| Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected occupations and number of days away | |||||||||||||
| from work, 2004 | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | 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 | ||||
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 100.0 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 24.6 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 6.0 | 24.6 | 9 | ||||
| Laborers and freight, stock, and | |||||||||||||
| material movers, hand | 100.0 | 7.8 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 19.6 | 5 | ||||
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 15.3 | 22.0 | 27.1 | -- | 16.9 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 3 | ||||
| Combined food preparation and | |||||||||||||
| serving workers, including fast food | 100.0 | 16.4 | 5.5 | 23.6 | 20.0 | 12.7 | -- | 20.0 | 7 | ||||
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 100.0 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 3.7 | 7.4 | -- | 51.9 | 40 | ||||
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 34.0 | 14.9 | 8.5 | -- | 17.0 | 4 | ||||
| Carpenters | 100.0 | -- | 5.6 | 47.2 | 30.6 | -- | -- | 13.9 | 4 | ||||
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 22.6 | 32.3 | 16.1 | 9.7 | -- | -- | 19.4 | 2 | ||||
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 100.0 | 21.4 | 10.7 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 4 | ||||
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100.0 | -- | 33.3 | 14.8 | 11.1 | 18.5 | -- | 14.8 | 4 | ||||
| Cashiers | 100.0 | -- | 12.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | -- | 8.0 | 40.0 | 19 | ||||
| First-line supervisors/managers | |||||||||||||
| of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | 8.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 29.2 | 2 | ||||
| First-line supervisors/managers | |||||||||||||
| of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 19.0 | -- | 23.8 | -- | 19.0 | -- | 19.0 | 6 | ||||
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 100.0 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 9.5 | -- | -- | 28.6 | 4 | ||||
| Customer service representatives | 100.0 | -- | 10.0 | 15.0 | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | 65 | ||||
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 100.0 | -- | 10.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | -- | 35.0 | 14 | ||||
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | 26.3 | 15.8 | 15.8 | -- | -- | 10.5 | 26.3 | 3 | ||||
| Waiters and waitresses | 100.0 | -- | 21.1 | 36.8 | -- | -- | -- | 21.1 | 3 | ||||
| Janitors and cleaners, except | |||||||||||||
| maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | -- | 21.1 | 26.3 | -- | 10.5 | -- | 31.6 | 7 | ||||
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 10.5 | 31.6 | -- | 21.1 | -- | -- | 31.6 | 7 | ||||
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 21.4 | -- | 21.4 | -- | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 4 | ||||
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 100.0 | 28.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28.6 | 8 | ||||
| Cooks, restaurant | 100.0 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | -- | -- | 2 | ||||
| Roof bolters, mining | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 15.4 | -- | -- | 53.8 | 32 | ||||
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 41.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | ||||
| Electricians | 100.0 | -- | -- | 16.7 | 16.7 | -- | -- | 33.3 | 17 | ||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||