OS TB 04/23/98 Case & Demo:Sex,age,summary occupational groups,length of service, and race by lost workdays--case count and percent 1996 Table R71. Number and 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, 1996 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Cases involving | | |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | Private | | | | | | | | Median Characteristic | industry | 1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days | 6 to 10 days | 11 to 20 days | 21 to 30 days | 31 days or more | days away | |_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________| from work | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ________________________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total......................| 1,880,525 | 313,907 | 16.7 | 245,510 | 13.1 | 388,010 | 20.6 | 248,389 | 13.2 | 219,888 | 11.7 | 117,529 | 6.2 | 347,292 | 18.5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men...........................| 1,240,018 | 206,439 | 16.6 | 158,956 | 12.8 | 248,259 | 20.0 | 162,582 | 13.1 | 146,682 | 11.8 | 79,961 | 6.4 | 237,139 | 19.1 | 6 Women.........................| 620,508 | 104,264 | 16.8 | 83,885 | 13.5 | 135,385 | 21.8 | 82,947 | 13.4 | 71,137 | 11.5 | 36,636 | 5.9 | 106,254 | 17.1 | 5 Not reported..................| 19,999 | 3,204 | 16.0 | 2,669 | 13.3 | 4,366 | 21.8 | 2,860 | 14.3 | 2,069 | 10.3 | 933 | 4.7 | 3,898 | 19.5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Age: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Under 14 years................| 34 | 11 | 32.6 | 2 | 6.8 | 13 | 37.3 | 5 | 14.5 | 2 | 5.9 | - | - | 1 | 2.9 | 3 14 to 15 years................| 1,476 | 331 | 22.4 | 541 | 36.6 | 222 | 15.0 | 92 | 6.3 | 53 | 3.6 | 165 | 11.2 | 72 | 4.9 | 2 16 to 19 years................| 73,817 | 15,859 | 21.5 | 12,375 | 16.8 | 16,964 | 23.0 | 11,064 | 15.0 | 6,558 | 8.9 | 3,086 | 4.2 | 7,911 | 10.7 | 4 20 to 24 years................| 231,273 | 48,399 | 20.9 | 33,350 | 14.4 | 56,163 | 24.3 | 29,891 | 12.9 | 24,848 | 10.7 | 11,644 | 5.0 | 26,978 | 11.7 | 4 25 to 34 years................| 559,893 | 103,705 | 18.5 | 78,376 | 14.0 | 118,286 | 21.1 | 72,947 | 13.0 | 63,523 | 11.3 | 34,276 | 6.1 | 88,780 | 15.9 | 5 35 to 44 years................| 511,689 | 81,829 | 16.0 | 63,831 | 12.5 | 102,649 | 20.1 | 68,464 | 13.4 | 60,715 | 11.9 | 32,056 | 6.3 | 102,144 | 20.0 | 6 45 to 54 years................| 304,382 | 38,536 | 12.7 | 32,911 | 10.8 | 57,398 | 18.9 | 40,201 | 13.2 | 38,300 | 12.6 | 22,439 | 7.4 | 74,597 | 24.5 | 8 55 to 64 years................| 126,494 | 14,915 | 11.8 | 13,818 | 10.9 | 21,429 | 16.9 | 16,904 | 13.4 | 17,854 | 14.1 | 9,347 | 7.4 | 32,227 | 25.5 | 9 65 years and over.............| 17,664 | 1,690 | 9.6 | 1,965 | 11.1 | 3,037 | 17.2 | 2,333 | 13.2 | 2,102 | 11.9 | 1,258 | 7.1 | 5,278 | 29.9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | specialty..................| 106,760 | 21,453 | 20.1 | 17,443 | 16.3 | 25,080 | 23.5 | 13,476 | 12.6 | 10,053 | 9.4 | 4,940 | 4.6 | 14,315 | 13.4 | 4 Technical, sales, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | support....................| 274,001 | 48,840 | 17.8 | 36,895 | 13.5 | 57,386 | 20.9 | 36,011 | 13.1 | 31,278 | 11.4 | 17,077 | 6.2 | 46,514 | 17.0 | 5 Service.......................| 332,460 | 52,647 | 15.8 | 45,760 | 13.8 | 80,254 | 24.1 | 45,884 | 13.8 | 39,442 | 11.9 | 19,310 | 5.8 | 49,164 | 14.8 | 5 Farming, forestry, and fishing| 45,118 | 7,840 | 17.4 | 6,171 | 13.7 | 9,662 | 21.4 | 7,085 | 15.7 | 4,502 | 10.0 | 3,247 | 7.2 | 6,611 | 14.7 | 5 Precision production, craft, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair.................| 309,027 | 50,730 | 16.4 | 38,000 | 12.3 | 58,435 | 18.9 | 40,146 | 13.0 | 35,945 | 11.6 | 20,606 | 6.7 | 65,164 | 21.1 | 6 Operators, fabricators, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | laborers...................| 797,581 | 129,096 | 16.2 | 99,055 | 12.4 | 153,925 | 19.3 | 103,863 | 13.0 | 96,850 | 12.1 | 51,606 | 6.5 | 163,187 | 20.5 | 6 Nonclassifiable...............| 15,578 | 3,301 | 21.2 | 2,185 | 14.0 | 3,270 | 21.0 | 1,925 | 12.4 | 1,817 | 11.7 | 742 | 4.8 | 2,337 | 15.0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Length of service with employer:| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 3 months............| 235,382 | 41,112 | 17.5 | 32,460 | 13.8 | 54,281 | 23.1 | 31,131 | 13.2 | 24,648 | 10.5 | 13,323 | 5.7 | 38,426 | 16.3 | 5 3 to 11 months................| 342,944 | 64,187 | 18.7 | 49,573 | 14.5 | 73,913 | 21.6 | 43,600 | 12.7 | 37,053 | 10.8 | 17,337 | 5.1 | 57,282 | 16.7 | 5 1 to 5 years..................| 587,786 | 102,932 | 17.5 | 78,308 | 13.3 | 122,974 | 20.9 | 79,243 | 13.5 | 66,100 | 11.2 | 36,681 | 6.2 | 101,548 | 17.3 | 5 More than 5 years.............| 506,341 | 70,913 | 14.0 | 59,227 | 11.7 | 94,584 | 18.7 | 67,196 | 13.3 | 66,292 | 13.1 | 36,548 | 7.2 | 111,581 | 22.0 | 7 Not reported..................| 208,072 | 34,763 | 16.7 | 25,942 | 12.5 | 42,258 | 20.3 | 27,219 | 13.1 | 25,795 | 12.4 | 13,640 | 6.6 | 38,456 | 18.5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic...........| 1,001,424 | 170,394 | 17.0 | 135,187 | 13.5 | 203,230 | 20.3 | 131,430 | 13.1 | 115,734 | 11.6 | 63,053 | 6.3 | 182,396 | 18.2 | 5 Black, non-Hispanic...........| 165,700 | 27,598 | 16.7 | 21,798 | 13.2 | 36,851 | 22.2 | 20,382 | 12.3 | 19,446 | 11.7 | 9,361 | 5.6 | 30,265 | 18.3 | 5 Hispanic......................| 169,300 | 26,068 | 15.4 | 19,794 | 11.7 | 34,865 | 20.6 | 24,756 | 14.6 | 19,329 | 11.4 | 11,111 | 6.6 | 33,377 | 19.7 | 6 Asian or Pacific Islander.....| 27,010 | 5,175 | 19.2 | 3,673 | 13.6 | 5,407 | 20.0 | 3,586 | 13.3 | 2,839 | 10.5 | 1,737 | 6.4 | 4,594 | 17.0 | 5 American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Native.....................| 7,316 | 1,463 | 20.0 | 991 | 13.5 | 1,706 | 23.3 | 857 | 11.7 | 814 | 11.1 | 425 | 5.8 | 1,060 | 14.5 | 4 Not reported..................| 509,775 | 83,210 | 16.3 | 64,066 | 12.6 | 105,952 | 20.8 | 67,378 | 13.2 | 61,726 | 12.1 | 31,843 | 6.2 | 95,600 | 18.8 | 6 ________________________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________|___________________ 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity. NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals and percentages may not add to 100. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor