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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, 2000
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West Virginia--private
industry
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Occupation
|
Total
cases |
Percent of cases involving
|
Median
days away from work |
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|
1 day
|
2 days
|
3 to 5
days |
6 to 10
days |
11 to 20
days |
21 to 30
days |
31 days
or more |
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| Total [15,757 cases] |
100.0
|
13.0
|
12.3
|
22.9
|
11.9
|
8.8
|
5.8
|
25.4
|
6
|
|
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
100.0
|
17.0
|
10.2
|
19.7
|
15.9
|
6.5
|
8.3
|
22.2
|
6
|
|
| Laborers, nonconstruction |
100.0
|
10.5
|
12.6
|
27.1
|
11.3
|
8.8
|
5.7
|
24.0
|
5
|
|
| Truck drivers |
100.0
|
10.4
|
5.4
|
28.1
|
10.7
|
8.0
|
6.3
|
31.0
|
9
|
|
| Miscellaneous food preparation occupations |
100.0
|
29.9
|
12.7
|
33.7
|
6.9
|
5.7
|
--
|
11.1
|
3
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|
| Stock handlers and baggers |
100.0
|
4.7
|
13.1
|
25.8
|
7.1
|
16.5
|
11.0
|
21.9
|
10
|
|
| Cashiers |
100.0
|
4.5
|
10.8
|
28.5
|
7.5
|
11.2
|
3.3
|
34.1
|
10
|
|
| Janitors and cleaners |
100.0
|
12.7
|
15.7
|
29.3
|
8.9
|
6.2
|
7.6
|
19.7
|
5
|
|
| Construction laborers |
100.0
|
1.7
|
9.2
|
6.5
|
15.2
|
11.3
|
5.7
|
50.4
|
34
|
|
| Sales workers, other commodities |
100.0
|
15.2
|
9.3
|
24.3
|
13.5
|
7.2
|
1.2
|
29.5
|
7
|
|
| Electricians |
100.0
|
2.9
|
2.1
|
15.0
|
4.1
|
7.3
|
7.8
|
60.9
|
35
|
|
| Maids and housemen |
100.0
|
11.1
|
14.9
|
27.1
|
7.0
|
16.9
|
3.8
|
19.2
|
4
|
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| Registered nurses |
100.0
|
19.8
|
16.8
|
15.6
|
14.4
|
11.0
|
2.9
|
19.6
|
5
|
|
| Driver-sales workers |
100.0
|
13.1
|
24.6
|
5.8
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15.5
|
1.3
|
0.4
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39.2
|
10
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| Industrial machinery repairers |
100.0
|
8.0
|
18.3
|
18.1
|
5.4
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7.1
|
3.5
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39.6
|
11
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| Welders and cutters |
100.0
|
9.6
|
30.6
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6.5
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18.1
|
10.7
|
3.0
|
21.5
|
6
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| Cooks |
100.0
|
19.6
|
15.0
|
28.3
|
15.2
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6.6
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5.6
|
9.8
|
4
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| Butchers and meat cutters |
100.0
|
18.5
|
22.6
|
34.3
|
5.7
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1.7
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5.5
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11.8
|
3
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| Automobile mechanics |
100.0
|
3.4
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4.1
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50.6
|
19.6
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9.8
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1.7
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10.8
|
5
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| Helpers, construction trades |
100.0
|
--
|
0.5
|
73.7
|
--
|
18.7
|
--
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7.1
|
4
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| Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations |
100.0
|
5.8
|
6.7
|
39.8
|
20.0
|
9.5
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12.0
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6.1
|
4
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| Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks |
100.0
|
30.1
|
6.1
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26.1
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4.2
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21.5
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1.4
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10.6
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4
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| Excavating and loading machine operators |
100.0
|
1.5
|
0.6
|
3.0
|
4.2
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8.0
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3.6
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79.2
|
60
|
|
| Waiters and waitresses |
100.0
|
1.1
|
27.3
|
34.9
|
12.6
|
4.9
|
--
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19.2
|
5
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| Carpenters |
100.0
|
8.2
|
1.9
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33.4
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10.5
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0.6
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4.8
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40.7
|
7
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| Licensed practical nurses |
100.0
|
11.8
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23.8
|
9.4
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16.7
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24.2
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2.2
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12.0
|
8
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| Sawing machine operators |
100.0
|
14.2
|
16.1
|
16.5
|
13.7
|
4.0
|
3.1
|
32.3
|
7
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| Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators |
100.0
|
6.1
|
2.1
|
16.2
|
2.8
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11.1
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2.8
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58.8
|
41
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| Assemblers |
100.0
|
3.7
|
12.8
|
22.9
|
12.5
|
11.9
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7.0
|
29.2
|
10
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| Groundskeepers and gardeners, exc. farm |
100.0
|
21.4
|
16.6
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3.6
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39.6
|
16.1
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--
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2.7
|
6
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| Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |
100.0
|
1.6
|
10.7
|
19.0
|
12.2
|
5.0
|
6.7
|
44.8
|
27
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| Health aides, exc. nursing |
100.0
|
34.1
|
0.9
|
21.8
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25.2
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2.6
|
0.9
|
14.5
|
5
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| 1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or withoutrestricted work activity. | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational 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. | ||||||||||