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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, 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 |
| Nature of injury, illness: |
| |
Sprains, strains |
100.0 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
18.7 |
16.0 |
13.8 |
5.3 |
24.9 |
8 |
| |
Bruises, contusions |
100.0 |
21.1 |
14.6 |
24.7 |
13.9 |
10.9 |
3.3 |
11.5 |
4 |
| |
Cuts, lacerations |
100.0 |
30.1 |
12.4 |
24.9 |
17.2 |
5.9 |
1.9 |
7.7 |
3 |
| |
Fractures |
100.0 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
18.0 |
6.1 |
9.1 |
8.1 |
50.3 |
32 |
| |
Heat burns |
100.0 |
24.8 |
7.4 |
20.0 |
30.4 |
4.8 |
-- |
12.5 |
5 |
| |
Carpal tunnel
syndrome |
100.0 |
-- |
3.2 |
5.9 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
82.2 |
87 |
| |
Tendonitis |
100.0 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
29.5 |
44.5 |
5.2 |
4.2 |
8.7 |
7 |
| |
Chemical burns |
100.0 |
59.3 |
8.5 |
23.1 |
5.1 |
-- |
4.1 |
-- |
1 |
| |
Amputations |
100.0 |
-- |
5.6 |
-- |
-- |
8.5 |
12.2 |
73.7 |
92 |
| |
Multiple injuries |
100.0 |
5.5 |
11.3 |
24.7 |
18.0 |
8.9 |
4.0 |
27.5 |
8 |
| Part of body affected: |
| |
Head |
100.0 |
29.0 |
31.9 |
18.5 |
8.0 |
4.5 |
1.6 |
6.4 |
2 |
| |
Eye |
100.0 |
37.9 |
36.3 |
17.9 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
-- |
5.1 |
2 |
| |
Neck |
100.0 |
12.0 |
11.4 |
14.9 |
9.4 |
20.4 |
7.1 |
24.7 |
11 |
| |
Trunk |
100.0 |
9.1 |
8.6 |
17.8 |
17.4 |
15.2 |
4.1 |
27.8 |
10 |
| |
|
Shoulder |
100.0 |
8.9 |
5.1 |
18.5 |
20.0 |
21.8 |
5.2 |
20.5 |
10 |
| |
|
Back |
100.0 |
8.4 |
9.8 |
17.8 |
18.7 |
13.9 |
3.6 |
27.8 |
9 |
| |
Upper extremities |
100.0 |
16.4 |
10.1 |
23.4 |
17.2 |
7.7 |
5.7 |
19.6 |
6 |
| |
|
Wrist |
100.0 |
11.1 |
6.4 |
17.0 |
10.2 |
6.6 |
7.7 |
41.1 |
17 |
| |
|
Hand, except finger |
100.0 |
16.4 |
14.0 |
26.8 |
22.4 |
4.1 |
2.2 |
14.0 |
5 |
| |
|
Finger |
100.0 |
21.7 |
13.1 |
21.1 |
18.3 |
9.4 |
4.3 |
12.1 |
5 |
| |
Lower extremities |
100.0 |
13.6 |
11.3 |
20.3 |
11.4 |
10.4 |
5.7 |
27.3 |
7 |
| |
|
Knee |
100.0 |
13.4 |
7.6 |
23.2 |
8.3 |
11.7 |
4.5 |
31.3 |
9 |
| |
|
Foot, except toe |
100.0 |
17.7 |
10.6 |
19.6 |
4.3 |
7.1 |
1.7 |
39.0 |
8 |
| |
|
Toe |
100.0 |
16.6 |
8.5 |
39.5 |
11.1 |
3.7 |
1.8 |
18.8 |
4 |
| |
Body systems |
100.0 |
31.6 |
15.5 |
23.7 |
-- |
-- |
17.8 |
11.5 |
3 |
| |
Multiple parts |
100.0 |
10.6 |
11.3 |
17.7 |
8.6 |
10.2 |
4.2 |
37.4 |
13 |
| Source of injury, illness: |
| |
Chemicals and
chemical products |
100.0 |
25.3 |
6.4 |
13.0 |
7.6 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
40.8 |
8 |
| |
Containers |
100.0 |
8.8 |
13.3 |
19.2 |
14.1 |
12.0 |
6.1 |
26.5 |
8 |
| |
Furniture and
fixtures |
100.0 |
17.7 |
19.7 |
17.7 |
9.2 |
12.6 |
4.1 |
19.1 |
5 |
| |
Machinery |
100.0 |
11.2 |
8.4 |
16.8 |
18.0 |
14.6 |
6.3 |
24.5 |
9 |
| |
Parts and materials |
100.0 |
14.0 |
6.8 |
22.6 |
18.7 |
9.7 |
5.1 |
23.1 |
7 |
| |
Worker motion
or position |
100.0 |
12.1 |
10.5 |
20.8 |
14.6 |
12.2 |
6.3 |
23.5 |
7 |
| |
Floors, walkways,
ground surfaces |
100.0 |
7.2 |
8.1 |
17.1 |
16.0 |
15.5 |
1.9 |
34.1 |
12 |
| |
Tools, instruments,
and equipment |
100.0 |
31.8 |
15.7 |
15.2 |
15.6 |
5.9 |
2.3 |
13.5 |
3 |
| |
Vehicles |
100.0 |
12.2 |
9.5 |
19.0 |
18.2 |
10.7 |
3.5 |
26.9 |
10 |
| |
Health care
patient |
100.0 |
7.9 |
11.3 |
26.6 |
11.0 |
14.7 |
6.2 |
22.2 |
7 |
| Event or exposure: |
| |
Contact with
objects and equipment |
100.0 |
19.4 |
14.4 |
19.5 |
14.5 |
8.6 |
5.0 |
18.6 |
5 |
| |
Struck by object |
100.0 |
24.1 |
13.0 |
20.8 |
11.6 |
7.1 |
5.1 |
18.4 |
4 |
| |
Struck against object |
100.0 |
17.1 |
16.4 |
19.3 |
17.8 |
8.7 |
5.2 |
15.5 |
5 |
| |
Caught in equipment or
object |
100.0 |
7.7 |
11.9 |
15.9 |
19.4 |
14.2 |
4.0 |
27.0 |
9 |
| |
Fall to lower
level |
100.0 |
8.6 |
4.1 |
24.6 |
9.8 |
9.5 |
1.1 |
42.3 |
12 |
| |
Fall to same
level |
100.0 |
7.8 |
10.7 |
17.0 |
17.5 |
16.8 |
2.1 |
28.1 |
9 |
| |
Slips, trips,
loss of balance--without fall |
100.0 |
9.7 |
7.3 |
14.2 |
10.5 |
17.7 |
26.9 |
13.7 |
16 |
| |
Overexertion |
100.0 |
8.3 |
9.0 |
19.1 |
15.8 |
13.7 |
4.9 |
29.2 |
10 |
| |
|
Overexertion in lifting |
100.0 |
8.9 |
9.5 |
21.0 |
12.2 |
14.1 |
5.8 |
28.6 |
10 |
| |
Repetitive
motion |
100.0 |
6.3 |
2.2 |
6.0 |
9.7 |
2.6 |
5.9 |
67.2 |
63 |
| |
Exposure to
harmful substances |
100.0 |
28.0 |
17.9 |
18.8 |
16.6 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
14.3 |
3 |
| |
Transportation
accidents |
100.0 |
13.3 |
3.0 |
17.2 |
10.3 |
16.9 |
5.4 |
34.0 |
16 |
| |
Fires and explosions |
100.0 |
36.9 |
5.8 |
-- |
22.7 |
22.0 |
-- |
12.6 |
8 |
| |
Assaults and
violent acts by person |
100.0 |
7.2 |
12.1 |
28.1 |
8.9 |
11.7 |
5.1 |
26.8 |
7 |
| 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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