| Table 12. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by industry sector and number of days away from work, 2003 | ||||||||||
| 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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| Private industry 2 [12,830 cases] | 100.0 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 18.6 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 29.0 | 7 | |
| Goods producing 2 | 100.0 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 16.4 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 5.5 | 34.9 | 11 | |
| Natural resources and mining 2,3 | 100.0 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 43.0 | 21 | |
| Construction | 100.0 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 19.7 | 11.4 | 7.6 | -- | 37.1 | 10 | |
| Manufacturing | 100.0 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 17.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 5.4 | 27.7 | 9 | |
| Service providing | 100.0 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 5.6 | 25.5 | 6 | |
| Trade, transportation, and utilities 4 | 100.0 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 21.1 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 27.3 | 7 | |
| Information | 100.0 | -- | 13.3 | 26.7 | -- | 13.3 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 6 | |
| Financial activities | 100.0 | 11.1 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 11.1 | 16.7 | -- | 22.2 | 7 | |
| Professional and business services | 100.0 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 34.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 28.3 | 5 | |
| Education and health services | 100.0 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 23.8 | 7 | |
| Leisure and hospitality | 100.0 | 20.2 | 18.5 | 19.4 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 17.7 | 4 | |
| Other services | 100.0 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 11.8 | 47.1 | 26 | |
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without | 4 Data for employers in rail 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 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 | industries. | |||||||||
| and reporting, such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining | NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion | |||||||||
| operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health | of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||
| Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the | ||||||||||
| coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | |||||||||
| and Health Administration made toits recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||
| estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries. | ||||||||||