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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 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 |
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NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
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SOURCE: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
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