| Table 6. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers for selected characteristics and industry division, 2002 | ||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | ||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 3 | Goods producing | Service producing | |||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 3 |
Mining 4 | Construction | Manufactur- ing |
Transpor- tation and public utilities 5 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade | Finance, insurance, and real estate |
Services | ||
| Total [14,571 cases] | 314.6 | -- | 594.6 | 308.1 | 372.1 | 352.3 | 352.1 | 295.2 | 86.1 | 284.4 |
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 152.7 | -- | 273.7 | 142.7 | 166.0 | 180.2 | 212.1 | 146.8 | 32.6 | 138.5 |
| Bruises, contusions | 20.0 | -- | 83.6 | -- | 21.9 | 9.5 | 18.8 | 24.4 | 3.0 | 15.6 |
| Cuts, lacerations | 21.3 | -- | 28.3 | 70.3 | 26.5 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 26.3 | 3.8 | 11.0 |
| Fractures | 18.3 | -- | 65.5 | -- | 24.6 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 15.5 |
| Heat burns | 6.5 | -- | 4.5 | -- | 2.6 | 4.1 | -- | 22.7 | -- | 1.5 |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 5.4 | -- | -- | -- | 11.6 | -- | 5.1 | -- | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| Tendonitis | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- | 9.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.4 |
| Chemical burns | 0.7 | -- | 2.2 | -- | 1.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.8 |
| Amputations | 1.8 | -- | -- | -- | 1.5 | 17.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multiple injuries | 14.5 | -- | 25.2 | -- | 26.4 | 30.9 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 11.9 |
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||
| Head | 18.4 | -- | 40.0 | -- | 27.9 | 4.0 | 22.9 | 18.8 | -- | 14.7 |
| Eye | 9.9 | -- | 12.0 | -- | 19.1 | -- | -- | 9.9 | -- | 7.9 |
| Neck | 6.9 | -- | 23.5 | -- | 4.8 | 3.2 | -- | 9.1 | -- | 7.2 |
| Trunk | 128.8 | 27.0 | 228.8 | 113.6 | 124.4 | 153.3 | 191.5 | 122.4 | 38.4 | 122.2 |
| Shoulder | 17.9 | -- | 19.6 | -- | 36.6 | 26.6 | 19.3 | 12.1 | 5.6 | 14.0 |
| Back | 92.5 | -- | 168.5 | 41.4 | 69.0 | 109.0 | 146.6 | 97.3 | 31.0 | 96.7 |
| Upper extremities | 72.8 | 60.2 | 102.7 | 96.4 | 109.2 | 70.5 | 69.5 | 79.3 | 21.2 | 51.8 |
| Wrist | 17.2 | -- | 34.6 | -- | 26.5 | 8.5 | 16.8 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 20.6 |
| Hand, except finger | 13.9 | 42.9 | 15.8 | -- | 16.3 | -- | 13.5 | 27.4 | -- | 7.1 |
| Finger | 21.7 | -- | 31.2 | 55.7 | 29.2 | 20.3 | 22.3 | 22.9 | 2.9 | 12.6 |
| Lower extremities | 56.1 | -- | 139.5 | 57.8 | 68.9 | 73.6 | 48.9 | 43.2 | 12.8 | 50.6 |
| Knee | 21.5 | -- | 53.8 | 40.9 | 25.2 | 41.6 | 21.7 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 16.1 |
| Foot, except toe | 8.1 | -- | 23.8 | -- | 5.6 | -- | 16.0 | 9.2 | -- | 7.8 |
| Toe | 2.0 | -- | 5.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.3 |
| Body systems | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Multiple parts | 28.9 | -- | 58.0 | -- | 33.8 | 43.0 | -- | 18.8 | 9.2 | 35.3 |
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 7.4 | -- | 86.4 | -- | 6.2 | -- | -- | 5.2 | -- | 2.6 |
| Containers | 32.5 | -- | 23.1 | -- | 27.5 | 27.2 | 61.7 | 70.1 | -- | 18.0 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 12.0 | -- | 2.2 | -- | 5.6 | -- | -- | 23.2 | 2.9 | 13.3 |
| Machinery | 16.9 | -- | 65.2 | -- | 26.3 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 12.0 | -- | 11.6 |
| Parts and materials | 40.4 | -- | 79.1 | 97.6 | 106.5 | 33.8 | 47.0 | 25.4 | 12.2 | 7.3 |
| Worker motion or position | 56.5 | -- | 24.5 | 58.5 | 92.6 | 64.5 | 86.8 | 34.6 | 32.5 | 55.5 |
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 37.4 | -- | 102.8 | 32.9 | 28.8 | 44.0 | 32.3 | 29.9 | 17.5 | 40.6 |
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 19.8 | -- | 29.0 | -- | 18.9 | 40.2 | 14.4 | 26.4 | 4.1 | 12.0 |
| Vehicles | 21.6 | -- | 56.2 | -- | 16.4 | 66.7 | 51.5 | 14.7 | 3.6 | 14.2 |
| Health care patient | 27.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15.3 | -- | -- | -- | 80.7 |
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 85.3 | 34.2 | 239.8 | 126.0 | 121.9 | 87.3 | 73.0 | 84.8 | 12.6 | 51.4 |
| Struck by object | 49.3 | -- | 134.0 | 40.3 | 77.5 | 51.3 | 56.4 | 52.0 | 4.6 | 29.2 |
| Struck against object | 19.4 | -- | 65.8 | -- | 20.1 | 16.9 | 16.0 | 22.1 | 7.1 | 12.5 |
| Caught in equipment or object | 9.1 | -- | 37.3 | -- | 19.7 | 8.7 | -- | 8.1 | -- | 4.7 |
| Fall to lower level | 12.4 | -- | 44.9 | -- | 7.8 | 28.1 | -- | 10.4 | 4.5 | 8.5 |
| Fall to same level | 34.4 | 27.0 | 48.7 | -- | 31.4 | 20.9 | 24.9 | 31.1 | 11.3 | 47.0 |
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 6.5 | -- | 4.7 | -- | 9.0 | 20.1 | -- | -- | 4.6 | 7.9 |
| Overexertion | 93.7 | -- | 173.4 | 67.0 | 95.5 | 100.5 | 119.2 | 94.3 | 15.2 | 93.6 |
| Overexertion in lifting | 43.1 | -- | 61.0 | -- | 36.9 | 56.1 | 63.6 | 60.1 | 7.7 | 38.3 |
| Repetitive motion | 8.9 | -- | -- | -- | 25.1 | -- | -- | -- | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| Exposure to harmful substances | 13.6 | -- | 17.8 | -- | 10.8 | -- | 23.2 | 31.2 | 3.3 | 7.8 |
| Transportation accidents | 8.7 | -- | 21.8 | -- | 5.2 | 33.2 | 14.5 | 4.4 | -- | 6.4 |
| Fires and explosions | 0.7 | -- | -- | -- | 1.3 | 5.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 3.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11.0 |
| 1Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were | Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. | |||||||||
| calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where | These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective | |||||||||
| January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other | ||||||||||
| N= number of injuries and illnesses | industries. | |||||||||
| EH= total hours worked by all employees during calendar year | 5Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad | |||||||||
| 20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, | Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.These data do not reflect the changes OSHA | |||||||||
| 50 weeks per year). | made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these | |||||||||
| industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries. | ||||||||||
| 2Days away from work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | ||||||||||
| job transfer or restriction. | NOTE:Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||
| 3Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||
| 4Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition) include | ||||||||||
| establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries | |||||||||
| such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction.Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal | and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||
| mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. | ||||||||||