Figure 5. Nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases requiring days away from work for selected occupations in state and local government, 2008–13
Year	Occupation
Year	Police and sheriffs patrol officers	Janitors and cleaners	Fire fighters	Nursing aides	Transit and intercity bus drivers
2008	27,000	24,680	16,940	7,840	7,120
2009	35,470	21,200	13,950	8,050	6,840
2010	29,000	23,200	12,520	7,430	5,270
2011	33,080	20,400	14,860	6,370	6,910
2012	32,030	16,590	13,210	6,280	7,240
2013	28,050	16,950	14,370	5,340	5,780
Note: In 2011, nursing aides underwent a definitional change under the Standard Occupation Classification system that reclassified nursing assistants and orderlies into separate categories. These were combined to represent nursing aides for this figure in order to maintain comparability of the data for the years presented. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.