| Table 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected injury or illness characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 2, 3, 4 |
Goods producing | Service providing | ||||||||||||
| Total goods producing |
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 [12,130 cases]. | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Nature of injury, illness: | |||||||||||||||
| Sprains, strains. | 44.3 | 37.5 | 38.4 | 33.9 | 39.1 | 48.5 | 45.7 | 35.3 | 33.3 | 45.7 | 58.1 | 40.9 | 38.5 | ||
| Bruises, contusions. | 9.8 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 11.8 | -- | 10.9 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 5.1 | ||
| Cuts, lacerations. | 9.1 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 11.8 | -- | 4.3 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 20.5 | ||
| Fractures. | 7.6 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 9.0 | -- | -- | 6.5 | 3.1 | 7.0 | -- | ||
| Heat burns. | 1.1 | 0.9 | -- | -- | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | -- | -- | -- | 1.9 | 1.7 | -- | ||
| Carpal tunnel syndrome. | 0.4 | 0.6 | -- | -- | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Tendonitis. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Chemical burns. | 0.2 | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Amputations. | 0.3 | 0.9 | -- | -- | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Multiple traumatic injuries. | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 | -- | -- | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1.7 | -- | ||
| Part of body affected: | |||||||||||||||
| Head. | 5.2 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | -- | -- | 8.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | -- | ||
| Eye. | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | -- | -- | -- | 1.5 | -- | -- | ||
| Neck. | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | -- | -- | 1.3 | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | 1.5 | 1.7 | -- | ||
| Trunk. | 40.7 | 31.9 | 31.2 | 27.4 | 35.1 | 46.2 | 44.6 | 41.2 | 50.0 | 37.0 | 52.3 | 39.1 | 48.7 | ||
| Shoulder. | 7.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.8 | -- | 8.7 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 20.5 | ||
| Back. | 26.6 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 16.1 | 19.8 | 31.5 | 28.5 | 23.5 | -- | 21.7 | 40.0 | 27.0 | 25.6 | ||
| Upper extremities. | 21.4 | 26.1 | 23.2 | 19.4 | 32.2 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 35.3 | -- | 17.4 | 12.3 | 22.6 | 41.0 | ||
| Wrist. | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | -- | -- | -- | 3.1 | 2.6 | -- | ||
| Hand, except finger. | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | -- | -- | -- | 2.3 | 4.3 | 20.5 | ||
| Finger. | 9.0 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 17.3 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 11.8 | -- | 6.5 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 20.5 | ||
| Lower extremities. | 21.9 | 24.8 | 26.1 | 35.5 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 23.6 | 11.8 | -- | 23.9 | 16.9 | 24.3 | 5.1 | ||
| Knee. | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 6.7 | -- | -- | 13.0 | 8.1 | 14.8 | -- | ||
| Foot, except toe. | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.2 | -- | -- | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | -- | ||
| Toe. | 0.8 | 0.6 | -- | -- | -- | 0.9 | 2.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Body systems. | 0.6 | 0.6 | -- | -- | 1.5 | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.8 | -- | -- | ||
| Multiple parts. | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 5.6 | -- | -- | 8.7 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||
| Source of injury, illness: | |||||||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products. | 1.6 | 3.0 | 6.5 | -- | 2.0 | 0.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.2 | -- | -- | ||
| Containers. | 11.0 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 17.6 | -- | 10.9 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 25.6 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures. | 3.5 | 1.1 | -- | 1.6 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | -- | -- | 8.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | -- | ||
| Machinery. | 7.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 11.8 | -- | -- | 1.9 | 3.5 | 17.9 | ||
| Parts and materials. | 11.0 | 21.6 | 16.7 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 4.5 | 8.6 | -- | -- | 8.7 | -- | 3.5 | -- | ||
| Worker motion or position. | 13.0 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 13.5 | 10.9 | 17.6 | -- | 21.7 | 10.4 | 19.1 | 23.1 | ||
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces. | 13.9 | 10.8 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 15.9 | 11.2 | 17.6 | -- | 19.6 | 20.4 | 19.1 | 5.1 | ||
| Tools, instruments, and equipment. | 8.5 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 16.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 11.8 | -- | 8.7 | 3.5 | 11.3 | 7.7 | ||
| Vehicles. | 7.3 | 5.8 | 9.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 11.8 | -- | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 5.1 | ||
| Health care patient. | 7.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36.9 | -- | -- | ||
| Event or exposure: | |||||||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment. | 32.6 | 44.6 | 53.6 | 40.3 | 41.6 | 25.1 | 30.3 | 29.4 | -- | 23.9 | 13.8 | 28.7 | 53.8 | ||
| Struck by object. | 17.1 | 24.4 | 30.4 | 24.2 | 20.3 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 11.8 | -- | 4.3 | 5.0 | 20.0 | 23.1 | ||
| Struck against object. | 8.6 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 11.8 | -- | 10.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 25.6 | ||
| Caught in equipment or object. | 4.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | -- | -- | 6.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | -- | ||
| Fall to lower level. | 6.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 6.7 | -- | -- | 13.0 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.1 | ||
| Fall to same level. | 11.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 11.8 | -- | 19.6 | 13.8 | 18.3 | -- | ||
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without f | 2.6 | 2.4 | -- | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | 3.1 | 6.1 | -- | ||
| Overexertion. | 25.6 | 20.7 | 21.7 | 12.1 | 25.2 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 23.5 | -- | 13.0 | 37.3 | 17.4 | 10.3 | ||
| Overexertion in lifting. | 11.7 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 16.5 | 11.8 | -- | 4.3 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 5.1 | ||
| Repetitive motion. | 0.7 | 1.3 | -- | -- | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Exposure to harmful substances. | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | -- | -- | -- | 3.5 | 1.7 | -- | ||
| Transportation accidents. | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 7.5 | -- | -- | -- | 2.3 | -- | -- | ||
| Fires and explosions. | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Assaults and violent acts by person. | 1.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6.9 | 2.6 | -- | ||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer | effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates | ||||||||||||||
| or restriction. | 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) include | Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | ||||||||||||||
| establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such | NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion | ||||||||||||||
| 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 requirements | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||||||||