Table EH3. Median days of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker and case characteristics and medical treatment facility visits, all U.S., private industry, 2018 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table EH3. Median days of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker and case characteristics and medical treatment facility visits, all U.S., private industry, 2018
Characteristic	Total Median days away^[1],[2]	Total medical treatment facility visits^[3]	Emergency room visits only^[4]	In-patient overnight hospitalizations (with or without ER visits)
Total:	8	8	7	41


Sex:
Men	9	9	7	41
Women	7	6	6	38


Age:
Under 14	--	--	--	--
14 to 15	1	2	2	--
16 to 19	5	4	4	14
20 to 24	5	5	4	15
25 to 34	6	5	5	30
35 to 44	8	7	6	38
45 to 54	11	11	9	60
55 to 64	15	15	11	52
65 and over	14	18	12	56


Length of service with employer:
Less than 3 months	6	6	5	38
3 to 12 months	7	7	5	45
1 to 5 years	7	8	7	40
Over 5 years	13	12	9	45


Race or ethnic origin:
White	7	7	6	36
Black or African American	8	7	7	44
Hispanic or Latino	8	9	7	50
Asian	7	10	6	86
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	10	11	7	82
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	3	2	180
Hispanic and other	10	30	30	23
Multi-race	4	4	4	21
Not reported	10	9	7	42


Number of days away from work:
Cases involving 1 day	1	1	1	1
Cases involving 2 days	2	2	2	2
Cases involving 3-5 days	4	4	4	4
Cases involving 6-10 days	7	7	7	8
Cases involving 11-20 days	14	14	15	14
Cases involving 21-30 days	25	26	26	27
Cases involving 31 or more days	81	80	76	94


Industry sector:
Goods producing industries^[5]	9	10	7	50
Natural resources and mining^[5],[6]	7	7	5	34
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting^[5]	7	7	5	33
Mining^[6]	25	19	11	55
Construction	10	15	8	55
Manufacturing	8	9	7	48
Service providing industries	8	7	6	39
Trade, transportation and utilities^[7]	11	10	8	47
Wholesale trade	10	12	8	35
Retail trade	7	7	5	42
Transportation and warehousing^[7]	21	21	17	71
Utilities	16	8	6	53
Information	22	14	13	52
Financial activities	10	14	10	74
Finance and insurance	11	9	7	35
Real estate and rental and leasing	10	15	11	118
Professional and business services	7	7	5	31
Professional, scientific, and technical services	5	4	3	25
Management of companies and enterprises	8	10	10	9
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	8	9	8	41
Education and health services	6	6	6	30
Educational services	5	5	5	25
Health care and social assistance	6	6	6	30
Leisure and hospitality	6	5	5	31
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	7	7	6	38
Accommodation and food services	6	5	5	31
Other services	6	4	4	14


Occupation^[8]:
Management, business, financial	7	10	5	40
Computer, engineering, and science	6	5	5	12
Education, legal, community service, arts, and media	5	5	5	42
Healthcare practitioners and technical	6	6	6	21
Service	6	6	5	26
Sales and related	8	7	6	44
Office and administrative support	10	7	5	32
Farming, fishing, and forestry	7	7	5	12
Construction and extraction	11	14	9	40
Installation, maintenance, and repair	10	8	7	35
Production	7	8	6	45
Transportation and material moving	13	13	10	66


Nature of injury, illness^[9]:
Fractures	35	41	31	76
Sprains, strains, tears	10	8	8	30
Amputations	32	33	21	77
Cuts, lacerations, punctures	4	4	3	14
Cuts, lacerations	4	5	4	21
Punctures (except gunshot wounds)	3	3	2	12
Bruises, contusions	5	4	4	17
Chemical burns and corrosions	3	3	3	17
Heat (thermal) burns	6	10	6	34
Multiple traumatic injuries	8	10	8	72
With sprains and other injuries	7	6	6	21
With fractures and other injuries	40	46	23	72
Soreness, pain	8	7	6	53
Carpal tunnel syndrome	30	4	5	2
Tendonitis	14	11	11	--
All other	6	5	4	27


Musculoskeletal disorders^[10]:
Musculoskeletal disorders	12	8	8	30


Part of body affected^[9]:
Head	3	3	3	25
Eye	2	2	2	27
Neck	6	5	5	58
Trunk	8	8	6	53
Back	7	7	6	84
Upper extremities	10	9	7	31
Shoulder	27	16	15	30
Arm	13	15	13	29
Wrist	15	14	14	56
Hand	6	7	6	31
Lower extremities	11	15	12	61
Knee	15	17	15	38
Ankle	9	14	13	61
Foot	8	12	9	58
Toe, toenail	7	7	7	60
Body systems	4	3	2	5
Multiple	9	10	7	61
All other	4	5	3	42


Source of injury, illness^[9]:
Chemicals, chemical products	3	3	3	14
Containers	10	8	7	60
Furniture, fixtures	7	6	5	34
Machinery	9	11	8	42
Parts and materials	7	7	6	31
Person, injured or ill worker	12	9	8	25
Worker motion or position	13	10	9	25
Person, other than injured or ill workers	6	5	5	23
Health care patient	7	6	6	16
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	11	14	11	54
Handtools	4	4	3	12
Ladders	25	34	24	101
Vehicles	11	12	9	60
Trucks	18	21	14	66
Cart, dolly, hand truck--nonpowered	9	7	6	80
All other	5	4	4	19


Secondary source of injury, illness^[9]:
Containers, furniture, and fixtures	9	8	7	47
Machinery	11	9	6	48
Computers and peripheral equipment	30	11	10	90
Tools, instruments, and equipment	9	9	6	53
Firearms, law enforcement, and other self-defense equipment	31	8	2	23
Vehicles	10	12	8	53
Highway vehicle, motorized	9	10	8	45
Ice, sleet, snow	11	13	11	41
Liquids-nonchemical	8	9	8	41


Event or exposure^[9]:
Violence and other injuries by persons or animal	4	4	4	14
Intentional injury by other person	5	4	4	23
Injury by person unintentional or intent unknown	7	5	5	58
Animal and insect related incidents	3	3	2	14
Transportation incidents	11	12	9	58
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles	8	9	8	42
Fires, explosions	10	12	10	50
Falls, slips, trips	12	16	12	69
Slips, trips without fall	12	12	12	70
Fall on same level	10	13	10	53
Fall to lower level	18	30	16	100
Exposure to harmful substances or environments	4	4	3	14
Contact with object, equipment	5	6	5	38
Struck by object	5	5	4	30
Struck against object	5	5	5	19
Caught in object, equipment, material	12	15	10	59
Overexertion and bodily reaction	12	8	8	30
Overexertion in lifting or lowering	12	8	8	30
Repetitive motion involving microtasks	23	7	8	2
All other	11	15	14	31

Footnotes ^[1] Median days away from work is the measure used to summarize the varying lengths of absences from work among the cases with days away from work. Half the cases involved more days and half involved less days than a specified median. Median days away from work are represented in actual values. ^[2] Days away from work include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction. ^[3] Total medical treatment facility visits include in-patient overnight hospitalization only, emergency room treatment only, and visits treated both in the emergency room and in-patient overnight hospitalization. ^[4] The following are not considered to be an emergency room: urgent care facility, health unit (within an establishment), infirmary, and clinic. ^[5] Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. ^[6] Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2012) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and 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 do not reflect the changes Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries. ^[7] Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries. ^[8] Standard Occupational Classification Manual, 2010, Office of Management and Budget ^[9] Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System 2.01 ^[10] Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) include cases where the nature of the injury or illness is pinched nerve; herniated disc; meniscus tear; sprains, strains, tears; hernia (traumatic and nontraumatic); pain, swelling, and numbness; carpal or tarsal tunnel syndrome; Raynaud's syndrome or phenomenon; musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases and disorders, when the event or exposure leading to the injury or illness is overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified; overexertion involving outside sources; repetitive motion involving microtasks; other and multiple exertions or bodily reactions; and rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration. Notes: Because of rounding and data exclusion of non-classifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. Dashes indicate data that do not meet publication guidelines. The scientifically selected probability sample used was one of many possible samples, each of which could have produced different estimates. A measure of sampling variability for each estimate is available upon request -- please contact iifstaff@bls.gov or call (202) 691-6170. For additional information about methodology and coding structures, see the BLS Handbook of Methods chapter 9: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch9.htm. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Last Modified Date: November 7, 2019