| Table 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 2001 | |||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||||
| Goods producing | Service producing | ||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 2 | Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2 |
Mining 3 | Construction | Manufactur- ing |
Transpor- tation and public utilities 4 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade | Finance, insurance, and real estate |
Services | |
| Total [16,219 cases] | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| Sex: | |||||||||||
| Men | 62.3 | 90.4 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 84.4 | 83.7 | 89.5 | 46.9 | 45.5 | 26.6 | |
| Women | 37.3 | 9.6 | 0.9 | -- | 15.3 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 53.1 | 54.5 | 73.3 | |
| Age: | |||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 16 to 19 | 3.1 | -- | 1.5 | -- | 2.0 | -- | -- | 8.4 | -- | 2.1 | |
| 20 to 24 | 12.1 | -- | 5.3 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 16.4 | 5.8 | 16.0 | -- | 14.4 | |
| 25 to 34 | 29.0 | 49.8 | 18.9 | 26.1 | 35.6 | 43.4 | 32.0 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 25.8 | |
| 35 to 44 | 27.8 | -- | 24.8 | 29.1 | 27.9 | 21.7 | 37.6 | 24.6 | 32.3 | 28.7 | |
| 45 to 54 | 19.5 | -- | 37.6 | 28.7 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 28.6 | 21.4 | |
| 55 to 64 | 7.6 | -- | 8.2 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 7.2 | |
| 65 and over | 0.7 | -- | -- | -- | 0.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Occupation: | |||||||||||
| Managerial and professional specialty | 4.7 | 13.5 | 0.4 | -- | 0.5 | -- | -- | 7.8 | 12.0 | 9.0 | |
| Technical, sales, and administrative support | 14.3 | -- | -- | -- | 3.7 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 31.8 | 43.7 | 16.3 | |
| Service | 23.5 | -- | -- | -- | 2.3 | -- | -- | 25.2 | 23.1 | 61.4 | |
| Farming, forestry, and fishing | 1.4 | 86.5 | -- | -- | 3.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Precision production, craft, and repair | 15.3 | -- | 53.3 | 52.8 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 6.4 | -- | 2.2 | |
| Operators, fabricators, and laborers | 40.5 | -- | 45.4 | 46.1 | 72.9 | 65.7 | 67.8 | 28.8 | 19.8 | 10.6 | |
| Length of service with employer: | |||||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 13.0 | 16.4 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 13.4 | 7.2 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 17.8 | |
| 3 to 11 months | 17.5 | 16.4 | 20.2 | 17.0 | 13.1 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 16.4 | 19.8 | |
| 1 to 5 years | 32.4 | 34.8 | 31.7 | 41.7 | 29.7 | 31.2 | 34.4 | 36.2 | 25.2 | 30.0 | |
| More than 5 years | 28.7 | 14.4 | 31.1 | 28.7 | 34.9 | 26.0 | 36.1 | 22.2 | 47.5 | 26.0 | |
| Not reported | 8.4 | 18.0 | 4.7 | -- | 12.1 | 14.3 | 7.5 | 9.5 | -- | 6.5 | |
| Race or ethnic origin: | |||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 76.1 | 64.3 | 15.0 | 91.9 | 83.5 | 78.0 | 95.9 | 75.0 | 87.7 | 77.0 | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1.3 | -- | -- | -- | 1.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.6 | |
| Hispanic | 0.2 | 9.6 | -- | -- | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 0.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Not reported | 22.3 | -- | 85.0 | 6.7 | 14.7 | 21.6 | 3.8 | 23.9 | 10.1 | 20.2 | |
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | Oil and Gas Extraction. | ||||||||||
| restricted work activity. | 4Data conforming to OSHA definitions for employers in railroad transportation are provided to | ||||||||||
| 2Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | ||||||||||
| 3Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are | NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of | ||||||||||
| provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent | nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | ||||||||||
| mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. Data for Mining | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries | ||||||||||
| (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition) include establishments not | and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||||
| governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in | |||||||||||