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
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. 
   
NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of   
nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.   

Last Updated on 9/24/01
By L McCormick