OS NR 3/31/2008 CASE AND DEMO NEWS RELEASE: Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2007
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NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES
REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2007
(This news release was reissued on March 31, 2009 to correct selected data within the mining and railroad
industries that were misclassified by BLS. Except for these industries, the corrections resulted in minor
changes for the category musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and selected nature, event or exposure, and source
categories. Corrections have been made to text in the first bullet under "Key Finding" and in the MSD section;
charts A and B; and tables 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 23.)
Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days
away from work decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department Labor. The 2007 rate was 122 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decrease of 4 percent from
2006. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry out of 4 million
total recordable cases as reported by the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The
number of days-away-from-work cases in 2007 decreased by 24,630 cases, or 2 percent, as compared to
2006 levels. Median days away from work—a key measure of the severity of the injury or illness—was
7 days in 2007, the same as the prior three years.
Key findings for 2007:
- In 2007, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with days away from work declined by 21,770 cases
from 2006. The 2007 injury and illness incidence rate of 35 cases per 10,000 full-time workers
for MSDs is 8 percent below the 2006 rate of 39 cases per 10,000 workers. The decrease in the
number of MSDs is the largest factor contributing to the overall decline in days-away-from-work
cases in 2007.
- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had 44,930 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 465
cases per 10,000 workers, which is a 12 percent decrease in the rate compared to 2006.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of
days-away-from-work cases, with 79,000 in 2007, a 7 percent decline from 85,120 in 2006.
- Cases with days away from work due to a fall on the same level increased by 10 percent from 2006
levels, driven by large increases in the number of cases in retail trade (up 4,280 cases, 19
percent) and health care and social assistance (up 3,360 cases, 11 percent).
Case characteristics
Case characteristics provide detailed information on the circumstances of workplace injuries
and illnesses that required one or more days away from work. The survey uses four case
characteristics—nature, part of body, source, and event or exposure—to describe a workplace incident.
A nursing aide sprains her back from overexertion in lifting a health care patient.
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(nature) (part of body) (event or exposure) (source)
* Sprains and strains were the most frequent nature of injuries and illnesses (see table 6);
however, the number of cases has decreased 5 percent from 2006, compared to a 2 percent decline
for all injuries.
* Cases with days away from work due to overexertion decreased by 7 percent to 264,930 cases.
This continues the sequence of decreases in this event for the last five years.
* The number of cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) decreased in 2007 by 1,070 to a total of
11,940 cases. The number of CTS cases in the goods-producing industries decreased to 4,510 cases.
Among CTS cases in goods-producing industries, there was a decrease of 610 cases in the
construction industry to a total of 280 cases. The number of these cases in manufacturing
decreased by 880 cases to a total of 4,170 cases.
* The part of the body most often affected by work injuries was the trunk (including the shoulder
and back) accounting for 33 percent of all injuries and illnesses. Cases involving the trunk
decreased by 4 percent from 2006.
* Floors, walkways, and ground surfaces were the source of injury or illness for 20 percent of
all days-away-from-work cases and increased by 7 percent from 2006 levels. These surfaces are
frequently the source of injury when a person falls. The second most frequent source of injury
or illness, accounting for 14 percent of the total workplace injuries and illnesses in 2007,
was worker motion or position (typically associated with sprains and strains).
Injury and Illness Severity
The survey provides data on the length of the absences resulting from injuries and illnesses that
require days away from work to recuperate. Median number of days away from work—the key survey measure
of severity—designates the point at which half the cases involved more days and half involved fewer days.
The median number of days away from work for all cases was 7 days in 2007, unchanged since 2004.
Twenty-six percent of all days-away-from-work cases resulted in 31 or more days away from work.
Goods-producing industries had a median of 9 days, and service-providing industries had a median of 7 days
(see table 12).
* Within industries, the mining sector had the highest median days away from work at 27, nearly 4
times the median for all private industry. Transportation and warehousing had a median days away
from work of 14, double the national median.
* The highest median days away from work were for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and light
and delivery service truck drivers, each with 15 days, followed by carpenters and construction
laborers with 10 days. These occupations had 0.1 percent or more of total cases.
* Fractures continued to require the highest median days away from work (30 days) in all private
industries, followed by carpal tunnel syndrome (28 days). Of all fractures, 48 percent were the
result of a fall on the same level or a fall to lower level. Within goods-producing industries,
fractures had the highest median days away from work as well (35 days), followed by carpal tunnel
syndrome (28 days). Service-providing industries reversed this pattern, with carpal tunnel
syndrome having the highest median days away from work (28 days) followed by fractures (27 days).
* Injuries involving the shoulder took workers a median of 18 days to recuperate for all private
industries. Half of the injuries to the shoulder were the result of overexertion. Workers in
the goods-producing industries took a median of 26 days and those in service-providing industries
required 15 days.
* Injuries from repetitive motion continue to be the event with the highest median days away from
work for all private industries (20 days) and service-providing industries (19 days), followed
by falls to lower level (15 days for private industry, 12 days for service-providing industries).
In goods-producing industries, falls to lower level required the highest median days away from
work with 22 days, followed by repetitive motion (20 days).
* As age increases, median days away from work increase. Workers age 65 and over experienced the
longest absences from work with a median of 16 days, compared to 4 days away from work for workers
age 16 to 24.
Worker characteristics
Worker characteristics include gender, age, race or ethnic origin, and length of service with the
employer at the time of incident (see tables 1, 2, and 8).
* Workers who were 20 to 24 years of age had the highest incidence rate at 134 cases per 10,000
full-time workers, a 6 percent decline from 2006. Workers 65 years old and older had the lowest
rate at 96, a 9 percent decline from 2006. This compares to an overall decline of 4 percent for
all cases.
* Men accounted for 64 percent of injuries and illnesses and had an incidence rate of 134 per 10,000
workers, 22 percent higher than the rate for women (105 per 10,000 workers). Men typically work
in jobs and industries that have higher rates than women.
* The number of injuries and illnesses to Hispanic and White workers in construction and extraction
occupations declined significantly in 2007 (23 percent and 10 percent respectively). The number of
injuries and illnesses to Black workers in this occupation group increased by 7 percent to a total
of 6,490 cases in 2007.
Occupation
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of
days-away-from-work injuries and illnesses, with 79,000 in 2007. This was a seven percent decline from
85,120 in 2006. Following this occupation were heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (57,050), nursing
aides, orderlies, and attendants (44,930), construction laborers (34,180), and light or delivery service
truck drivers (32,930). Of these five occupations, only the light or delivery service truck drivers had
an increase in cases (23 percent) from 2006.
* Ten occupations had more than 20,000 injuries and illnesses in 2007 (see table 4). These ten
occupations (including the five mentioned above) made up 33 percent of all injuries and illnesses
with days away from work in 2007, and have had more than 20,000 injuries and illnesses every year
since 2003.
* Six occupations had rates of 350 or more per 10,000 full-time workers (see table 23). These
occupations had 0.1 percent or more of total employment.
* Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had the highest rate of injuries and illnesses with 465
per 10,000 full-time workers.
* The remaining five occupations were laborers and freight, stock, and material movers with a rate
of 434, nonrestaurant food servers (415), construction laborers (394), light or delivery service
truck drivers (370) and roofers (363).
* Five occupations had incidence rates over 1,000 per 10,000 workers: athletes and sports competitors
(2,049), animal control workers (1,520), hoist and winch operators (1,294), mine shuttle car
operators (1,289), and psychiatric aides (1,119). These occupations did not have high numbers of
cases or high employment.
Industry
Workers in the goods-producing industries experienced 349,450 injuries and illnesses with days
away from work and had an incidence rate at 153 per 10,000 workers in 2007. Ninety-two percent of these
cases were in the manufacturing and construction industry sectors.
* Manufacturing, with 187,200 cases, had the highest case count among goods- producing industries,
but had the lowest incidence rate of 133 per 10,000 workers. Contact with objects was the event
most often associated with these injuries with a rate of 50 per 10,000 full-time workers.
* Construction industry workers experienced 135,350 injuries and illnesses in 2007 and had an
incidence rate of 190 per 10,000 workers. Within construction, contact with objects and equipment
resulted in 35 percent of the injuries and illnesses.
In comparison to goods-producing industries, workers in the service-providing industries experienced
809,420 days away from work injuries and illnesses and had a lower incidence rate at 112 per 10,000 workers.
Two thirds of these cases were in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry sector and the
educational and health services industry sector.
* Trade, transportation and utilities industry workers experienced 359,770 injuries and illnesses in
2007, the highest count of all private industry sectors and had an incidence rate of 158 per 10,000
full-time workers. The transportation and warehousing industry had the highest rate (265) of
injuries and illnesses.
* Educational and health services experienced 181,700 cases with an incidence rate of 134.
Ninety-four percent of these cases were in health care and social assistance industries.
Musculoskeletal disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), often referred to as ergonomic injuries, are injuries or illnesses
affecting the connective tissues of the body such as muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, or spinal
discs. Injuries or disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or similar incidents
are not MSDs. (A more detailed definition can be found on the BLS website http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshdef.htm.)
MSDs accounted for 29 percent of all workplace injuries requiring time away from work in 2007, compared to
30 percent of total days-away-from-work cases in 2006.
* There were 335,390 MSDs in 2007 requiring a median of 9 days away from work, two more days than the
median for all days-away-from-work cases. This is a decline of 21,770 cases (6 percent) from last
year, and an 11 percent decline from 2005. The rate of MSD injuries has also declined 8 percent
from 39 cases per 10,000 workers in 2006 to 35.
* Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants had a MSD rate of 252 cases per 10,000 workers, a rate
more than seven times the national MSD average for all occupations (see chart A). Laborers and
freight handlers had a MSD rate of 149 and light and delivery truck drivers had a MSD rate of 117.
* The MSD rate for several of the major industry sectors decreased significantly from last year
(see chart B). The MSD incident rate for management of companies and enterprises decreased 32 percent (to 11),
construction decreased 16 percent (to 41), and manufacturing decreased 10 percent (to 41).
Notes
This release is the third in a series of three releases from the BLS covering occupational safety
and health statistics in 2007. The first release, in August 2008, covered work-related fatalities from
the 2007 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In October 2008, the Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses reported the total recordable cases for occupational injuries and illnesses for 2007. Additional
background and methodological information regarding the BLS occupational safety and health program can be
found in Chapter 9 of the BLS Handbook of Methods at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf.
With the 2007 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), BLS added selected injury and
illness rates by occupation at the 2, 3, and 4 digit detailed occupation level for the Nation and at the
occupational group level for the Nation and States.
Because of space limitations, this release does not present all the publishable estimates and rates
for days-away-from-work cases. Additional detailed data are available from BLS staff on 202-691-6170,
iifstaff@bls.gov, and the BLS Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm.
[This chart was reissued in March 2009.]
(Chart A appears here in the printed release.)
[This chart was reissued in March 2009.]
(Chart B appears here in the printed release.)
TABLE 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
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| | Goods producing | Service providing
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| Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
Characteristic | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| (2)(3)(4) | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
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Total cases...................|1,158,870 | 349,450 | 26,900 | 135,350 | 187,200 | 809,420 | 359,770 | 18,560 | 35,450 | 88,260 | 181,700 | 94,160 | 31,520
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Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male........................| 744,860 | 301,300 | 23,500 | 131,840 | 145,960 | 443,560 | 249,970 | 12,790 | 17,610 | 58,960 | 35,610 | 46,500 | 22,130
Female......................| 409,040 | 47,860 | 3,370 | 3,480 | 41,010 | 361,180 | 105,190 | 5,760 | 17,840 | 29,280 | 146,040 | 47,660 | 9,390
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Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
14 - 15.....................| 400 | 30 | 30 | - | - | 370 | 150 | - | - | - | 20 | 190 | -
16 - 19.....................| 35,250 | 7,570 | 830 | 3,010 | 3,730 | 27,680 | 12,240 | 340 | 660 | 1,610 | 3,660 | 8,140 | 1,020
20 - 24.....................| 124,550 | 37,360 | 3,400 | 16,360 | 17,610 | 87,190 | 39,940 | 1,550 | 2,680 | 10,400 | 14,830 | 15,030 | 2,750
25 - 34.....................| 260,080 | 84,930 | 6,810 | 39,060 | 39,060 | 175,150 | 74,440 | 3,640 | 5,960 | 23,190 | 37,700 | 21,920 | 8,300
35 - 44.....................| 283,660 | 89,080 | 6,750 | 35,340 | 46,990 | 194,580 | 87,870 | 5,240 | 9,020 | 21,800 | 44,080 | 19,680 | 6,880
45 - 54.....................| 271,300 | 83,200 | 5,570 | 28,160 | 49,480 | 188,090 | 84,320 | 4,650 | 9,730 | 19,210 | 47,280 | 16,100 | 6,800
55 - 64.....................| 138,960 | 38,120 | 2,760 | 10,840 | 24,520 | 100,840 | 43,670 | 2,340 | 5,750 | 9,080 | 26,690 | 8,940 | 4,360
65 and over.................| 25,140 | 4,240 | 430 | 880 | 2,930 | 20,900 | 9,360 | 370 | 1,120 | 1,710 | 4,480 | 3,100 | 770
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Length of service with | | | | | | | | | | | | |
employer: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 3 months..........| 142,660 | 49,380 | 5,170 | 23,210 | 21,000 | 93,280 | 40,960 | 1,010 | 2,480 | 11,750 | 16,310 | 16,090 | 4,680
3 - 11 months...............| 248,620 | 72,170 | 6,280 | 30,720 | 35,170 | 176,450 | 74,890 | 2,630 | 7,410 | 21,950 | 36,400 | 25,220 | 7,960
1 - 5 years.................| 403,180 | 118,670 | 9,550 | 50,950 | 58,170 | 284,510 | 123,580 | 5,000 | 12,860 | 34,010 | 67,300 | 30,950 | 10,810
More than 5 years...........| 349,940 | 106,920 | 5,590 | 29,740 | 71,590 | 243,010 | 111,450 | 9,650 | 12,270 | 19,980 | 60,510 | 21,320 | 7,830
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Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White only..................| 519,330 | 179,040 | 6,760 | 75,750 | 96,540 | 340,290 | 148,340 | 6,020 | 16,440 | 38,340 | 79,210 | 34,410 | 17,520
Black only..................| 94,200 | 22,170 | 900 | 6,040 | 15,230 | 72,030 | 21,500 | 1,220 | 3,190 | 7,120 | 28,290 | 8,370 | 2,340
Hispanic or Latino only.....| 157,320 | 65,770 | 10,300 | 25,480 | 29,990 | 91,550 | 34,290 | 1,130 | 3,770 | 15,580 | 14,600 | 18,480 | 3,690
Asian only..................| 16,220 | 3,550 | 70 | 390 | 3,090 | 12,680 | 3,610 | 120 | 760 | 1,080 | 3,050 | 3,200 | 860
Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Islander only..............| 4,290 | 920 | 40 | 380 | 500 | 3,370 | 1,280 | 30 | 80 | 390 | 610 | 680 | 310
American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Native only................| 6,130 | 1,930 | 130 | 940 | 870 | 4,200 | 1,740 | 90 | 90 | 410 | 1,170 | 500 | 200
Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | | | | | |
race.......................| 820 | 260 | 30 | 100 | 130 | 560 | 130 | - | - | 50 | 330 | 40 | -
Multi-race..................| 870 | 310 | - | 100 | 210 | 560 | 220 | - | - | 40 | 130 | 120 | 40
Not reported................| 359,690 | 75,510 | 8,680 | 26,180 | 40,650 | 284,190 | 148,670 | 9,930 | 11,100 | 25,240 | 54,310 | 28,370 | 6,560
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
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| | Goods producing | Service providing
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| Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
Characteristic | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| (2)(3)(4) | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
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Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male........................| 64.3 | 86.2 | 87.4 | 97.4 | 78.0 | 54.8 | 69.5 | 68.9 | 49.7 | 66.8 | 19.6 | 49.4 | 70.2
Female......................| 35.3 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 21.9 | 44.6 | 29.2 | 31.0 | 50.3 | 33.2 | 80.4 | 50.6 | 29.8
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Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
14 - 15.....................| (6) | (6) | .1 | - | - | (6) | (6) | - | - | - | (6) | .2 | -
16 - 19.....................| 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 3.2
20 - 24.....................| 10.7 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 16.0 | 8.7
25 - 34.....................| 22.4 | 24.3 | 25.3 | 28.9 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 26.3 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 26.3
35 - 44.....................| 24.5 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 20.9 | 21.8
45 - 54.....................| 23.4 | 23.8 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 25.1 | 27.4 | 21.8 | 26.0 | 17.1 | 21.6
55 - 64.....................| 12.0 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 10.3 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 13.8
65 and over.................| 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Length of service with | | | | | | | | | | | | |
employer: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 3 months..........| 12.3 | 14.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 17.1 | 14.8
3 - 11 months...............| 21.5 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 18.8 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 14.2 | 20.9 | 24.9 | 20.0 | 26.8 | 25.3
1 - 5 years.................| 34.8 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 37.6 | 31.1 | 35.1 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 36.3 | 38.5 | 37.0 | 32.9 | 34.3
More than 5 years...........| 30.2 | 30.6 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 38.2 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 52.0 | 34.6 | 22.6 | 33.3 | 22.6 | 24.8
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Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White only..................| 44.8 | 51.2 | 25.1 | 56.0 | 51.6 | 42.0 | 41.2 | 32.4 | 46.4 | 43.4 | 43.6 | 36.5 | 55.6
Black only..................| 8.1 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 8.9 | 7.4
Hispanic or Latino only.....| 13.6 | 18.8 | 38.3 | 18.8 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 6.1 | 10.6 | 17.7 | 8.0 | 19.6 | 11.7
Asian only..................| 1.4 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .6 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.7
Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Islander only..............| .4 | .3 | .1 | .3 | .3 | .4 | .4 | .2 | .2 | .4 | .3 | .7 | 1.0
American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Native only................| .5 | .6 | .5 | .7 | .5 | .5 | .5 | .5 | .3 | .5 | .6 | .5 | .6
Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | | | | | |
race.......................| .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | (6) | - | - | .1 | .2 | (6) | -
Multi-race..................| .1 | .1 | - | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | - | - | (6) | .1 | .1 | .1
Not reported................| 31.0 | 21.6 | 32.3 | 19.3 | 21.7 | 35.1 | 41.3 | 53.5 | 31.3 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 30.1 | 20.8
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
6 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 100.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major occupational group and major industry sector, 2007
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| | Goods producing | Service providing
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| Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
Occupation | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| (2)(3)(4) | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total cases...................|1,158,870 | 349,450 | 26,900 | 135,350 | 187,200 | 809,420 | 359,770 | 18,560 | 35,450 | 88,260 | 181,700 | 94,160 | 31,520
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Management occupations.......| 21,900 | 3,920 | 280 | 2,410 | 1,240 | 17,980 | 3,540 | 580 | 2,840 | 2,720 | 4,570 | 2,590 | 1,130
Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | |
operations occupations......| 7,700 | 680 | 30 | 90 | 570 | 7,010 | 1,470 | 270 | 2,330 | 1,660 | 1,030 | 90 | 170
Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 2,200 | 300 | - | 20 | 270 | 1,900 | 280 | 370 | 300 | 650 | 220 | 40 | 40
Architecture and engineering | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 4,950 | 1,670 | 70 | 300 | 1,300 | 3,280 | 400 | 670 | - | 2,080 | 40 | - | 60
Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | |
science occupations.........| 1,900 | 540 | 110 | - | 430 | 1,370 | 180 | 30 | 200 | 470 | 410 | 40 | 40
Community and social services| | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 8,140 | - | - | - | - | 8,140 | 60 | - | 20 | 280 | 7,450 | 50 | 290
Legal occupations............| 1,380 | - | - | - | - | 1,380 | 20 | - | 570 | 700 | 80 | - | -
Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
library occupations.........| 8,210 | - | - | - | - | 8,200 | 20 | 50 | - | 120 | 7,550 | 130 | 310
Arts, design, entertainment, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 5,820 | 180 | - | - | 170 | 5,640 | 760 | 1,020 | 40 | 180 | 300 | 3,200 | 130
Healthcare practitioners and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
technical occupations.......| 46,660 | 190 | 20 | 40 | 130 | 46,470 | 1,130 | - | 100 | 2,690 | 42,200 | 30 | 310
Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 67,300 | 60 | 30 | - | 20 | 67,250 | 840 | - | 160 | 1,550 | 64,290 | 130 | 280
Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 10,690 | 370 | 50 | 120 | 200 | 10,330 | 900 | 30 | 330 | 6,000 | 1,370 | 1,040 | 650
Food preparation and serving | | | | | | | | | | | | |
related occupations.........| 76,850 | 460 | 30 | 70 | 360 | 76,390 | 10,850 | 150 | 470 | 1,060 | 8,700 | 54,590 | 580
Building and grounds cleaning| | | | | | | | | | | | |
and maintenance occupations | 71,750 | 4,750 | 620 | 980 | 3,140 | 67,010 | 4,820 | 350 | 5,950 | 24,430 | 14,510 | 14,320 | 2,630
Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 24,890 | 330 | 290 | 20 | 20 | 24,560 | 7,330 | 160 | 100 | 1,230 | 9,220 | 3,720 | 2,810
Sales and related occupations| 78,070 | 1,620 | 60 | 420 | 1,130 | 76,440 | 65,330 | 1,210 | 2,690 | 1,650 | 380 | 3,660 | 1,520
Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | |
support occupations.........| 85,190 | 7,190 | 220 | 790 | 6,170 | 78,010 | 41,680 | 3,450 | 9,850 | 10,390 | 9,520 | 1,720 | 1,400
Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
forestry occupations........| 13,950 | 13,080 | 12,340 | - | 740 | 870 | 710 | - | - | 100 | 30 | 30 | -
Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 134,010 | 119,210 | 5,480 | 106,990 | 6,740 | 14,800 | 6,000 | 300 | 500 | 5,550 | 1,250 | 610 | 580
Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and repair occupations......| 98,390 | 28,080 | 1,560 | 12,910 | 13,610 | 70,310 | 38,610 | 6,570 | 4,980 | 4,790 | 2,980 | 3,120 | 9,250
Production occupations.......| 160,350 | 124,390 | 1,630 | 4,550 | 118,210 | 35,960 | 20,090 | 1,680 | 550 | 5,690 | 2,060 | 1,680 | 4,220
Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | |
moving occupations..........| 225,780 | 41,800 | 4,040 | 5,530 | 32,230 | 183,990 | 153,210 | 1,610 | 3,400 | 14,130 | 3,160 | 3,370 | 5,100
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker occupation and major industry sector, 2007
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| | Goods producing | Service providing
| |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________
| Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
Occupation | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| (2)(3)(4) | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total cases...................|1,158,870 | 349,450 | 26,900 | 135,350 | 187,200 | 809,420 | 359,770 | 18,560 | 35,450 | 88,260 | 181,700 | 94,160 | 31,520
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
material movers, hand........| 79,000 | 17,120 | 690 | 260 | 16,170 | 61,880 | 53,680 | 560 | 750 | 4,370 | 770 | 950 | 790
Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tractor-trailer..............| 57,050 | 9,720 | 1,180 | 3,600 | 4,950 | 47,330 | 41,760 | 140 | 720 | 3,920 | 70 | 130 | 580
Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
attendants...................| 44,930 | - | - | - | - | 44,930 | 120 | - | 40 | 240 | 44,450 | - | 70
Construction laborers.........| 34,180 | 30,170 | 110 | 29,200 | 860 | 4,010 | 1,610 | 100 | 60 | 1,950 | 190 | 80 | 30
Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
delivery services............| 32,930 | 2,580 | 160 | 450 | 1,970 | 30,360 | 25,450 | 240 | 340 | 2,560 | 630 | 620 | 520
Retail salespersons...........| 32,920 | 340 | 30 | 80 | 230 | 32,590 | 30,920 | 100 | 350 | 100 | 70 | 1,030 | 20
Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 30,060 | 3,440 | 160 | 630 | 2,660 | 26,610 | 3,500 | 240 | 2,960 | 8,860 | 6,200 | 3,590 | 1,270
Carpenters....................| 23,800 | 21,060 | 20 | 19,910 | 1,130 | 2,740 | 1,450 | 40 | 130 | 510 | 290 | 240 | 80
Maintenance and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | |
workers, general.............| 23,460 | 6,640 | 230 | 1,800 | 4,610 | 16,820 | 6,770 | 420 | 3,220 | 1,400 | 1,990 | 1,870 | 1,150
Registered nurses.............| 20,020 | - | - | - | - | 20,020 | - | - | 40 | 350 | 19,560 | - | 60
Stock clerks and order fillers| 18,560 | 1,250 | 70 | 60 | 1,120 | 17,310 | 16,230 | 130 | 20 | 410 | 390 | 70 | 60
Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 18,080 | 170 | 50 | 30 | 90 | 17,910 | 280 | 20 | 1,340 | 1,840 | 6,690 | 7,520 | 220
First line | | | | | | | | | | | | |
supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | | | | | |
retail sales workers.........| 16,420 | 60 | - | 30 | 30 | 16,350 | 15,090 | 140 | 400 | - | - | 400 | 290
Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | |
and mechanics................| 14,350 | 530 | 20 | 100 | 410 | 13,820 | 10,050 | - | 470 | 160 | 80 | 150 | 2,910
Landscaping and groundskeeping| | | | | | | | | | | | |
workers......................| 14,090 | 470 | 220 | 180 | 70 | 13,620 | 720 | 20 | 1,200 | 7,930 | 740 | 2,100 | 920
Cashiers......................| 13,750 | 30 | - | - | 20 | 13,720 | 11,270 | 30 | 60 | 180 | 230 | 1,840 | 100
Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and brazers..................| 12,300 | 10,100 | 220 | 1,070 | 8,810 | 2,200 | 990 | - | 30 | 360 | 30 | - | 800
Combined food preparation and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
serving workers, including | | | | | | | | | | | | |
fast food....................| 12,200 | 20 | - | - | 20 | 12,190 | 5,500 | - | - | - | 330 | 6,340 | -
Electricians..................| 11,140 | 9,810 | 150 | 8,810 | 840 | 1,340 | 550 | 70 | 60 | 390 | 190 | 50 | -
Customer service | | | | | | | | | | | | |
representatives..............| 10,860 | 410 | - | 130 | 280 | 10,450 | 5,790 | 960 | 2,000 | 900 | 260 | 130 | 420
Waiters and waitresses........| 10,250 | - | - | - | - | 10,240 | 70 | - | 60 | 40 | 120 | 9,890 | 50
First line | | | | | | | | | | | | |
supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | | | | | |
construction trades and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
extraction workers...........| 10,220 | 9,090 | 750 | 8,150 | 180 | 1,130 | 220 | 30 | 50 | 650 | 140 | 20 | -
Driver/sales workers..........| 9,140 | 1,080 | - | - | 1,070 | 8,060 | 5,740 | 350 | 110 | 180 | 170 | 980 | 530
Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
steamfitters.................| 9,070 | 7,950 | - | 7,400 | 550 | 1,120 | 320 | 20 | 20 | 330 | 190 | 70 | 160
Food preparation workers......| 9,040 | 190 | 20 | - | 170 | 8,850 | 2,220 | 20 | 40 | 100 | 850 | 5,610 | -
Cooks, restaurant.............| 8,900 | - | - | - | - | 8,900 | 240 | - | - | - | - | 8,640 | -
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 5. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
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| | Goods producing | Service providing
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| Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
Characteristic | industry | Total | Natural | | | Total | Trade, | | | Professional | Education | Leisure |
| (2)(3)(4) | goods | resources | Construction | Manufacturing| service |transportation| Information | Financial | and | and | and | Other
| | producing | and | | | providing | and | | activities | business | health | hospitality | services
| | | mining(2)(3) | | | | utilities(4) | | | services | services | |
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Total cases..................................| 1,158,870 | 349,450 | 26,900 | 135,350 | 187,200 | 809,420 | 359,770 | 18,560 | 35,450 | 88,260 | 181,700 | 94,160 | 31,520
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sprains, strains, tears(5).................| 448,380 | 115,870 | 8,650 | 44,380 | 62,840 | 332,510 | 150,290 | 7,340 | 12,520 | 33,040 | 90,710 | 29,320 | 9,290
Bruises, contusions........................| 101,340 | 26,460 | 2,760 | 8,380 | 15,320 | 74,870 | 34,650 | 1,620 | 2,030 | 7,760 | 16,440 | 9,750 | 2,630
Cuts, lacerations..........................| 91,270 | 36,480 | 2,150 | 15,560 | 18,770 | 54,790 | 25,280 | 820 | 2,250 | 5,480 | 5,170 | 12,920 | 2,870
Punctures..................................| 15,730 | 8,670 | 380 | 4,820 | 3,480 | 7,060 | 3,250 | 90 | 150 | 1,480 | 1,120 | 570 | 410
Fractures..................................| 94,950 | 37,990 | 3,840 | 17,350 | 16,800 | 56,960 | 27,430 | 1,540 | 2,700 | 6,260 | 9,810 | 6,770 | 2,440
Heat burns.................................| 17,490 | 4,920 | 280 | 1,250 | 3,390 | 12,570 | 2,890 | 80 | 170 | 600 | 1,670 | 6,530 | 630
Carpal tunnel syndrome.....................| 11,940 | 4,510 | 60 | 280 | 4,170 | 7,420 | 3,100 | 300 | 830 | 1,430 | 1,310 | 290 | 180
Tendonitis.................................| 4,380 | 1,750 | 60 | 320 | 1,370 | 2,630 | 900 | 80 | 90 | 470 | 660 | 340 | 90
Chemical burns.............................| 6,130 | 2,240 | 230 | 540 | 1,470 | 3,890 | 1,040 | - | 450 | 320 | 700 | 1,170 | 200
Amputations................................| 7,320 | 4,310 | 340 | 870 | 3,090 | 3,010 | 1,390 | 20 | 120 | 270 | 180 | 690 | 330
Multiple traumatic injuries................| 46,820 | 15,090 | 960 | 6,750 | 7,380 | 31,730 | 13,690 | 970 | 1,330 | 4,030 | 7,510 | 2,740 | 1,460
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Part of body affected by the injury or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Head.......................................| 78,370 | 26,920 | 2,400 | 10,590 | 13,930 | 51,450 | 23,370 | 1,090 | 2,640 | 5,960 | 8,510 | 7,210 | 2,680
Eye.......................................| 33,010 | 14,550 | 1,200 | 5,200 | 8,150 | 18,460 | 8,320 | 260 | 1,220 | 1,960 | 2,240 | 2,700 | 1,750
Neck.......................................| 17,050 | 4,080 | 300 | 1,870 | 1,920 | 12,960 | 5,880 | 170 | 730 | 1,470 | 3,440 | 730 | 550
Trunk......................................| 384,650 | 107,190 | 7,950 | 41,210 | 58,020 | 277,460 | 128,270 | 5,530 | 10,610 | 26,940 | 74,330 | 23,900 | 7,890
Shoulder..................................| 75,580 | 23,360 | 1,400 | 8,220 | 13,740 | 52,220 | 26,930 | 1,030 | 1,470 | 4,850 | 12,310 | 4,270 | 1,360
Back......................................| 235,960 | 58,060 | 4,340 | 22,600 | 31,120 | 177,900 | 78,070 | 3,380 | 7,010 | 16,980 | 52,640 | 14,610 | 5,210
Upper extremities..........................| 269,240 | 99,360 | 5,590 | 31,830 | 61,930 | 169,880 | 72,350 | 3,420 | 7,710 | 20,270 | 29,090 | 28,160 | 8,880
Arm.......................................| 54,260 | 17,740 | 1,160 | 6,880 | 9,700 | 36,520 | 16,470 | 700 | 1,700 | 3,500 | 6,790 | 4,430 | 2,930
Wrist.....................................| 51,620 | 14,930 | 530 | 3,770 | 10,630 | 36,690 | 14,740 | 980 | 2,220 | 5,480 | 7,730 | 4,410 | 1,110
Hand, except finger.......................| 47,920 | 18,550 | 1,000 | 7,490 | 10,060 | 29,370 | 12,330 | 550 | 1,100 | 3,480 | 4,230 | 6,170 | 1,500
Finger....................................| 101,650 | 43,750 | 2,610 | 12,530 | 28,610 | 57,900 | 25,350 | 940 | 2,230 | 6,510 | 8,120 | 11,810 | 2,930
Lower extremities..........................| 260,580 | 76,710 | 7,500 | 34,340 | 34,880 | 183,860 | 85,420 | 4,380 | 8,030 | 19,800 | 36,620 | 22,810 | 6,800
Knee......................................| 94,500 | 26,660 | 2,530 | 11,920 | 12,210 | 67,830 | 29,390 | 1,600 | 2,890 | 6,680 | 15,510 | 8,770 | 3,000
Ankle.....................................| 62,660 | 16,700 | 1,520 | 8,490 | 6,690 | 45,960 | 20,630 | 1,080 | 1,740 | 5,730 | 9,060 | 6,130 | 1,590
Foot, except toe..........................| 43,970 | 14,570 | 1,520 | 5,870 | 7,170 | 29,400 | 14,950 | 660 | 1,630 | 2,940 | 4,930 | 3,460 | 840
Toe.......................................| 11,630 | 3,680 | 220 | 1,590 | 1,870 | 7,950 | 4,990 | 250 | 170 | 470 | 1,180 | 550 | 340
Body systems...............................| 17,710 | 4,060 | 260 | 1,600 | 2,200 | 13,640 | 5,110 | 710 | 700 | 2,150 | 2,830 | 1,200 | 950
Multiple parts.............................| 120,950 | 28,700 | 2,630 | 12,900 | 13,170 | 92,250 | 35,800 | 3,130 | 4,420 | 10,950 | 25,420 | 9,210 | 3,300
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Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chemicals and chemical products............| 17,340 | 6,040 | 840 | 1,290 | 3,910 | 11,300 | 3,450 | 350 | 760 | 1,430 | 2,460 | 2,270 | 580
Containers.................................| 136,750 | 28,460 | 1,960 | 5,770 | 20,720 | 108,290 | 70,480 | 1,660 | 2,780 | 7,130 | 9,570 | 15,020 | 1,660
Furniture and fixtures.....................| 46,220 | 8,300 | 150 | 2,930 | 5,220 | 37,920 | 15,610 | 370 | 2,220 | 3,540 | 9,270 | 5,490 | 1,430
Machinery..................................| 69,160 | 33,950 | 2,380 | 8,440 | 23,130 | 35,220 | 17,890 | 830 | 2,250 | 4,620 | 3,720 | 4,380 | 1,530
Parts and materials........................| 116,570 | 67,440 | 3,080 | 29,880 | 34,480 | 49,120 | 33,220 | 1,030 | 1,150 | 5,280 | 2,190 | 1,830 | 4,430
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces(5).......| 230,550 | 58,400 | 4,870 | 29,320 | 24,210 | 172,150 | 65,660 | 4,840 | 9,550 | 19,420 | 42,760 | 23,390 | 6,520
Tools, instruments, and equipment..........| 78,350 | 30,800 | 1,770 | 15,470 | 13,560 | 47,550 | 17,930 | 1,690 | 2,720 | 6,150 | 9,090 | 8,300 | 1,670
Vehicles...................................| 97,920 | 19,750 | 2,710 | 7,330 | 9,700 | 78,180 | 46,770 | 1,620 | 2,680 | 9,210 | 9,780 | 4,380 | 3,740
Person, injured or ill worker(5)...........| 169,920 | 52,390 | 3,000 | 16,490 | 32,900 | 117,520 | 50,900 | 3,940 | 6,640 | 14,810 | 23,120 | 13,780 | 4,330
Worker motion or position(5)..............| 165,110 | 51,130 | 2,920 | 15,910 | 32,300 | 113,980 | 49,150 | 3,850 | 6,320 | 14,380 | 22,540 | 13,480 | 4,250
Person, other than injured or ill worker...| 64,290 | 600 | 70 | 200 | 330 | 63,700 | 3,010 | 110 | 680 | 1,570 | 55,580 | 2,250 | 480
Health care patient.......................| 50,810 | - | - | - | - | 50,800 | 390 | - | 40 | 700 | 49,550 | 20 | 110
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Event or exposure leading to injury or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contact with objects and equipment.........| 317,550 | 128,670 | 10,590 | 47,870 | 70,210 | 188,890 | 95,480 | 3,590 | 7,760 | 20,140 | 24,810 | 27,710 | 9,390
Struck by object..........................| 162,840 | 63,520 | 5,410 | 27,000 | 31,110 | 99,320 | 49,270 | 1,500 | 4,640 | 10,530 | 12,950 | 16,150 | 4,290
Struck against object.....................| 75,730 | 26,120 | 2,030 | 10,670 | 13,410 | 49,620 | 23,820 | 1,150 | 1,990 | 5,130 | 7,790 | 7,380 | 2,360
Caught in equipment or object.............| 53,590 | 27,920 | 2,320 | 5,510 | 20,090 | 25,670 | 15,040 | 610 | 700 | 3,020 | 2,510 | 2,260 | 1,530
Fall to lower level........................| 77,300 | 29,510 | 2,270 | 19,870 | 7,370 | 47,790 | 23,470 | 1,690 | 3,280 | 6,490 | 6,320 | 4,140 | 2,400
Fall on same level.........................| 166,560 | 34,060 | 2,690 | 12,570 | 18,790 | 132,500 | 47,640 | 3,200 | 6,910 | 13,360 | 36,890 | 20,020 | 4,490
Slip, trip, loss of balancewithout fall(5)| 37,780 | 9,590 | 1,000 | 3,770 | 4,820 | 28,190 | 11,160 | 810 | 850 | 3,510 | 6,820 | 4,260 | 770
Overexertion...............................| 264,930 | 66,760 | 3,860 | 23,540 | 39,360 | 198,170 | 94,130 | 3,100 | 5,710 | 16,050 | 61,130 | 12,930 | 5,120
Overexertion in lifting...................| 140,330 | 34,760 | 1,570 | 13,110 | 20,090 | 105,570 | 53,200 | 1,560 | 3,130 | 9,700 | 27,380 | 8,020 | 2,570
Repetitive motion..........................| 36,700 | 14,650 | 280 | 1,610 | 12,760 | 22,050 | 9,380 | 960 | 2,360 | 3,560 | 3,350 | 1,740 | 710
Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | | | |
substances................................| 52,950 | 16,000 | 1,120 | 5,040 | 9,840 | 36,940 | 10,270 | 1,150 | 1,560 | 4,450 | 7,560 | 9,870 | 2,090
Transportation accidents...................| 53,320 | 10,540 | 1,460 | 5,310 | 3,770 | 42,780 | 22,610 | 1,260 | 1,920 | 6,360 | 6,500 | 2,110 | 2,020
Highway accident..........................| 33,360 | 5,480 | 740 | 3,470 | 1,270 | 27,880 | 13,490 | 960 | 1,650 | 4,530 | 5,140 | 790 | 1,330
Fires and explosions.......................| 1,870 | 920 | 120 | 320 | 480 | 950 | 590 | - | 20 | 90 | 90 | 110 | -
Assaults and violent acts by person........| 16,840 | 550 | 110 | 210 | 240 | 16,280 | 2,730 | 120 | 620 | 860 | 10,740 | 1,110 | 120
Assaults by animal.........................| 7,280 | 1,210 | 750 | 260 | 200 | 6,070 | 1,650 | 110 | 200 | 2,830 | 520 | 240 | 530
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas
Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates
for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
5 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected
by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
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Characteristic | industry | Total | Natural | | | Total | Trade, | | | Professional | Education | Leisure |
| (2)(3)(4) | goods | resources | Construction | Manufacturing| service |transportation| Information | Financial | and | and | and | Other
| | producing | and | | | providing | and | | activities | business | health | hospitality | services
| | | mining(2)(3) | | | | utilities(4) | | | services | services | |
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Total [1,158,870 cases]......................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sprains, strains, tears(5).................| 38.7 | 33.2 | 32.2 | 32.8 | 33.6 | 41.1 | 41.8 | 39.5 | 35.3 | 37.4 | 49.9 | 31.1 | 29.5
Bruises, contusions........................| 8.7 | 7.6 | 10.3 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 8.3
Cuts, lacerations..........................| 7.9 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 13.7 | 9.1
Punctures..................................| 1.4 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1.9 | .9 | .9 | .5 | .4 | 1.7 | .6 | .6 | 1.3
Fractures..................................| 8.2 | 10.9 | 14.3 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.7
Heat burns.................................| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | .8 | .4 | .5 | .7 | .9 | 6.9 | 2.0
Carpal tunnel syndrome.....................| 1.0 | 1.3 | .2 | .2 | 2.2 | .9 | .9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | .7 | .3 | .6
Tendonitis.................................| .4 | .5 | .2 | .2 | .7 | .3 | .3 | .4 | .3 | .5 | .4 | .4 | .3
Chemical burns.............................| .5 | .6 | .9 | .4 | .8 | .5 | .3 | - | 1.3 | .4 | .4 | 1.2 | .6
Amputations................................| .6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .6 | 1.7 | .4 | .4 | .1 | .3 | .3 | .1 | .7 | 1.0
Multiple traumatic injuries................| 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.6
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Part of body affected by the injury or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Head.......................................| 6.8 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 8.5
Eye.......................................| 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 5.6
Neck.......................................| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | .9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | .8 | 1.7
Trunk......................................| 33.2 | 30.7 | 29.6 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 34.3 | 35.7 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 40.9 | 25.4 | 25.0
Shoulder..................................| 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 4.3
Back......................................| 20.4 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 19.2 | 29.0 | 15.5 | 16.5
Upper extremities..........................| 23.2 | 28.4 | 20.8 | 23.5 | 33.1 | 21.0 | 20.1 | 18.4 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 29.9 | 28.2
Arm.......................................| 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 9.3
Wrist.....................................| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.5
Hand, except finger.......................| 4.1 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 4.8
Finger....................................| 8.8 | 12.5 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 15.3 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 9.3
Lower extremities..........................| 22.5 | 22.0 | 27.9 | 25.4 | 18.6 | 22.7 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 20.2 | 24.2 | 21.6
Knee......................................| 8.2 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.5
Ankle.....................................| 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.0
Foot, except toe..........................| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.7
Toe.......................................| 1.0 | 1.1 | .8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .5 | .5 | .6 | .6 | 1.1
Body systems...............................| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 3.0
Multiple parts.............................| 10.4 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 16.9 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 9.8 | 10.5
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Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chemicals and chemical products............| 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.8
Containers.................................| 11.8 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 19.6 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 16.0 | 5.3
Furniture and fixtures.....................| 4.0 | 2.4 | .6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.5
Machinery..................................| 6.0 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 4.9
Parts and materials........................| 10.1 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 22.1 | 18.4 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 14.1
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces(5).......| 19.9 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 21.7 | 12.9 | 21.3 | 18.3 | 26.1 | 26.9 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 24.8 | 20.7
Tools, instruments, and equipment..........| 6.8 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 11.4 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 8.8 | 5.3
Vehicles...................................| 8.4 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 13.0 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 11.9
Person, injured or ill worker(5)...........| 14.7 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 17.6 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 21.2 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 14.6 | 13.7
Worker motion or position(5)..............| 14.2 | 14.6 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 17.3 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 20.7 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 13.5
Person, other than injured or ill worker...| 5.5 | .2 | .3 | .1 | .2 | 7.9 | .8 | .6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 30.6 | 2.4 | 1.5
Health care patient.......................| 4.4 | - | - | - | - | 6.3 | .1 | - | .1 | .8 | 27.3 | (6) | .3
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Event or exposure leading to injury or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contact with objects and equipment.........| 27.4 | 36.8 | 39.4 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 23.3 | 26.5 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 22.8 | 13.7 | 29.4 | 29.8
Struck by object..........................| 14.1 | 18.2 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 17.2 | 13.6
Struck against object.....................| 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 7.5
Caught in equipment or object.............| 4.6 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 10.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.9
Fall to lower level........................| 6.7 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 7.6
Fall on same level.........................| 14.4 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 15.1 | 20.3 | 21.3 | 14.2
Slip, trip, loss of balancewithout fall(5)| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.4
Overexertion...............................| 22.9 | 19.1 | 14.3 | 17.4 | 21.0 | 24.5 | 26.2 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 18.2 | 33.6 | 13.7 | 16.2
Overexertion in lifting...................| 12.1 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 14.8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 15.1 | 8.5 | 8.2
Repetitive motion..........................| 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3
Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | | | |
substances................................| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 6.6
Transportation accidents...................| 4.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 6.4
Highway accident..........................| 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | .7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | .8 | 4.2
Fires and explosions.......................| .2 | .3 | .4 | .2 | .3 | .1 | .2 | - | .1 | .1 | (6) | .1 | -
Assaults and violent acts by person........| 1.5 | .2 | .4 | .2 | .1 | 2.0 | .8 | .6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 1.2 | .4
Assaults by animal.........................| .6 | .3 | 2.8 | .2 | .1 | .7 | .5 | .6 | .6 | 3.2 | .3 | .3 | 1.7
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas
Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates
for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
5 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
6 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 100.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected
by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 7. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers for selected characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
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Characteristic | industry | Total | Natural | | | Total | Trade, | | | Professional | Education | Leisure |
| (3)(4)(5) | goods | resources | Construction | Manufacturing| service |transportation| Information | Financial | and | and | and | Other
| | producing | and | | | providing | and | | activities | business | health | hospitality | services
| | | mining(3)(4) | | | | utilities(5) | | | services | services | |
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Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 152.9 | 163.3 | 190.3 | 132.8 | 112.4 | 158.4 | 69.3 | 47.0 | 64.9 | 134.2 | 106.5 | 102.3
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Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sprains, strains, tears(6).................| 47.3 | 50.7 | 52.5 | 62.4 | 44.6 | 46.2 | 66.2 | 27.4 | 16.6 | 24.3 | 67.0 | 33.1 | 30.2
Bruises, contusions........................| 10.7 | 11.6 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 15.3 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 8.5
Cuts, lacerations..........................| 9.6 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 21.9 | 13.3 | 7.6 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 14.6 | 9.3
Punctures..................................| 1.7 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .3 | .2 | 1.1 | .8 | .6 | 1.3
Fractures..................................| 10.0 | 16.6 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 12.1 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.9
Heat burns.................................| 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .3 | .2 | .4 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 2.0
Carpal tunnel syndrome.....................| 1.3 | 2.0 | .4 | .4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .3 | .6
Tendonitis.................................| .5 | .8 | .4 | .5 | 1.0 | .4 | .4 | .3 | .1 | .3 | .5 | .4 | .3
Chemical burns.............................| .6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .8 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | - | .6 | .2 | .5 | 1.3 | .7
Amputations................................| .8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | .4 | .6 | .1 | .2 | .2 | .1 | .8 | 1.1
Multiple traumatic injuries................| 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 4.7
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Part of body affected by the injury or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Head.......................................| 8.3 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 8.7
Eye.......................................| 3.5 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 5.7
Neck.......................................| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .8 | 1.8
Trunk......................................| 40.6 | 46.9 | 48.3 | 58.0 | 41.2 | 38.5 | 56.5 | 20.6 | 14.1 | 19.8 | 54.9 | 27.0 | 25.6
Shoulder..................................| 8.0 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 11.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 4.4
Back......................................| 24.9 | 25.4 | 26.3 | 31.8 | 22.1 | 24.7 | 34.4 | 12.6 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 38.9 | 16.5 | 16.9
Upper extremities..........................| 28.4 | 43.5 | 33.9 | 44.8 | 43.9 | 23.6 | 31.9 | 12.8 | 10.2 | 14.9 | 21.5 | 31.8 | 28.8
Arm.......................................| 5.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 9.5
Wrist.....................................| 5.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.6
Hand, except finger.......................| 5.1 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 4.9
Finger....................................| 10.7 | 19.1 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 20.3 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 9.5
Lower extremities..........................| 27.5 | 33.6 | 45.5 | 48.3 | 24.7 | 25.5 | 37.6 | 16.4 | 10.6 | 14.6 | 27.0 | 25.8 | 22.1
Knee......................................| 10.0 | 11.7 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 9.7
Ankle.....................................| 6.6 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 11.9 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 5.1
Foot, except toe..........................| 4.6 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.7
Toe.......................................| 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .2 | .3 | .9 | .6 | 1.1
Body systems...............................| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.6 | .9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.1
Multiple parts.............................| 12.8 | 12.6 | 16.0 | 18.1 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 18.8 | 10.4 | 10.7
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Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chemicals and chemical products............| 1.8 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.9
Containers.................................| 14.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 31.0 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 17.0 | 5.4
Furniture and fixtures.....................| 4.9 | 3.6 | .9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 4.6
Machinery..................................| 7.3 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 16.4 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 5.0
Parts and materials........................| 12.3 | 29.5 | 18.7 | 42.0 | 24.5 | 6.8 | 14.6 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 14.4
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces(6).......| 24.3 | 25.6 | 29.5 | 41.2 | 17.2 | 23.9 | 28.9 | 18.1 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 31.6 | 26.4 | 21.2
Tools, instruments, and equipment..........| 8.3 | 13.5 | 10.7 | 21.7 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 5.4
Vehicles...................................| 10.3 | 8.6 | 16.5 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 20.6 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 12.1
Person, injured or ill worker(6)...........| 17.9 | 22.9 | 18.2 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 16.3 | 22.4 | 14.7 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 17.1 | 15.6 | 14.0
Worker motion or position(6)..............| 17.4 | 22.4 | 17.7 | 22.4 | 22.9 | 15.8 | 21.6 | 14.4 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 13.8
Person, other than injured or ill worker...| 6.8 | .3 | .4 | .3 | .2 | 8.8 | 1.3 | .4 | .9 | 1.2 | 41.1 | 2.5 | 1.6
Health care patient.......................| 5.4 | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | .2 | - | (7) | .5 | 36.6 | (7) | .3
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Event or exposure leading to injury or | | | | | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contact with objects and equipment.........| 33.5 | 56.3 | 64.3 | 67.3 | 49.8 | 26.2 | 42.0 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 31.3 | 30.5
Struck by object..........................| 17.2 | 27.8 | 32.8 | 38.0 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 21.7 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 18.3 | 13.9
Struck against object.....................| 8.0 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 7.7
Caught in equipment or object.............| 5.7 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 2.3 | .9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 5.0
Fall to lower level........................| 8.1 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 27.9 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 7.8
Fall on same level.........................| 17.6 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 27.2 | 22.6 | 14.6
Slip, trip, loss of balancewithout fall(6)| 4.0 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 2.5
Overexertion...............................| 27.9 | 29.2 | 23.4 | 33.1 | 27.9 | 27.5 | 41.4 | 11.6 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 45.2 | 14.6 | 16.6
Overexertion in lifting...................| 14.8 | 15.2 | 9.5 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 23.4 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 20.2 | 9.1 | 8.3
Repetitive motion..........................| 3.9 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3
Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | | | |
substances................................| 5.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 11.2 | 6.8
Transportation accidents...................| 5.6 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 6.6
Highway accident..........................| 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | .9 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | .9 | 4.3
Fires and explosions.......................| .2 | .4 | .7 | .5 | .3 | .1 | .3 | - | (7) | .1 | .1 | .1 | -
Assaults and violent acts by person........| 1.8 | .2 | .6 | .3 | .2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .4 | .8 | .6 | 7.9 | 1.3 | .4
Assaults by animal.........................| .8 | .5 | 4.5 | .4 | .1 | .8 | .7 | .4 | .3 | 2.1 | .4 | .3 | 1.7
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
4 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas
Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates
for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
5 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
6 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
7 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected
by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker
characteristics and number of days away from work, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
| Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median
Characteristic | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days| 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 days or| from work
| | | | | | days | days | more |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.6 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Gender: | | | | | | | | |
Male........................| 100.0 | 14.6 | 10.6 | 18.0 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 26.6 | 8
Female......................| 100.0 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 18.9 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 6.3 | 23.7 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Age:(2) | | | | | | | | |
14 - 15.....................| 100.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 75.0 | 7.5 | 5.0 | - | - | 3
16 - 19.....................| 100.0 | 21.2 | 16.2 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 11.2 | 4
20 - 24.....................| 100.0 | 19.1 | 14.1 | 22.8 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 15.4 | 4
25 - 34.....................| 100.0 | 17.5 | 13.1 | 19.0 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 20.8 | 6
35 - 44.....................| 100.0 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 18.1 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 27.1 | 8
45 - 54.....................| 100.0 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 16.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 6.9 | 30.4 | 10
55 - 64.....................| 100.0 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 16.6 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 33.3 | 12
65 and over.................| 100.0 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 37.7 | 16
| | | | | | | | |
Length of service with | | | | | | | | |
employer: | | | | | | | | |
Less than 3 months..........| 100.0 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 19.0 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 21.9 | 5
3 - 11 months...............| 100.0 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 19.7 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 6.3 | 22.4 | 6
1 - 5 years.................| 100.0 | 15.2 | 11.5 | 18.7 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 24.7 | 7
More than 5 years...........| 100.0 | 12.6 | 9.3 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 7.1 | 30.3 | 10
| | | | | | | | |
Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | |
White only..................| 100.0 | 15.9 | 11.9 | 18.3 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 6.3 | 24.8 | 7
Black only..................| 100.0 | 14.6 | 11.9 | 20.0 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 23.7 | 7
Hispanic or Latino only.....| 100.0 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 18.3 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 24.6 | 7
Asian only..................| 100.0 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 20.0 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 22.5 | 5
Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | |
Islander only..............| 100.0 | 14.9 | 9.3 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 19.8 | 8
American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | |
Native only................| 100.0 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 5.7 | 24.6 | 7
Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | |
race.......................| 100.0 | 19.5 | 4.9 | 42.7 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 15.9 | 4
Multi-race..................| 100.0 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 14.9 | 4
Not reported................| 100.0 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 17.7 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 28.1 | 9
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major occupational group
and number of days away from work, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
| Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median
Occupation | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days| 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 days or| from work
| | | | | | days | days | more |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.6 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Management occupations.......| 100.0 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 19.9 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 17.2 | 5
Business and financial | | | | | | | | |
operations occupations......| 100.0 | 21.8 | 9.9 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 3.8 | 24.9 | 7
Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 18.6 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 18.2 | 5
Architecture and engineering | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 21.8 | 10.1 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 17.6 | 5
Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | |
science occupations.........| 100.0 | 18.9 | 5.3 | 26.3 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 5.8 | 21.6 | 5
Community and social services| | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 18.7 | 15.8 | 20.3 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 15.8 | 5
Legal occupations............| 100.0 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 40.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | - | 26.8 | 3
Education, training, and | | | | | | | | |
library occupations.........| 100.0 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 17.7 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 17.9 | 5
Arts, design, entertainment, | | | | | | | | |
sports, and media | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 18.6 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 7.6 | 23.5 | 7
Healthcare practitioners and | | | | | | | | |
technical occupations.......| 100.0 | 15.9 | 11.6 | 18.7 | 15.6 | 11.8 | 6.0 | 20.4 | 6
Healthcare support | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 16.1 | 14.3 | 21.3 | 13.5 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 18.8 | 5
Protective service | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 16.3 | 9.9 | 17.9 | 14.0 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 24.2 | 8
Food preparation and serving | | | | | | | | |
related occupations.........| 100.0 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 21.6 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 18.0 | 5
Building and grounds cleaning| | | | | | | | |
and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 16.0 | 12.5 | 19.0 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 5.6 | 25.1 | 6
Personal care and service | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 20.4 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 6.1 | 28.4 | 8
Sales and related occupations| 100.0 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 18.3 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 6.1 | 24.3 | 7
Office and administrative | | | | | | | | |
support occupations.........| 100.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 19.2 | 11.9 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 24.7 | 7
Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | |
forestry occupations........| 100.0 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 24.7 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 6.1 | 18.9 | 6
Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 31.9 | 10
Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | |
and repair occupations......| 100.0 | 16.1 | 12.2 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 24.7 | 7
Production occupations.......| 100.0 | 16.8 | 10.3 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 24.9 | 7
Transportation and material | | | | | | | | |
moving occupations..........| 100.0 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 31.7 | 11
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected occupation and
number of days away from work, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
| Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median
Occupation | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days| 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 days or| from work
| | | | | | days | days | more |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.6 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | |
material movers, hand........| 100.0 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 25.9 | 7
Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | |
tractor-trailer..............| 100.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 7.7 | 37.6 | 15
Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | |
attendants...................| 100.0 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 21.3 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 17.5 | 5
Construction laborers.........| 100.0 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 18.6 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 29.1 | 10
Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | |
delivery services............| 100.0 | 10.1 | 5.5 | 15.8 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 7.3 | 38.0 | 15
Retail salespersons...........| 100.0 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 7
Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | |
maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 100.0 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 18.9 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 25.4 | 6
Carpenters....................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 32.8 | 10
Maintenance and repair | | | | | | | | |
workers, general.............| 100.0 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 22.8 | 7
Registered nurses.............| 100.0 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 21.0 | 7
Stock clerks and order fillers| 100.0 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 17.7 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 6.6 | 23.7 | 7
Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 100.0 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 17.5 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 6.1 | 24.9 | 7
First line | | | | | | | | |
supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | |
retail sales workers.........| 100.0 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 20.2 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 8.0 | 25.2 | 8
Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | |
and mechanics................| 100.0 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 19.4 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 21.9 | 5
Landscaping and groundskeeping| | | | | | | | |
workers......................| 100.0 | 22.3 | 7.9 | 19.1 | 14.2 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 6
Cashiers......................| 100.0 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 19.9 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 21.9 | 5
Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | |
and brazers..................| 100.0 | 24.0 | 12.4 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 20.1 | 5
Combined food preparation and | | | | | | | | |
serving workers, including | | | | | | | | |
fast food....................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 19.5 | 16.1 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 18.5 | 6
Electricians..................| 100.0 | 17.1 | 11.0 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 31.2 | 10
Customer service | | | | | | | | |
representatives..............| 100.0 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 28.4 | 10
Waiters and waitresses........| 100.0 | 17.8 | 14.9 | 23.3 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 21.1 | 5
First line | | | | | | | | |
supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | |
construction trades and | | | | | | | | |
extraction workers...........| 100.0 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 19.1 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 39.9 | 16
Driver/sales workers..........| 100.0 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 33.4 | 11
Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | |
steamfitters.................| 100.0 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 10.4 | 15.8 | 6.0 | 26.1 | 10
Food preparation workers......| 100.0 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 26.2 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 21.3 | 5
Cooks, restaurant.............| 100.0 | 18.1 | 12.6 | 24.9 | 14.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 5
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 11. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days
away from work, 2007
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| Total | | Median
Characteristic | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days | 6 - 10 days | 11 - 20 days | 21 - 30 days | 31 days or | from work
| | | | | | | | more |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.6 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | |
Sprains, strains, tears(2).................| 100.0 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 26.3 | 8
Bruises, contusions........................| 100.0 | 21.6 | 16.1 | 22.6 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 13.5 | 4
Cuts, lacerations..........................| 100.0 | 25.4 | 15.5 | 19.8 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 11.8 | 4
Punctures..................................| 100.0 | 27.7 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 10.4 | 3
Fractures..................................| 100.0 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 48.6 | 30
Heat burns.................................| 100.0 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 12.6 | 14.6 | 5.1 | 14.8 | 5
Carpal tunnel syndrome.....................| 100.0 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 17.3 | 13.9 | 45.6 | 28
Tendonitis.................................| 100.0 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 13.5 | 8.9 | 27.4 | 10
Chemical burns.............................| 100.0 | 22.8 | 25.8 | 20.4 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 3
Amputations................................| 100.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 36.9 | 21
Multiple traumatic injuries................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 16.8 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 30.3 | 10
| | | | | | | | |
Part of body affected by the injury or | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | |
Head.......................................| 100.0 | 34.0 | 17.7 | 20.5 | 10.8 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 2
Eye.......................................| 100.0 | 44.3 | 20.8 | 19.8 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2
Neck.......................................| 100.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 18.4 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 27.0 | 6
Trunk......................................| 100.0 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 27.5 | 8
Shoulder..................................| 100.0 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 6.9 | 41.5 | 18
Back......................................| 100.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 21.3 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 5.9 | 23.2 | 7
Upper extremities..........................| 100.0 | 16.6 | 12.0 | 17.7 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 6.9 | 22.6 | 7
Arm.......................................| 100.0 | 15.2 | 10.4 | 17.0 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 27.6 | 9
Wrist.....................................| 100.0 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 11.1 | 13.9 | 8.7 | 33.2 | 14
Hand, except finger.......................| 100.0 | 19.8 | 15.6 | 19.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 5.5 | 16.5 | 5
Finger....................................| 100.0 | 20.3 | 12.9 | 18.6 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 6.6 | 16.7 | 5
Lower extremities..........................| 100.0 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 17.7 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 29.7 | 10
Knee......................................| 100.0 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 35.6 | 15
Ankle.....................................| 100.0 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 20.4 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 24.6 | 8
Foot, except toe..........................| 100.0 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 18.4 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 28.9 | 8
Toe.......................................| 100.0 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 17.6 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 20.8 | 6
Body systems...............................| 100.0 | 21.5 | 18.0 | 21.6 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 2.6 | 14.5 | 4
Multiple parts.............................| 100.0 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 17.4 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 30.9 | 9
| | | | | | | | |
Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | |
Chemicals and chemical products............| 100.0 | 24.0 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 3.6 | 9.0 | 3
Containers.................................| 100.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 18.6 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 26.6 | 8
Furniture and fixtures.....................| 100.0 | 15.6 | 12.2 | 20.5 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 22.2 | 6
Machinery..................................| 100.0 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 7.4 | 24.5 | 8
Parts and materials........................| 100.0 | 16.5 | 11.9 | 17.3 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 23.9 | 7
Floors, walkways, ground surfaces(2).......| 100.0 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 17.0 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 31.9 | 11
Tools, instruments, and equipment..........| 100.0 | 20.3 | 14.0 | 20.1 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 18.2 | 5
Vehicles...................................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 9.6 | 17.9 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 29.8 | 9
Person, injured or ill worker(2)...........| 100.0 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 30.2 | 11
Worker motion or position(2)..............| 100.0 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 17.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 30.4 | 11
Person, other than injured or ill worker...| 100.0 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 21.9 | 14.9 | 10.8 | 6.0 | 19.3 | 6
Health care patient.......................| 100.0 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 21.1 | 15.3 | 11.2 | 6.0 | 18.9 | 6
| | | | | | | | |
Event or exposure leading to injury or | | | | | | | | |
illness: | | | | | | | | |
Contact with objects and equipment.........| 100.0 | 20.9 | 13.2 | 19.0 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 5
Struck by object..........................| 100.0 | 22.0 | 13.7 | 19.8 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 5.2 | 17.7 | 5
Struck against object.....................| 100.0 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 18.5 | 13.7 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 18.8 | 5
Caught in equipment or object.............| 100.0 | 14.6 | 10.1 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 7.1 | 25.6 | 8
Fall to lower level........................| 100.0 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 37.5 | 15
Fall on same level.........................| 100.0 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 17.8 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 6.9 | 28.6 | 9
Slip, trip, loss of balancewithout fall(2)| 100.0 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 26.3 | 9
Overexertion...............................| 100.0 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 18.4 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 6.8 | 27.7 | 9
Overexertion in lifting...................| 100.0 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 26.8 | 8
Repetitive motion..........................| 100.0 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 15.9 | 10.1 | 38.7 | 20
Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | |
substances................................| 100.0 | 24.0 | 19.5 | 21.4 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 3
Transportation accidents...................| 100.0 | 12.5 | 8.6 | 18.1 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 5.9 | 32.6 | 10
Highway accident..........................| 100.0 | 14.6 | 9.2 | 18.5 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 30.8 | 9
Fires and explosions.......................| 100.0 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 18.2 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 5.9 | 33.2 | 11
Assaults and violent acts by person........| 100.0 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 22.4 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 21.1 | 5
Assaults by animal.........................| 100.0 | 24.7 | 19.9 | 22.3 | 17.9 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 3
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their respective higher
level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 12. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major industry sector
and number of days away from work, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
| Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median
Industry | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days| 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 days or| from work
| | | | | | days | days | more |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | |
Private industry(2) | | | | | | | | |
[1,158,870 cases]............| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.6 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Goods producing: | | | | | | | | |
Total goods producing........| 100.0 | 14.6 | 10.6 | 16.7 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 28.2 | 9
Natural resources and | | | | | | | | |
mining(2)(3)...............| 100.0 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 18.5 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 30.2 | 10
Construction................| 100.0 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 30.5 | 10
Manufacturing...............| 100.0 | 15.7 | 10.5 | 16.9 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 7.1 | 26.3 | 8
| | | | | | | | |
Service providing: | | | | | | | | |
Total service providing......| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.7 | 19.0 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 24.5 | 7
Trade, transportation and | | | | | | | | |
utilities(4)...............| 100.0 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 18.0 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 28.1 | 8
Information.................| 100.0 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 18.8 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 5.2 | 28.9 | 8
Financial activities........| 100.0 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 18.6 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 28.6 | 7
Professional and business | | | | | | | | |
services...................| 100.0 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 20.1 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 23.6 | 6
Education and health | | | | | | | | |
services...................| 100.0 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 20.2 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 19.6 | 6
Leisure and hospitality.....| 100.0 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 21.1 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 19.7 | 6
Other services..............| 100.0 | 19.7 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 5.7 | 22.7 | 7
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not
governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support
activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping
requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 13. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by time, hours on the job, day of week, and major industry sector, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Goods producing | Service providing
| |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________
| Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
Characteristic | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| (2)(3)(4) | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total.........................|1,158,870 | 349,450 | 26,900 | 135,350 | 187,200 | 809,420 | 359,770 | 18,560 | 35,450 | 88,260 | 181,700 | 94,160 | 31,520
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Time of event: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M......| 35,830 | 9,860 | 860 | 420 | 8,580 | 25,970 | 13,590 | 960 | 300 | 2,320 | 6,670 | 1,960 | 180
4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.......| 113,160 | 39,310 | 3,390 | 13,080 | 22,840 | 73,860 | 35,490 | 1,490 | 1,760 | 6,570 | 20,100 | 6,520 | 1,920
8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon.....| 343,960 | 111,340 | 8,610 | 51,330 | 51,400 | 232,620 | 102,360 | 5,190 | 12,360 | 26,960 | 50,420 | 25,360 | 9,960
12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M......| 260,580 | 81,390 | 6,120 | 37,680 | 37,590 | 179,190 | 80,240 | 4,580 | 8,680 | 18,670 | 39,750 | 17,960 | 9,310
4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.......| 123,830 | 24,240 | 2,370 | 4,340 | 17,540 | 99,590 | 43,160 | 2,120 | 3,520 | 8,440 | 24,620 | 15,730 | 2,000
8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 64,010 | 14,660 | 980 | 720 | 12,960 | 49,350 | 21,610 | 890 | 550 | 3,840 | 12,160 | 9,230 | 1,060
Not reported................| 217,480 | 68,640 | 4,550 | 27,800 | 36,290 | 148,850 | 63,320 | 3,340 | 8,280 | 21,460 | 27,970 | 17,400 | 7,080
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Hours on the job before event | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occurred: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Before shift began..........| 7,770 | 1,570 | 70 | 270 | 1,220 | 6,210 | 1,810 | 130 | 440 | 490 | 2,490 | 770 | 70
Less than 1 hour............| 98,410 | 25,850 | 1,510 | 10,030 | 14,310 | 72,560 | 30,690 | 1,660 | 3,980 | 6,970 | 18,650 | 8,800 | 1,820
1 hour to less than 2 hours | 110,830 | 30,930 | 1,910 | 10,810 | 18,210 | 79,900 | 37,850 | 1,760 | 2,350 | 7,500 | 18,440 | 10,210 | 1,790
2 hours to less than 4 hours| 241,870 | 71,150 | 4,560 | 28,420 | 38,170 | 170,720 | 75,860 | 3,670 | 6,840 | 18,210 | 38,350 | 20,530 | 7,260
4 hours to less than 6 hours| 183,950 | 54,380 | 3,380 | 21,460 | 29,530 | 129,570 | 57,320 | 2,930 | 4,660 | 12,970 | 30,490 | 15,960 | 5,240
6 hours to less than 8 hours| 162,000 | 54,680 | 3,260 | 23,270 | 28,150 | 107,320 | 46,400 | 2,460 | 4,310 | 12,280 | 26,160 | 10,660 | 5,030
8 hours to less than 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 82,930 | 27,820 | 1,970 | 10,640 | 15,220 | 55,100 | 26,660 | 1,830 | 2,690 | 6,030 | 12,090 | 3,790 | 2,010
10 hours to less than 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 21,500 | 6,600 | 880 | 1,660 | 4,060 | 14,900 | 7,280 | 480 | 1,010 | 1,430 | 3,240 | 1,070 | 390
12 hours to less than 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 7,670 | 1,670 | 230 | 360 | 1,090 | 5,990 | 2,790 | 150 | 180 | 440 | 1,650 | 600 | 180
More than 16 hours..........| 350 | 70 | 30 | - | 30 | 290 | 150 | - | - | - | 100 | - | -
Not reported................| 241,580 | 74,720 | 9,100 | 28,430 | 37,200 | 166,860 | 72,950 | 3,480 | 8,990 | 21,920 | 30,030 | 21,750 | 7,730
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Day of week: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sunday......................| 67,910 | 9,920 | 1,560 | 3,320 | 5,050 | 57,990 | 23,260 | 1,140 | 1,940 | 3,120 | 15,830 | 11,460 | 1,240
Monday......................| 218,850 | 72,340 | 5,130 | 28,790 | 38,420 | 146,510 | 65,830 | 3,180 | 6,070 | 17,420 | 31,920 | 15,720 | 6,380
Tuesday.....................| 202,890 | 66,420 | 4,030 | 25,840 | 36,560 | 136,470 | 62,160 | 3,240 | 6,290 | 17,250 | 29,400 | 12,200 | 5,920
Wednesday...................| 207,820 | 68,070 | 4,630 | 27,080 | 36,370 | 139,750 | 61,440 | 3,520 | 7,760 | 17,570 | 31,900 | 12,730 | 4,820
Thursday....................| 197,050 | 64,080 | 4,750 | 25,420 | 33,900 | 132,970 | 59,380 | 3,260 | 7,350 | 15,620 | 29,150 | 12,350 | 5,860
Friday......................| 173,710 | 51,210 | 4,000 | 19,930 | 27,280 | 122,500 | 55,210 | 2,870 | 4,390 | 12,590 | 27,380 | 14,650 | 5,410
Saturday....................| 90,640 | 17,400 | 2,800 | 4,970 | 9,630 | 73,240 | 32,480 | 1,360 | 1,650 | 4,690 | 16,110 | 15,060 | 1,890
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 14. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by time, hours on the job, day of week, and major industry sector, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Goods producing | Service providing
| |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Characteristic | Total | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| cases | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Time of event: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M......| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | .3 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | .8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.1 | .6
4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.......| 9.8 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 6.1
8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon.....| 29.7 | 31.9 | 32.0 | 37.9 | 27.5 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 28.0 | 34.9 | 30.5 | 27.7 | 26.9 | 31.6
12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M......| 22.5 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 27.8 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 24.5 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 19.1 | 29.5
4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.......| 10.7 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 6.3
8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | .5 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 3.4
Not reported................| 18.8 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 18.0 | 23.4 | 24.3 | 15.4 | 18.5 | 22.5
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Hours on the job before event | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occurred: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Before shift began..........| .7 | .4 | .3 | .2 | .7 | .8 | .5 | .7 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.4 | .8 | .2
Less than 1 hour............| 8.5 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 5.8
1 hour to less than 2 hours | 9.6 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 5.7
2 hours to less than 4 hours| 20.9 | 20.4 | 17.0 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 21.8 | 23.0
4 hours to less than 6 hours| 15.9 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 16.6
6 hours to less than 8 hours| 14.0 | 15.6 | 12.1 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 16.0
8 hours to less than 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 6.4
10 hours to less than 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2
12 hours to less than 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| .7 | .5 | .9 | .3 | .6 | .7 | .8 | .8 | .5 | .5 | .9 | .6 | .6
More than 16 hours..........| (5) | (5) | .1 | - | (5) | (5) | (5) | - | - | - | .1 | - | -
Not reported................| 20.8 | 21.4 | 33.8 | 21.0 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 25.4 | 24.8 | 16.5 | 23.1 | 24.5
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Day of week: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sunday......................| 5.9 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 8.7 | 12.2 | 3.9
Monday......................| 18.9 | 20.7 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 20.2
Tuesday.....................| 17.5 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 18.8
Wednesday...................| 17.9 | 19.5 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 19.0 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 13.5 | 15.3
Thursday....................| 17.0 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.6 | 20.7 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 13.1 | 18.6
Friday......................| 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 17.2
Saturday....................| 7.8 | 5.0 | 10.4 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 16.0 | 6.0
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. 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 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
5 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
TABLE 15. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by time, hours on the job,
day of week, and number of days away from work, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
| Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median
Characteristic | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days| 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 days or| from work
| | | | | | days | days | more |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.6 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Time of event: | | | | | | | | |
12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 6.2 | 26.6 | 8
4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.......| 100.0 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 17.2 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 26.1 | 8
8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon.....| 100.0 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 19.1 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 6.3 | 25.2 | 7
12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M......| 100.0 | 15.6 | 11.1 | 18.6 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 7
4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.......| 100.0 | 14.6 | 11.6 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 24.9 | 7
8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 100.0 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 6.1 | 24.3 | 7
Not reported................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 17.4 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 27.5 | 8
| | | | | | | | |
Hours on the job before event | | | | | | | | |
occurred: | | | | | | | | |
Before shift began..........| 100.0 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 5.1 | 27.9 | 8
Less than 1 hour............| 100.0 | 15.0 | 12.2 | 19.4 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 6.4 | 24.1 | 7
1 hour to less than 2 hours | 100.0 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 18.1 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 24.3 | 7
2 hours to less than 4 hours| 100.0 | 15.2 | 11.7 | 19.0 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 5.8 | 25.2 | 7
4 hours to less than 6 hours| 100.0 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 19.1 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 24.3 | 7
6 hours to less than 8 hours| 100.0 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 6.8 | 25.3 | 7
8 hours to less than 10 | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 10.0 | 18.5 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 26.1 | 8
10 hours to less than 12 | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 100.0 | 15.5 | 8.4 | 17.9 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 28.5 | 8
12 hours to less than 16 | | | | | | | | |
hours......................| 100.0 | 12.0 | 10.4 | 18.1 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 5.7 | 29.1 | 9
More than 16 hours..........| 100.0 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 17.1 | 5.7 | 11.4 | - | 48.6 | 30
Not reported................| 100.0 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 6.8 | 27.9 | 9
| | | | | | | | |
Day of week: | | | | | | | | |
Sunday......................| 100.0 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 23.1 | 7
Monday......................| 100.0 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 17.7 | 13.9 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 7
Tuesday.....................| 100.0 | 14.9 | 11.1 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 26.5 | 8
Wednesday...................| 100.0 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 18.1 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 25.8 | 7
Thursday....................| 100.0 | 16.3 | 9.1 | 19.4 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 6.3 | 26.1 | 7
Friday......................| 100.0 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 18.7 | 12.8 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 26.0 | 8
Saturday....................| 100.0 | 15.2 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 25.1 | 8
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 16. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker group, and selected natures of injury or illness, 2007
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Nature of injury or illness(3) | Nature of injury or illness(3)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Cuts, lacerations, punctures | | | | | | | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders | Back pain and |
____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Characteristic | Total | | | | | | | | | | | pain, except back |
| cases | Sprains, | | | | | Bruises, | Heat | Chemical | _____________________________
| | strains, | Fractures | | | | contusions | burns | burns | Amputations | Carpal | | | | | | All
| | tears(4) | | Total | Cuts, | Punctures | | | | | tunnel | Tendonitis | | With | With sprains | | | other
| | | | | lacerations | | | | | | syndrome | | Total | fractures, | and | | Back pain, | natures(4)(5)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | burns, and | bruises | Total |hurt back only|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |other injuries| | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 47.3 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 10.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 122.2 | 47.3 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 10.7 | 1.8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male.......................................| 134.1 | 50.5 | 12.0 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 2.1 | .7 | 1.1 | 134.1 | 50.5 | 12.0 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 2.1
Female.....................................| 105.2 | 42.6 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | .7 | 10.9 | 1.5 | .5 | .2 | 105.2 | 42.6 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | .7 | 10.9 | 1.5
Age:(6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16 - 19....................................| 124.0 | 34.4 | 7.9 | 23.5 | 20.8 | 2.7 | 16.9 | 6.8 | .6 | .9 | 124.0 | 34.4 | 7.9 | 23.5 | 20.8 | 2.7 | 16.9 | 6.8
20 - 24....................................| 134.4 | 47.2 | 9.1 | 18.9 | 16.2 | 2.7 | 13.7 | 3.0 | .8 | 1.4 | 134.4 | 47.2 | 9.1 | 18.9 | 16.2 | 2.7 | 13.7 | 3.0
25 - 34....................................| 118.4 | 46.4 | 8.2 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 2.0 | .6 | .8 | 118.4 | 46.4 | 8.2 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 2.0
35 - 44....................................| 123.9 | 51.8 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 10.1 | 1.7 | .7 | .7 | 123.9 | 51.8 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 10.1 | 1.7
45 - 54....................................| 123.0 | 49.7 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 10.0 | 1.3 | .9 | .7 | 123.0 | 49.7 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 10.0 | 1.3
55 - 64....................................| 119.9 | 43.3 | 16.1 | 7.8 | 6.9 | .9 | 10.6 | 1.0 | .3 | .5 | 119.9 | 43.3 | 16.1 | 7.8 | 6.9 | .9 | 10.6 | 1.0
65 and over................................| 96.2 | 28.3 | 16.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | .7 | 9.4 | .3 | .3 | .7 | 96.2 | 28.3 | 16.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | .7 | 9.4 | .3
Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Management occupations.....................| 41.4 | 12.6 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .2 | 2.3 | .3 | (7) | .1 | 41.4 | 12.6 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .2 | 2.3 | .3
Business and financial operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 17.5 | 7.0 | 1.4 | .4 | .4 | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | 17.5 | 7.0 | 1.4 | .4 | .4 | - | 1.4 | -
Computer and mathematical occupations......| 8.4 | 3.8 | .7 | .4 | .4 | - | .4 | - | - | - | 8.4 | 3.8 | .7 | .4 | .4 | - | .4 | -
Architecture and engineering occupations...| 24.0 | 11.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | .1 | 1.0 | .1 | .1 | .2 | 24.0 | 11.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | .1 | 1.0 | .1
Life, physical, and social science | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 24.5 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | .3 | 1.2 | .6 | .3 | .2 | 24.5 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | .3 | 1.2 | .6
Community and social services occupations..| 94.4 | 36.8 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | .3 | 9.8 | - | - | - | 94.4 | 36.8 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | .3 | 9.8 | -
Legal occupations..........................| 19.3 | 4.0 | .5 | - | - | - | .5 | - | - | - | 19.3 | 4.0 | .5 | - | - | - | .5 | -
Education, training, and library | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 58.5 | 25.9 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | .1 | 5.9 | .1 | - | - | 58.5 | 25.9 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | .1 | 5.9 | .1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
media occupations.........................| 44.9 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | .2 | 2.2 | - | - | - | 44.9 | 18.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | .2 | 2.2 | -
Healthcare practitioners and technical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 97.5 | 51.9 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | .7 | 7.9 | .2 | .4 | - | 97.5 | 51.9 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | .7 | 7.9 | .2
Healthcare support occupations.............| 262.1 | 142.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 21.9 | 1.5 | .6 | - | 262.1 | 142.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 21.9 | 1.5
Protective service occupations.............| 116.9 | 40.2 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | .6 | 11.7 | - | 1.8 | - | 116.9 | 40.2 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | .6 | 11.7 | -
Food preparation and serving related | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 107.5 | 30.5 | 5.8 | 20.6 | 20.0 | .6 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 1.3 | .9 | 107.5 | 30.5 | 5.8 | 20.6 | 20.0 | .6 | 11.3 | 10.4
Building and grounds cleaning and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maintenance occupations...................| 255.6 | 103.6 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 16.4 | 2.4 | 26.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 255.6 | 103.6 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 16.4 | 2.4 | 26.4 | 2.3
Personal care and service occupations......| 124.3 | 54.0 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 1.6 | .1 | .1 | 124.3 | 54.0 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 1.6
Sales and related occupations..............| 70.1 | 27.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | .6 | 8.3 | .8 | .3 | .2 | 70.1 | 27.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | .6 | 8.3 | .8
Office and administrative support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 54.2 | 21.5 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | .2 | 5.6 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 54.2 | 21.5 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | .2 | 5.6 | .1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 149.8 | 47.2 | 14.0 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 2.4 | 15.6 | 1.1 | .4 | .6 | 149.8 | 47.2 | 14.0 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 2.4 | 15.6 | 1.1
Construction and extraction occupations....| 238.7 | 78.6 | 30.7 | 36.3 | 28.1 | 8.2 | 16.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 238.7 | 78.6 | 30.7 | 36.3 | 28.1 | 8.2 | 16.4 | 2.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 217.5 | 78.7 | 16.1 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 4.2 | 14.2 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 217.5 | 78.7 | 16.1 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 4.2 | 14.2 | 3.7
Production occupations.....................| 175.7 | 56.8 | 14.7 | 23.8 | 20.2 | 3.6 | 13.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 175.7 | 56.8 | 14.7 | 23.8 | 20.2 | 3.6 | 13.3 | 3.6
Transportation and material moving | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 285.0 | 122.7 | 25.7 | 17.9 | 15.5 | 2.4 | 26.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 285.0 | 122.7 | 25.7 | 17.9 | 15.5 | 2.4 | 26.8 | 1.3
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1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Nature codes: Sprains, strains, tears = 021; Fractures = 012; Cuts, lacerations, punctures = 034, 037; Cuts,
lacerations = 034; Punctures = 037; Bruises, contusions = 043; Heat burns = 053; Chemical burns = 051; Amputations = 031; Carpal tunnel syndrome = 1241; Tendonitis =
1733; Multiple traumatic injuries and illnesses, Total = 080-089; With fractures, burns, and other injuries = 083, 084; With sprains and bruises = 082; Back pain and
pain, except back, Total = 0972, 0973; Back pain, hurt back only = 0972; All other natures = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are
based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
6 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
7 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the
totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their
respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 17. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected parts of body, 2007
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| |
| | Part of body affected by the injury or illness(3)
| |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Total | Head | | Trunk | Upper extremities | Lower extremities | | |
Characteristic | cases |_______________________| |___________________________________|___________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________| | Multiple | All
| | | | Neck | | | | | | | | | | | | | Body | body | other
| | | | | | | | | | | Hand, | | | | | | systems | parts | body
| | Total | Eyes | | Total | Back | Shoulder | Total | Arm | Finger | except | Wrist | Total | Knee | Ankle | Foot, toe | | | parts(4)
| | | | | | | | | | | finger | | | | | | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 122.2 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 40.6 | 24.9 | 8.0 | 28.4 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 12.8 | 1.1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male........................| 134.1 | 9.9 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 45.3 | 26.3 | 9.1 | 31.8 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 31.2 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 11.6 | .9
Female......................| 105.2 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 33.8 | 22.9 | 6.4 | 23.6 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 22.2 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 14.5 | 1.1
Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16 - 19.....................| 124.0 | 10.1 | 3.5 | .9 | 26.2 | 17.4 | 3.9 | 43.1 | 6.1 | 21.0 | 10.5 | 4.1 | 32.0 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 8.8 | .6
20 - 24.....................| 134.4 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 38.9 | 25.5 | 6.0 | 36.8 | 5.8 | 17.6 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 32.4 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 1.4
25 - 34.....................| 118.4 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 39.3 | 26.6 | 6.1 | 29.2 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 26.3 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 10.0 | .9
35 - 44.....................| 123.9 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 44.0 | 27.9 | 8.4 | 27.6 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 27.0 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 12.6 | .8
45 - 54.....................| 123.0 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 42.6 | 25.0 | 9.2 | 26.1 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 27.0 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 14.9 | .6
55 - 64.....................| 119.9 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 39.6 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 24.7 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 28.7 | 12.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 17.1 | .5
65 and over.................| 96.2 | 6.1 | .9 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 21.5 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 21.0 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | .8 | 15.8 | .7
Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Management occupations......| 41.4 | 3.3 | 1.2 | .7 | 10.9 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 6.4 | .4
Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
operations occupations.....| 17.5 | 1.1 | .5 | .1 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | .5 | .5 | .2 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 1.3 | .9 | .8 | .4 | 3.6 | .2
Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 8.4 | .6 | .1 | - | 2.9 | 2.0 | .5 | 1.4 | .2 | .2 | .2 | .6 | 1.8 | .6 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 1.5 | -
Architecture and engineering| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 24.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | .9 | 1.5 | .5 | .7 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | .8 | .7 | 2.1 | .1
Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
science occupations........| 24.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .3 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .8 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .9 | .5 | 2.5 | -
Community and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
services occupations.......| 94.4 | 6.5 | .5 | 3.5 | 27.5 | 17.3 | 3.4 | 11.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 22.4 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 17.2 | .7
Legal occupations...........| 19.3 | .3 | - | - | 5.3 | 5.0 | .2 | 4.6 | .3 | .5 | - | 3.3 | 2.4 | .9 | .6 | .3 | .9 | 5.7 | -
Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
library occupations........| 58.5 | 4.1 | .4 | .7 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | .4 | 10.6 | .3
Arts, design, entertainment,| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 44.9 | 5.3 | .4 | .7 | 11.8 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.4 | .6 | 3.9 | .2
Healthcare practitioners and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
technical occupations......| 97.5 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 41.0 | 29.4 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 18.7 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 13.1 | .9
Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 262.1 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 126.1 | 93.3 | 18.6 | 39.5 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 11.8 | 42.5 | 19.8 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 33.2 | 2.2
Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 116.9 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 24.1 | 11.4 | 5.2 | 16.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 36.1 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 22.5 | .8
Food preparation and serving| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
related occupations........| 107.5 | 7.1 | 2.4 | .7 | 25.7 | 16.5 | 4.0 | 39.3 | 4.9 | 18.6 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 22.3 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 10.0 | 1.4
Building and grounds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaning and maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 255.6 | 16.6 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 89.3 | 54.6 | 18.1 | 56.9 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 59.3 | 22.3 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 25.2 | 1.3
Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 124.3 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 36.7 | 23.8 | 7.7 | 26.4 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 29.9 | 13.7 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 18.5 | .9
Sales and related | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 70.1 | 4.7 | .9 | 1.5 | 23.6 | 15.3 | 4.8 | 13.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 9.1 | .9
Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
support occupations........| 54.2 | 2.9 | .9 | .8 | 17.7 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 6.1 | .6
Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
forestry occupations.......| 149.8 | 15.5 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 47.3 | 25.4 | 8.5 | 31.3 | 6.0 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 37.4 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 13.1 | 2.2
Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations................| 238.7 | 18.4 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 74.5 | 41.4 | 14.4 | 56.9 | 11.6 | 23.5 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 60.2 | 21.1 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 2.4 | 22.2 | 1.7
Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and repair occupations.....| 217.5 | 20.4 | 11.9 | 3.9 | 66.8 | 40.8 | 12.1 | 57.3 | 12.4 | 22.6 | 12.5 | 7.6 | 46.4 | 19.6 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 18.2 | 1.8
Production occupations......| 175.7 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 51.5 | 28.2 | 12.2 | 62.2 | 9.2 | 29.9 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 31.5 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 11.6 | .9
Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
moving occupations.........| 285.0 | 16.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 105.6 | 62.3 | 22.9 | 51.1 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 72.7 | 22.9 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 2.2 | 30.4 | 1.7
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Part of body codes: Head, Total = 00-09; Eyes = 032; Neck = 10-19; Trunk, Total = 20-29; Back = 23; Shoulder = 21; Upper extremities, Total = 30-39; Arm = 31; Finger = 34; Hand, except finger = 33; Wrist
= 32; Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; Ankle = 42; Foot, toe = 43, 44; Body systems = 5; Multiple body parts = 8; All other body parts = remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury
and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 18. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by
selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected sources of injury or illness, 2007
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| | |
| | Source of injury or illness(3) | Source of injury or illness(3)
_________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Person, injured or ill |Person, other than injured or|
| Total | | | | | | Floors, | | | worker(4) | ill worker |
Characteristic | cases | Chemicals | | Furniture | | Parts | walkways ___________________________________________________________
| | and | Containers | and | Machinery | and | or | | | | | All
| | chemical | | fixtures | | materials | ground | Handtools | Vehicles | | | | | other
| | products | | | | | surfaces(4) | | | | Worker | | Health | sources(4)(5)
| | | | | | | | | | Total(4) | motion | Total | care |
| | | | | | | | | | | or | | patient |
| | | | position(4) | | |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 1.8 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 24.3 | 122.2 | 1.8 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 24.3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male.......................................| 134.1 | 1.9 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 9.5 | 19.2 | 22.8 | 134.1 | 1.9 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 9.5 | 19.2 | 22.8
Female.....................................| 105.2 | 1.8 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 26.6 | 105.2 | 1.8 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 26.6
Age:(6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16 - 19....................................| 124.0 | 2.2 | 15.9 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 17.8 | 124.0 | 2.2 | 15.9 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 17.8
20 - 24....................................| 134.4 | 2.5 | 17.4 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 18.8 | 134.4 | 2.5 | 17.4 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 18.8
25 - 34....................................| 118.4 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 118.4 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 18.9
35 - 44....................................| 123.9 | 1.8 | 14.6 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 12.8 | 22.0 | 123.9 | 1.8 | 14.6 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 12.8 | 22.0
45 - 54....................................| 123.0 | 1.9 | 14.3 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 26.9 | 123.0 | 1.9 | 14.3 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 26.9
55 - 64....................................| 119.9 | 1.5 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 38.0 | 119.9 | 1.5 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 38.0
65 and over................................| 96.2 | .7 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 38.3 | 96.2 | .7 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 38.3
Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Management occupations.....................| 41.4 | .6 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 12.7 | 41.4 | .6 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 12.7
Business and financial operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 17.5 | .1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .2 | .2 | 6.0 | 17.5 | .1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .2 | .2 | 6.0
Computer and mathematical occupations......| 8.4 | .1 | .4 | .4 | 1.5 | .1 | 2.5 | 8.4 | .1 | .4 | .4 | 1.5 | .1 | 2.5
Architecture and engineering occupations...| 24.0 | .3 | .7 | .4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 24.0 | .3 | .7 | .4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 5.1
Life, physical, and social science | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 24.5 | .7 | 2.5 | .3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 24.5 | .7 | 2.5 | .3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 5.9
Community and social services occupations..| 94.4 | .6 | 1.6 | 5.8 | .9 | 1.7 | 28.0 | 94.4 | .6 | 1.6 | 5.8 | .9 | 1.7 | 28.0
Legal occupations..........................| 19.3 | - | .8 | .5 | - | - | 9.5 | 19.3 | - | .8 | .5 | - | - | 9.5
Education, training, and library | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 58.5 | .1 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .1 | .5 | 20.2 | 58.5 | .1 | 1.4 | 3.5 | .1 | .5 | 20.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
media occupations.........................| 44.9 | .2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .8 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 44.9 | .2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .8 | 1.2 | 6.6
Healthcare practitioners and technical | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 97.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.6 | .7 | 21.8 | 97.5 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.6 | .7 | 21.8
Healthcare support occupations.............| 262.1 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 47.8 | 262.1 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 47.8
Protective service occupations.............| 116.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 39.7 | 116.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 39.7
Food preparation and serving related | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 107.5 | 3.0 | 20.8 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 26.2 | 107.5 | 3.0 | 20.8 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 26.2
Building and grounds cleaning and | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maintenance occupations...................| 255.6 | 6.2 | 24.9 | 20.0 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 58.0 | 255.6 | 6.2 | 24.9 | 20.0 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 58.0
Personal care and service occupations......| 124.3 | .5 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 29.7 | 124.3 | .5 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 29.7
Sales and related occupations..............| 70.1 | .8 | 14.1 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 16.2 | 70.1 | .8 | 14.1 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 16.2
Office and administrative support | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 54.2 | .9 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 13.5 | 54.2 | .9 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 13.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 149.8 | 1.7 | 10.9 | .7 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 28.1 | 149.8 | 1.7 | 10.9 | .7 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 28.1
Construction and extraction occupations....| 238.7 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 14.6 | 53.6 | 50.8 | 238.7 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 14.6 | 53.6 | 50.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 217.5 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 17.8 | 41.3 | 32.8 | 217.5 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 17.8 | 41.3 | 32.8
Production occupations.....................| 175.7 | 3.5 | 18.7 | 4.9 | 23.5 | 31.3 | 21.3 | 175.7 | 3.5 | 18.7 | 4.9 | 23.5 | 31.3 | 21.3
Transportation and material moving | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 285.0 | 2.4 | 54.3 | 8.3 | 12.1 | 31.2 | 50.5 | 285.0 | 2.4 | 54.3 | 8.3 | 12.1 | 31.2 | 50.5
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1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and
fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49; Person, injured or ill worker = 56; Worker motion or position = 562; Person, other
than injured or ill worker = 57; Health care patient = 573; Floors, walkways, or ground surfaces = 62; Handtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; All other
sources = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classification
System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
6 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
7 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not
sum to the totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries,
and in their respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State
agencies
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 19. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic major occupational
group, and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Event or exposure leading to injury or illness(3) | Event or exposure leading to injury or illness(3)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Contact with objects | | | | Overexertion | | | Transportation accidents | | Assaults and violent acts |
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Characteristic | Total | | | | | Fall | Fall | Slips | | | | Exposure to | | | | | | |
| cases | | | | | to | on | or | | | Repetitive | harmful | | | Fires | | | All other assaults | All
| | | Struck | Struck | Caught in or | lower | same | trips | | _____________________________
| | Total | by | against | compressed or| level | level | without | Total | In lifting | motion | substance or | | | and | | | | other
| | | object | object | crushed | | | fall(4) | | | | environment | Total | Highway | explosions | Total | By | | | events(4)(5)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | accident | | | person | | Assaults |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | by |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | animal |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 33.5 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 4.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 122.2 | 33.5 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 4.0 | 27.9 | 14.8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male.......................................| 134.1 | 43.1 | 22.2 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 16.5 | 134.1 | 43.1 | 22.2 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 16.5
Female.....................................| 105.2 | 19.9 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 23.1 | 4.0 | 24.4 | 12.6 | 105.2 | 19.9 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 23.1 | 4.0 | 24.4 | 12.6
Age:(6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16 - 19....................................| 124.0 | 55.5 | 32.8 | 12.5 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 2.4 | 18.6 | 11.2 | 124.0 | 55.5 | 32.8 | 12.5 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 2.4 | 18.6 | 11.2
20 - 24....................................| 134.4 | 49.0 | 26.0 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 27.1 | 15.6 | 134.4 | 49.0 | 26.0 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 27.1 | 15.6
25 - 34....................................| 118.4 | 38.1 | 19.7 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 27.8 | 15.2 | 118.4 | 38.1 | 19.7 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 27.8 | 15.2
35 - 44....................................| 123.9 | 31.9 | 15.9 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 15.1 | 4.3 | 32.0 | 16.4 | 123.9 | 31.9 | 15.9 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 15.1 | 4.3 | 32.0 | 16.4
45 - 54....................................| 123.0 | 28.4 | 14.1 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 29.5 | 15.4 | 123.0 | 28.4 | 14.1 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 29.5 | 15.4
55 - 64....................................| 119.9 | 24.4 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 29.6 | 4.5 | 22.6 | 11.2 | 119.9 | 24.4 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 29.6 | 4.5 | 22.6 | 11.2
65 and over................................| 96.2 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 34.6 | 2.3 | 15.0 | 8.4 | 96.2 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 34.6 | 2.3 | 15.0 | 8.4
Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Management occupations.....................| 41.4 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 1.7 | .9 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 41.4 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 1.7 | .9 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 4.4
Business and financial operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 17.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | .5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 17.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | .8 | .2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | .5 | 2.3 | 1.2
Computer and mathematical occupations......| 8.4 | 1.1 | .5 | .5 | - | .9 | 1.6 | .2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 8.4 | 1.1 | .5 | .5 | - | .9 | 1.6 | .2 | 1.9 | 1.0
Architecture and engineering occupations...| 24.0 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 1.9
Life, physical, and social science | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 24.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | .8 | .4 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 24.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | .8 | .4 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 2.5
Community and social services occupations..| 94.4 | 11.7 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 20.8 | 3.6 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 94.4 | 11.7 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 20.8 | 3.6 | 11.9 | 5.1
Legal occupations..........................| 19.3 | .7 | .4 | .3 | - | 3.2 | 6.4 | - | .8 | .7 | 19.3 | .7 | .4 | .3 | - | 3.2 | 6.4 | - | .8 | .7
Education, training, and library | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 58.5 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | .2 | 2.2 | 17.0 | 2.8 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 58.5 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | .2 | 2.2 | 17.0 | 2.8 | 10.5 | 6.0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
media occupations.........................| 44.9 | 13.3 | 8.4 | 3.2 | .3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 44.9 | 13.3 | 8.4 | 3.2 | .3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 2.1
Healthcare practitioners and technical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 97.5 | 10.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 3.4 | 35.4 | 16.5 | 97.5 | 10.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 3.4 | 35.4 | 16.5
Healthcare support occupations.............| 262.1 | 29.1 | 15.7 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 43.6 | 8.6 | 115.1 | 47.7 | 262.1 | 29.1 | 15.7 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 43.6 | 8.6 | 115.1 | 47.7
Protective service occupations.............| 116.9 | 13.9 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 27.6 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 116.9 | 13.9 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 27.6 | 5.2 | 9.2 | 4.1
Food preparation and serving related | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 107.5 | 35.1 | 20.1 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 23.8 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 10.0 | 107.5 | 35.1 | 20.1 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 23.8 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 10.0
Building and grounds cleaning and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maintenance occupations...................| 255.6 | 65.0 | 35.1 | 18.8 | 7.6 | 19.2 | 42.2 | 8.6 | 59.4 | 30.3 | 255.6 | 65.0 | 35.1 | 18.8 | 7.6 | 19.2 | 42.2 | 8.6 | 59.4 | 30.3
Personal care and service occupations......| 124.3 | 19.8 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 23.5 | 5.3 | 26.1 | 12.2 | 124.3 | 19.8 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 23.5 | 5.3 | 26.1 | 12.2
Sales and related occupations..............| 70.1 | 16.5 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 70.1 | 16.5 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 17.1 | 11.3
Office and administrative support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 54.2 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 11.1 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 54.2 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 11.1 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 8.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 149.8 | 53.7 | 28.5 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 6.5 | 16.6 | 7.5 | 149.8 | 53.7 | 28.5 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 6.5 | 16.6 | 7.5
Construction and extraction occupations....| 238.7 | 87.2 | 48.8 | 19.0 | 11.4 | 34.3 | 21.5 | 6.8 | 41.5 | 22.0 | 238.7 | 87.2 | 48.8 | 19.0 | 11.4 | 34.3 | 21.5 | 6.8 | 41.5 | 22.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 217.5 | 74.3 | 36.4 | 17.8 | 12.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 45.8 | 22.4 | 217.5 | 74.3 | 36.4 | 17.8 | 12.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 45.8 | 22.4
Production occupations.....................| 175.7 | 69.3 | 30.7 | 12.6 | 19.9 | 5.7 | 17.2 | 4.2 | 35.8 | 18.8 | 175.7 | 69.3 | 30.7 | 12.6 | 19.9 | 5.7 | 17.2 | 4.2 | 35.8 | 18.8
Transportation and material moving | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations...............................| 285.0 | 74.0 | 37.4 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 20.6 | 32.4 | 9.4 | 74.0 | 38.0 | 285.0 | 74.0 | 37.4 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 20.6 | 32.4 | 9.4 | 74.0 | 38.0
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Event codes: Contact with objects, Total = 00-09; Struck by object = 020-029; Struck against object = 010-019; Caught in or compressed or
crushed = 030-049; Fall to lower level = 110-119; Fall on same level = 130-139; Slips or trips without fall = 215; Overexertion, Total = 220-229; In lifting = 221; Repetitive motion = 230-239;
Exposure to harmful substance or environment = 30-39; Transportation accidents = 40-49; Highway accident = 41; Fires and explosions = 50-52; Assaults and violent acts, Total = 60-63; Assaults by
person = 61; All other assaults = 60, 62, and 63; Assaults by animal = 63; All other events = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992
Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
4 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
6 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
7 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their respective higher level industry
sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 20. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation(3) and selected nature of
injury or illness, 2007
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Nature of injury or illness(4) | Nature of injury or illness(4)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Cuts, lacerations, punctures | | | | | | | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders | Back pain and |
____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Occupation | Total | | | | | | | | | | | pain, except back |
| cases | Sprains, | | | | | Bruises, | Heat | Chemical | _____________________________
| | strains, | Fractures | | | | contusions | burns | burns | Amputations | Carpal | | | | | | All
| | tears(5) | | Total | Cuts, | Punctures | | | | | tunnel | Tendonitis | | With | With sprains | | | other
| | | | | lacerations | | | | | | syndrome | | Total | fractures, | and | | Back pain, | natures(5)(6)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | burns, and | bruises | Total |hurt back only|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |other injuries| | | |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 47.3 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 10.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 122.2 | 47.3 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 10.7 | 1.8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.....| 465.3 | 280.8 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | .9 | 37.4 | 1.2 | .4 | - | 465.3 | 280.8 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | .9 | 37.4 | 1.2
Labor and freight, stock, and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
movers, hand................................| 434.3 | 168.8 | 36.9 | 40.2 | 33.6 | 6.6 | 48.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 434.3 | 168.8 | 36.9 | 40.2 | 33.6 | 6.6 | 48.7 | 1.7
Food servers, nonrestaurant..................| 415.1 | 130.1 | 16.3 | 40.0 | 39.1 | - | 84.1 | 28.6 | 2.7 | - | 415.1 | 130.1 | 16.3 | 40.0 | 39.1 | - | 84.1 | 28.6
Construction laborers........................| 394.0 | 117.9 | 48.8 | 56.7 | 46.2 | 10.5 | 35.9 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 394.0 | 117.9 | 48.8 | 56.7 | 46.2 | 10.5 | 35.9 | 3.8
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....| 369.5 | 157.6 | 35.6 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 24.0 | 1.9 | .7 | .2 | 369.5 | 157.6 | 35.6 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 24.0 | 1.9
Roofers......................................| 363.2 | 107.4 | 65.8 | 65.3 | 34.5 | 30.7 | 19.6 | 15.1 | - | - | 363.2 | 107.4 | 65.8 | 65.3 | 34.5 | 30.7 | 19.6 | 15.1
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 349.9 | 217.8 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 10.3 | - | - | - | 349.9 | 217.8 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 10.3 | -
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer.....| 348.5 | 169.4 | 34.4 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 1.2 | 27.7 | 1.1 | .7 | .7 | 348.5 | 169.4 | 34.4 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 1.2 | 27.7 | 1.1
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.....| 335.8 | 91.6 | 34.2 | 41.0 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 13.2 | .6 | 4.2 | 335.8 | 91.6 | 34.2 | 41.0 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 13.2
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanics and installers....................| 313.4 | 95.4 | 9.3 | 51.0 | 40.8 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 4.4 | 1.5 | - | 313.4 | 95.4 | 9.3 | 51.0 | 40.8 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 4.4
Reservation and transportation ticket agents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and travel clerks...........................| 304.3 | 169.5 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | 60.9 | - | - | 1.2 | 304.3 | 169.5 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | - | 60.9 | -
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
engines.....................................| 293.1 | 129.2 | 16.9 | 37.9 | 26.3 | 11.7 | 15.2 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 293.1 | 129.2 | 16.9 | 37.9 | 26.3 | 11.7 | 15.2 | 2.8
Carpenters...................................| 286.2 | 84.6 | 35.5 | 67.6 | 44.5 | 23.2 | 10.9 | .4 | .9 | 3.4 | 286.2 | 84.6 | 35.5 | 67.6 | 44.5 | 23.2 | 10.9 | .4
Butchers and meat cutters....................| 277.5 | 72.4 | 12.8 | 104.6 | 102.0 | 2.6 | 11.0 | - | - | 17.5 | 277.5 | 72.4 | 12.8 | 104.6 | 102.0 | 2.6 | 11.0 | -
Maids and housekeeping cleaners..............| 273.0 | 114.5 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 33.1 | 1.1 | 4.3 | - | 273.0 | 114.5 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 33.1 | 1.1
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs..................| 269.3 | 122.7 | 14.4 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 19.4 | - | - | - | 269.3 | 122.7 | 14.4 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 19.4 | -
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
housekeeping cleaners.......................| 262.2 | 107.8 | 17.4 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 26.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 262.2 | 107.8 | 17.4 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 26.0 | 2.9
Cooks, institution and cafeteria.............| 261.3 | 84.9 | 9.2 | 49.6 | 47.9 | 1.7 | 21.9 | 36.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 261.3 | 84.9 | 9.2 | 49.6 | 47.9 | 1.7 | 21.9 | 36.4
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
specialists.................................| 257.3 | 109.4 | 17.9 | 27.1 | 21.7 | 5.4 | 19.2 | 2.7 | .8 | 3.1 | 257.3 | 109.4 | 17.9 | 27.1 | 21.7 | 5.4 | 19.2 | 2.7
Industrial machinery mechanics...............| 255.6 | 94.2 | 24.8 | 29.6 | 22.5 | 7.1 | 15.4 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 255.6 | 94.2 | 24.8 | 29.6 | 22.5 | 7.1 | 15.4 | 5.2
Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 252.5 | 69.0 | 17.9 | 38.3 | 32.2 | 6.1 | 24.6 | 8.3 | 1.0 | .7 | 252.5 | 69.0 | 17.9 | 38.3 | 32.2 | 6.1 | 24.6 | 8.3
Driver/sales workers.........................| 243.2 | 130.7 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | .5 | 30.9 | - | - | - | 243.2 | 130.7 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | .5 | 30.9 | -
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.
4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Nature codes: Sprains, strains, tears = 021; Fractures = 012; Cuts, lacerations, punctures = 034, 037; Cuts,
lacerations = 034; Punctures = 037; Bruises, contusions = 043; Heat burns = 053; Chemical burns = 051; Amputations = 031; Carpal tunnel syndrome = 1241; Tendonitis =
1733; Multiple traumatic injuries and illnesses, Total = 080-089; With fractures, burns, and other injuries = 083, 084; With sprains and bruises = 082; Back pain and
pain, except back, Total = 0972, 0973; Back pain, hurt back only = 0972; All other natures = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are
based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
5 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
6 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the
totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their
respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 21. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation(3) and selected parts of body, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| | Part of body affected by the injury or illness(4)
| |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Total | Head | | Trunk | Upper extremities | Lower extremities | | |
Occupation | cases |_______________________| |___________________________________|___________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________| | Multiple | All
| | | | Neck | | | | | | | | | | | | | Body | body | other
| | | | | | | | | | | Hand, | | | | | | systems | parts | body
| | Total | Eyes | | Total | Back | Shoulder | Total | Arm | Finger | except | Wrist | Total | Knee | Ankle | Foot, toe | | | parts(5)
| | | | | | | | | | | finger | | | | | | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 122.2 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 40.6 | 24.9 | 8.0 | 28.4 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 12.8 | 1.1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
attendants...................| 465.3 | 14.1 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 249.7 | 185.2 | 35.9 | 56.8 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 18.5 | 76.3 | 38.2 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 52.7 | 2.7
Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
material movers, hand........| 434.3 | 28.1 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 158.4 | 93.3 | 32.3 | 96.0 | 19.9 | 39.2 | 18.2 | 15.0 | 110.4 | 29.1 | 23.0 | 34.3 | 2.9 | 31.2 | 3.0
Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 415.1 | 23.6 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 101.7 | 76.5 | 12.1 | 103.5 | 25.1 | 33.2 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 111.5 | 27.9 | 24.5 | 45.4 | 2.1 | 67.3 | 3.5
Construction laborers.........| 394.0 | 29.5 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 123.6 | 64.9 | 20.7 | 86.7 | 10.6 | 39.6 | 21.8 | 8.2 | 107.9 | 34.1 | 24.3 | 29.0 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 4.2
Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
delivery services............| 369.5 | 15.6 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 141.6 | 82.4 | 30.4 | 50.8 | 18.5 | 13.9 | 6.1 | 10.8 | 108.4 | 34.6 | 32.5 | 19.1 | 2.0 | 44.1 | 1.1
Roofers.......................| 363.2 | 26.7 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 104.5 | 67.3 | 11.0 | 106.0 | 34.7 | 21.3 | 23.7 | 20.3 | 81.6 | 32.1 | 22.2 | 14.3 | 3.4 | 37.3 | 1.6
Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and paramedics...............| 349.9 | 8.1 | - | 17.7 | 170.6 | 121.7 | 22.3 | 34.8 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 10.1 | 75.5 | 29.9 | 19.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 35.2 | 4.1
Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tractor-trailer..............| 348.5 | 18.1 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 135.5 | 78.3 | 33.2 | 49.5 | 16.3 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 11.2 | 88.5 | 30.9 | 23.8 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 46.2 | 1.8
Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and brazers..................| 335.8 | 77.1 | 63.4 | 2.6 | 85.4 | 52.7 | 13.1 | 93.5 | 13.1 | 46.3 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 61.3 | 21.2 | 7.4 | 20.6 | 3.0 | 11.9 | 1.0
Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
installers...................| 313.4 | 28.4 | 21.7 | 15.5 | 70.9 | 48.3 | 13.1 | 76.6 | 11.4 | 22.8 | 32.3 | 4.3 | 77.0 | 33.2 | 15.2 | 12.5 | 4.6 | 37.7 | 2.6
Reservation and transportation| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ticket agents and travel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
clerks.......................| 304.3 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 117.3 | 75.2 | 24.4 | 60.5 | 20.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 19.5 | 96.2 | 29.2 | 32.4 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 11.2 | -
Mobile heavy equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanics, except engines....| 293.1 | 25.9 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 100.1 | 64.0 | 18.8 | 47.9 | 12.3 | 19.2 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 99.9 | 29.2 | 24.9 | 17.8 | - | 15.2 | -
Carpenters....................| 286.2 | 24.1 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 81.7 | 46.7 | 13.6 | 89.2 | 15.9 | 41.4 | 20.3 | 9.2 | 63.6 | 20.7 | 13.0 | 18.7 | 1.3 | 22.7 | 1.1
Butchers and meat cutters.....| 277.5 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 46.3 | 16.9 | 152.2 | 4.0 | 113.5 | 21.2 | 10.4 | 27.2 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 12.0 | - | 2.8 | 2.8
Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 273.0 | 16.5 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 99.2 | 63.8 | 20.0 | 52.0 | 9.6 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 66.4 | 26.3 | 17.2 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 32.6 | 1.8
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 269.3 | 22.0 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 99.0 | 59.2 | 27.3 | 25.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 38.1 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 70.5 | 2.8
Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 262.2 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 102.0 | 61.1 | 19.6 | 61.2 | 15.1 | 21.6 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 52.8 | 19.3 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 23.6 | 1.2
Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cafeteria....................| 261.3 | 10.6 | 4.9 | .9 | 70.6 | 46.3 | 7.5 | 97.9 | 19.9 | 45.0 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 50.1 | 19.5 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 1.5 | 28.9 | -
Bus and truck mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
diesel engine specialists....| 257.3 | 33.8 | 18.1 | 2.9 | 79.1 | 45.0 | 21.2 | 55.6 | 7.4 | 28.1 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 59.2 | 31.3 | 9.0 | 7.5 | - | 10.3 | 15.7
Industrial machinery mechanics| 255.6 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 90.5 | 54.9 | 18.2 | 75.9 | 12.5 | 38.3 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 47.4 | 21.4 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 18.4 | .7
Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and mechanics................| 252.5 | 33.1 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 68.3 | 41.5 | 11.3 | 88.5 | 28.3 | 31.0 | 15.4 | 9.8 | 40.7 | 22.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | 1.4
Driver/sales workers..........| 243.2 | 11.7 | .7 | 9.9 | 98.2 | 59.9 | 19.8 | 30.3 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 62.8 | 29.1 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 2.2 | 27.6 | .5
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.
4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Part of body codes: Head, Total = 00-09; Eyes = 032; Neck = 10-19; Trunk, Total = 20-29; Back = 23; Shoulder = 21; Upper extremities, Total = 30-39; Arm = 31; Finger = 34; Hand, except finger = 33; Wrist
= 32; Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; Ankle = 42; Foot, toe = 43, 44; Body systems = 5; Multiple body parts = 8; All other body parts = remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury
and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 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
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 22. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by
selected worker occupation(3) and selected sources of injury or illness, 2007
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Source of injury or illness(4) | Source of injury or illness(4)
_________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Person, injured or ill |Person, other than injured or|
| Total | | | | | | Floors, | | | worker(5) | ill worker |
Occupation | cases | Chemicals | | Furniture | | Parts | walkways ___________________________________________________________
| | and | Containers | and | Machinery | and | or | | | | | All
| | chemical | | fixtures | | materials | ground | Handtools | Vehicles | | | | | other
| | products | | | | | surfaces(5) | | | | Worker | | Health | sources(5)(6)
| | | | | | | | | | Total(5) | motion | Total | care |
| | | | or | | patient |
| | | | | | | | | | | position(5) | | |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 1.8 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 24.3 | 122.2 | 1.8 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 24.3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.....| 465.3 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 18.9 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 75.6 | 465.3 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 18.9 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 75.6
Labor and freight, stock, and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
movers, hand................................| 434.3 | 4.4 | 110.5 | 20.7 | 26.6 | 58.6 | 54.0 | 434.3 | 4.4 | 110.5 | 20.7 | 26.6 | 58.6 | 54.0
Food servers, nonrestaurant..................| 415.1 | 3.9 | 70.3 | 20.6 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 118.5 | 415.1 | 3.9 | 70.3 | 20.6 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 118.5
Construction laborers........................| 394.0 | 5.3 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 27.2 | 95.6 | 78.6 | 394.0 | 5.3 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 27.2 | 95.6 | 78.6
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....| 369.5 | 1.3 | 74.8 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 26.9 | 75.8 | 369.5 | 1.3 | 74.8 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 26.9 | 75.8
Roofers......................................| 363.2 | - | 31.3 | - | 8.5 | 96.8 | 83.2 | 363.2 | - | 31.3 | - | 8.5 | 96.8 | 83.2
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 349.9 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 42.4 | 349.9 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 42.4
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer.....| 348.5 | 1.7 | 40.2 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 43.7 | 80.2 | 348.5 | 1.7 | 40.2 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 43.7 | 80.2
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.....| 335.8 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 5.5 | 27.3 | 99.8 | 27.7 | 335.8 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 5.5 | 27.3 | 99.8 | 27.7
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanics and installers....................| 313.4 | 5.1 | 20.2 | 3.9 | 34.8 | 53.2 | 53.0 | 313.4 | 5.1 | 20.2 | 3.9 | 34.8 | 53.2 | 53.0
Reservation and transportation ticket agents | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and travel clerks...........................| 304.3 | 2.2 | 125.2 | 2.2 | 17.5 | 3.9 | 39.6 | 304.3 | 2.2 | 125.2 | 2.2 | 17.5 | 3.9 | 39.6
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
engines.....................................| 293.1 | 7.0 | 6.2 | - | 31.6 | 69.1 | 48.1 | 293.1 | 7.0 | 6.2 | - | 31.6 | 69.1 | 48.1
Carpenters...................................| 286.2 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 79.3 | 53.3 | 286.2 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 79.3 | 53.3
Butchers and meat cutters....................| 277.5 | 3.3 | 59.0 | - | 85.5 | 4.6 | 34.0 | 277.5 | 3.3 | 59.0 | - | 85.5 | 4.6 | 34.0
Maids and housekeeping cleaners..............| 273.0 | 9.1 | 26.0 | 42.0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 75.9 | 273.0 | 9.1 | 26.0 | 42.0 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 75.9
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs..................| 269.3 | 1.2 | 32.7 | 1.8 | - | 6.3 | 41.0 | 269.3 | 1.2 | 32.7 | 1.8 | - | 6.3 | 41.0
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
housekeeping cleaners.......................| 262.2 | 7.9 | 38.6 | 21.2 | 17.8 | 10.1 | 60.5 | 262.2 | 7.9 | 38.6 | 21.2 | 17.8 | 10.1 | 60.5
Cooks, institution and cafeteria.............| 261.3 | 10.7 | 59.3 | 8.3 | 12.7 | - | 53.6 | 261.3 | 10.7 | 59.3 | 8.3 | 12.7 | - | 53.6
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
specialists.................................| 257.3 | 4.7 | 9.8 | .8 | 9.0 | 60.3 | 36.4 | 257.3 | 4.7 | 9.8 | .8 | 9.0 | 60.3 | 36.4
Industrial machinery mechanics...............| 255.6 | 6.3 | 15.7 | 4.6 | 40.5 | 46.9 | 38.0 | 255.6 | 6.3 | 15.7 | 4.6 | 40.5 | 46.9 | 38.0
Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 252.5 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 72.2 | 20.0 | 252.5 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 72.2 | 20.0
Driver/sales workers.........................| 243.2 | .9 | 48.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 57.6 | 243.2 | .9 | 48.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 57.6
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.
4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and
fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49; Person, injured or ill worker = 56; Worker motion or position = 562; Person, other
than injured or ill worker = 57; Health care patient = 573; Floors, walkways, or ground surfaces = 62; Handtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; All other
sources = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classification
System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
5 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
6 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not
sum to the totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries,
and in their respective higher level industry sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State
agencies
[This table was reissued in March 2009. See note at end of table.]
TABLE 23. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation(3) and selected events or
exposures leading to injury or illness, 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | Event or exposure leading to injury or illness(4) | Event or exposure leading to injury or illness(4)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Contact with objects | | | | Overexertion | | | Transportation accidents | | Assaults and violent acts |
___________________________________________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Occupation | Total | | | | | Fall | Fall | Slips | | | | Exposure to | | | | | | |
| cases | | | | | to | on | or | | | Repetitive | harmful | | | Fires | | | All other assaults | All
| | | Struck | Struck | Caught in or | lower | same | trips | | _____________________________
| | Total | by | against | compressed or| level | level | without | Total | In lifting | motion | substance or | | | and | | | | other
| | | object | object | crushed | | | fall(5) | | | | environment | Total | Highway | explosions | Total | By | | | events(5)(6)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | accident | | | person | | Assaults |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | by |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | animal |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases].....................| 122.2 | 33.5 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 4.0 | 27.9 | 14.8 | 122.2 | 33.5 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 4.0 | 27.9 | 14.8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.....| 465.3 | 49.4 | 27.6 | 13.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 71.1 | 13.2 | 244.5 | 99.9 | 465.3 | 49.4 | 27.6 | 13.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 71.1 | 13.2 | 244.5 | 99.9
Labor and freight, stock, and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
movers, hand................................| 434.3 | 154.7 | 87.3 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 22.8 | 36.8 | 10.7 | 124.4 | 74.6 | 434.3 | 154.7 | 87.3 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 22.8 | 36.8 | 10.7 | 124.4 | 74.6
Food servers, nonrestaurant..................| 415.1 | 115.2 | 76.7 | 30.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 123.3 | 14.8 | 67.0 | 43.7 | 415.1 | 115.2 | 76.7 | 30.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 123.3 | 14.8 | 67.0 | 43.7
Construction laborers........................| 394.0 | 161.2 | 103.6 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 48.3 | 32.4 | 9.3 | 66.8 | 32.8 | 394.0 | 161.2 | 103.6 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 48.3 | 32.4 | 9.3 | 66.8 | 32.8
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....| 369.5 | 64.5 | 30.8 | 20.0 | 9.9 | 27.8 | 49.3 | 15.8 | 103.8 | 53.2 | 369.5 | 64.5 | 30.8 | 20.0 | 9.9 | 27.8 | 49.3 | 15.8 | 103.8 | 53.2
Roofers......................................| 363.2 | 99.9 | 61.9 | 28.1 | 5.3 | 64.5 | 58.6 | 10.6 | 59.3 | 30.4 | 363.2 | 99.9 | 61.9 | 28.1 | 5.3 | 64.5 | 58.6 | 10.6 | 59.3 | 30.4
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 349.9 | 26.8 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 12.1 | 31.3 | 8.8 | 177.6 | 127.8 | 349.9 | 26.8 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 12.1 | 31.3 | 8.8 | 177.6 | 127.8
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer.....| 348.5 | 69.5 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 12.4 | 36.2 | 45.3 | 14.3 | 85.2 | 32.2 | 348.5 | 69.5 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 12.4 | 36.2 | 45.3 | 14.3 | 85.2 | 32.2
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.....| 335.8 | 158.6 | 90.7 | 16.0 | 26.2 | 10.7 | 20.8 | 4.0 | 57.5 | 31.6 | 335.8 | 158.6 | 90.7 | 16.0 | 26.2 | 10.7 | 20.8 | 4.0 | 57.5 | 31.6
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanics and installers....................| 313.4 | 96.8 | 42.3 | 37.1 | 4.7 | 42.1 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 59.2 | 28.4 | 313.4 | 96.8 | 42.3 | 37.1 | 4.7 | 42.1 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 59.2 | 28.4
Reservation and transportation ticket agents | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and travel clerks...........................| 304.3 | 72.8 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 38.2 | 12.6 | 126.7 | 79.8 | 304.3 | 72.8 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 10.9 | 38.2 | 12.6 | 126.7 | 79.8
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
engines.....................................| 293.1 | 101.7 | 60.8 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 26.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 58.8 | 34.4 | 293.1 | 101.7 | 60.8 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 26.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 58.8 | 34.4
Carpenters...................................| 286.2 | 126.8 | 62.9 | 36.3 | 12.3 | 39.1 | 21.6 | 4.7 | 57.6 | 37.4 | 286.2 | 126.8 | 62.9 | 36.3 | 12.3 | 39.1 | 21.6 | 4.7 | 57.6 | 37.4
Butchers and meat cutters....................| 277.5 | 141.3 | 53.8 | 43.5 | 33.2 | - | 34.6 | 3.5 | 70.0 | 50.3 | 277.5 | 141.3 | 53.8 | 43.5 | 33.2 | - | 34.6 | 3.5 | 70.0 | 50.3
Maids and housekeeping cleaners..............| 273.0 | 51.9 | 24.6 | 20.3 | 4.6 | 16.2 | 66.1 | 11.5 | 64.6 | 24.3 | 273.0 | 51.9 | 24.6 | 20.3 | 4.6 | 16.2 | 66.1 | 11.5 | 64.6 | 24.3
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs..................| 269.3 | 28.0 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 30.2 | 8.3 | 61.1 | 33.2 | 269.3 | 28.0 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 30.2 | 8.3 | 61.1 | 33.2
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
housekeeping cleaners.......................| 262.2 | 63.0 | 30.1 | 19.8 | 9.4 | 19.7 | 46.9 | 9.4 | 63.7 | 34.7 | 262.2 | 63.0 | 30.1 | 19.8 | 9.4 | 19.7 | 46.9 | 9.4 | 63.7 | 34.7
Cooks, institution and cafeteria.............| 261.3 | 75.8 | 47.6 | 17.4 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 52.7 | 5.8 | 43.1 | 33.9 | 261.3 | 75.8 | 47.6 | 17.4 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 52.7 | 5.8 | 43.1 | 33.9
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
specialists.................................| 257.3 | 80.4 | 45.2 | 14.5 | 8.6 | 19.1 | 23.7 | 4.4 | 57.3 | 20.9 | 257.3 | 80.4 | 45.2 | 14.5 | 8.6 | 19.1 | 23.7 | 4.4 | 57.3 | 20.9
Industrial machinery mechanics...............| 255.6 | 102.8 | 47.0 | 17.8 | 32.6 | 12.3 | 28.0 | 4.2 | 52.1 | 23.7 | 255.6 | 102.8 | 47.0 | 17.8 | 32.6 | 12.3 | 28.0 | 4.2 | 52.1 | 23.7
Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 252.5 | 106.5 | 50.7 | 31.7 | 11.7 | 7.0 | 15.9 | 5.5 | 48.7 | 24.6 | 252.5 | 106.5 | 50.7 | 31.7 | 11.7 | 7.0 | 15.9 | 5.5 | 48.7 | 24.6
Driver/sales workers.........................| 243.2 | 31.7 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 21.4 | 40.7 | 7.6 | 68.0 | 30.7 | 243.2 | 31.7 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 21.4 | 40.7 | 7.6 | 68.0 | 30.7
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1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.
4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Event codes: Contact with objects, Total = 00-09; Struck by object = 020-029; Struck against object = 010-019; Caught in or compressed or
crushed = 030-049; Fall to lower level = 110-119; Fall on same level = 130-139; Slips or trips without fall = 215; Overexertion, Total = 220-229; In lifting = 221; Repetitive motion = 230-239;
Exposure to harmful substance or environment = 30-39; Transportation accidents = 40-49; Highway accident = 41; Fires and explosions = 50-52; Assaults and violent acts, Total = 60-63; Assaults by
person = 61; All other assaults = 60, 62, and 63; Assaults by animal = 63; All other events = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992
Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
5 Selected estimates for this category were affected by the March 2009 revision, see note below.
6 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
This table was reissued in March 2009 to revise selected estimates within the Mining (NAICS 21) and Railroad Transportation (NAICS 482) industries, and in their respective higher level industry
sectors. Characteristic categories affected by the revisions, that appear in this table, are footnoted.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
United States Department of Labor
