| 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, 2005 | |||||||||||
| 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 [12,930 cases] | 100.0 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 21.4 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 22.3 | 5 | ||
| Laborers and freight, stock, and | |||||||||||
| material movers, hand | 100.0 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 30.2 | 10 | ||
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 100.0 | 8.3 | 20.2 | 33.3 | 14.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 17.9 | 4 | ||
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 100.0 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 26.0 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 2.6 | 20.8 | 6 | ||
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 25.0 | 9.2 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 7.9 | -- | 21.1 | 5 | ||
| Combined food preparation and | |||||||||||
| serving workers, including fast food | 100.0 | 67.2 | -- | 15.5 | -- | 3.4 | -- | 8.6 | 1 | ||
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 36.4 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 15.2 | 3 | ||
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 100.0 | 7.7 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 15.4 | 11.5 | -- | 23.1 | 4 | ||
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 29.2 | 7 | ||
| Psychiatric aides | 100.0 | 33.3 | -- | 19.0 | -- | -- | 9.5 | 23.8 | 4 | ||
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 36.8 | 21.1 | 15.8 | -- | 15.8 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100.0 | 38.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | -- | 16.7 | 2 | ||
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 11.8 | 23.5 | 11.8 | 17.6 | -- | 11.8 | 11.8 | 6 | ||
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 100.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 41.2 | -- | -- | 11.8 | 11.8 | 4 | ||
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 100.0 | 17.6 | -- | 11.8 | 23.5 | -- | -- | 35.3 | 10 | ||
| Child care workers | 100.0 | 18.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 37.5 | 2 | ||
| Janitors and cleaners, except | |||||||||||
| maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 13.3 | -- | 33.3 | 13.3 | -- | -- | 33.3 | 6 | ||
| Machinists | 100.0 | 33.3 | 13.3 | 20.0 | -- | -- | -- | 26.7 | 4 | ||
| Carpenters | 100.0 | 21.4 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 14.3 | -- | -- | 14.3 | 4 | ||
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 100.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 28.6 | -- | -- | -- | 28.6 | 5 | ||
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | 23.1 | 15.4 | 23.1 | -- | -- | -- | 23.1 | 4 | ||
| Waiters and waitresses | 100.0 | 46.2 | 15.4 | 30.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Personal and home care aides | 100.0 | -- | -- | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | -- | 30.8 | 18 | ||
| First-line supervisors/managers | |||||||||||
| of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 15.4 | 23.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30.8 | 10 | ||
| Roof bolters, mining | 100.0 | -- | -- | 23.1 | -- | -- | -- | 46.2 | 17 | ||
| Customer service representatives | 100.0 | -- | -- | 16.7 | -- | -- | -- | 33.3 | 13 | ||
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | 16.7 | -- | -- | -- | 66.7 | 60 | ||
| Electricians | 100.0 | -- | -- | 18.2 | -- | 18.2 | -- | 36.4 | 20 | ||
| 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. | |||||||||||