Table 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by major occupational group and number of days away from work, 2006
TABLE 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major occupational group
and number of days away from work, 2006
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| | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — |
| Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median
Occupation | cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days| 11 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 days or| from work
| | | | | | days | days | more |
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Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7
| | | | | | | | |
Management occupations.......| 100.0 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 29.7 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 5
Business and financial | | | | | | | | |
operations occupations......| 100.0 | 17.2 | 10.3 | 18.0 | 8.8 | 15.7 | 7.0 | 22.8 | 8
Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 7.5 | 21.9 | 6
Architecture and engineering | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 22.3 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 18.3 | 4
Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | |
science occupations.........| 100.0 | 23.1 | 18.0 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 23.5 | 5
Community and social services| | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 6
Legal occupations............| 100.0 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 42.3 | 30.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 4
Education, training, and | | | | | | | | |
library occupations.........| 100.0 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 20.3 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 22.5 | 5
Arts, design, entertainment, | | | | | | | | |
sports, and media | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 17.3 | 7.2 | 19.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 27.9 | 8
Healthcare practitioners and | | | | | | | | |
technical occupations.......| 100.0 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 17.8 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 20.4 | 6
Healthcare support | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 21.8 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 18.5 | 5
Protective service | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 25.0 | 9
Food preparation and serving | | | | | | | | |
related occupations.........| 100.0 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 10.7 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 5
Building and grounds cleaning| | | | | | | | |
and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 20.8 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 7
Personal care and service | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 17.2 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 7.3 | 26.7 | 10
Sales and related occupations| 100.0 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 5.7 | 23.9 | 7
Office and administrative | | | | | | | | |
support occupations.........| 100.0 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 23.7 | 6
Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | |
forestry occupations........| 100.0 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 21.5 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 22.6 | 6
Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | |
occupations.................| 100.0 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 27.6 | 10
Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | |
and repair occupations......| 100.0 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 7.4 | 24.4 | 8
Production occupations.......| 100.0 | 16.4 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 24.6 | 7
Transportation and material | | | | | | | | |
moving occupations..........| 100.0 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 28.9 | 10
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses,
data may not sum to the totals.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with
participating State agencies
Last Modified Date: November 08, 2007
Bureau of Labor Statistics
