Table 21. Incidence rates for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupationand selected parts of body, 2007
TABLE 21. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation(3) and selected parts of body, 2007
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| |
| | Part of body affected by the injury or illness(4)
| |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | | | |
| Total | Head | | Trunk | Upper extremities | Lower extremities | | |
Occupation | cases |_______________________| |___________________________________|___________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________| | Multiple | All
| | | | Neck | | | | | | | | | | | | | Body | body | other
| | | | | | | | | | | Hand, | | | | | | systems | parts | body
| | Total | Eyes | | Total | Back | Shoulder | Total | Arm | Finger | except | Wrist | Total | Knee | Ankle | Foot, toe | | | parts(5)
| | | | | | | | | | | finger | | | | | | | |
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total [1,158,870 cases]......| 122.2 | 8.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 40.6 | 24.9 | 8.0 | 28.4 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 12.8 | 1.1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
attendants...................| 465.3 | 14.1 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 249.7 | 185.2 | 35.9 | 56.8 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 18.5 | 76.3 | 38.2 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 4.6 | 52.7 | 2.7
Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
material movers, hand........| 434.3 | 28.1 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 158.4 | 93.3 | 32.3 | 96.0 | 19.9 | 39.2 | 18.2 | 15.0 | 110.4 | 29.1 | 23.0 | 34.3 | 2.9 | 31.2 | 3.0
Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 415.1 | 23.6 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 101.7 | 76.5 | 12.1 | 103.5 | 25.1 | 33.2 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 111.5 | 27.9 | 24.5 | 45.4 | 2.1 | 67.3 | 3.5
Construction laborers.........| 394.0 | 29.5 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 123.6 | 64.9 | 20.7 | 86.7 | 10.6 | 39.6 | 21.8 | 8.2 | 107.9 | 34.1 | 24.3 | 29.0 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 4.2
Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
delivery services............| 369.5 | 15.6 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 141.6 | 82.4 | 30.4 | 50.8 | 18.5 | 13.9 | 6.1 | 10.8 | 108.4 | 34.6 | 32.5 | 19.1 | 2.0 | 44.1 | 1.1
Roofers.......................| 363.2 | 26.7 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 104.5 | 67.3 | 11.0 | 106.0 | 34.7 | 21.3 | 23.7 | 20.3 | 81.6 | 32.1 | 22.2 | 14.3 | 3.4 | 37.3 | 1.6
Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and paramedics...............| 349.9 | 8.1 | - | 17.7 | 170.6 | 121.7 | 22.3 | 34.8 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 10.1 | 75.5 | 29.9 | 19.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 35.2 | 4.1
Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tractor-trailer..............| 348.5 | 18.1 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 135.5 | 78.3 | 33.2 | 49.5 | 16.3 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 11.2 | 88.5 | 30.9 | 23.8 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 46.2 | 1.8
Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and brazers..................| 335.8 | 77.1 | 63.4 | 2.6 | 85.4 | 52.7 | 13.1 | 93.5 | 13.1 | 46.3 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 61.3 | 21.2 | 7.4 | 20.6 | 3.0 | 11.9 | 1.0
Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
installers...................| 313.4 | 28.4 | 21.7 | 15.5 | 70.9 | 48.3 | 13.1 | 76.6 | 11.4 | 22.8 | 32.3 | 4.3 | 77.0 | 33.2 | 15.2 | 12.5 | 4.6 | 37.7 | 2.6
Reservation and transportation| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ticket agents and travel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
clerks.......................| 304.3 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 117.3 | 75.2 | 24.4 | 60.5 | 20.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 19.5 | 96.2 | 29.2 | 32.4 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 11.2 | -
Mobile heavy equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mechanics, except engines....| 293.1 | 25.9 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 100.1 | 64.0 | 18.8 | 47.9 | 12.3 | 19.2 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 99.9 | 29.2 | 24.9 | 17.8 | - | 15.2 | -
Carpenters....................| 286.2 | 24.1 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 81.7 | 46.7 | 13.6 | 89.2 | 15.9 | 41.4 | 20.3 | 9.2 | 63.6 | 20.7 | 13.0 | 18.7 | 1.3 | 22.7 | 1.1
Butchers and meat cutters.....| 277.5 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 46.3 | 16.9 | 152.2 | 4.0 | 113.5 | 21.2 | 10.4 | 27.2 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 12.0 | - | 2.8 | 2.8
Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 273.0 | 16.5 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 99.2 | 63.8 | 20.0 | 52.0 | 9.6 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 66.4 | 26.3 | 17.2 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 32.6 | 1.8
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 269.3 | 22.0 | 1.8 | 8.2 | 99.0 | 59.2 | 27.3 | 25.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 38.1 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 70.5 | 2.8
Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaners.....................| 262.2 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 102.0 | 61.1 | 19.6 | 61.2 | 15.1 | 21.6 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 52.8 | 19.3 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 23.6 | 1.2
Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cafeteria....................| 261.3 | 10.6 | 4.9 | .9 | 70.6 | 46.3 | 7.5 | 97.9 | 19.9 | 45.0 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 50.1 | 19.5 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 1.5 | 28.9 | -
Bus and truck mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
diesel engine specialists....| 257.3 | 33.8 | 18.1 | 2.9 | 79.1 | 45.0 | 21.2 | 55.6 | 7.4 | 28.1 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 59.2 | 31.3 | 9.0 | 7.5 | - | 10.3 | 15.7
Industrial machinery mechanics| 255.6 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 90.5 | 54.9 | 18.2 | 75.9 | 12.5 | 38.3 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 47.4 | 21.4 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 18.4 | .7
Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and mechanics................| 252.5 | 33.1 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 68.3 | 41.5 | 11.3 | 88.5 | 28.3 | 31.0 | 15.4 | 9.8 | 40.7 | 22.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 16.8 | 1.4
Driver/sales workers..........| 243.2 | 11.7 | .7 | 9.9 | 98.2 | 59.9 | 19.8 | 30.3 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 62.8 | 29.1 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 2.2 | 27.6 | .5
______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N =number of injuries and illnesses
EH =total hours worked by all employees
during the calendar year
20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers
(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.
4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Part of body codes: Head, Total = 00-09; Eyes = 032; Neck = 10-19; Trunk, Total = 20-29; Back = 23; Shoulder = 21; Upper extremities, Total = 30-39; Arm = 31; Finger = 34; Hand, except finger = 33; Wrist
= 32; Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; Ankle = 42; Foot, toe = 43, 44; Body systems = 5; Multiple body parts = 8; All other body parts = remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury
and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.
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
