Table 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by major occupational group and major industry sector, 2008


     TABLE 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major occupational group and major industry sector, 2008
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                                   |           |                Goods producing                |                                       Service providing                                       
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                                   |  Private  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
               Occupation          |  industry |           |  Natural  |           |           |           |   Trade,  |           |           |  Profes-  | Education |           |           
                                   | (2)(3)(4) |   Total   | resources | Construc- |  Manufac- |   Total   | transpor- |           | Financial |   sional  |    and    |  Leisure  |   Other   
                                   |           |   goods   |    and    |    tion   |   turing  |  service  | tation and|Information| activities|    and    |   health  |    and    |  services 
                                   |           | producing |mining(2)(-|           |           | providing |utilities(-|           |           |  business |  services |hospitality|           
                                   |           |           |     3)    |           |           |           |     4)    |           |           |  services |           |           |           
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                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
     Total cases...................|1,078,140  |  311,890  |   26,710  |  120,240  |  164,940  |  766,250  |  328,220  |   18,070  |   35,010  |   85,540  |  182,750  |   86,190  |   30,470  
                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
      Management occupations.......|   19,650  |    3,330  |      340  |    1,700  |    1,290  |   16,320  |    2,770  |      570  |    2,220  |    2,750  |    5,530  |    1,730  |      740  
      Business and financial       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       operations occupations......|    6,660  |      720  |      160  |      220  |      350  |    5,940  |    1,630  |      100  |    1,500  |    1,320  |    1,160  |      170  |       60  
      Computer and mathematical    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|    3,280  |      250  |     -     |     -     |      220  |    3,030  |      380  |      910  |      510  |      840  |      300  |       30  |       80  
      Architecture and engineering |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|    5,000  |    2,000  |      100  |      600  |    1,300  |    2,990  |      510  |      500  |      100  |    1,650  |      120  |     -     |       90  
      Life, physical, and social   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       science occupations.........|    2,260  |      710  |      140  |     -     |      560  |    1,540  |       80  |     -     |      260  |      690  |      430  |       30  |       40  
      Community and social services|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|    8,960  |     -     |     -     |     -     |     -     |    8,960  |       80  |     -     |       60  |      290  |    7,870  |       50  |      610  
      Legal occupations............|    1,460  |     -     |     -     |     -     |     -     |    1,460  |       20  |     -     |       60  |    1,300  |       60  |     -     |     -     
      Education, training, and     |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       library occupations.........|    8,650  |     -     |     -     |     -     |     -     |    8,640  |       20  |       60  |     -     |       60  |    7,960  |      110  |      420  
      Arts, design, entertainment, |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       sports, and media           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|    6,230  |      160  |     -     |       20  |      140  |    6,060  |      670  |    1,300  |       40  |      260  |      530  |    3,070  |      200  
      Healthcare practitioners and |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       technical occupations.......|   44,950  |      100  |       30  |     -     |       70  |   44,850  |    1,280  |     -     |      140  |    1,580  |   41,780  |       30  |       30  
      Healthcare support           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   65,720  |     -     |     -     |     -     |     -     |   65,710  |      330  |     -     |      190  |    1,620  |   63,140  |      280  |      150  
      Protective service           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   10,860  |      280  |       40  |      110  |      130  |   10,570  |      680  |       40  |      440  |    6,190  |    1,290  |    1,640  |      290  
      Food preparation and serving |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       related occupations.........|   67,160  |      330  |       20  |       50  |      270  |   66,830  |   10,980  |      220  |      190  |    1,020  |    8,130  |   45,960  |      330  
      Building and grounds cleaning|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       and maintenance occupations |   68,670  |    3,850  |      340  |    1,070  |    2,440  |   64,820  |    3,720  |      380  |    5,910  |   23,280  |   14,500  |   14,550  |    2,480  
      Personal care and service    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   22,920  |       80  |       30  |       20  |       30  |   22,850  |    5,980  |      100  |       70  |      710  |    8,970  |    3,980  |    3,030  
      Sales and related occupations|   69,410  |    1,770  |       30  |      750  |      990  |   67,640  |   58,860  |      790  |    2,270  |    1,720  |      400  |    3,010  |      590  
      Office and administrative    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       support occupations.........|   80,410  |    6,770  |      210  |      630  |    5,930  |   73,640  |   35,890  |    2,820  |    9,120  |   11,350  |   10,250  |    2,110  |    2,100  
      Farming, fishing, and        |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       forestry occupations........|   13,510  |   11,510  |   11,000  |     -     |      500  |    2,000  |    1,260  |     -     |     -     |      400  |       40  |       70  |       30  
      Construction and extraction  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|  120,890  |  108,220  |    6,490  |   94,660  |    7,070  |   12,670  |    5,150  |      220  |    1,450  |    3,110  |      930  |      680  |    1,120  
      Installation, maintenance,   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       and repair occupations......|   93,880  |   24,420  |    1,630  |   10,820  |   11,970  |   69,460  |   35,260  |    7,040  |    5,400  |    6,100  |    3,170  |    2,430  |   10,060  
      Production occupations.......|  138,890  |  108,420  |    1,840  |    4,370  |  102,210  |   30,480  |   16,190  |    1,510  |      410  |    5,320  |    1,910  |    2,050  |    3,090  
      Transportation and material  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       moving occupations..........|  217,070  |   38,590  |    4,270  |    5,050  |   29,280  |  178,470  |  146,190  |    1,460  |    4,390  |   13,420  |    3,960  |    4,150  |    4,900  
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       1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
       2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
       3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
     Administration 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
     are not comparable to estimates in other industries.     
       4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  
       
       NOTE:  Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
       SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies


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