Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work   1 by selected worker occupations and major industry sector, 2004    
West Virginia--private industry
Occupation 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 13,360 4,570 1,160 1,430 1,980 8,790 3,340 150 120 560 2,850 1,490 280
                       
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,340 -- -- -- -- 1,340 -- -- -- -- 1,340 -- --
Laborers and freight, stock, and                         
  material movers, hand 1,020 380 -- -- 370 640 530 20 -- -- 50 -- --
Construction laborers 590 580 -- 580 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Combined food preparation and                         
  serving workers, including fast food 550 -- -- -- -- 550 120 -- -- -- -- 430 --
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 540 60 20 -- 20 480 390 -- -- 80 -- -- --
Retail salespersons 470 -- -- -- -- 470 410 -- -- -- -- -- --
Carpenters 360 360 -- 350 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 310 -- -- -- -- 310 -- -- -- -- 210 100 --
Stock clerks and order fillers 280 -- -- -- -- 270 270 -- -- -- -- -- --
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 270 250 -- -- 230 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20
Cashiers 250 -- -- -- -- 250 250 -- -- -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers                         
  of food preparation and serving workers 240 -- -- -- -- 240 -- -- -- -- -- 230 --
First-line supervisors/managers                         
  of retail sales workers 210 -- -- -- -- 210 210 -- -- -- -- -- --
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 210 -- -- -- -- 190 140 -- -- -- -- -- 30
Customer service representatives 200 90 -- -- -- 110 80 -- 20 -- -- -- --
Industrial machinery mechanics 200 150 90 -- 70 50 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 190 -- -- -- -- 190 -- -- -- -- 180 -- --
Waiters and waitresses 190 -- -- -- -- 190 -- -- -- -- -- 190 --
Janitors and cleaners, except                         
  maids and housekeeping cleaners 190 20 -- -- 20 170 30 -- -- -- 50 -- --
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 190 -- -- -- -- 190 -- -- -- 120 -- -- --
Registered nurses 140 -- -- -- -- 140 -- -- -- -- 140 -- --
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 140 90 -- -- 20 50 30 -- -- -- -- -- 20
Cooks, restaurant 130 -- -- -- -- 130 -- -- -- -- -- 130 --
Roof bolters, mining 130 130 130 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Food preparation workers 120 -- -- -- -- 120 30 -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricians 120 120 60 -- 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
                           
                           
     1  Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable 
or restriction.                                                                                                                          to estimates in other industries.
     2  Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.                                                                                  4  Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad 
     3  Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002)  Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  
include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting,            NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and data exclusion 
such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities.  Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and  of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.                                                                    
 nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.  These data                                                                                                                                 SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational 
do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping  Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies.