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Table 5. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 5. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness 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
Nature of injury, illness:

Sprains, strains

 43.0 33.4 40.0 36.8 37.7 48.6 47.2 41.2 36.3 48.7

Bruises, contusions

 8.8 7.6 10.7 6.9 8.4 9.3 9.4 10.4 7.6 8.7

Cuts, lacerations

 7.7 9.1 6.2 10.8 9.0 3.9 7.0 11.7 5.4 4.5

Fractures

 6.9 9.1 16.1 10.6 7.0 6.2 7.1 6.3 8.1 5.4

Heat burns

 1.5 0.4 1.2 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.6 3.1 0.6 1.3

Carpal tunnel syndrome

 1.6 0.7 0.2 0.6 3.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 5.2 1.2

Tendonitis

 0.6 1.1 -- 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 0.6

Chemical burns

 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6

Amputations

 0.6 1.2 1.7 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2

Multiple injuries

 3.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.0 2.8 3.9 3.6
Part of body affected:

Head

 6.3 8.8 6.0 6.9 7.3 5.5 5.6 6.2 4.4 5.9

Eye

 2.9 4.9 2.4 3.8 4.4 2.1 2.3 2.6 1.3 2.3

Neck

 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.9 2.2 1.4 1.2 1.7

Trunk

 36.3 31.8 35.8 33.2 33.8 39.8 38.8 35.6 30.3 38.9

Shoulder

 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.8 6.6 7.4 5.9 5.1 4.1 5.8

Back

 24.0 19.8 21.8 21.2 19.9 25.3 26.0 24.3 20.9 27.8

Upper extremities

 22.9 22.8 22.0 24.4 31.6 16.2 19.4 25.1 23.6 18.0

Wrist

 4.8 3.4 4.1 3.6 6.8 3.8 3.7 4.6 8.9 4.6

Hand, except finger

 3.9 4.9 2.9 4.7 5.2 2.9 3.3 4.3 3.0 2.9

Finger

 8.5 8.4 11.1 10.2 13.1 4.7 7.6 10.2 5.8 5.1

Lower extremities

 21.2 22.2 24.4 24.1 17.6 23.6 23.1 21.1 22.0 20.7

Knee

 7.9 7.0 9.0 9.1 6.7 8.7 7.6 7.1 8.1 8.4

Foot, except toe

 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.8 2.9 3.6 4.0 3.6 3.1 2.5

Toe

 1.0 0.9 0.4 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.5 0.9 0.7

Body systems

 1.4 2.2 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.1 4.6 2.0

Multiple parts

 9.7 8.8 8.9 8.4 6.6 11.2 9.5 8.9 13.7 12.2
Source of injury, illness:

Chemicals and chemical products

 1.4 2.5 7.3 0.8 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.6

Containers

 13.4 8.7 5.2 5.3 12.5 18.1 22.9 22.6 9.0 7.5

Furniture and fixtures

 3.6 0.9 0.3 1.7 2.7 2.0 2.7 5.7 5.5 4.9

Machinery

 6.4 6.1 12.5 6.2 12.2 2.3 6.2 6.6 4.9 4.0

Parts and materials

 10.3 6.9 20.4 22.9 17.5 8.7 11.4 5.8 4.6 3.3

Worker motion or position

 15.4 13.9 5.1 12.6 19.3 16.0 13.2 13.5 22.9 15.0

Floors, walkways, ground surfaces

 17.8 17.0 16.9 20.5 11.4 17.8 16.0 19.5 24.7 20.1

Tools, instruments, and equipment

 6.5 7.8 7.8 11.1 6.9 4.6 4.5 7.0 5.5 5.2

Vehicles

 8.3 10.0 5.3 6.0 4.9 18.5 14.2 6.3 7.7 6.8

Health care patient

 4.9 -- -- -- -- 0.8 0.1 -- 0.6 18.3
Event or exposure:

Contact with objects and equipment

 26.5 30.2 42.2 35.1 34.1 21.2 27.0 28.3 17.3 18.1

Struck by object

 13.3 16.5 24.6 19.7 14.7 10.2 13.4 15.8 8.3 9.1

Struck against object

 7.0 6.2 7.3 7.5 7.4 6.7 7.0 7.8 7.0 5.9

Caught in equipment or object

 4.4 5.6 9.4 4.2 9.3 2.5 5.0 3.3 1.4 2.1

Fall to lower level

 6.1 7.7 7.8 13.7 3.6 7.8 6.2 4.5 7.5 4.5

Fall to same level

 12.3 9.1 8.8 7.5 8.5 10.3 10.0 16.1 17.1 15.8

Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall

 3.4 2.4 1.6 2.9 2.8 3.8 2.9 3.8 3.6 3.7

Overexertion

 26.5 15.9 27.0 20.7 24.6 27.4 29.9 26.4 19.8 30.8

Overexertion in lifting

 14.5 8.7 9.9 10.9 12.7 13.8 18.2 17.4 11.5 15.5

Repetitive motion

 4.1 2.2 0.4 1.8 8.4 3.0 2.4 3.2 9.7 3.2

Exposure to harmful substances

 4.2 6.1 3.9 2.6 5.0 2.9 2.2 4.9 3.7 4.8

Transportation accidents

 4.4 5.7 2.2 4.1 2.1 9.6 8.0 2.5 5.6 4.0

Fires and explosions

 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 -- 0.1

Assaults and violent acts by person

 1.3 0.2 -- 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.0 3.7

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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