| Table 2. Percent distribution 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 cases] | 100.0 | -- | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Sex: | ||||||||||
| Men | 64.7 | -- | 99.2 | 99.8 | 83.9 | 83.2 | 93.5 | 52.5 | 50.8 | 31.4 |
| Women | 35.0 | -- | 0.8 | -- | 16.1 | 12.9 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 49.2 | 68.6 |
| Age: | ||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 to 19 | 2.3 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.8 | -- | -- | 5.1 | -- | 2.4 |
| 20 to 24 | 11.7 | -- | 6.3 | -- | 9.8 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 17.2 | 14.5 | 13.0 |
| 25 to 34 | 27.6 | -- | 18.7 | 43.7 | 26.4 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 32.7 | 18.8 | 25.3 |
| 35 to 44 | 25.0 | -- | 20.5 | 10.5 | 27.1 | 23.1 | 35.4 | 21.2 | 38.1 | 28.1 |
| 45 to 54 | 23.8 | -- | 40.4 | 33.1 | 22.8 | 27.8 | 20.9 | 16.5 | 23.2 | 22.0 |
| 55 to 64 | 8.4 | -- | 10.8 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 7.7 |
| 65 and over | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- | 1.7 | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | 1.5 |
| Occupation: | ||||||||||
| Managerial and professional specialty | 4.5 | -- | 1.4 | -- | 1.1 | -- | -- | 3.5 | 6.3 | 10.4 |
| Technical, sales, and administrative support | 16.2 | -- | 0.4 | -- | 4.3 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 38.2 | 39.7 | 12.8 |
| Service | 25.2 | -- | -- | -- | 1.9 | -- | -- | 26.0 | 36.0 | 64.6 |
| Farming, forestry, and fishing | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- | 5.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.7 |
| Precision production, craft, and repair | 14.5 | -- | 51.3 | 61.8 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 14.1 | 5.0 | -- | 3.9 |
| Operators, fabricators, and laborers | 38.1 | -- | 46.1 | 37.4 | 75.2 | 66.5 | 62.0 | 27.4 | 15.2 | 7.6 |
| Length of service with employer: | ||||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 12.9 | -- | 8.0 | 21.1 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 12.1 |
| 3 to 11 months | 21.0 | -- | 21.7 | 16.4 | 18.3 | 15.1 | 8.8 | 25.2 | 17.9 | 25.5 |
| 1 to 5 years | 33.3 | -- | 35.9 | 47.9 | 23.5 | 36.1 | 35.7 | 28.7 | 42.7 | 36.7 |
| More than 5 years | 32.1 | -- | 30.4 | 14.7 | 46.7 | 37.3 | 42.8 | 29.6 | 19.1 | 25.6 |
| Not reported | 0.7 | -- | 4.1 | -- | -- | 3.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Race or ethnic origin: | ||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 70.4 | -- | 14.9 | 74.0 | 81.8 | 77.1 | 83.1 | 64.9 | 75.0 | 78.8 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- | 1.2 | 2.4 | -- | -- | -- | 3.3 |
| Hispanic | 0.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multi-race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Not reported | 27.8 | -- | 85.1 | 25.7 | 16.7 | 20.5 | 16.9 | 33.9 | 23.4 | 17.6 |
| 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. | ||||||||||