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Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by industry division and number of days away from work, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by industry division and number of days away from work, United States, 2002
Characteristic 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

Private industry(2) [1,436,194 cases]

 100.0 15.0 11.2 18.6 12.4 11.0 6.7 25.1 7
Goods producing

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing (2)

 100.0 15.3 13.3 18.8 12.1 10.7 7.3 22.5 7

Mining (3)

 100.0 6.4 7.3 12.6 11.9 11.1 6.7 44.0 21

Construction

 100.0 13.6 10.1 17.9 10.9 11.0 7.5 28.9 10

Manufacturing

 100.0 15.4 10.6 17.3 11.8 11.8 7.2 26.0 8

Durable goods

 100.0 15.8 10.5 17.1 11.8 11.8 7.0 26.1 8

Nondurable goods

 100.0 14.7 10.9 17.6 11.7 11.9 7.4 25.7 8
Service producing

Transportation and public utilities(4)

 100.0 11.0 7.7 15.7 14.2 11.9 7.2 32.3 12

Wholesale trade

 100.0 15.9 10.6 19.5 12.6 11.2 6.8 23.3 7

Retail trade

 100.0 16.2 13.0 19.4 12.5 10.2 6.2 22.6 6

Finance, insurance, and real estate

 100.0 15.6 13.1 18.1 11.4 11.0 6.4 24.4 7

Services

 100.0 16.0 12.6 20.5 12.9 10.7 6.0 21.4 6

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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