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Table 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker characteristics and industry division, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and industry division, United States, 2002
Characteristic Private industry(2) Goods producing Service producing
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing(2) Mining (3) Construction Manufacturing Transportation and public utilities (4) Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services

Total [1,436,194 cases]

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sex:

Men

 64.8 79.7 97.9 97.5 76.7 77.1 84.8 55.0 48.7 36.4

Women

 34.9 20.3 2.1 2.5 23.3 20.2 15.2 45.0 51.3 63.6
Age:

14 to 15

 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- --

16 to 19

 2.7 3.1 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.0 1.8 6.2 1.2 2.6

20 to 24

 11.1 17.3 12.6 13.3 8.6 7.0 9.9 16.5 7.7 10.1

25 to 34

 25.0 31.1 25.9 30.4 23.5 24.4 27.4 24.3 22.1 23.4

35 to 44

 27.9 26.4 26.1 30.2 28.8 31.4 29.0 24.0 28.6 27.2

45 to 54

 21.2 14.9 24.2 16.3 24.3 24.3 21.3 17.5 24.1 22.5

55 to 64

 10.0 5.5 8.0 6.4 11.7 10.4 8.5 8.5 13.8 11.7

65 and over

 1.7 1.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.7 2.6 2.4 2.3
Occupation:

Managerial and professional specialty

 6.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.2 3.5 3.5 15.4 16.8

Technical, sales, and administrative support

 16.7 4.5 0.6 2.8 6.0 16.5 16.4 35.0 43.3 17.0

Service

 18.8 1.6 0.2 0.3 2.2 5.9 1.4 25.8 22.4 47.2

Farming, forestry, and fishing

 2.5 72.7 -- 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.2 0.4 4.6 1.5

Precision production, craft, and repair

 16.9 3.5 50.7 58.0 17.6 16.2 12.0 9.4 10.2 6.1

Operators, fabricators, and laborers

 38.5 16.1 46.3 36.9 71.7 58.8 65.3 25.7 4.0 11.3
Length of service with employer:

Less than 3 months

 12.3 22.9 16.2 18.3 10.3 7.7 11.1 14.5 6.1 11.7

3 to 11 months

 20.2 25.4 21.7 24.5 14.6 15.0 19.5 23.4 20.9 22.4

1 to 5 years

 37.2 33.9 32.3 36.2 33.8 35.3 41.1 38.3 43.2 39.0

More than 5 years

 29.4 17.3 26.9 20.4 41.0 39.0 27.7 23.1 29.3 26.4

Not reported

 0.9 0.4 2.9 0.7 0.4 3.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
Race or ethnic origin:

White, non-Hispanic

 47.9 40.3 21.4 60.3 53.6 31.7 54.2 47.5 41.2 46.1

Black, non-Hispanic

 8.0 3.4 1.8 4.3 8.0 5.5 8.5 6.2 8.2 12.3

Hispanic

 12.6 43.9 11.3 16.0 14.1 6.4 14.3 10.9 12.6 10.7

Asian or Pacific Islander

 1.5 1.4 0.2 0.8 1.8 0.8 1.4 1.2 2.7 2.2

American Indian or Alaskan Native

 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.6

Multi-race

 0.2 0.3 -- 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2

Not reported

 29.3 10.4 65.2 17.9 21.8 55.0 20.9 33.3 33.8 27.9

Footnotes:
(1) Days away from work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
(2) Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
(3) Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. 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 OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.
(4) 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 OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.

NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

 

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