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Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected occupations and number of days away from work, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected occupations and number of days away from work, United States, 2002
Occupation Percent of cases involving Median days away from work
Total cases 1 day 2 days 3 to 5 days 6 to 10 days 11 to 20 days 21 to 30 days 31 days or more

Total [1,436,194 cases]

 100.0 15.0 11.2 18.6 12.4 11.0 6.7 25.1 7

Truck drivers

 100.0 9.3 7.6 15.8 14.3 11.5 8.0 33.5 13

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

 100.0 16.0 11.5 22.0 15.4 10.5 6.2 18.5 6

Laborers, nonconstruction

 100.0 15.5 11.0 18.8 13.4 11.2 7.7 22.4 7

Janitors and cleaners

 100.0 13.2 13.7 20.5 10.9 12.3 6.0 23.4 7

Construction laborers

 100.0 12.5 10.1 18.5 11.2 12.0 8.1 27.5 9

Assemblers

 100.0 15.2 10.5 16.7 11.7 11.5 7.0 27.5 8

Carpenters

 100.0 13.2 11.4 17.9 11.4 10.7 7.3 28.0 9

Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

 100.0 14.0 12.4 19.3 15.8 10.4 4.6 23.5 6

Cooks

 100.0 16.9 14.6 21.0 13.5 7.8 3.9 22.3 5

Sales workers, other commodities

 100.0 16.8 12.1 22.4 9.8 10.3 6.1 22.5 5

Cashiers

 100.0 18.0 10.5 20.2 12.4 8.9 4.7 25.3 6

Registered nurses

 100.0 16.2 12.5 19.1 12.8 11.9 6.2 21.3 6

Miscellaneous food preparation occupations

 100.0 13.0 20.2 22.3 12.0 9.6 5.7 17.2 5

Stock handlers and baggers

 100.0 16.2 13.5 21.6 11.3 10.4 5.7 21.4 5

Maids and housemen

 100.0 11.9 15.2 20.9 10.5 9.2 5.7 26.5 6

Welders and cutters

 100.0 20.7 13.8 19.6 8.8 9.6 5.1 22.4 5

Groundskeepers and gardeners, exc. farm

 100.0 17.5 14.8 21.6 9.0 9.8 4.1 23.2 5

Electricians

 100.0 17.8 9.3 16.0 7.6 12.2 8.4 28.5 10

Driver-sales workers

 100.0 13.3 8.5 19.4 14.2 12.8 6.6 25.3 8

Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks

 100.0 17.8 10.7 19.4 10.7 9.8 6.7 24.9 6

Automobile mechanics

 100.0 20.7 10.0 18.7 12.0 10.0 7.6 20.9 6

Kitchen workers, food preparation

 100.0 14.9 17.8 19.9 14.3 9.6 4.1 19.4 5

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

 100.0 15.9 9.4 16.8 11.2 9.2 8.7 28.8 10

Health aides, exc. nursing

 100.0 22.1 16.0 20.2 10.4 10.4 5.2 15.6 4

Waiters and waitresses

 100.0 23.3 11.6 15.0 12.1 14.5 6.3 17.1 5

Farm workers

 100.0 11.5 13.0 21.4 12.0 13.6 8.7 19.8 7

Industrial machinery repairers

 100.0 15.3 10.2 15.3 9.7 12.3 7.6 29.6 10

Guards and police, exc. public service

 100.0 16.4 13.4 17.1 13.6 11.4 4.4 23.7 7

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

 100.0 10.0 8.6 18.4 13.7 11.3 6.7 31.3 10

Stock and inventory clerks

 100.0 16.1 10.1 18.1 10.7 11.9 3.9 29.1 8

Supervisors, production occupations

 100.0 17.4 13.8 15.9 11.2 15.3 5.7 20.7 7

Footnotes:
(1) Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.

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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