Table 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
TABLE 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2007
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Characteristic | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | |
| (2)(3)(4) | Total | resources | Construc- | Manufac- | Total | transpor- | | Financial | sional | and | Leisure | Other
| | goods | and | tion | turing | service | tation and|Information| activities| and | health | and | services
| | producing |mining(2)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality|
| | | 3) | | | | 4) | | | services | | |
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Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male........................| 64.3 | 86.2 | 87.4 | 97.4 | 78.0 | 54.8 | 69.5 | 68.9 | 49.7 | 66.8 | 19.6 | 49.4 | 70.2
Female......................| 35.3 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 21.9 | 44.6 | 29.2 | 31.0 | 50.3 | 33.2 | 80.4 | 50.6 | 29.8
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Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
14 - 15.....................| (6) | (6) | .1 | - | - | (6) | (6) | - | - | - | (6) | .2 | -
16 - 19.....................| 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 3.2
20 - 24.....................| 10.7 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 16.0 | 8.7
25 - 34.....................| 22.4 | 24.3 | 25.3 | 28.9 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 26.3 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 26.3
35 - 44.....................| 24.5 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 20.9 | 21.8
45 - 54.....................| 23.4 | 23.8 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 25.1 | 27.4 | 21.8 | 26.0 | 17.1 | 21.6
55 - 64.....................| 12.0 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 10.3 | 14.7 | 9.5 | 13.8
65 and over.................| 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.4
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Length of service with | | | | | | | | | | | | |
employer: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 3 months..........| 12.3 | 14.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 17.1 | 14.8
3 - 11 months...............| 21.5 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 18.8 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 14.2 | 20.9 | 24.9 | 20.0 | 26.8 | 25.3
1 - 5 years.................| 34.8 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 37.6 | 31.1 | 35.1 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 36.3 | 38.5 | 37.0 | 32.9 | 34.3
More than 5 years...........| 30.2 | 30.6 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 38.2 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 52.0 | 34.6 | 22.6 | 33.3 | 22.6 | 24.8
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Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White only..................| 44.8 | 51.2 | 25.1 | 56.0 | 51.6 | 42.0 | 41.2 | 32.4 | 46.4 | 43.4 | 43.6 | 36.5 | 55.6
Black only..................| 8.1 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 8.9 | 7.4
Hispanic or Latino only.....| 13.6 | 18.8 | 38.3 | 18.8 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 6.1 | 10.6 | 17.7 | 8.0 | 19.6 | 11.7
Asian only..................| 1.4 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .6 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.7
Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Islander only..............| .4 | .3 | .1 | .3 | .3 | .4 | .4 | .2 | .2 | .4 | .3 | .7 | 1.0
American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Native only................| .5 | .6 | .5 | .7 | .5 | .5 | .5 | .5 | .3 | .5 | .6 | .5 | .6
Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | | | | | |
race.......................| .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | (6) | - | - | .1 | .2 | (6) | -
Multi-race..................| .1 | .1 | - | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | - | - | (6) | .1 | .1 | .1
Not reported................| 31.0 | 21.6 | 32.3 | 19.3 | 21.7 | 35.1 | 41.3 | 53.5 | 31.3 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 30.1 | 20.8
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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.
2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health
Administration rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to
BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data
do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore, estimates for these industries
are not comparable to estimates in other industries.
4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
6 Data too small to be displayed.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 100.
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: March 31, 2009
