Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by industry division and number of days away from work, 2002
 
West Virginia--private industry
 
Characteristic Percent of cases involving Median
days away
from work
Total
cases
1 day 2 days 3 to 5
days
6 to 10
days
11 to 20
days
21 to 30
days
31 days
or more
                   
Private industry 2[14,571 cases] 100.0 11.2 12.8 21.6 12.5 8.1 5.4 28.4 7
                   
Goods producing:                  
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Mining 3 100.0 4.6 6.6 10.9 8.5 9.6 4.7 55.0 38
Construction 100.0 6.0 19.3 22.9 17.6 4.9 1.3 28.0 7
Manufacturing 100.0 10.0 11.0 20.6 10.7 11.3 4.8 31.7 10
Durable goods 100.0 9.3 6.0 20.4 10.4 13.2 4.9 35.7 13
Nondurable goods 100.0 11.8 22.7 20.9 11.3 6.7 4.6 22.1 5
                   
Service producing:                  
Transportation and public utilities 4 100.0 14.1 9.9 15.4 12.2 5.0 5.4 38.0 10
Wholesale trade 100.0 12.6 8.4 21.2 18.1 7.4 5.9 26.5 6
Retail trade 100.0 14.5 18.6 28.7 9.5 5.3 4.7 18.7 4
Finance, insurance, and real estate 100.0 11.6 10.4 19.6 3.1 11.5 2.2 41.5 12
Services 100.0 11.7 12.5 22.6 14.8 9.2 7.3 21.9 6
                   
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.