| Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker characteristics and number of days away | |||||||||||||
| from work, 2004 | |||||||||||||
| 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 [13,360 cases] | 100.0 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 21.6 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 7 | ||||
| Sex: | |||||||||||||
| Men | 100.0 | 11.1 | 15.3 | 19.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 27.3 | 7 | ||||
| Women | 100.0 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 25.1 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 22.0 | 5 | ||||
| Age: | |||||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| 16 to 19 | 100.0 | 9.3 | 25.9 | 37.0 | 11.1 | 7.4 | -- | 7.4 | 3 | ||||
| 20 to 24 | 100.0 | 17.1 | 20.3 | 26.2 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 12.8 | 3 | ||||
| 25 to 34 | 100.0 | 10.9 | 15.8 | 22.1 | 13.6 | 11.2 | 6.0 | 20.7 | 6 | ||||
| 35 to 44 | 100.0 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 21.8 | 8.9 | 12.1 | 5.7 | 30.5 | 9 | ||||
| 45 to 54 | 100.0 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 36.2 | 10 | ||||
| 55 to 64 | 100.0 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 20.4 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 4.9 | 32.0 | 10 | ||||
| 65 and over | 100.0 | -- | -- | 33.3 | -- | -- | -- | 33.3 | 5 | ||||
| Length of service with employer: | |||||||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 100.0 | 15.8 | 18.6 | 20.3 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 2.8 | 20.9 | 5 | ||||
| 3 to 11 months | 100.0 | 12.7 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 5.1 | 22.7 | 6 | ||||
| 1 to 5 years | 100.0 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 24.8 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 25.9 | 6 | ||||
| More than 5 years | 100.0 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 21.6 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 29.2 | 10 | ||||
| Race or ethnic origin: | |||||||||||||
| White only | 100.0 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 21.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 24.6 | 6 | ||||
| Black only | 100.0 | 22.2 | 22.2 | -- | -- | 11.1 | -- | 16.7 | 3 | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino only | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | ||||
| Asian only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino and other race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Multi-race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||