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, 2007
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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  [1,158,870 cases]......|   100.0   |    14.8   |    11.4   |    18.3   |    12.3   |    11.1   |     6.5   |    25.6   |       7   
                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
      Management occupations.......|   100.0   |    18.5   |    15.8   |    19.9   |    11.5   |    10.7   |     6.5   |    17.2   |       5   
      Business and financial       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       operations occupations......|   100.0   |    21.8   |     9.9   |    14.5   |    13.0   |    12.1   |     3.8   |    24.9   |       7   
      Computer and mathematical    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    18.6   |    15.9   |    16.4   |    12.3   |    14.5   |     3.6   |    18.2   |       5   
      Architecture and engineering |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    21.8   |    10.1   |    20.0   |    13.3   |    10.7   |     6.3   |    17.6   |       5   
      Life, physical, and social   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       science occupations.........|   100.0   |    18.9   |     5.3   |    26.3   |    12.6   |    10.0   |     5.8   |    21.6   |       5   
      Community and social services|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    18.7   |    15.8   |    20.3   |    12.5   |    10.6   |     6.4   |    15.8   |       5   
      Legal occupations............|   100.0   |    12.3   |    13.0   |    40.6   |     2.9   |     3.6   |     -     |    26.8   |       3   
      Education, training, and     |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       library occupations.........|   100.0   |    10.8   |    20.2   |    19.9   |    17.7   |     9.1   |     4.5   |    17.9   |       5   
      Arts, design, entertainment, |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       sports, and media           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    13.1   |    11.0   |    18.6   |    13.4   |    12.7   |     7.6   |    23.5   |       7   
      Healthcare practitioners and |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       technical occupations.......|   100.0   |    15.9   |    11.6   |    18.7   |    15.6   |    11.8   |     6.0   |    20.4   |       6   
      Healthcare support           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    16.1   |    14.3   |    21.3   |    13.5   |    10.7   |     5.3   |    18.8   |       5   
      Protective service           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    16.3   |     9.9   |    17.9   |    14.0   |     9.8   |     7.9   |    24.2   |       8   
      Food preparation and serving |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       related occupations.........|   100.0   |    15.5   |    14.7   |    21.6   |    13.3   |    10.6   |     6.3   |    18.0   |       5   
      Building and grounds cleaning|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       and maintenance occupations |   100.0   |    16.0   |    12.5   |    19.0   |    12.8   |     9.0   |     5.6   |    25.1   |       6   
      Personal care and service    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    13.0   |    10.3   |    20.4   |    10.9   |    10.8   |     6.1   |    28.4   |       8   
      Sales and related occupations|   100.0   |    14.4   |    13.0   |    18.3   |    11.8   |    12.1   |     6.1   |    24.3   |       7   
      Office and administrative    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       support occupations.........|   100.0   |    15.0   |    12.0   |    19.2   |    11.9   |    10.7   |     6.5   |    24.7   |       7   
      Farming, fishing, and        |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       forestry occupations........|   100.0   |    13.6   |    11.6   |    24.7   |    13.3   |    11.8   |     6.1   |    18.9   |       6   
      Construction and extraction  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       occupations.................|   100.0   |    13.1   |    10.6   |    16.1   |    10.5   |    11.1   |     6.7   |    31.9   |      10   
      Installation, maintenance,   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       and repair occupations......|   100.0   |    16.1   |    12.2   |    17.4   |    12.8   |    10.6   |     6.1   |    24.7   |       7   
      Production occupations.......|   100.0   |    16.8   |    10.3   |    17.3   |    12.0   |    12.0   |     6.7   |    24.9   |       7   
      Transportation and material  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       moving occupations..........|   100.0   |    11.6   |     8.4   |    17.1   |    12.4   |    11.4   |     7.4   |    31.7   |      11   
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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