| Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness 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 |
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 7,073 | -- | 621 | 426 | 1,192 | 609 | 604 | 1,445 | 79 | 2,089 |
| Bruises, contusions | 926 | -- | 190 | -- | 158 | 32 | 54 | 241 | 7 | 235 |
| Cuts, lacerations | 984 | -- | 64 | 210 | 191 | 48 | 36 | 259 | 9 | 166 |
| Fractures | 849 | -- | 149 | -- | 177 | 68 | 49 | 88 | 24 | 233 |
| Heat burns | 299 | -- | 10 | -- | 19 | 14 | -- | 224 | -- | 23 |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 250 | -- | -- | -- | 83 | -- | 14 | -- | 17 | 87 |
| Tendonitis | 114 | -- | -- | -- | 69 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 37 |
| Chemical burns | 34 | -- | 5 | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 |
| Amputations | 81 | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 60 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multiple injuries | 673 | -- | 57 | -- | 190 | 105 | 16 | 86 | 11 | 179 |
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||
| Head | 851 | -- | 91 | -- | 201 | 14 | 65 | 185 | -- | 222 |
| Eye | 459 | -- | 27 | -- | 137 | -- | -- | 97 | -- | 120 |
| Neck | 318 | -- | 53 | -- | 35 | 11 | -- | 89 | -- | 108 |
| Trunk | 5,964 | 8 | 519 | 339 | 893 | 518 | 545 | 1,205 | 94 | 1,843 |
| Shoulder | 830 | -- | 45 | -- | 263 | 90 | 55 | 119 | 14 | 211 |
| Back | 4,284 | -- | 382 | 124 | 495 | 369 | 417 | 958 | 75 | 1,458 |
| Upper extremities | 3,373 | 18 | 233 | 288 | 784 | 238 | 198 | 781 | 52 | 782 |
| Wrist | 796 | -- | 78 | -- | 190 | 29 | 48 | 79 | 21 | 311 |
| Hand, except finger | 641 | 12 | 36 | -- | 117 | -- | 39 | 270 | -- | 108 |
| Finger | 1,005 | -- | 71 | 166 | 210 | 69 | 64 | 226 | 7 | 190 |
| Lower extremities | 2,596 | -- | 317 | 173 | 495 | 249 | 139 | 426 | 31 | 763 |
| Knee | 997 | -- | 122 | 122 | 181 | 141 | 62 | 117 | 9 | 243 |
| Foot, except toe | 374 | -- | 54 | -- | 40 | -- | 46 | 90 | -- | 117 |
| Toe | 94 | -- | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 34 |
| Body systems | 17 | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multiple parts | 1,338 | -- | 132 | -- | 243 | 145 | -- | 185 | 22 | 533 |
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 341 | -- | 196 | -- | 45 | -- | -- | 51 | -- | 39 |
| Containers | 1,505 | -- | 52 | -- | 198 | 92 | 176 | 690 | -- | 272 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 554 | -- | 5 | -- | 40 | -- | -- | 228 | 7 | 201 |
| Machinery | 783 | -- | 148 | -- | 189 | 74 | 59 | 118 | -- | 175 |
| Parts and materials | 1,872 | -- | 180 | 291 | 765 | 114 | 134 | 250 | 30 | 109 |
| Worker motion or position | 2,618 | -- | 56 | 175 | 665 | 218 | 247 | 341 | 79 | 838 |
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 1,734 | -- | 233 | 98 | 207 | 149 | 92 | 295 | 43 | 612 |
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 915 | -- | 66 | -- | 136 | 136 | 41 | 260 | 10 | 182 |
| Vehicles | 998 | -- | 128 | -- | 118 | 225 | 147 | 145 | 9 | 215 |
| Health care patient | 1,269 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 52 | -- | -- | -- | 1,217 |
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 3,950 | 10 | 544 | 376 | 875 | 295 | 208 | 835 | 31 | 775 |
| Struck by object | 2,283 | -- | 304 | 120 | 556 | 173 | 161 | 512 | 11 | 440 |
| Struck against object | 900 | -- | 149 | -- | 144 | 57 | 45 | 218 | 17 | 188 |
| Caught in equipment or object | 420 | -- | 85 | -- | 141 | 30 | -- | 80 | -- | 72 |
| Fall to lower level | 572 | -- | 102 | -- | 56 | 95 | -- | 102 | 11 | 127 |
| Fall to same level | 1,592 | 8 | 110 | -- | 226 | 71 | 71 | 306 | 28 | 709 |
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 302 | -- | 11 | -- | 64 | 68 | -- | -- | 11 | 119 |
| Overexertion | 4,341 | -- | 393 | 200 | 686 | 340 | 339 | 929 | 37 | 1,412 |
| Overexertion in lifting | 1,995 | -- | 138 | -- | 265 | 190 | 181 | 592 | 19 | 578 |
| Repetitive motion | 413 | -- | -- | -- | 180 | -- | -- | -- | 18 | 131 |
| Exposure to harmful substances | 629 | -- | 40 | -- | 78 | -- | 66 | 307 | 8 | 117 |
| Transportation accidents | 401 | -- | 50 | -- | 37 | 112 | 41 | 43 | -- | 97 |
| Fires and explosions | 31 | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 180 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 166 |
| 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. | ||||||||||