| Table 5. Percent distribution 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 cases] | 100.0 | -- | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 48.5 | -- | 46.0 | 46.3 | 44.6 | 51.2 | 60.2 | 49.7 | 37.8 | 48.7 |
| Bruises, contusions | 6.4 | -- | 14.1 | -- | 5.9 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| Cuts, lacerations | 6.8 | -- | 4.8 | 22.8 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| Fractures | 5.8 | -- | 11.0 | -- | 6.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 11.4 | 5.4 |
| Heat burns | 2.0 | -- | 0.8 | -- | 0.7 | 1.2 | -- | 7.7 | -- | 0.5 |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 1.7 | -- | -- | -- | 3.1 | -- | 1.4 | -- | 8.3 | 2.0 |
| Tendonitis | 0.8 | -- | -- | -- | 2.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.9 |
| Chemical burns | 0.2 | -- | 0.4 | -- | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.3 |
| Amputations | 0.6 | -- | -- | -- | 0.4 | 5.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multiple injuries | 4.6 | -- | 4.2 | -- | 7.1 | 8.8 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||
| Head | 5.8 | -- | 6.7 | -- | 7.5 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 6.4 | -- | 5.2 |
| Eye | 3.2 | -- | 2.0 | -- | 5.1 | -- | -- | 3.3 | -- | 2.8 |
| Neck | 2.2 | -- | 3.9 | -- | 1.3 | 0.9 | -- | 3.1 | -- | 2.5 |
| Trunk | 40.9 | -- | 38.5 | 36.9 | 33.4 | 43.5 | 54.4 | 41.5 | 44.6 | 43.0 |
| Shoulder | 5.7 | -- | 3.3 | -- | 9.8 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 4.9 |
| Back | 29.4 | -- | 28.3 | 13.4 | 18.5 | 31.0 | 41.6 | 32.9 | 36.0 | 34.0 |
| Upper extremities | 23.1 | -- | 17.3 | 31.3 | 29.3 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 26.9 | 24.6 | 18.2 |
| Wrist | 5.5 | -- | 5.8 | -- | 7.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 7.2 |
| Hand, except finger | 4.4 | -- | 2.7 | -- | 4.4 | -- | 3.8 | 9.3 | -- | 2.5 |
| Finger | 6.9 | -- | 5.3 | 18.1 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| Lower extremities | 17.8 | -- | 23.5 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 20.9 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 17.8 |
| Knee | 6.8 | -- | 9.0 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| Foot, except toe | 2.6 | -- | 4.0 | -- | 1.5 | -- | 4.5 | 3.1 | -- | 2.7 |
| Toe | 0.6 | -- | 0.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.8 |
| Body systems | 0.1 | -- | -- | -- | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multiple parts | 9.2 | -- | 9.7 | -- | 9.1 | 12.2 | -- | 6.4 | 10.7 | 12.4 |
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 2.3 | -- | 14.5 | -- | 1.7 | -- | -- | 1.8 | -- | 0.9 |
| Containers | 10.3 | -- | 3.9 | -- | 7.4 | 7.7 | 17.5 | 23.8 | -- | 6.3 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 3.8 | -- | 0.4 | -- | 1.5 | -- | -- | 7.9 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| Machinery | 5.4 | -- | 11.0 | -- | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 4.1 | -- | 4.1 |
| Parts and materials | 12.8 | -- | 13.3 | 31.7 | 28.6 | 9.6 | 13.4 | 8.6 | 14.1 | 2.5 |
| Worker motion or position | 18.0 | -- | 4.1 | 19.0 | 24.9 | 18.3 | 24.7 | 11.7 | 37.8 | 19.5 |
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 11.9 | -- | 17.3 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 20.3 | 14.3 |
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 6.3 | -- | 4.9 | -- | 5.1 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Vehicles | 6.8 | -- | 9.4 | -- | 4.4 | 18.9 | 14.6 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
| Health care patient | 8.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.3 | -- | -- | -- | 28.4 |
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 27.1 | -- | 40.3 | 40.9 | 32.8 | 24.8 | 20.7 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 18.1 |
| Struck by object | 15.7 | -- | 22.5 | 13.1 | 20.8 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 10.3 |
| Struck against object | 6.2 | -- | 11.1 | -- | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
| Caught in equipment or object | 2.9 | -- | 6.3 | -- | 5.3 | 2.5 | -- | 2.8 | -- | 1.7 |
| Fall to lower level | 3.9 | -- | 7.6 | -- | 2.1 | 8.0 | -- | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
| Fall to same level | 10.9 | -- | 8.2 | -- | 8.4 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 16.5 |
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 2.1 | -- | 0.8 | -- | 2.4 | 5.7 | -- | -- | 5.3 | 2.8 |
| Overexertion | 29.8 | -- | 29.2 | 21.7 | 25.7 | 28.5 | 33.8 | 32.0 | 17.7 | 32.9 |
| Overexertion in lifting | 13.7 | -- | 10.3 | -- | 9.9 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 20.4 | 8.9 | 13.5 |
| Repetitive motion | 2.8 | -- | -- | -- | 6.7 | -- | -- | -- | 8.8 | 3.1 |
| Exposure to harmful substances | 4.3 | -- | 3.0 | -- | 2.9 | -- | 6.6 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| Transportation accidents | 2.7 | -- | 3.7 | -- | 1.4 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 | -- | 2.3 |
| Fires and explosions | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | 0.4 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 1.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.9 |
| 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. | ||||||||||