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Table 8. Percent distribution
of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work1 by selected
occupations and number of days away from work, 1999
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| 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 [15,940 cases] |
100.0 |
13.2 |
11.0 |
19.5 |
14.7 |
11.6 |
4.8 |
25.1 |
7 |
| Nursing aides,
orderlies, and attendants |
100.0 |
8.9 |
10.5 |
25.5 |
13.6 |
12.2 |
6.8 |
22.5 |
7 |
| Truck drivers |
100.0 |
9.9 |
7.4 |
15.3 |
27.6 |
10.2 |
4.0 |
25.6 |
9 |
| Laborers, nonconstruction |
100.0 |
10.3 |
12.8 |
20.6 |
11.3 |
9.1 |
3.3 |
32.6 |
8 |
| Miscellaneous
food preparation occupations |
100.0 |
35.4 |
16.3 |
16.6 |
0.7 |
12.9 |
6.3 |
11.8 |
2 |
| Construction
laborers |
100.0 |
7.4 |
16.9 |
9.3 |
19.2 |
11.8 |
0.6 |
34.8 |
7 |
| Cooks |
100.0 |
11.3 |
14.5 |
35.2 |
15.8 |
13.4 |
1.7 |
8.1 |
5 |
| Stock handlers
and baggers |
100.0 |
5.4 |
8.5 |
22.2 |
23.0 |
17.4 |
6.3 |
17.2 |
9 |
| Janitors and
cleaners |
100.0 |
8.7 |
15.0 |
45.2 |
7.2 |
3.6 |
1.7 |
18.6 |
4 |
| Cashiers |
100.0 |
12.0 |
8.8 |
26.4 |
15.9 |
12.9 |
5.3 |
18.7 |
6 |
| Maids and housemen |
100.0 |
15.0 |
12.9 |
19.7 |
13.4 |
25.5 |
-- |
13.4 |
6 |
| Supervisors
and proprietors, sales occupations |
100.0 |
10.8 |
19.4 |
18.1 |
6.3 |
16.8 |
5.1 |
23.6 |
7 |
| Electricians |
100.0 |
8.0 |
5.8 |
21.2 |
30.7 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
29.8 |
7 |
| Carpenters |
100.0 |
24.2 |
15.0 |
36.3 |
0.5 |
13.0 |
-- |
11.1 |
3 |
| Garage and
service station related occupations |
100.0 |
6.9 |
2.6 |
15.1 |
11.4 |
16.0 |
2.6 |
45.2 |
20 |
| Automobile
mechanics |
100.0 |
32.8 |
16.5 |
19.8 |
13.2 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
11.9 |
3 |
| Registered
nurses |
100.0 |
17.3 |
14.9 |
24.0 |
13.2 |
4.2 |
17.0 |
9.4 |
5 |
| Sales workers,
other commodities |
100.0 |
8.6 |
14.7 |
21.7 |
21.5 |
12.6 |
6.0 |
14.9 |
6 |
| Miscellaneous
material moving equipment operators |
100.0 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
4.6 |
15.2 |
12.5 |
3.5 |
56.7 |
43 |
| Bus, truck,
and stationary engine mechanics |
100.0 |
25.6 |
7.7 |
8.1 |
26.2 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
28.5 |
7 |
| Health aides,
exc. nursing |
100.0 |
18.1 |
31.6 |
10.5 |
11.2 |
5.8 |
3.0 |
19.8 |
3 |
| Licensed practical
nurses |
100.0 |
21.6 |
7.2 |
19.6 |
3.5 |
27.8 |
4.5 |
15.7 |
6 |
| Groundskeepers
and gardeners, exc. farm |
100.0 |
4.1 |
13.7 |
32.8 |
38.3 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
6.8 |
5 |
| Receptionists |
100.0 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
-- |
3.0 |
49.6 |
38.0 |
6.0 |
19 |
| Welders and
cutters |
100.0 |
16.5 |
13.3 |
13.4 |
8.8 |
9.8 |
0.6 |
37.6 |
9 |
| Driver-sales
workers |
100.0 |
16.8 |
3.9 |
6.2 |
17.9 |
22.0 |
2.8 |
30.5 |
18 |
| Kitchen workers,
food preparation |
100.0 |
14.9 |
12.0 |
19.2 |
24.4 |
7.8 |
13.2 |
8.6 |
6 |
| Assemblers |
100.0 |
9.2 |
4.9 |
49.9 |
24.3 |
6.7 |
-- |
5.0 |
5 |
| Industrial
truck and tractor equipment operators |
100.0 |
22.7 |
3.4 |
19.0 |
6.4 |
13.3 |
1.6 |
33.7 |
9 |
| Machinists |
100.0 |
10.9 |
14.9 |
14.1 |
4.1 |
8.1 |
5.9 |
42.0 |
11 |
| Waiters and
waitresses |
100.0 |
6.3 |
11.2 |
16.3 |
11.5 |
23.6 |
10.3 |
20.9 |
16 |
| Garbage collectors |
100.0 |
-- |
3.1 |
26.0 |
25.6 |
26.0 |
-- |
19.3 |
10 |
| 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 |
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| nonclassifiable
responses, data may not sum to the totals. |
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