Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 2000
West Virginia--private industry
Characteristic			Private industry2	Goods producing				Service producing
				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
Nature of injury, illness:
	Sprains, strains		8,014	--	444	647	1,604	485	799	1,251	67	2,623
	Bruises, contusions		1,228	--	110	--	340	93	88	323	7	210
	Cuts, lacerations		903	--	66	95	242	43	70	240	--	143
	Fractures		850	--	105	96	241	13	66	95	12	145
	Heat burns		234	--	--	--	61	--	--	118	--	49
	Carpal tunnel syndrome		212	--	--	--	74	35	--	--	--	50
	Tendonitis		130	--	--	--	29	--	--	41	--	23
	Chemical burns		82	--	7	--	23	--	--	20	--	23
	Amputations		70	--	8	--	25	22	--	--	--	--
	Multiple injuries		430	--	58	--	82	16	36	42	--	156
Part of body affected:
	Head		965	--	80	166	313	53	99	95	14	143
		Eye	404	--	22	--	216	--	--	53	--	48
	Neck		396	--	39	--	67	49	51	68	--	98
	Trunk		7,163	--	381	564	1,482	433	602	1,248	21	2,361
		Shoulder	881	--	19	--	211	35	117	210	--	230
		Back	5,265	--	268	470	935	325	375	906	16	1,919
	Upper extremities		3,241	--	183	257	984	192	207	705	13	699
		Wrist	640	--	28	--	179	59	89	83	6	173
		Hand, except finger	543	--	33	--	184	19	19	131	--	93
		Finger	1,196	--	79	108	381	56	30	293	--	244
	Lower extremities		2,753	--	247	280	489	129	277	437	51	734
		Knee	1,094	--	117	146	146	43	166	154	18	304
		Foot, except toe	366	--	32	--	113	14	--	83	--	71
		Toe	121	--	--	--	23	--	13	--	--	--
	Body systems		68	--	--	--	27	--	--	15	--	19
	Multiple parts		1,112	--	95	84	241	69	43	176	17	377
Source of injury, illness:
	Chemicals and chemical products		368	--	180	--	55	8	--	36	--	75
	Containers		2,008	--	31	--	390	114	355	764	16	322
	Furniture and fixtures		464	--	7	--	59	--	61	123	--	207
	Machinery		1,063	--	124	--	397	25	33	104	--	311
	Parts and materials		1,777	--	167	251	790	129	53	211	6	167
	Worker motion or position		3,379	--	17	475	804	297	347	519	26	878
	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces		1,718	--	141	150	176	102	149	439	13	516
	Tools, instruments, and equipment		962	--	61	128	317	30	50	159	--	196
	Vehicles		823	--	68	--	177	119	138	110	16	150
	Health care patient		1,308	--	--	--	--	48	--	--	--	1,258
Event or exposure:
	Contact with objects and equipment		4,347	--	464	504	1,288	214	269	762	31	715
		Struck by object	2,346	--	259	228	694	118	173	438	13	344
		Struck against object	1,368	--	117	236	288	76	60	298	15	258
		Caught in equipment or object	475	--	77	--	244	--	32	--	--	83
	Fall to lower level		699	--	66	144	53	60	79	103	8	164
	Fall to same level		1,271	--	65	--	196	46	100	379	10	414
	Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall		355	--	--	142	67	27	--	30	--	60
	Overexertion		4,667	--	322	150	1,031	204	404	798	23	1,707
		Overexertion in lifting	2,642	--	124	92	408	138	243	591	12	1,034
	Repetitive motion		326	--	--	--	112	52	49	30	--	79
	Exposure to harmful substances		516	--	29	--	154	12	--	156	--	146
	Transportation accidents		354	--	--	--	54	76	67	17	15	63
	Fires and explosions		26	--	--	--	15	--	--	--	--	9
	Assaults and violent acts by person		314	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	313
1   Days-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.