Table 1.Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 2002
 
West Virginia--private industry
 
Characteristic Private industry 2 Goods producing Service producing
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 14,571 -- 1,350 920 2,672 1,191 1,003 2,907 210 4,288
Sex:  
     Men 9,428 -- 1,339 918 2,241 991 937 1,526 106 1,348
     Women 5,097 11 10 -- 431 154 66 1,381 103 2,941
Age:  
     14 to 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     16 to 19 338 -- 14 -- 48 -- -- 147 -- 101
     20 to 24 1,710 -- 85 -- 261 140 102 501 30 557
     25 to 34 4,016 -- 252 402 706 313 248 950 39 1,086
     35 to 44 3,636 -- 276 97 725 274 355 616 80 1,206
     45 to 54 3,474 -- 545 305 610 331 210 480 49 946
     55 to 64 1,224 -- 146 88 279 120 57 198 9 329
     65 and over 145 -- -- -- 44 13 -- -- -- 64
Occupation:  
     Managerial and professional specialty 659 -- 18 -- 30 -- -- 102 13 448
     Technical, sales, and administrative support 2,360 -- 5 -- 115 302 193 1,110 83 547
     Service 3,676 -- -- -- 50 -- -- 755 75 2,772
     Farming, forestry, and fishing 213 -- -- -- 154 -- -- -- -- 28
     Precision production, craft, and repair 2,106 -- 692 568 313 78 142 145 -- 166
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers 5,545 -- 622 344 2,010 792 621 796 32 328
   
Length of service with employer:  
     Less than 3 months 1,880 10 108 194 308 91 127 481 43  520
     3 to 11 months 3,063 -- 292 151 488 179 88 732 37 1,093
     1 to 5 years 4,853 11 484 441 629 430 358 835 90 1,576
     More than 5 years 4,673 8 410 135 1,247 444 430 859 40 1,100
     Not reported 102 -- 56 -- -- 46 -- -- -- --
   
Race or ethnic origin:  
     White, non-Hispanic 10,262 -- 201 681 2,185 917 833 1,886 157 3,381
     Black, non-Hispanic 215 -- -- -- 32 29 -- -- -- 143
     Hispanic 13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Asian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     American Indian or Alaskan Native 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Multi-race -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
     Not reported 4,044 12 1,148 236 446 245 169 984 49 755
   
1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without       4Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad
job transfer or restriction.                                                                                                                         Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made
2Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.                                                                            to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are
3Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition) include not comparable with estimates for other industries.
establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting,  
such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction.Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining NOTE:Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of    
are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.                                                                   
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.                                                                                                                                 
These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries
January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies.                                                                 
industries.