Table 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work¹ by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 2000
West Virginia--private industry
Characteristic			Private industry²	Goods producing				Service producing
Characteristic			Private industry²	Agriculture, forestry, and fishing²	Mining³	Construc- tion	Manufac- turing	Transpor- tation and public utilities³	Whole- sale trade	Retail trade	Finance, insurance, and real estate	Services
		Total	15,757	198	1,026	1,377	3,615	931	1,286	2,764	116	4,445
Sex:
	Men		10,343	198	1,018	1,362	3,061	781	1,091	1,329	46	1,456
	Women		5,362	--	8	--	554	98	195	1,434	70	2,989
Age:
	14 to 15		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	16 to 19		482	--	6	--	54	--	--	266	--	147
	20 to 24		2,014	--	27	99	533	64	155	447	8	596
	25 to 34		4,422	--	156	368	1,033	243	502	759	27	1,265
	35 to 44		4,219	--	300	415	997	261	317	694	24	1,184
	45 to 54		3,331	--	408	435	723	214	220	444	45	842
	55 to 64		1,017	--	84	--	259	118	73	92	7	318
	65 and over		150	--	--	--	17	23	18	61	--	15
Occupation:
	Managerial and professional specialty		876	--	16	--	25	--	42	104	9	668
	Technical, sales, and administrative support		2,149	--	--	150	120	142	274	904	61	495
	Service		3,387	--	--	--	85	--	--	813	15	2,456
	Farming, forestry, and fishing		315	186	--	--	53	--	--	--	16	57
	Precision production, craft, and repair		2,622	--	549	532	573	209	152	280	--	314
	Operators, fabricators, and laborers		6,382	--	434	688	2,759	564	810	662	10	456
Length of service with employer:
	Less than 3 months		1,830	--	81	169	241	68	144	530	11	567
	3 to 11 months		2,629	--	159	474	503	85	188	416	33	720
	1 to 5 years		4,993	--	339	240	977	249	405	1,066	19	1,589
	More than 5 years		4,450	--	389	435	1,182	365	421	469	52	1,118
	Not reported		1,855	--	59	--	713	163	127	282	--	451
Race or ethnic origin:
	White, non-Hispanic		11,102	--	60	1,281	2,488	594	1,101	2,047	91	3,344
	Black, non-Hispanic		212	--	--	--	57	--	--	35	--	87
	Hispanic		58	--	--	--	12	--	--	--	--	--
	Asian or Pacific Islander		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	American Indian or Alaskan Native		22	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	16	--
	Not reported		4,358	--	966	71	1,054	325	180	672	9	1,009
¹Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or withoutrestricted work activity.						NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
²Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.						SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies.
³Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining andfor employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department ofTransportation.Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries.