Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected occupation and number of days away from work, 2007
TABLE 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected occupation 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
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Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | |
material movers, hand........| 100.0 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 25.9 | 7
Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | |
tractor-trailer..............| 100.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 7.7 | 37.6 | 15
Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | |
attendants...................| 100.0 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 21.3 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 17.5 | 5
Construction laborers.........| 100.0 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 18.6 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 6.8 | 29.1 | 10
Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | |
delivery services............| 100.0 | 10.1 | 5.5 | 15.8 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 7.3 | 38.0 | 15
Retail salespersons...........| 100.0 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 7
Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | |
maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 100.0 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 18.9 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 25.4 | 6
Carpenters....................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 32.8 | 10
Maintenance and repair | | | | | | | | |
workers, general.............| 100.0 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 22.8 | 7
Registered nurses.............| 100.0 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 21.0 | 7
Stock clerks and order fillers| 100.0 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 17.7 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 6.6 | 23.7 | 7
Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 100.0 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 17.5 | 11.6 | 10.3 | 6.1 | 24.9 | 7
First line | | | | | | | | |
supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | |
retail sales workers.........| 100.0 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 20.2 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 8.0 | 25.2 | 8
Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | |
and mechanics................| 100.0 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 19.4 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 21.9 | 5
Landscaping and groundskeeping| | | | | | | | |
workers......................| 100.0 | 22.3 | 7.9 | 19.1 | 14.2 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 6
Cashiers......................| 100.0 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 19.9 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 21.9 | 5
Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | |
and brazers..................| 100.0 | 24.0 | 12.4 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 20.1 | 5
Combined food preparation and | | | | | | | | |
serving workers, including | | | | | | | | |
fast food....................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 19.5 | 16.1 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 18.5 | 6
Electricians..................| 100.0 | 17.1 | 11.0 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 31.2 | 10
Customer service | | | | | | | | |
representatives..............| 100.0 | 14.6 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 28.4 | 10
Waiters and waitresses........| 100.0 | 17.8 | 14.9 | 23.3 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 21.1 | 5
First line | | | | | | | | |
supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | |
construction trades and | | | | | | | | |
extraction workers...........| 100.0 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 19.1 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 39.9 | 16
Driver/sales workers..........| 100.0 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 33.4 | 11
Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | |
steamfitters.................| 100.0 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 10.4 | 15.8 | 6.0 | 26.1 | 10
Food preparation workers......| 100.0 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 26.2 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 21.3 | 5
Cooks, restaurant.............| 100.0 | 18.1 | 12.6 | 24.9 | 14.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 5
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses,
data may not sum to the totals.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with
participating State agencies
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2009
