| Table 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker characteristics and industry sector, 2003 | |||||||||||||||
| (in hundreds) | |||||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 2 |
Goods producing 2 | Service providing | ||||||||||||
| Total goods producing 2 |
Natural resources and mining 2,3 | Construc- tion |
Manufac- turing |
Total service providing |
Trade,
transport- ation, and utilities 4 |
Informa- tion |
Financial activities | Profes- sional and business services |
Education and health services | Leisure and hospitality | Other services | ||||
| Total | 128.3 | 47.6 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 20.2 | 80.7 | 34.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 22.3 | 12.4 | 3.4 | ||
| Sex: | |||||||||||||||
| Men | 88.4 | 45.0 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 17.8 | 43.4 | 24.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Women | 38.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | -- | 2.4 | 36.2 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 17.7 | 5.8 | 0.9 | ||
| Age: | |||||||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 16 to 19 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | -- | 0.6 | 3.6 | 1.6 | -- | -- | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | -- | ||
| 20 to 24 | 17.8 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 4.2 | 0.2 | -- | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.4 | ||
| 25 to 34 | 33.5 | 12.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 20.8 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | ||
| 35 to 44 | 31.4 | 12.2 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 19.2 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 45 to 54 | 28.7 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 16.7 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||
| 55 to 64 | 10.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | -- | 0.3 | -- | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||
| 65 and over | 0.8 | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | 0.6 | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | 0.2 | -- | -- | ||
| Length of service with employer: | |||||||||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 18.8 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 12.1 | 4.4 | -- | -- | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 to 11 months | 23.5 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 14.9 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 to 5 years | 46.6 | 16.2 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 30.4 | 11.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 10.9 | 3.6 | 0.9 | ||
| More than 5 years | 37.9 | 15.7 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 8.5 | 22.2 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | ||
| Race or ethnic origin: | |||||||||||||||
| White only | 89.7 | 32.0 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 17.6 | 57.7 | 22.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 18.7 | 7.8 | 2.6 | ||
| Black only | 2.2 | 0.4 | -- | -- | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | -- | -- | -- | 0.7 | 0.4 | -- | ||
| Hispanic or Latino only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Asian only | 0.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.5 | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native only | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hispanic or Latino and other race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Multi-race | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.2 | -- | -- | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Not reported | 35.1 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 20.0 | 10.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer | 4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad | ||||||||||||||
| or restriction. | Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes the | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective | ||||||||||||||
| 3 Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002) | January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other | ||||||||||||||
| include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, | industries. | ||||||||||||||
| such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and | NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion | ||||||||||||||
| nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. | of 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||||||||
| requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||||||||
| in other industries. | |||||||||||||||