OS TB 04/10/2002 - Table R71. Number and percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work—2 pages TABLE R71. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving - | | |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Median | Private| | | | | | | | days Characteristic | indus- | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days | 6 - 10 days | 11 - 20 days | 21 - 30 days | 31 days or more | away | try(2) |_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________| from | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | work | | Number | Percent| Number | Percent| Number | Percent| Number | Percent| Number | Percent| Number | Percent| Number | Percent| ______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total....................| 1664018| 267,383| 16.1 | 214,566| 12.9 | 331,806| 19.9 | 210,890| 12.7 | 185,564| 11.2 | 103,643| 6.2 | 350,166| 21.0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 1097104| 175,335| 16.0 | 138,530| 12.6 | 214,586| 19.6 | 138,819| 12.7 | 124,178| 11.3 | 70,524| 6.4 | 235,132| 21.4 | 6 Female......................| 555,722| 90,452| 16.3 | 74,747| 13.5 | 115,313| 20.8 | 70,679| 12.7 | 60,242| 10.8 | 32,565| 5.9 | 111,724| 20.1 | 5 Not reported................| 11,192| 1,596| 14.3 | 1,288| 11.5 | 1,908| 17.0 | 1,392| 12.4 | 1,144| 10.2 | 554| 4.9 | 3,311| 29.6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Age:(3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 - 15.....................| 573| 127| 22.2 | 185| 32.3 | 70| 12.2 | 169| 29.5 | 3| .5 | 17| 3.0 | 4| .7 | 2 16 - 19.....................| 54,134| 12,422| 22.9 | 9,661| 17.8 | 13,313| 24.6 | 6,687| 12.4 | 5,576| 10.3 | 1,973| 3.6 | 4,501| 8.3 | 3 20 - 24.....................| 186,336| 38,391| 20.6 | 30,436| 16.3 | 42,411| 22.8 | 26,694| 14.3 | 17,355| 9.3 | 9,575| 5.1 | 21,473| 11.5 | 4 25 - 34.....................| 430,922| 78,562| 18.2 | 60,343| 14.0 | 90,516| 21.0 | 54,970| 12.8 | 46,657| 10.8 | 23,386| 5.4 | 76,488| 17.7 | 5 35 - 44.....................| 481,267| 71,808| 14.9 | 58,664| 12.2 | 93,802| 19.5 | 59,328| 12.3 | 53,976| 11.2 | 32,342| 6.7 | 111,347| 23.1 | 7 45 - 54.....................| 325,808| 43,149| 13.2 | 36,237| 11.1 | 59,675| 18.3 | 40,606| 12.5 | 39,286| 12.1 | 22,299| 6.8 | 84,556| 26.0 | 8 55 - 64.....................| 142,540| 17,183| 12.1 | 13,974| 9.8 | 24,287| 17.0 | 17,314| 12.1 | 17,112| 12.0 | 10,806| 7.6 | 41,864| 29.4 | 10 65 and over.................| 25,334| 2,652| 10.5 | 2,553| 10.1 | 4,176| 16.5 | 3,140| 12.4 | 2,957| 11.7 | 2,395| 9.5 | 7,461| 29.5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | specialty..................| 99,086| 18,352| 18.5 | 13,845| 14.0 | 21,430| 21.6 | 11,846| 12.0 | 10,777| 10.9 | 5,051| 5.1 | 17,784| 17.9 | 5 Technical, sales, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | administrative support.....| 254,672| 42,760| 16.8 | 35,678| 14.0 | 53,832| 21.1 | 30,662| 12.0 | 27,466| 10.8 | 14,806| 5.8 | 49,469| 19.4 | 5 Service.....................| 278,121| 43,965| 15.8 | 39,237| 14.1 | 60,408| 21.7 | 39,609| 14.2 | 28,873| 10.4 | 14,983| 5.4 | 51,046| 18.4 | 5 Farming, forestry, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | fishing....................| 41,541| 6,401| 15.4 | 5,460| 13.1 | 8,013| 19.3 | 6,127| 14.7 | 3,902| 9.4 | 3,026| 7.3 | 8,612| 20.7 | 6 Precision production, craft,| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair.................| 298,973| 45,015| 15.1 | 35,705| 11.9 | 54,667| 18.3 | 36,832| 12.3 | 36,622| 12.2 | 20,133| 6.7 | 69,998| 23.4 | 7 Operators, fabricators, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | laborers...................| 684,354| 109,830| 16.0 | 83,626| 12.2 | 131,675| 19.2 | 84,953| 12.4 | 76,951| 11.2 | 45,311| 6.6 | 152,008| 22.2 | 6 Nonclassifiable.............| 7,270| 1,060| 14.6 | 1,016| 14.0 | 1,780| 24.5 | 861| 11.8 | 974| 13.4 | 332| 4.6 | 1,249| 17.2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Length of service with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | employer: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 3 months..........| 215,608| 39,435| 18.3 | 30,078| 14.0 | 45,911| 21.3 | 28,585| 13.3 | 21,729| 10.1 | 9,934| 4.6 | 39,935| 18.5 | 5 3 - 11 months...............| 308,633| 54,108| 17.5 | 44,984| 14.6 | 64,539| 20.9 | 40,249| 13.0 | 31,108| 10.1 | 17,896| 5.8 | 55,749| 18.1 | 5 1 - 5 years.................| 524,791| 85,904| 16.4 | 71,340| 13.6 | 106,685| 20.3 | 64,326| 12.3 | 56,091| 10.7 | 32,124| 6.1 | 108,321| 20.6 | 5 More than 5 years...........| 404,812| 57,306| 14.2 | 44,461| 11.0 | 74,369| 18.4 | 50,015| 12.4 | 51,906| 12.8 | 30,212| 7.5 | 96,544| 23.8 | 8 Not reported................| 210,174| 30,630| 14.6 | 23,703| 11.3 | 40,301| 19.2 | 27,716| 13.2 | 24,730| 11.8 | 13,477| 6.4 | 49,618| 23.6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic.........| 827,455| 139,752| 16.9 | 108,006| 13.1 | 166,366| 20.1 | 102,985| 12.4 | 90,172| 10.9 | 51,457| 6.2 | 168,718| 20.4 | 5 Black, non-Hispanic.........| 139,280| 21,747| 15.6 | 20,401| 14.6 | 28,671| 20.6 | 17,260| 12.4 | 14,860| 10.7 | 8,740| 6.3 | 27,600| 19.8 | 5 Hispanic....................| 186,028| 26,772| 14.4 | 23,474| 12.6 | 34,700| 18.7 | 24,523| 13.2 | 19,954| 10.7 | 11,771| 6.3 | 44,835| 24.1 | 7 Asian or Pacific Islander...| 25,857| 4,612| 17.8 | 3,274| 12.7 | 4,701| 18.2 | 3,801| 14.7 | 2,749| 10.6 | 1,420| 5.5 | 5,300| 20.5 | 6 American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Native.....................| 6,955| 1,062| 15.3 | 954| 13.7 | 1,475| 21.2 | 874| 12.6 | 859| 12.4 | 362| 5.2 | 1,369| 19.7 | 5 Not reported................| 478,442| 73,437| 15.3 | 58,457| 12.2 | 95,893| 20.0 | 61,448| 12.8 | 56,970| 11.9 | 29,893| 6.2 | 102,344| 21.4 | 6 ______________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity. 2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 3 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases. NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor