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 NIOSH Publication No. 2004-146

Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-13 Incidence rates for lost-workday cases of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in private industry, 1973-2001. Since 1973, the incidence rate for lost-workday cases has varied from 4.3 per 100 full-time workers in 1979 to 2.8 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001. Lost-workday case rates have been declining since 1990, with a strong contribution from decreases in cases with days away from work. The decline is offset by increases in restricted work activity cases, which have increased steadily since 1987. These cases include those with shortened workdays, temporary job changes, or temporary restrictions of job duties. (Source: BLS [2002b].)

 
2chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-20 Incidence rates for nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by State, 2001. Rates of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work varied among the States from 1.2 to 3.5 per 100 full-time workers. (The U.S. rate was 1.7 per 100 full-time workers.) Lower rates were reported for the South, southern coastal States, Mississippi Delta, and western mountain States. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
3chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-27 Distribution of hours worked and occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by age of worker, 2001. For workers aged 20-44, the percentage of total injuries and illnesses was greater than the percentage of total hours worked. Together, these workers accounted for the majority of injured or ill workers. (Source: BLS [2001]; BLS [2003c].)

 
4chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
5chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-29 Distribution of hours worked and occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Nearly two-thirds (66.1%) of the injured or ill workers were male. (Sources: BLS [2001]; BLS [2003c].)

 
6chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-30 Distribution of employed U.S. workers in 2000 and nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry in 2001 by race/ethnicity. Hispanic workers accounted for 10.2% of employed U.S. workers in 2000 but 17.1% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 74.1% of employed U.S. workers in 2000 but 68.2% of nonfatal injury and illness cases with days away from work in 2001. (Sources: Census [2003]; BLS [2003c].)

 
7chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-31 Distribution of employed workers and injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Operators, fabricators, and laborers accounted for nearly 40% of all occupational injuries and illnesses, well above the percentage of employed workers they represent (15.4%). (Sources: BLS [2001]; BLS [2003c].)

 
8chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-32 Number of occupational injuries and illnesses with days away from work in private industry for selected occupations, 1992-2001. In 1992, nonconstruction laborers suffered more injuries than any other occupational group. From 1993 to 2001, truck drivers suffered the most injuries involving time away from work. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
9chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-33 Distribution of nonfatal injury cases with days away from work and nonfatal injury plus illness cases by private industry sector, 2001. For most private industry sectors in 2001, distribution of the 1.47 million nonfatal injury cases was comparable with that of the 1.54 million nonfatal injury plus illness cases. Services accounted for 24% of the cases in each case category. Manufacturing accounted for 19.6% of injury cases and 20.7% of injury plus illness cases. The difference was greatest for durable manufacturing, which accounted for 12.7% of injury cases and 13.5% of injury plus illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
10chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
11chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-35 Distribution of occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by length of service, 2001. Most injuries and illnesses (63.6%) occurred within the first 5 years of service with an employer. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
12chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-36 Distribution of occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by nature of injury or illness, 2001. Sprains and strains accounted for more than 669,889-or nearly 43.6% of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
13chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
14chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-38 Distribution of occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by body part affected, 2001. The back was involved in nearly a fourth of all occupational injuries and illnesses. Conditions involving the upper and lower extremities each accounted for more than one-fifth of the cases. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
15chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
16chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-40 Distribution of occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by source of injury or illness, 2001. Together, four sources accounted for more than half of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses with days away from work: floors, walkways, ground surfaces (17.2%); worker motion or position (16%); containers (13.6%); and parts and materials (10.6%). (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
17chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 1-41 Distribution of occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in private industry by event or exposure, 2001. Bodily reaction and exertion, contact with objects and equipment, and falls accounted for nearly 90% of nonfatal injuries and illnesses that resulted in days away from work in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
18chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
19chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-1 Number of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, the annual number of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work ranged from a high of 7,603 cases in 1993 to a low of 4,409 in 1998. Numbers declined 8.6% between 1992 and 2001-from 6,189 to 5,659 cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
20chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-2 Annual rates of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work declined 25% between 1992 and 2001-from 0.8 to 0.6 per 10,000 full-time workers. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
21chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-3 Distribution and number of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 5,589 of the 5,659 BLS-estimated anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in 2001. Younger age groups accounted for the majority of cases. Workers aged 25-34 accounted for 1,426 or 25.5% of cases, and workers aged 35-44 accounted for 1,576 or 28.2% of cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003a].)

 
22chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-4 Distribution of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 1992-2001. Female workers accounted for the majority of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases during 1992-2001-from a low of 58.4% in 1992 to a high of 71.2% in 1995. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003a].)

 
23chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-5 Distribution and number of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 3,930 of the 5,659 BLS-estimated anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for the majority of cases (64.8%). Black, non-Hispanic and Hispanic workers accounted for 9.6% and 20.7% of the cases, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003a].)

 
24chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
25chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-7 Distribution and number of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Technical, sales, and administrative support along with managerial and professional specialty occupations constituted 63.5% of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003a].)

 
26chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-8 Incidence rate of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases by private industry sector, 2001. For anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorders, private industry reported an overall incidence rate of 0.6 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. Higher rates were reported for transportation and public utilities (1.1), finance, insurance, and real estate (1.1), and services (0.7) (Note: A dash in parentheses indicates that no data were reported or that data do not meet BLS publication criteria). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
27chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-9 Annual rates of anxiety, stress, and neurotic disorder cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate for these disorders declined 25% in the private sector during 1992-2001, and rates declined for each industry sector except retail trade. Finance, insurance, and real estate had consistently higher rates than other industry sectors during the 10-year period and experienced a 42.1% rate reduction. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
28chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-35 Number of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The number of MSD cases declined from 784,145 in 1992 to 522,528 in 2001. As a percentage of all nonfatal injury and illness cases, MSD cases remained relatively stable between 1992 and 2001, ranging from a low of 33.6% in 1992 to a high of 34.0% in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003c].)

 
29chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-36 Distribution and number of MSD cases involving days away from work in private industry by nature of injury or illness, 2001. Sprains and strains accounted for 399,772 cases or 76.5% of the 522,528 musculoskeletal disorders involving days away from work in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
30chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-37 Number of MSD cases involving days away from work in private industry by State, 2001. The number of new MSD cases within reporting States ranged from 1,589 to 52,136 in 2001. The States with the highest numbers of cases included California (52,136), New York (33,773), and Texas (32,838). (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
31chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-38 Rates of MSD cases involving days away from work in private industry by State, 2001. The rate of new MSD cases within reporting States ranged from 35.0 to 141.5 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. The States with the highest rates include West Virginia (141.5), Alaska (123.5), and Washington (112.1). BLS reported an overall rate of 57.5 per 10,000 full-time workers for the United States in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
32chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-39 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 518,397 of the 522,528 BLS-estimated MSD cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 78.9% of cases, slightly greater than the 75.2% reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
33chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-40 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for a lower percentage of MSD cases in 2001 than nonfatal injury and illness cases (62.5% versus 66.1%). However, female workers accounted for a higher percentage of MSD cases (37.5% versus 33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
34chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-41 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 373,710 of the 522,528 BLS-estimated MSD cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 71.6% of MSD cases and 68.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. Black, non-Hispanic workers and Hispanic workers accounted for 12.1% and 13.7% of MSD cases, respectively. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
35chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
36chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-43 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Operators, fabricators, and laborers accounted for 40.8% of all MSD cases involving days away from work in 2001. Comparisons between MSD cases and nonfatal injuries and illnesses by occupational groups indicate only small differences. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
37chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-44 Distribution of MSD cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by industry, 2001. Manufacturing (22.9%) and services (25.8%) accounted for about half of all MSD cases in 2001. Distributions of MSD cases are notably different from distributions of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses by industry sector, with the greatest differences in services, construction, manufacturing, and retail trade. (Source: BLS [2003d].)

 
38chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-45 Number of CTS cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of CTS cases involving days away from work declined 18.9% during this period-from 33,042 cases in 1992 to 26,794 cases in 2001. CTS cases reached a high of 41,019 cases in 1993. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
39chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-46 Annual rates of CTS cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of CTS cases involving days away from work declined 30.2% during this period-from 4.3 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 3.0 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
40chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-47 Distribution and number of CTS cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 26,581 of the 26,794 BLS-estimated CTS cases involving days away from work in 2001. Workers aged 25-54 accounted for 22,213 cases or 83.6%. Workers aged 35-44 accounted for 34.0% and those aged 45-54 accounted for 30.4%. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].)

 
41chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-48 Distribution of CTS cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 1992-2001. Female workers accounted for nearly 70% of CTS cases during 1992-2001, ranging from 67.0% to 71.6%, with a slightly decreasing trend. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].)

 
42chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-49 Distribution and number of CTS cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 20,327 of the 26,794 BLS-estimated CTS cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for the majority of cases (15,335 or 75.4%). Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 2,704 cases or 13.3%, and Hispanic workers accounted for 1,794 cases or 8.8%. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].)

 
43chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].

 
44chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-51 Distribution and number of CTS cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. In 2001, the majority of CTS cases requiring days away from work (18,952 cases or 70.9%) occurred among two occupational groups: operators, fabricators, and laborers and technical, sales, and administrative support workers. Precision production, craft, and repair workers constituted 15.6% (4,172) of the overall CTS cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].)

 
45chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-52 Incidence rate of CTS cases by private industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported a CTS incidence rate of 3.0 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. The rates for manufacturing (6.5 or 11,240 cases) and for finance, insurance, and real estate (3.2 or 2,204 cases) both exceeded the private-sector rate. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].)

 
46chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-53 Annual rates of CTS cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The private-sector annual rate declined 30.2% during 1992-2001. Rates declined for each industry sector except wholesale trade. During this 10-year period, manufacturing had consistently higher rates than other industry sectors and experienced a 33% rate reduction. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003b].)

 
47chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-60 Number of tendonitis cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of tendonitis cases involving days away from work declined 44.3% during this period, from 25,353 cases in 1992 to 14,124 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
48chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-61 Annual rate of tendonitis cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of private-sector tendonitis cases involving days away from work declined 51.5% during this period-from 3.3 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 1.6 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
49chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-62 Distribution and number of tendonitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 13,990 of the 14,124 BLS-estimated tendonitis cases involving days away from work in 2001. Workers aged 35-44 accounted for 4,686 or 33.5% of cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003c].)

 
50chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-63 Distribution of tendonitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 1992-2001. Female workers accounted for the majority of tendonitis cases during 1992-2001. Over the decade, women represented 54.8% to 62.3% of the cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003c].)

 
51chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-64 Distribution and number of tendonitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 10,268 of the 14,124 BLS-estimated tendonitis cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for the majority of cases (71.3% or 7,325 cases) in 2001. Hispanic workers accounted for 13.6% or 1,400 cases of tendonitis, and black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 12.7% or 1,302 cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003c].)

 
52chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
53chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-66 Distribution and number of tendonitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Operators, fabricators, and laborers represented 47.1% of tendonitis cases in 2001. Two other occupations accounted for nearly 39% of the cases: technical, sales, and administrative support (20.8%); and precision production, craft, and repair (18.0%). (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003c].)

 
54chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-67 Incidence rate of tendonitis cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported a tendonitis incidence rate of 1.6 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. Three sectors reported rates exceeding the private-sector rate: manufacturing (3.2 per 10,000 full-time workers or 5,567 cases), construction (2.0 per 10,000 full-time workers or 1,230 cases), and transportation and public utilities (1.7 per 10,000 full-time workers or 1,128 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
55chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-68 Annual rates of tendonitis cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate of tendonitis cases declined 51.5% in the private sector during 1992-2001. Rates declined among most industry sectors except for mining and transportation and public utilities. Manufacturing had consistently higher rates of tendonitis than other industry sectors and experienced a 59% rate reduction during this 10-year period. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
56chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-69 Number of occupational injury cases by type of case in private industry, 1976-2001. The number of total recordable occupational injuries reached a high of 6.4 million cases in 1990 then declined to a low of 4.9 million in 2001. Injury cases with restricted work activity only increased steadily after 1976, reaching a high of 944,100 cases in 2001. (Note: Data before 1992 include fatalities.) (Source: BLS [2002].)

 
57chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-70 Incidence rates of injury cases by type of case in private industry, 1976-2001. The incidence rate for total recordable occupational injuries reached a high of 9.2 cases per 100 full-time workers in 1979 then declined to a low of 5.4 per 100 full-time workers in 2001. Injury rates for cases with restricted work activity only increased steadily from a rate of 0.2 per 100 full-time workers in 1976 to 1.0 in 2001. (Note: Data before 1992 include fatalities.) (Source: BLS [2002].)

 
58chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-78 Number of amputation cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of amputation cases involving days away from work declined 30.3% during this period, from a high of 12,352 cases in 1992 to 8,612 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
59chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-79 Annual rates of amputation cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of amputation cases involving days away from work declined 37.5% in the private sector-from a high of 1.6 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 1.0 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
60chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-81 Distribution of amputation cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 8,475 of the 8,612 BLS-estimated amputation cases involving days away from work in 2001. Three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 73.7% of cases, slightly less than the 75.2% reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. The largest difference is noted for workers under age 25, who accounted for 17.1% of amputation cases compared with 14.3% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
61chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-83 Distribution of amputation cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for many more amputation cases (80.6%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (66.1%) in 2001. However, female workers accounted for fewer amputation cases (19.4%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
62chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-84 Distribution of amputation cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 7,208 of the 8,612 BLS-estimated amputation cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for slightly fewer amputation cases (64.8%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (68.2%), as did black, non-Hispanic workers (10.3% versus 11.9%). But Hispanic workers accounted for more amputation cases (23%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (17.1%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
63chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
64chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-86 Distribution of amputation cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups accounted for more than 75% of all amputations in 2001: operators, fabricators, and laborers (55.1%) and precision production, craft, and repair (23%). The same two occupational groups accounted for more than half (57.8%) of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
65chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-87 Incidence rate of amputation cases involving days away from work in private industry by industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported an amputation incidence rate of 1.0 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. Higher rates were reported for agriculture, forestry, and fishing (2.7 per 10,000 full-time workers or 401 cases), manufacturing (2.5 per 10,000 full-time workers or 4,239 cases), construction (1.6 per 10,000 full-time workers or 949 cases), and mining (1.1 per 10,000 full-time workers or 64 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
66chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-88 Annual rates of amputation cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate of amputations declined 37.5% in the private sector during 1992-2001. During this period, rates declined for each of the major industry sectors. Manufacturing had consistently higher rates than other industry sectors during the 10-year period and experienced a 26.5% reduction. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
67chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-89 Number of back injury cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of back injury cases involving days away from work declined 43% during this 10-year period-from 653,385 cases in 1992 to 372,683 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
68chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-90 Annual rates of back injury cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of back injury cases involving days away from work declined 52% during this 10-year period-from 85.4 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 41.0 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
69chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-91 Distribution of back injury cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 369,351 of the 372,683 BLS-estimated back injury cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 78.5% of back injury cases, slightly more than the 75.2% reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
70chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-92 Distribution of back injury cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for 64.3% of back injury cases in 2001, slightly less than the 66.1% reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. Female workers accounted for a slightly greater percentage of back injury cases (35.7%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
71chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-93 Distribution of back injury cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 269,108 of the 372,683 BLS-estimated back injury cases involving days away from work in 2001. Relatively small race/ethnicity differences existed between back injury cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 69.5% of back injury cases and 68.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 12.1% of back injury cases, and Hispanic workers accounted for 15.7%. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
72chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
73chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-95 Distribution of back injury cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups (operators, fabricators, and laborers and service workers) accounted for 58.0% of all back injury cases in 2001 and 56.9% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
74chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-96 Incidence rate of back injury cases involving days away from work in private industry by industry sector, 2001. In 2001, back injury incidence rates exceeding the private-sector rate (41.0 per 10,000 full-time workers) were reported for transportation and public utilities (77.1 per 10,000 full-time workers or 50,765 cases), construction (63.9 per 10,000 full-time workers or 38,973 cases), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (58.8 per 10,000 full-time workers or 8,830 cases), and wholesale trade (47.3 per 10,000 full-time workers or 30,421 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
75chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-97 Annual rates of back injury cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate for back injuries involving days away from work declined 52% during 1992-2001, and similar reductions occurred in each of the major industry sectors. Two industry sectors (transportation and public utilities and construction) had consistently higher rates than other industry sectors during this 10-year period and experienced 36.1% and 52.7% rate reductions, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
76chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-98 Number of bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work declined 38.8% during 1992-2001, from 222,650 cases in 1992 to 136,361 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
77chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-99 Annual rates of bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work declined 48.5% during 1992-2001, from 29.1 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 15.0 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
78chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-100 Distribution of bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 134,783 of the 136,361 BLS-estimated bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 70.5% of bruise and contusion cases compared with 75.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. More workers were under age 25 among bruise and contusion cases (18.1%) than among all nonfatal injury and illness cases (14.3%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
79chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-101 Distribution of bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for fewer bruise and contusion cases in 2001 (61.0%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (66.1%). However, female workers accounted for more bruise and contusion cases (39.0%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
80chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-102 Distribution of bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 96,014 of the 136,361 BLS-estimated bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work in 2001. For Hispanic workers and other workers, relatively small differences existed between the distribution of bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 64.3% of bruise and contusion cases and 68.2% of nonfatal injury and illness cases. Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 15.0% of bruise and contusion cases and 11.9% of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
81chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
82chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-104 Distribution of bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups accounted for the majority (60.5%) of all bruise and contusion cases in 2001: operators, fabricators, and laborers (42% of bruise and contusion cases versus 39.5% of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses) and service (18.5% of bruise and contusion cases versus 17.4% of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses). Overall, the distributions by occupational group were comparable for bruise and contusion cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
83chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-105 Incidence rate of bruise and contusion cases by private industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported an incidence rate of 15.0 per 10,000 full-time workers for bruise and contusion cases in 2001. Higher rates were reported for transportation and public utilities (28.5 per 10,000 full-time workers or 18,742 cases), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (26.4 per 10,000 full-time workers or 3,964 cases), construction (20.8 per 10,000 full-time workers or 12,689 cases), mining (19.0 per 10,000 full-time workers or 1,127 cases), wholesale trade (17.8 per 10,000 full-time workers or 11,461 cases), and retail trade (15.9 per 10,000 full-time workers or 27,689 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
84chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-106 Annual rate of bruise and contusion cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The private-sector annual rate of bruise and contusion cases declined 48% during 1992-2001, and rate reductions were reported for each of the major industry sectors. Four industry sectors (transportation and public utilities, construction, mining, and agriculture, forestry, and fishing) had consistently higher rates than other sectors during this 10-year period and experienced rate reductions of 35%, 49%, 50%, and 31%, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
85chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-107 Number of heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work declined 38.9% during this 10-year period, from a high of 41,032 cases in 1992 to 25,078 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
86chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-108 Annual rates of heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work declined 48.1% during 1992-2001, from a high of 5.4 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 2.8 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
87chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-110 Distribution of heat burn and scald cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 24,244 of the 25,078 BLS-estimated heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 67.4% of heat burn and scald cases compared with 75.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. More workers were under age 35 in heat burn and scald cases (54.3%) than in all nonfatal injury and illness cases (39.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
88chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-112 Distribution of heat burn and scald cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for 68.2% of heat burn and scald cases in 2001 and 66.1% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. Female workers accounted for a lower percentage of heat burn and scald cases (31.8%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
89chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-113 Distribution of heat burn and scald cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 18,617 of the 25,078 BLS-estimated heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 66.6% of heat burn and scald cases and 68.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 12.7% of heat burn and scald cases (slightly more than for all nonfatal injury and illness cases), and Hispanic workers accounted for 15.6% of heat burn and scald cases (slightly less than for all nonfatal injury and illness cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
90chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
91chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-115 Distribution of heat burn and scald cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Service occupations accounted for nearly half (47.6%) of all heat burn and scald cases compared with 17.4% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases in 2001. Operators, fabricators, and laborers accounted for another 25.1% of heat, burn, and scald cases and for 39.5% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
92chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-116 Incidence rate of heat burn and scald cases in private industry by industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported an incidence rate of 2.8 per 10,000 full-time workers for heat burn and scald cases in 2001. Incidence rates exceeding the private-sector rate were reported for retail trade (5.8 per 10,000 full-time workers or 10,082 cases) and construction (4.0 per 10,000 full-time workers or 2,453 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
93chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-117 Annual rates of heat burn and scald cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate of heat burn and scald cases declined by nearly half (48.1%) during 1992-2001, and rate reductions occurred among each of the major industry sectors. Three sectors (retail trade, construction, and manufacturing) had higher rates than the other sectors and experienced rate reductions of 50%, 37.5%, and 50%, respectively, during this 10-year period. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
94chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-118 Number of cut and laceration cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of cut and laceration cases involving days away from work declined 33.9% during 1992-2001, from 173,573 cases in 1992 to 114,791 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
95chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-119 Annual rates of cut and laceration cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of cut and laceration cases involving days away from work declined 44.5% during 1992-2001, from 22.7 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 12.6 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
96chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-120 Distribution of cut and laceration cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 113,072 of the 114,791 BLS-estimated cut and laceration cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 69.4% of cases compared with 75.2% reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. More workers were under age 35 in cut and laceration cases (51.1%) than in all nonfatal injury and illness cases (39.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
97chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-121 Distribution of cut and laceration cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for more cut and laceration cases than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (81.9% versus 66.1%). Female workers accounted for fewer cut and laceration cases than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (18.1% versus 33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
98chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-122 Distribution of cut and laceration cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 87,995 of the 114,791 BLS-estimated cut and laceration cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for fewer cut and laceration cases (60.7%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (68.2%). Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 11.3% of cut and laceration cases, and Hispanic workers accounted for 24.5%- a much greater percentage than the 17.1% reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
99chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
100chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-124 Distribution of cut and laceration cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups accounted for the majority (67.2%) of cut and laceration cases in 2001: operators, fabricators, and laborers (40% versus 39.5% for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses) and precision production, craft, and repair (27.2%, versus 18.3% for all nonfatal injuries and illnesses). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
101chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-125 Incidence rate of cut and laceration cases in private industry by industry sector, 2001. For 2001, incidence rates exceeding the private-sector rate of 12.6 per 10,000 full-time workers were reported for construction (35.8 per 10,000 full-time workers or 21,849 cases), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (26.5 per 10,000 full-time workers or 3,984 cases), manufacturing (16.1 per 10,000 full-time workers or 27,881 cases), and retail trade (15.4 per 10,000 full-time workers or 26,739 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
102chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-126 Annual rates of cut and laceration cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate of cut and laceration cases declined 44.5% during 1992-2001, and rates declined for each major industry sector. Two sectors (construction and agriculture, forestry, and fishing) had consistently higher rates than other industry sectors during this 10-year period and experienced rate reductions of 26.3% and 41.2%, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
103chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-127 Number of fracture cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of fracture cases involving days away from work in 2001 declined 24.7% during 1992-2001, from 143,627 cases in 1992 to 108,127 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
104chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-128 Annual rates of fracture cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of fracture cases involving days away from work declined 36.7% during 1992-2001, from 18.8 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 11.9 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
105chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-130 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 107,001 of the 108,127 BLS-estimated fracture cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 71% of fracture cases and 75.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. More workers were aged 45 or older in fracture cases (40.8%) than in all nonfatal injury and illness cases (31.3%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
106chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-132 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for a larger proportion of fracture cases (73.8%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (66.1%). However, female workers accounted for a smaller proportion of fracture cases (26.2%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
107chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-133 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 84,480 of the 108,127 BLS-estimated fracture cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for a greater proportion of fracture cases (73.9%) than for all nonfatal injury and illness cases (68.2%). Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 8% of fracture cases and Hispanic workers accounted for 15.9%-both smaller proportions than reported for all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
108chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
109chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-135 Distribution of fracture cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups accounted for the majority (63.9%) of all fracture cases in 2001: operators, fabricators, and laborers and precision production, craft, and repair. These two groups accounted for 57.8% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
110chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-136 Incidence rate of fracture cases by private industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported an incidence rate of 11.9 per 10,000 full-time workers for fracture cases in 2001. Incidence rates exceeding the private-sector rate were reported for construction (32.5 per 10,000 full-time workers or 19,786 cases), mining (25.4 per 10,000 full-time workers or 1,505 cases), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (21.7 per 10,000 full-time workers or 3,260 cases), transportation and public utilities (20.9 per 10,000 full-time workers or 13,758 cases), and manufacturing (13.0 per 10,000 full-time workers or 22,493 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
111chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-137 Annual rates of fracture cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate of fracture cases in the private sector declined 36.7% during 1992-2001. Rate reductions occurred among each of the major industry sectors. Three sectors (construction, mining, and agriculture, forestry, and fishing) had higher rates than other industry sectors during this 10-year period. They experienced rate reductions of 38.9%, 35.5%, and 33.6%, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
112chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-138 Number of sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work declined 34.5% during 1992-2001, from 1,022,746 cases in 1992 to 669,889 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
113chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-139 Annual rates of sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work declined 44.9% during 1992-2001, from 133.7 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 73.7 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
114chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-140 Distribution of sprain, strain, and tear cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 663,779 of the 669,889 BLS-estimated sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work in 2001. Overall, three age groups (25-34, 35-44, and 45-54) accounted for 77.8% of sprain, strain, and tear cases compared with 75.2% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
115chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-141 Distribution of sprain, strain, and tear cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 2001. Male workers accounted for 64.1% of sprain, strain, and tear cases compared with 66.1% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. Female workers accounted for 35.9% of sprain, strain, and tear cases compared with 33.9% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases (33.9%). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
116chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-142 Distribution of sprain, strain, and tear cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 481,012 of the 669,889 BLS-estimated sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for more sprain, strain, and tear cases (69.9%) than all nonfatal injury and illness cases (68.2%). Black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 12.4% of sprain, strain, and tear cases, and Hispanic workers accounted for 15.2%. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
117chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
118chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-144 Distribution of sprain, strain, and tear cases and all nonfatal injury and illness cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Two occupational groups accounted for the majority (57.6%) of all sprain, strain, and tear cases: operators, fabricators, and laborers and service workers. These two groups accounted for 56.9% of all nonfatal injury and illness cases. (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
119chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-145 Incidence rate of sprain, strain, and tear cases by private industry sector, 2001. Private industry reported an incidence rate of 73.7 per 10,000 full-time workers for sprain, strain, and tear cases in 2001. Incidence rates exceeding the private-sector rate were reported for transportation and public utilities (147.0 per 10,000 full-time workers or 96,700 cases), construction (116.8 per 10,000 full-time workers or 71,225 cases), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (91.6 per 10,000 full-time workers or 13,758 cases), and wholesale trade (81.2 per 10,000 full-time workers or 52,261 cases). (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
120chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-146 Annual rates of sprain, strain, and tear cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate for sprain, strain, and tear cases declined 44.9% during 1992-2001. Rate reductions occurred for each major industry sector. Two sectors (transportation and public utilities and construction) had consistently higher rates than other industry sectors during this 10-year period. They experienced rate reductions of 41.5% and 30.4%, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
121chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-208 Number of dermatitis cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual number of dermatitis cases involving days away from work declined significantly (50.1%) during 1992-2001, from 9,452 cases in 1992 to 4,714 cases in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
122chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-209 Annual rates of dermatitis cases involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. The annual rate of private-sector dermatitis cases involving days away from work declined 58.3% during 1992-2001, from 1.2 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 0.5 in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
123chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-210 Distribution and number of dermatitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by age, 2001. Age data are available for 4,658 of the 4,714 BLS-estimated dermatitis cases involving days away from work. Workers aged 25-34 accounted for 1,267 cases or 27.2%, and workers aged 35-44 accounted for 1,189 cases or 25.5%. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003d].)

 
124chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-211 Distribution of dermatitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by sex, 1992-2001. Male workers accounted for the greatest proportions of dermatitis cases, ranging from 53.4% to 60.3% during 1992-2001. In 2001, male workers accounted for 55.5% of dermatitis cases. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003d].

 
125chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-212 Distribution and number of dermatitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001. Race/ethnicity data are available for 3,464 of the 4,714 BLS-estimated dermatitis cases involving days away from work in 2001. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 64.5% of the cases, and Hispanic workers accounted for 20.1%. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003d].)

 
126chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].

 
127chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-214 Distribution and number of dermatitis cases involving days away from work in private industry by occupation, 2001. Operators, fabricators, and laborers along with service workers constituted more than half (56.0%) of the 4,701 dermatitis cases reported in 2001. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b]; Booth-Jones et al. [2003d].)

 
128chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-215 Incidence rate of dermatitis cases by private industry sector, 2001. For dermatitis cases, private industry reported an incidence rate of 0.5 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. Higher rates were reported for agriculture, forestry, and fishing (1.3), manufacturing (0.7), transportation and public utilities (0.7), and services (0.6). (Note: A dash in parentheses indicates that no data were reported or that data do not meet BLS publication criteria.) (Source: BLS [2003a].)

 
129chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 2-216 Annual rates of dermatitis cases involving days away from work by private industry sector, 1992-2001. The annual rate for dermatitis cases in the private sector declined 58.3% during 1992-2001, and rates declined for each industry sector. Agriculture had consistently higher rates of dermatitis cases than other industry sectors and experienced a 78% rate reduction during this 10-year period. (Sources: BLS [2003a,b].)

 
130chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-27 Rate of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work by construction trade, 2001. In 2001, the rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses involving days away from work ranged from 131.2 per 10,000 full-time workers among painters to 751.8 for ironworkers-nearly a 6-fold difference. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
131chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-28 Rates of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases with days away from work in construction and private industry by selected ergonomic events or exposures, 2001. Injuries and illnesses associated with ergonomic events or exposures made up 26.5% (49,237 of 185,662) of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in the construction industry in 2001. The rate of bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting injuries in construction was 15 per 10,000 full-time workers-nearly double the rate of 8 for all private industry that year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b,c]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
132chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-30 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for brickmasons and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work were generally lower for brickmasons than for all construction workers. Rates for brickmasons showed a downward trend from a 424 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1994 to 201 in 2001. BLS reported 36,172 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among brickmasons during this 10-year period-an average of 3,617 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
133chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-32 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for carpenters and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work were slightly higher for carpenters than for all construction workers, but they were comparable in overall magnitude. Rates for carpenters showed a downward trend, from 489 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1993 to 313 in 2001. BLS reported 285,705 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among carpenters during this 10-year period-an average of 28,570 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
134chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-34 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for drywall installers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for drywall installers showed a downward trend during 1992-2001, from 720 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 259 in 2000. BLS reported 43,575 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among construction workers during this 10-year period-an average of 4,357 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
135chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-36 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for electricians and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for electricians were slightly higher but comparable with those for all construction workers. Rates for electricians showed a downward trend, from 522 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1994 to 246 in 2001. BLS reported 142,811 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among electricians during this 10-year period-an average of 14,281 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
136chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-38 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for ironworkers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for ironworkers during 1992-2001 were consistently greater (1.7-3.9 times greater) than those for all construction workers. Rates for ironworkers showed a downward trend, from 1,750 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 550 in 1997. The 2001 rate of 752 per 10,000 full-time workers represents a 57% decrease from the 1992 rate of nonfatal injury and illness for ironworkers. BLS reported 40,173 cases of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among ironworkers during this 10-year period-an average of 4,017 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
137chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-40 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for construction laborers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for construction laborers during 1992-2001 were consistently greater (1.8-2.7 times greater) than those for all construction workers. Rates for construction laborers showed a downward trend, from 1,330 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 512 in 2001. The 2001 rate represents a 62% decrease from the 1992 rate. BLS reported 467,258 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among construction laborers during this 10-year period-an average of 46,726 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
138chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-42 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for operating engineers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work were lower for operating engineers than for all construction workers, but both rates were comparable in overall magnitude. Rates for operating engineers showed a downward trend, from 581 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 162 in 2001. BLS reported 37,431 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among operating engineers during this 10-year period-an average of 3,743 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
139chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-44 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for painters and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for painters were consistently lower (0.5 to 0.8 times lower) than those for all construction workers. Rates showed a downward trend, from 368 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 131 in 2001. The 2001 rate of 131 per 10,000 full-time workers represents a 64% decrease in rates since 1992. BLS reported 50,264 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among painters during this 10-year period-an average of 5,026 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
140chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-46 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for plumbers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for plumbers were slightly higher than those for all construction workers, though they were comparable in overall magnitude. Rates for plumbers showed a downward trend, from 504 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 326 in 1998. BLS reported 113,679 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among plumbers during this 10-year period-an average of 11,370 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
141chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-48 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for roofers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work were consistently greater for roofers (1.1-1.8 times greater) than for all construction workers. Rates for roofers showed a downward trend, from 838 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1994 to 325 in 1998. BLS reported 61,539 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among roofers during this 10-year period-an average of 6,154 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
142chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-50 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for truck drivers and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for truck drivers usually exceeded rates for all construction workers. Rates for truck drivers varied from 533 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1992 to 359 in 1998. BLS reported 57,999 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among truck drivers during this 10-year period-an average of 5,800 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
143chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 4-52 Rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for welders and cutters and all construction workers, 1992-2001. During 1992-2001, rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for welders and cutters show an overall decreasing trend, ranging from 573 per 10,000 full-time workers in 1994 to 171 in 2001. BLS reported 21,940 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among welders and cutters during this 10-year period-an average of 2,194 nonfatal cases per year. (Sources: BLS [2002c; 2003b]; Pollack and Chowdhury [2001]; Dong et al. [2004].)

 
144chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-2 Number and distribution of nonfatal injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry by age of worker, 2001. Younger workers accounted for 45,443 cases or 3.0% of the 1.5 million injury and illness cases involving days away from work for which age was reported. Workers aged 55 and older accounted for 160,231 cases or 10.5%. Age was not reported for 16,930 cases. (Source: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
145chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
146chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
147chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-12 Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among workers under age 14 involving days away from work in private industry, 1992-2001. Reported cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness involving days away from work are very rare among workers younger than 14. No cases are reported by BLS for 1997-2001, and relatively few cases are reported for 1992-1996. The highest estimated count of 91 cases was reported in 1992 (compared with an estimated 2.3 million for all age groups). (Note: Dash in parentheses indicates that no data were reported or that data do not meet BLS publication criteria.) (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
148chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-13 Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 14-15 in private industry, 1992-2001. Among workers aged 14-15, reported cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness involving days away from work ranged from 1,476 in 1996 to 276 in 1998. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
149chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-14 Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 16-19 in private industry, 1992-2001. Among workers aged 16-19, reported cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness involving days away from work ranged from 97,262 in 1994 to 44,535 in 2001. Overall, this age group accounts for 2.9% of all reported cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness. Data for 1992-2001 show a consistently decreasing trend in reported cases. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
150chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
151chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-16 Distribution and number of occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 16-19 in private industry by occupation, 2001. BLS estimates that 44,249 cases of occupational injury and illness involving days away from work occurred among workers aged 16-19 during 2001. The highest proportions of these cases occurred in operators, fabricators, and laborers (37.4% or 16,566 cases) and service (30.8% or 13,640). (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
152chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-17 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 16-19 in private industry by industry, 2001. Wholesale and retail trade and services accounted for the highest percentages (45.6% and 21.2%, respectively) of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among workers aged 16-19. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
153chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-28 Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older in private industry, 1992-2001. Recorded cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and over ranged from 148,249 cases in 1993 to 126,494 cases in 1996. The number of cases in 2001 (135,690 cases) is consistent with a slight increase in reported cases since 1996. Data for workers aged 65 and older show a similar pattern (a decrease in the first half of the decade followed by an increase in the second half), with numbers ranging from 17,664 in 1996 to 25,334 in 2000. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
154chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
155chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-30 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older in private industry by occupation, 2001. The distribution of cases by occupation for workers aged 55 and older shows the highest proportions of cases among operators, fabricators, and laborers aged 55-64 (34.8% or 47,095 cases) and those aged 65 and older (31.5% or 7,704 cases). Service has the next highest proportions of cases for workers aged 55-64 (20.3% or 27,438 cases) and those aged 65 and older (28.7% or 7,012 cases). (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
156chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-31 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older by major private industry sector, 2001. Services, manufacturing (durable), and wholesale and retail trade together account for 67% of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55-64. The same industry sectors predominate for workers aged 65 and older, accounting for nearly 75% of all cases. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
157chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-39 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry by race/ethnicity among Hispanic and non-Hispanic workers, 2001. Among cases reporting race/ethnicity in 2001, white, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 68.2% of the cases involving days away from work. Hispanic workers represented 17.1% of the cases involving days away from work, and black, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 11.9%. (Note: Race/ethnicity was not reported for 415,616 of the 1.5 million cases involving days away from work in 2001). (Source: BLS [2003b].)

 
158chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.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].)

 
159chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-42 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among Hispanic workers in private industry by occupation, 2001. Among Hispanic workers, the distribution of nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases involving days away from work by occupation shows the highest proportion of cases (43.5% or 83,319 cases) among operators, fabricators, and laborers. Service and precision production, craft, and repair accounted for 17.3% (33,140 cases) and 17.1% (32,816 cases), respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 
160chart thumbnail - click on image for larger view.Figure 5-43 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among Hispanic workers by industry, 2001. Among the total 191,959 cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness, wholesale and retail trade and services accounted for the largest percentages of Hispanic cases (22.3% and 21.4%, respectively). (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)

 

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