| Table 6. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers for selected characteristics and industry | ||||||||||||
| division, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | ||||||||||||
| Goods producing | Service producing | |||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 3 | Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3 |
Mining 4 | Construction | Manufactur- ing |
Transpor- tation and public utilities 5 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade | Finance, insurance, and real estate |
Services | ||
| Total[16,219 cases] | 341.1 | 328.5 | 502.9 | 331.9 | 438.0 | 321.1 | 465.7 | 316.2 | 81.6 | 307.8 | ||
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 161.5 | 106.0 | 194.8 | 143.0 | 185.3 | 165.9 | 212.5 | 152.3 | 26.7 | 165.7 | ||
| Bruises, contusions | 27.9 | 36.7 | 65.4 | 5.9 | 33.5 | 27.6 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 6.0 | 23.2 | ||
| Cuts, lacerations | 18.4 | -- | 30.1 | 25.1 | 20.8 | -- | 38.9 | 31.5 | -- | 7.3 | ||
| Fractures | 20.1 | -- | 67.7 | 21.8 | 33.4 | 23.9 | 55.1 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 7.3 | ||
| Heat burns | 5.7 | -- | 4.5 | -- | 1.8 | 30.6 | -- | 7.0 | -- | 2.6 | ||
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 6.3 | -- | -- | -- | 13.0 | 4.4 | -- | 6.9 | 10.1 | 5.0 | ||
| Tendonitis | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- | 3.0 | -- | -- | 4.5 | -- | -- | ||
| Chemical burns | 1.3 | -- | 2.1 | -- | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.0 | ||
| Amputations | 1.8 | -- | 3.6 | -- | 7.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Multiple injuries | 18.3 | 41.1 | 27.9 | 43.7 | 23.9 | 4.0 | 29.1 | 16.0 | 13.1 | 12.0 | ||
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||||
| Head | 16.8 | -- | 35.6 | 23.9 | 27.3 | 9.9 | 32.4 | 15.6 | 6.0 | 8.7 | ||
| Eye | 9.5 | -- | 12.8 | 13.6 | 18.1 | -- | 26.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| Neck | 6.6 | -- | 11.9 | -- | 6.0 | -- | -- | 9.5 | -- | 7.0 | ||
| Trunk | 142.6 | 118.7 | 164.4 | 150.6 | 162.5 | 130.3 | 169.3 | 132.8 | 16.6 | 151.9 | ||
| Shoulder | 19.1 | 50.7 | 18.9 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 28.3 | 7.0 | 15.3 | -- | 26.7 | ||
| Back | 103.0 | 64.9 | 100.6 | 109.5 | 121.4 | 86.8 | 118.6 | 99.9 | 12.7 | 110.4 | ||
| Upper extremities | 73.8 | 35.2 | 108.3 | 55.6 | 132.5 | 61.9 | 119.5 | 69.9 | 24.3 | 48.1 | ||
| Wrist | 18.5 | -- | 20.0 | -- | 31.0 | 11.4 | -- | 17.4 | 13.8 | 19.3 | ||
| Hand, except finger | 13.0 | -- | 23.6 | -- | 15.8 | 26.3 | 29.9 | 15.3 | -- | 6.5 | ||
| Finger | 24.3 | -- | 48.5 | 13.6 | 55.4 | 12.9 | 55.3 | 21.5 | -- | 9.7 | ||
| Lower extremities | 64.6 | 133.5 | 138.2 | 77.7 | 74.9 | 88.7 | 96.0 | 55.9 | 15.9 | 45.9 | ||
| Knee | 21.9 | -- | 50.2 | 22.2 | 20.3 | 23.6 | 27.3 | 16.7 | 8.6 | 21.2 | ||
| Foot, except toe | 10.0 | -- | 20.6 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 3.7 | -- | 11.3 | -- | 7.2 | ||
| Toe | 4.2 | -- | -- | -- | 5.8 | 4.1 | 30.3 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Body systems | 1.9 | -- | 2.7 | -- | 1.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.0 | ||
| Multiple parts | 30.7 | 41.1 | 41.0 | 19.4 | 31.9 | 21.2 | 37.2 | 31.6 | 17.0 | 33.1 | ||
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 7.8 | -- | 81.7 | -- | 7.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.3 | ||
| Containers | 41.8 | -- | 15.8 | 37.8 | 58.3 | 42.1 | 61.9 | 65.4 | 6.2 | 25.4 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 10.7 | -- | 2.2 | -- | 6.3 | 14.9 | -- | 18.9 | 4.4 | 10.8 | ||
| Machinery | 21.9 | 31.6 | 59.1 | 24.8 | 49.2 | 14.9 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 9.1 | 8.0 | ||
| Parts and materials | 39.0 | 36.7 | 80.2 | 96.1 | 94.1 | 30.1 | 68.3 | 21.6 | 3.9 | 7.0 | ||
| Worker motion or position | 69.2 | -- | 10.7 | 64.6 | 113.9 | 56.5 | 97.5 | 75.6 | 27.5 | 56.3 | ||
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 39.1 | -- | 69.4 | 30.7 | 27.4 | 38.5 | 50.0 | 47.6 | 15.2 | 37.3 | ||
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 18.4 | -- | 22.6 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 44.2 | 24.8 | 2.6 | 9.4 | ||
| Vehicles | 17.9 | -- | 36.5 | -- | 8.2 | 29.3 | 72.1 | 15.0 | 4.6 | 12.7 | ||
| Health care patient | 32.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28.1 | -- | -- | -- | 95.0 | ||
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 92.7 | -- | 247.2 | 105.5 | 167.1 | 57.3 | 176.3 | 74.6 | 19.8 | 45.3 | ||
| Struck by object | 50.6 | 46.2 | 136.9 | 66.4 | 93.8 | 32.6 | 54.6 | 47.0 | 7.1 | 25.2 | ||
| Struck against object | 24.1 | -- | 54.2 | 16.8 | 37.4 | 9.8 | 56.9 | 21.8 | 8.8 | 15.8 | ||
| Caught in equipment or object | 15.6 | 31.6 | 54.3 | -- | 34.2 | 13.1 | 57.5 | 4.9 | -- | 2.9 | ||
| Fall to lower level | 11.3 | -- | 29.0 | 26.7 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 24.7 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 7.8 | ||
| Fall to same level | 36.1 | -- | 33.6 | 27.7 | 29.3 | 16.3 | 32.9 | 64.8 | 17.8 | 31.4 | ||
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 5.5 | -- | 3.1 | -- | 4.3 | 10.2 | -- | 6.3 | -- | 4.1 | ||
| Overexertion | 98.0 | -- | 138.7 | 88.4 | 101.2 | 98.0 | 100.3 | 77.7 | 7.5 | 120.5 | ||
| Overexertion in lifting | 55.3 | -- | 46.0 | 57.6 | 46.7 | 65.1 | 58.0 | 51.3 | 3.8 | 69.2 | ||
| Repetitive motion | 8.3 | -- | -- | -- | 20.4 | 4.1 | -- | 7.1 | 10.6 | 6.7 | ||
| Exposure to harmful substances | 13.1 | -- | 15.4 | -- | 13.8 | 9.4 | -- | 8.4 | -- | 20.3 | ||
| Transportation accidents | 7.8 | -- | 5.9 | -- | 2.9 | 19.7 | 28.1 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 6.3 | ||
| Fires and explosions | 2.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 3.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11.9 | ||
| 1Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were | mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.Data for Mining | |||||||||||
| calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where | (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition) include establishments not | |||||||||||
| governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in | ||||||||||||
| N= number of injuries and illnesses | Oil and Gas Extraction. | |||||||||||
| EH= total hours worked by all employees during calendar year | 5Data conforming to OSHA definitions for employers in railroad transportation are provided to | |||||||||||
| 20,000,000= base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, | BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | |||||||||||
| 50 weeks per year). | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of | ||||||||||||
| 2Days away from work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||||
| restricted work activity. | ||||||||||||
| 3Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries | |||||||||||
| 4Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are | and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||||
| provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.Independent | ||||||||||||