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].)
