 |
4.8 |
14.6 |
52.4 |
-- |
69.0 |
| Age: |
| |
14 to 15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
16 to 19 |
3.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.7 |
-- |
1.6 |
7.3 |
-- |
1.9 |
| |
20 to 24 |
13.3 |
-- |
2.9 |
20.0 |
11.8 |
8.2 |
8.0 |
18.6 |
-- |
13.7 |
| |
25 to 34 |
25.2 |
-- |
17.6 |
30.5 |
28.6 |
24.1 |
33.1 |
22.5 |
-- |
23.5 |
| |
35 to 44 |
30.6 |
-- |
29.6 |
29.1 |
29.3 |
28.1 |
38.9 |
29.6 |
-- |
31.4 |
| |
45 to 54 |
20.4 |
-- |
40.9 |
14.2 |
19.6 |
29.6 |
14.5 |
15.8 |
-- |
20.6 |
| |
55 to 64 |
6.5 |
-- |
5.8 |
5.2 |
7.2 |
9.4 |
3.9 |
5.4 |
-- |
7.1 |
| |
65 and over |
0.8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.9 |
| Occupation: |
| |
Managerial
and professional specialty |
4.0 |
-- |
2.1 |
6.5 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
-- |
9.0 |
| |
Technical,
sales, and administrative support |
12.5 |
-- |
0.4 |
-- |
3.6 |
3.8 |
10.7 |
26.9 |
-- |
14.8 |
| |
Service |
25.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.8 |
-- |
-- |
35.5 |
-- |
58.3 |
| |
Farming, forestry,
and fishing |
1.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.1 |
-- |
-- |
0.5 |
-- |
1.0 |
| |
Precision production,
craft, and repair |
15.5 |
-- |
53.1 |
43.8 |
14.6 |
16.3 |
13.2 |
8.7 |
-- |
4.8 |
| |
Operators,
fabricators, and laborers |
41.3 |
-- |
42.0 |
49.3 |
78.8 |
78.6 |
74.8 |
26.2 |
-- |
12.0 |
| Length of service with
employer: |
| |
Less than 3
months |
11.5 |
-- |
5.3 |
15.7 |
9.9 |
4.3 |
5.3 |
15.8 |
-- |
12.5 |
| |
3 to 11 months |
15.4 |
-- |
13.7 |
13.2 |
12.5 |
8.7 |
10.6 |
21.9 |
-- |
16.3 |
| |
1 to 5 years |
35.2 |
-- |
42.2 |
36.2 |
33.2 |
21.0 |
34.2 |
35.4 |
-- |
37.3 |
| |
More than 5
years |
28.3 |
-- |
34.2 |
21.1 |
35.5 |
46.2 |
31.9 |
21.2 |
-- |
24.8 |
| |
Not reported |
9.6 |
-- |
4.6 |
13.8 |
8.9 |
19.8 |
17.9 |
5.8 |
-- |
9.1 |
| Race or ethnic origin: |
| |
White, non-Hispanic |
68.9 |
-- |
16.6 |
84.5 |
79.3 |
55.6 |
78.6 |
64.0 |
-- |
76.4 |
| |
Black, non-Hispanic |
1.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2.1 |
-- |
1.2 |
1.7 |
-- |
1.8 |
| |
Hispanic |
0.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Asian or Pacific
Islander |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
American Indian
or Alaskan Native |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Not reported |
29.5 |
-- |
83.4 |
15.2 |
18.4 |
43.9 |
20.2 |
34.2 |
-- |
21.6 |
| 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. |
|