| Table 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 2002 | |||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||
| Characteristic | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work |
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| Total cases |
1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days |
6 to 10 days |
11 to 20 days |
21 to 30 days |
31 days or more |
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| Total [14,571 cases] | 100.0 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 21.6 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 28.4 | 7 |
| Nature of injury, illness: | |||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 100.0 | 9.9 | 13.5 | 21.7 | 12.2 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 29.3 | 7 |
| Bruises, contusions | 100.0 | 11.0 | 26.2 | 26.1 | 11.0 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 13.6 | 3 |
| Cuts, lacerations | 100.0 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 29.5 | 26.6 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 5 |
| Fractures | 100.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 60.2 | 44 |
| Heat burns | 100.0 | 20.1 | 12.4 | 44.4 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 3 |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 100.0 | -- | -- | 16.1 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 22.9 | 55.4 | 37 |
| Tendonitis | 100.0 | 4.0 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 31.8 | 3.2 | -- | 14.8 | 5 |
| Chemical burns | 100.0 | 46.0 | 6.0 | 35.0 | 2.9 | 7.1 | -- | 2.9 | 2 |
| Amputations | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9.0 | 3.2 | 87.8 | 180 |
| Multiple injuries | 100.0 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 13.2 | 3.4 | 32.7 | 10 |
| Part of body affected: | |||||||||
| Head | 100.0 | 16.9 | 22.7 | 41.1 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 8.9 | 3 |
| Eye | 100.0 | 20.9 | 18.1 | 49.8 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Neck | 100.0 | 8.3 | 22.7 | 17.9 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 28.8 | 6 |
| Trunk | 100.0 | 10.2 | 12.5 | 21.9 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 29.3 | 7 |
| Shoulder | 100.0 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 18.3 | 8.1 | 13.1 | 6.8 | 32.6 | 14 |
| Back | 100.0 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 23.0 | 12.9 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 29.3 | 7 |
| Upper extremities | 100.0 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 19.2 | 15.4 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 27.5 | 7 |
| Wrist | 100.0 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 16.5 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 9.9 | 42.1 | 24 |
| Hand, except finger | 100.0 | 25.4 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 11.6 | 3 |
| Finger | 100.0 | 13.5 | 9.8 | 21.2 | 25.4 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 18.5 | 7 |
| Lower extremities | 100.0 | 8.8 | 12.3 | 23.8 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 29.9 | 7 |
| Knee | 100.0 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 15.9 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 40.7 | 14 |
| Foot, except toe | 100.0 | 13.5 | 7.9 | 26.3 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 3.2 | 24.9 | 6 |
| Toe | 100.0 | 7.0 | 20.5 | 2.4 | 27.8 | 4.9 | 26.0 | 11.4 | 7 |
| Body systems | 100.0 | 56.0 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 6.7 | -- | -- | 24.0 | 1 |
| Multiple parts | 100.0 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 36.7 | 14 |
| Source of injury, illness: | |||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 100.0 | 17.0 | 6.8 | 24.2 | 9.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 34.7 | 6 |
| Containers | 100.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 25.0 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 20.8 | 5 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 100.0 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 25.7 | 5.1 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 24.3 | 6 |
| Machinery | 100.0 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 41.3 | 16 |
| Parts and materials | 100.0 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 23.7 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 27.7 | 7 |
| Worker motion or position | 100.0 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 18.4 | 13.1 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 33.5 | 11 |
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 100.0 | 8.3 | 13.0 | 20.1 | 14.0 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 32.3 | 8 |
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 100.0 | 25.0 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 12.5 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 20.3 | 3 |
| Vehicles | 100.0 | 9.0 | 12.2 | 27.1 | 5.4 | 9.6 | 3.4 | 33.4 | 7 |
| Health care patient | 100.0 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 22.5 | 16.7 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 27.8 | 8 |
| Event or exposure: | |||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 100.0 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 23.2 | 14.5 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 23.5 | 6 |
| Struck by object | 100.0 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 24.8 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 22.4 | 5 |
| Struck against object | 100.0 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 25.2 | 14.8 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 24.1 | 6 |
| Caught in equipment or object | 100.0 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 21.2 | 15.8 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 32.7 | 12 |
| Fall to lower level | 100.0 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 20.8 | 14.7 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 34.5 | 7 |
| Fall to same level | 100.0 | 6.8 | 14.2 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 33.8 | 10 |
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 100.0 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 23.9 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 26.1 | 9 |
| Overexertion | 100.0 | 11.0 | 13.3 | 20.4 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 29.4 | 7 |
| Overexertion in lifting | 100.0 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 20.7 | 13.9 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 28.0 | 6 |
| Repetitive motion | 100.0 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 16.9 | 49.0 | 30 |
| Exposure to harmful substances | 100.0 | 27.4 | 16.0 | 39.4 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 3 |
| Transportation accidents | 100.0 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 23.6 | 5.9 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 39.4 | 14 |
| Fires and explosions | 100.0 | -- | 15.1 | -- | 44.7 | 7.3 | -- | 32.9 | 9 |
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 100.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 24.5 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 26.4 | 5 |
| 1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||
| job transfer or restriction. | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||
| NOTE:Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||
| nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||