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| 1 |  | Figure 1-28 Median days away from work due to occupational injuries and illnesses in private industry by age of worker, 2001. The median number of days away from work due to nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses increased as the age of the worker increased. The median number of days away from work was 6 for all cases in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
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| 2 |  | Figure 1-34 Occupations with the highest median days away from work due to occupational injuries or illnesses in private industry, 2001. Among the occupations with at least 0.5% of the total cases involving days away from work, bus drivers had a median of 11 days. Truck drivers; plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters; and industrial machinery repairers each had a median of 10 days. The median number of days away from work was 6 for all cases in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
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| 3 |  | Figure 1-37 Median days away from work due to occupational injuries or illnesses in private industry by nature of injury or illness, 2001. Among major disabling injuries and illnesses, median days away from work were highest for carpal tunnel syndrome (25 days), fractures (21 days), and amputations (18 days). The median number of days away from work was 6 for all cases in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
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| 4 |  | Figure 1-39 Median days away from work due to occupational injuries or illnesses in private industry by body part affected, 2001. Workers with injuries and illnesses to the abdomen and to the wrist had the highest median number of days away from work-17 and 13 days, respectively. The median number of days away from work was 6 for all cases in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
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| 5 |  | Figure 1-42 Median days away from work due to occupational injuries or illnesses in private industry by event or exposure, 2001. Repetitive motion injuries (with a median of 18 days away from work) resulted in the longest absences from work among the leading events and exposures in 2001. Falls to a lower level and transportation accidents both resulted in median days away that were well above the overall median of 6 days. (Source: BLS [2003c].)
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| 6 |  | Figure 2-6 Distribution of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Compared with all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001, anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases tended to involve higher percentages of long-term work loss (11-20, 21-30, and 31 or more days away from work). In 2001, 42.1% of these cases involved 31 or more days away from work. The median number of days away from work was 25 for anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorders-substantially greater than the median of 6 for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003a].)
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| 7 |  | Figure 2-42 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Compared with all nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2001, MSD cases tended to involve higher percentages of long-term work loss (6-10, 11-20, 21-30, and 31 or more days away from work). Thirty-one or more days away from work were reported for 23.9% of MSD cases. A median of 8 days away from work was reported for MSD cases in 2001-slightly greater than the median of 6 days for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
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| 8 |  | Figure 2-50 Distribution of CTS cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Compared with all nonfatal injury and illness cases, CTS cases tended to involve higher percentages of long-term work loss (11-20, 21-30, and 31 or more days away from work) in 2001. Cases involving 31 or more days away from work accounted for 44.5% of CTS cases and 22% of all fatal injuries and illnesses. CTS cases involved a median of 25 days away from work in 2001-substantially greater than the median of 6 days for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].
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| 9 |  | Figure 2-65 Distribution of tendonitis cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Tendonitis cases in 2001 tended to involve higher percentages of long-term work loss (6-10, 11-20, 21-30, and 31 or more days away from work). For example, 29.7% of tendonitis cases involved 31 or more days away from work compared with only 22.0% of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. Tendonitis cases required a median of 10 days away from work in 2001, whereas all nonfatal injuries and illnesses required 6. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003c].)
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| 10 |  | Figure 2-85 Distribution of amputation cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Higher percentages of long-term work loss (6-10, 11-20, 21-30, and 31 or more days away from work) were reported for amputation cases in 2001. Thirty-one or more days away from work were reported for 34.6% of amputation cases compared with 22.0% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. For amputation cases, workers experienced a median of 18 days away from work in 2001-much higher than the median of 6 days for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 11 |  | Figure 2-94 Distribution of back injury cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Back injury cases tended to involve higher percentages of short-term disability than all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001: 22.4% of workers with back injuries reported 3-5 days away from work, and 13.7% reported 6-10 days away from work. Workers with back injuries had a median of 6 days away from work in 2001-as did workers with all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 12 |  | Figure 2-103 Distribution of bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Compared with all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001, bruise and contusion cases tended to involve higher percentages of short-term disability, with 64.6% of cases requiring 5 or fewer days away from work. A median of 3 days away from work was reported for bruise and contusion cases in 2001-half the median of 6 days for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 13 |  | Figure 2-114 Distribution of heat burn and scald cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. In 2001, more heat burn and scald cases (85.6%) involved short-term periods of disability (1-20 days) than did nonfatal injury and illness cases (71.6%). The median number of days away from work was 5 for heat burn and scald cases and 6 for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 14 |  | Figure 2-123 Distribution of cut and laceration cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Compared with all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001, cut and laceration cases involved more short-term disability (periods of 1-10 days away from work). The median number of days away from work was 3 for cut and laceration cases and 6 for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 15 |  | Figure 2-134 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. In 2001, fracture cases involved more long-term work loss (11-20 or more days away from work) than all nonfatal injuries and illnesses (63.9% versus 39.4%). Fracture cases involved a median of 21 days away from work-3.5 times the median of 6 days for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 16 |  | Figure 2-143 Distribution of sprain, strain, and tear cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Compared with all nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2001, sprains, strains, and tears involved a higher percentage of cases with 3-5 days away from work (21.2% compared with 19.8%). But overall, the distributions of work losses were similar. This similarity was reflected by the median of 6 days away from work for both types of cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)
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| 17 |  | Figure 2-213 Distribution of dermatitis cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Higher percentages of short-term work loss (1, 2, and 3-5 days) were reported for dermatitis cases in 2001. The median number of days away from work was 3 for dermatitis cases, whereas it was 6 days for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003d].
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| 18 |  | Figure 4-14 Median number of lost workdays due to nonfatal lost-time mining injuries by work location and selected types of incidents, 1998-2002. During 1998-2002, the median number of lost workdays due to nonfatal lost-time mining injuries was 21 for miners injured underground and 14 for miners injured at surface locations. At surface locations, falls of ground (e.g., rock dislodging from a highwall) accounted for the highest median number of lost workdays. At underground locations, powered haulage and slip or fall of person accounted for the highest median number of lost workdays. (Sources: MSHA [2003]; NIOSH [2003a].)
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| 19 |  | Figure 5-3 Median days away from work due to occupational injury or illness in private industry by age, 2001. Median days away from work due to injury or illness increased with age. In 2001, workers aged 14-15 and 16-19 had median work losses of 2 and 4 days, respectively. Workers aged 55-64 and 65 and older had median work losses of 10 and 14 days, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
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| 20 |  | Figure 5-4 Median days away from work due to occupational injury or illness in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Median days of work loss varied from 5 to 7 days in 2001. Hispanic workers had the highest median work loss of 7 days. Race/ethnicity was not reported for 415,616 of the 1.5 million reported injuries and illnesses involving days away from work. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
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| 21 |  | Figure 5-15 Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 14-15 and 16-19 in private industry by number of days away from work, 2001. Young workers tended to experience more short-term than long-term work loss. For workers aged 14-15, 62.3% of the cases had a work loss of 1 or 2 days. For workers aged 16-19, 60.1% of the cases involved work loss of 5 days or less. Workers aged 14-15 had a median loss of 2 days, and workers aged 16-19 had a median loss of 4 days. Overall, private sector workers had a median of 6 days away from work. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
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| 22 |  | Figure 5-29 Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Workers aged 65 and older tended to experience lower percentages of short-term work loss (1 and 3-5 days) and a substantially higher percentage of long-term work losses of 31 days or more (29.6% for workers aged 55-64, and 34.5% for those aged 65 and older). Workers aged 55-64 had a median loss of 10 days away from work, and those aged 65 and older had a median of 14 days. Overall, private sectors workers had a median of 6 days away from work. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
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| 23 |  | Figure 5-41 Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry among non-Hispanic and Hispanic workers by number of days away from work, 2001. Compared with white, non-Hispanic or black workers, Hispanic workers had the lowest percentages of short-term work loss (1 or 2 days) and the highest percentage of long-term work loss (31 days or more). (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
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