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.