TABLE R71. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, and median number of days away from work, private industry, 2017 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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TABLE R71. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, and median number of days away from work, private industry, 2017
Characteristic	Total cases	Number of days away from work
Characteristic	Total cases	1 day	2 days	3 to 5 days	6 to 10 days	11 to 20 days	21 to 30 days	31 or more days	Median days
Total	882,730	120,990	94,380	159,490	103,140	94,690	56,800	253,240	8
Male	539,840	70,990	54,240	94,080	63,710	58,490	36,320	162,020	10
Female	339,630	49,840	40,000	65,060	39,070	35,870	20,270	89,530	7
14 - 15	220	80	-	70	60	-	-	-	3
16 - 19	25,500	5,130	4,010	5,470	3,010	2,800	1,410	3,670	4
20 - 24	83,870	16,420	12,640	18,960	10,470	7,940	4,170	13,270	4
25 - 34	187,490	31,580	22,820	38,570	23,390	19,470	11,490	40,170	6
35 - 44	173,350	22,970	17,290	32,120	21,030	19,000	11,200	49,740	8
45 - 54	198,240	24,200	19,140	31,420	21,880	22,670	12,260	66,660	11
55 - 64	160,150	15,510	13,700	24,160	17,050	17,680	12,440	59,600	15
65 and over	38,510	3,070	3,400	5,790	4,440	3,690	2,980	15,140	17
Age group not reported	15,400	2,030	1,370	2,930	1,810	1,420	860	4,980	9
Management, Business, and Financial Occupations	26,320	4,900	2,920	4,580	2,880	2,910	1,600	6,520	6
Computer, Engineering, and Science Occupations	5,680	810	980	1,380	480	550	330	1,140	5
Education, Legal, Community Service, Arts, and Media Occupations	22,260	3,540	2,820	4,240	2,540	2,580	1,500	5,040	7
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	49,230	7,720	5,300	9,760	5,930	5,120	3,170	12,230	7
Service occupations	211,650	31,200	26,210	45,210	27,030	21,240	12,270	48,480	6
Sales and Related Occupations	55,480	8,170	5,820	9,740	6,100	6,250	3,690	15,710	8
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	63,140	8,440	7,470	10,970	6,780	6,980	3,390	19,100	8
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	14,760	1,910	1,780	2,940	1,610	1,750	1,060	3,710	7
Construction and Extraction Occupations	74,560	8,860	5,990	11,280	8,420	8,540	5,700	25,760	14
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	82,690	11,870	7,670	12,940	9,840	9,020	5,320	26,030	10
Production Occupations	98,320	15,120	10,540	16,930	11,170	10,500	6,750	27,310	8
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	178,270	18,370	16,730	29,460	20,340	19,230	12,010	62,140	12
Less than 3 months	101,020	15,640	13,250	20,180	11,840	11,780	5,430	22,900	6
3 - 11 months	185,090	28,680	21,470	37,890	22,510	18,610	10,820	45,100	6
1 - 5 years	297,970	44,300	32,990	54,560	36,450	30,150	19,990	79,530	7
5 years or more	285,200	30,810	25,430	44,880	31,150	32,330	19,320	101,280	14
White	308,610	49,210	33,660	56,470	34,380	31,640	20,410	82,840	7
Hispanic or Latino	122,220	16,320	14,250	22,940	15,170	13,670	7,960	31,910	7
Black or African American	69,900	9,290	7,600	12,820	8,600	7,210	4,590	19,790	8
Asian	13,040	1,660	1,670	2,510	1,400	1,170	1,090	3,550	7
American Indian or Alaska Native	3,640	850	340	790	330	280	160	890	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,830	440	370	600	330	360	130	600	6
Multi- race	750	130	50	160	50	60	70	220	8
Hispanic and other	1,290	20	370	180	150	220	130	230	7
Race not reported	360,480	43,070	36,080	63,050	42,730	40,080	22,260	113,210	10
Notes: Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines, data may be too small to be displayed. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, in cooperation with participating state agencies.

Last Modified Date: April 15, 2019