| Table 22. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected sources of injury or illness, private industry, West Virginia, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Private industry | Source of injury or illness | ||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | Containers | Furniture and fixtures | Machinery | Parts and materials | Worker motion or position | Floors, walkways, or ground surfaces | Handtools | Vehicles | Health care patient | All other sources | ||
| Total | 247.5 | 4.1 | 27.3 | 8.9 | 19.6 | 27.3 | 32.2 | 34.6 | 12.9 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 42.9 |
| Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male | 280.7 | 5.0 | 30.9 | 6.2 | 28.0 | 44.6 | 36.3 | 29.4 | 19.4 | 24.7 | 3.5 | 52.7 |
| Female | 201.7 | 2.9 | 22.4 | 12.7 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 26.8 | 41.8 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 42.1 | 28.7 |
| Age: | ||||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 to 19 | 350.3 | -- | 43.3 | -- | 12.7 | 51.2 | 15.8 | 34.5 | 63.3 | 25.6 | 14.7 | 81.3 |
| 20 to 24 | 336.1 | -- | 29.1 | 14.4 | 35.7 | 42.0 | 38.4 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 58.4 |
| 25 to 34 | 269.7 | 5.6 | 31.8 | 11.4 | 23.2 | 35.3 | 37.4 | 28.8 | 13.8 | 19.3 | 23.5 | 39.5 |
| 35 to 44 | 261.0 | 3.2 | 29.8 | 7.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 40.1 | 33.1 | 11.4 | 19.3 | 24.4 | 50.8 |
| 45 to 54 | 207.2 | 5.2 | 20.7 | 7.5 | 14.4 | 23.4 | 27.7 | 42.5 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 35.3 |
| 55 to 64 | 186.6 | 3.3 | 23.3 | 8.5 | 12.7 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 34.5 | 6.2 | 21.3 | 9.3 | 30.8 |
| 65 and over | 127.8 | -- | 17.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40.2 | -- | -- | -- | 16.4 |
| Major occupational group: | ||||||||||||
| Management occupations | 80.4 | -- | 21.3 | 12.8 | -- | 8.9 | -- | 12.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 18.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 69.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 42.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 240.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 78.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Community and social services occupations | 78.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28.9 | -- | -- | -- | 28.5 |
| Legal occupations | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Education, training, and library occupations | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, | ||||||||||||
| and media occupations | 51.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 170.0 | -- | 5.4 | 13.3 | -- | -- | 18.8 | 30.1 | -- | 11.1 | 72.4 | 13.6 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 684.7 | -- | 17.9 | 38.3 | -- | -- | 62.7 | 62.3 | -- | 23.5 | 382.3 | 78.8 |
| Protective service occupations | 124.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 51.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 219.9 | -- | 32.4 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 7.5 | 55.7 | 37.6 | 16.9 | 4.4 | -- | 37.8 |
| Building and grounds cleaning | ||||||||||||
| and maintenance occupations | 354.2 | 14.9 | 59.0 | 12.1 | -- | -- | 62.0 | 69.0 | 18.3 | 17.5 | -- | 88.0 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 325.8 | -- | 39.5 | -- | -- | -- | 50.7 | 49.9 | -- | -- | 49.1 | 94.3 |
| Sales and related occupations | 129.4 | -- | 30.6 | 15.4 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 12.8 | 19.0 | -- | 10.2 | -- | 30.2 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 73.9 | -- | 22.9 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 10.6 | -- | 3.6 | -- | 9.5 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 619.5 | -- | -- | -- | 153.4 | 109.0 | 75.0 | -- | 87.8 | -- | -- | 162.8 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 377.6 | 12.2 | 16.5 | -- | 43.2 | 83.0 | 24.0 | 54.6 | 28.1 | 21.8 | -- | 93.9 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 359.3 | -- | 34.1 | 8.5 | 55.6 | 26.2 | 68.7 | 31.7 | 38.2 | 22.1 | -- | 72.9 |
| Production occupations | 411.3 | 13.2 | 46.3 | 8.7 | 51.1 | 95.1 | 63.9 | 29.1 | 27.2 | 13.2 | -- | 63.4 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 429.8 | 6.4 | 50.5 | 8.2 | 29.8 | 60.2 | 44.9 | 77.8 | 24.9 | 78.5 | -- | 48.6 |
| 1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and | 2 Days away from work cases include those that result in days away from work with or | |||||||||||
| were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where | without job transfer or restriction. | |||||||||||
| N = number of injuries and illnesses | NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data | |||||||||||
| EH = total hours worked by all employees during calendar year | exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||||
| 20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of | |||||||||||
| (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). | Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||||