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, 2018 : 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, 2018
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	900,380	123,950	97,350	158,540	107,620	95,440	54,370	263,100	8
Male	541,330	71,930	56,470	92,220	65,190	58,310	34,170	163,050	9
Female	353,440	51,080	40,510	65,640	41,690	36,630	19,810	98,080	7
14 - 15	250	150	40	20	-	20	-	-	1
16 - 19	25,780	5,350	3,570	5,830	3,560	3,490	920	3,060	5
20 - 24	88,840	15,750	12,780	17,780	12,850	9,640	4,600	15,440	5
25 - 34	191,650	31,430	23,440	38,040	23,180	20,400	9,990	45,170	6
35 - 44	174,020	23,860	20,170	32,030	19,430	17,350	10,960	50,210	8
45 - 54	193,650	23,220	17,760	31,660	22,810	19,150	12,010	67,040	11
55 - 64	168,520	17,560	13,800	24,620	18,890	19,140	11,820	62,700	15
65 and over	42,550	4,170	4,000	6,030	5,080	4,830	3,360	15,080	14
Age group not reported	15,100	2,470	1,780	2,530	1,810	1,420	710	4,380	7
Management, Business, and Financial Occupations	29,000	5,320	3,280	4,970	2,820	3,080	2,110	7,420	7
Computer, Engineering, and Science Occupations	5,860	1,010	780	1,020	1,080	480	350	1,140	6
Education, Legal, Community Service, Arts, and Media Occupations	25,100	4,780	3,410	5,210	2,910	2,310	1,110	5,380	5
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	50,810	7,700	6,170	9,960	6,660	5,270	2,800	12,230	6
Service occupations	213,440	31,980	26,950	42,800	26,150	23,240	12,580	49,750	6
Sales and Related Occupations	59,610	8,400	5,930	11,480	6,960	6,350	2,720	17,780	8
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	64,800	8,070	7,010	10,610	7,150	7,530	4,090	20,340	10
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	15,390	2,230	1,570	3,450	1,920	1,750	800	3,680	7
Construction and Extraction Occupations	73,630	9,800	6,860	11,210	8,550	8,240	5,340	23,630	11
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	79,380	10,940	8,430	12,180	8,440	8,220	5,970	25,190	10
Production Occupations	98,140	15,630	10,400	17,130	11,110	10,750	5,260	27,870	7
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	184,470	17,700	16,510	28,480	23,820	18,190	11,210	68,560	13
Less than 3 months	106,980	17,130	14,660	20,450	12,520	10,550	5,010	26,650	6
3 - 11 months	193,320	28,580	23,090	36,840	23,780	20,340	10,190	50,500	7
1 - 5 years	314,120	44,920	34,490	55,980	39,390	33,920	19,160	86,260	7
5 years or more	273,470	31,710	23,930	43,150	30,790	29,250	19,160	95,480	13
White	298,030	48,850	33,470	54,740	33,180	30,880	17,390	79,520	7
Hispanic or Latino	123,390	16,120	15,210	22,010	15,710	13,400	7,390	33,540	8
Black or African American	71,600	9,780	7,860	13,090	8,950	7,090	3,940	20,880	8
Asian	12,750	1,620	1,380	2,510	1,760	1,240	650	3,580	7
American Indian or Alaska Native	3,270	650	480	420	300	470	80	870	6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2,300	250	310	320	290	310	150	660	10
Multi- race	780	130	160	150	70	30	-	220	4
Hispanic and other	1,060	50	210	90	200	120	280	120	10
Race not reported	387,220	46,500	38,280	65,210	47,140	41,920	24,470	123,710	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: November 7, 2019