| Table 5. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness 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 | ||
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 47.4 | 32.3 | 38.7 | 43.1 | 42.3 | 51.7 | 45.6 | 48.1 | 32.7 | 53.8 | ||
| Bruises, contusions | 8.2 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | ||
| Cuts, lacerations | 5.4 | -- | 6.0 | 7.6 | 4.7 | -- | 8.4 | 10.0 | -- | 2.4 | ||
| Fractures | 5.9 | -- | 13.5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 11.8 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 2.4 | ||
| Heat burns | 1.7 | -- | 0.9 | -- | 0.4 | 9.5 | -- | 2.2 | -- | 0.8 | ||
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 1.9 | -- | -- | -- | 3.0 | 1.4 | -- | 2.2 | 12.4 | 1.6 | ||
| Tendonitis | 0.6 | -- | -- | -- | 0.7 | -- | -- | 1.4 | -- | -- | ||
| Chemical burns | 0.4 | -- | 0.4 | -- | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.7 | ||
| Amputations | 0.5 | -- | 0.7 | -- | 1.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Multiple injuries | 5.4 | 12.5 | 5.5 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 16.1 | 3.9 | ||
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||||
| Head | 4.9 | -- | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Eye | 2.8 | -- | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | -- | 5.7 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 1.5 | ||
| Neck | 1.9 | -- | 2.4 | -- | 1.4 | -- | -- | 3.0 | -- | 2.3 | ||
| Trunk | 41.8 | 36.1 | 32.7 | 45.4 | 37.1 | 40.6 | 36.4 | 42.0 | 20.4 | 49.3 | ||
| Shoulder | 5.6 | 15.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 4.8 | -- | 8.7 | ||
| Back | 30.2 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 33.0 | 27.7 | 27.0 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 15.5 | 35.9 | ||
| Upper extremities | 21.6 | 10.7 | 21.5 | 16.8 | 30.2 | 19.3 | 25.7 | 22.1 | 29.8 | 15.6 | ||
| Wrist | 5.4 | -- | 4.0 | -- | 7.1 | 3.6 | -- | 5.5 | 16.9 | 6.3 | ||
| Hand, except finger | 3.8 | -- | 4.7 | -- | 3.6 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 4.8 | -- | 2.1 | ||
| Finger | 7.1 | -- | 9.6 | 4.1 | 12.6 | 4.0 | 11.9 | 6.8 | -- | 3.1 | ||
| Lower extremities | 18.9 | 40.6 | 27.5 | 23.4 | 17.1 | 27.6 | 20.6 | 17.7 | 19.4 | 14.9 | ||
| Knee | 6.4 | -- | 10.0 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 6.9 | ||
| Foot, except toe | 2.9 | -- | 4.1 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 1.2 | -- | 3.6 | -- | 2.3 | ||
| Toe | 1.2 | -- | -- | -- | 1.3 | 1.3 | 6.5 | -- | -- | 0.3 | ||
| Body systems | 0.6 | -- | 0.5 | -- | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.3 | ||
| Multiple parts | 9.0 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 20.8 | 10.7 | ||
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 2.3 | -- | 16.2 | -- | 1.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.7 | ||
| Containers | 12.2 | -- | 3.1 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 20.7 | 7.5 | 8.3 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 3.1 | -- | 0.4 | -- | 1.4 | 4.7 | -- | 6.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | ||
| Machinery | 6.4 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 11.1 | 2.6 | ||
| Parts and materials | 11.4 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 29.0 | 21.5 | 9.4 | 14.7 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 2.3 | ||
| Worker motion or position | 20.3 | -- | 2.1 | 19.5 | 26.0 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 23.9 | 33.8 | 18.3 | ||
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 11.5 | -- | 13.8 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 12.1 | ||
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 5.4 | -- | 4.5 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | ||
| Vehicles | 5.3 | -- | 7.3 | -- | 1.9 | 9.1 | 15.5 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.1 | ||
| Health care patient | 9.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8.7 | -- | -- | -- | 30.9 | ||
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 27.2 | -- | 49.1 | 31.8 | 38.1 | 17.8 | 37.9 | 23.6 | 24.2 | 14.7 | ||
| Struck by object | 14.8 | 14.1 | 27.2 | 20.0 | 21.4 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 8.7 | 8.2 | ||
| Struck against object | 7.1 | -- | 10.8 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 6.9 | 10.8 | 5.1 | ||
| Caught in equipment or object | 4.6 | 9.6 | 10.8 | -- | 7.8 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 1.5 | -- | 0.9 | ||
| Fall to lower level | 3.3 | -- | 5.8 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| Fall to same level | 10.6 | -- | 6.7 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 10.2 | ||
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 1.6 | -- | 0.6 | -- | 1.0 | 3.2 | -- | 2.0 | -- | 1.3 | ||
| Overexertion | 28.7 | -- | 27.6 | 26.6 | 23.1 | 30.5 | 21.5 | 24.6 | 9.1 | 39.1 | ||
| Overexertion in lifting | 16.2 | -- | 9.2 | 17.3 | 10.7 | 20.3 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 4.7 | 22.5 | ||
| Repetitive motion | 2.4 | -- | -- | -- | 4.6 | 1.3 | -- | 2.2 | 13.0 | 2.2 | ||
| Exposure to harmful substances | 3.8 | -- | 3.1 | -- | 3.2 | 2.9 | -- | 2.7 | -- | 6.6 | ||
| Transportation accidents | 2.3 | -- | 1.2 | -- | 0.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | ||
| Fires and explosions | 0.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.9 | ||
| 1Days-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 | ||||||||||||