Table 15. Incidence rates for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation and selected nature of injury or illness, private industry, state government, and local government, 2010
TABLE 15. 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 nature of injury or illness, private industry, state government, and local government, 2010
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| Total | | | Cuts, lacerations, punctures | | | | | | | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders | Back pain and |
Occupation(3) |incidence rate| | |____________________________________________| | | | | | |____________________________________________| pain, except back |
| | Sprains, | | | | | Bruises, | Heat | Chemical | | Carpal | | | | |_____________________________| All
| | strains, | Fractures | | | | contusions | burns | burns | Amputations | tunnel | Tendonitis | | With | With sprains | | | other
| | tears | | Total | Cuts, | Punctures | | | | | syndrome | | Total | fractures, | and | | Back pain, | natures(5)
| | | | | lacerations | | | | | | | | | burns, and | bruises | Total |hurt back only|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |other injuries| | | |
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Total private, state and local government sectors [1,191,100 cases]........| 117.9 | 46.9 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 20.4
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Bus drivers, transit and intercity.........................................| 614.6 | 302.3 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 11.8 | - | 69.9 | - | - | - | 1.4 | 2.8 | 13.9 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 96.1 | 44.0 | 104.8
Police and sheriff's patrol officers.......................................| 504.3 | 183.6 | 26.8 | 30.7 | 25.3 | 5.4 | 41.0 | .8 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 33.3 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 71.5 | 14.5 | 115.0
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants...................................| 489.4 | 277.4 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 45.3 | 1.0 | .6 | - | .5 | 1.0 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 10.3 | 72.4 | 29.4 | 53.2
Refuse and recyclable material collectors..................................| 485.1 | 136.7 | 27.0 | 185.9 | 180.8 | 5.1 | 24.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.4 | - | 1.5 | 35.2 | 14.1 | 65.0
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.....................| 430.4 | 177.8 | 27.0 | 38.6 | 33.2 | 5.4 | 46.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 46.6 | 15.3 | 72.0
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...............................| 416.0 | 249.6 | 13.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | - | 9.8 | 2.1 | - | - | - | 1.1 | 7.9 | - | 2.1 | 68.7 | 25.0 | 59.1
Food servers, nonrestaurant................................................| 404.2 | 118.0 | 58.3 | 60.2 | 59.5 | - | 37.7 | 24.5 | 2.5 | - | - | - | 15.8 | - | 6.6 | 46.3 | 12.4 | 39.1
Fire fighters..............................................................| 400.9 | 219.4 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 1.6 | 10.9 | 8.4 | - | - | - | 1.5 | 20.8 | .9 | 11.4 | 41.7 | 20.6 | 69.6
Truck drivers, light or delivery services..................................| 384.2 | 177.1 | 21.7 | 17.5 | 17.1 | .4 | 27.6 | .9 | 1.7 | .3 | .8 | .2 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 57.6 | 24.6 | 58.3
Highway maintenance workers................................................| 383.9 | 190.6 | 17.5 | 14.0 | 13.4 | - | 29.3 | 5.7 | - | - | 3.8 | - | 21.2 | 3.9 | 12.4 | 46.4 | 13.9 | 54.5
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Correctional officers and jailers..........................................| 383.5 | 148.4 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 47.6 | 2.0 | .9 | .9 | .7 | - | 21.9 | .7 | 12.0 | 56.1 | 6.6 | 84.6
Maids and housekeeping cleaners............................................| 340.5 | 149.7 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 2.3 | 42.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | - | 2.3 | 1.0 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 12.3 | 43.1 | 12.3 | 44.8
Telecommunications line installers and repairers...........................| 319.2 | 197.4 | 18.2 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 19.7 | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 14.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 16.6 | 4.8 | 41.6
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer...................................| 318.5 | 148.8 | 32.5 | 9.8 | 9.1 | .7 | 24.4 | .4 | .8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | .8 | 17.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 30.6 | 10.7 | 50.6
Construction laborers......................................................| 316.6 | 115.8 | 29.4 | 43.0 | 32.5 | 10.5 | 20.5 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | - | 11.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 25.9 | 6.9 | 54.1
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners..............| 316.5 | 120.4 | 19.7 | 26.1 | 23.2 | 2.9 | 26.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 | .7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 11.5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 36.9 | 13.0 | 68.3
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
installers................................................................| 311.4 | 166.4 | 11.3 | 23.6 | 21.7 | 2.0 | 14.1 | - | - | - | 1.2 | 1.5 | 18.2 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 25.3 | 9.9 | 49.8
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers...................................| 304.1 | 94.8 | 22.8 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 3.0 | 16.5 | 20.6 | - | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 19.4 | 3.8 | 85.6
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists......................| 293.0 | 114.6 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 17.8 | 3.7 | 38.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3.2 | - | 6.2 | 2.8 | - | 26.2 | 5.9 | 53.8
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers......| 280.4 | 106.9 | 17.1 | 27.1 | 25.4 | 1.8 | 13.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | - | .9 | - | 20.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 26.5 | 6.2 | 61.9
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Cooks, institution and cafeteria...........................................| 264.9 | 81.0 | 13.4 | 36.4 | 35.2 | 1.2 | 23.4 | 31.0 | 1.4 | .9 | 5.5 | - | 7.5 | - | 3.9 | 27.6 | 8.1 | 36.7
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.............................| 259.3 | 124.4 | 22.4 | 15.5 | 15.0 | - | 7.7 | - | - | - | 4.3 | - | 9.0 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 4.6 | 55.0
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs................................................| 253.9 | 108.6 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | - | 13.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 11.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 81.4 | 12.8 | 28.6
Industrial machinery mechanics.............................................| 246.7 | 83.9 | 21.0 | 32.9 | 27.9 | 5.0 | 13.7 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 2.3 | - | 13.9 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 16.2 | 4.6 | 48.6
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers.....| 245.3 | 115.8 | 15.0 | 13.2 | 12.8 | - | 17.5 | - | 1.9 | - | - | 2.7 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 29.4 | 7.4 | 41.3
Automotive service technicians and mechanics...............................| 237.6 | 89.9 | 8.1 | 26.0 | 23.5 | 2.4 | 19.3 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | - | 10.2 | .9 | 2.9 | 23.7 | 7.9 | 51.3
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.....................................| 230.6 | 85.9 | 15.6 | 28.7 | 24.0 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 1.1 | .6 | 4.0 | - | .3 | 3.4 | .3 | .9 | 30.3 | 9.0 | 50.5
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters....................................| 228.5 | 109.3 | 19.1 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 2.9 | .6 | - | - | - | 11.8 | 1.8 | - | 24.3 | 11.9 | 36.7
Driver/sales workers.......................................................| 220.2 | 115.4 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 1.6 | 16.7 | - | - | - | .5 | - | 5.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 31.5 | 18.6 | 27.3
Carpenters.................................................................| 219.5 | 71.1 | 24.4 | 35.8 | 23.4 | 12.4 | 9.0 | - | 2.4 | 3.0 | .4 | - | 13.0 | 1.3 | .7 | 23.8 | 5.0 | 36.4
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Painters, construction and maintenance.....................................| 215.7 | 75.6 | 19.2 | 35.9 | 34.1 | 1.8 | 8.1 | - | 1.1 | 2.5 | 4.2 | - | 16.5 | 12.2 | 1.6 | 23.7 | 4.5 | 28.2
Food preparation workers...................................................| 214.7 | 59.3 | 6.6 | 61.9 | 60.1 | 1.8 | 21.4 | 31.3 | .4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 3.1 | .6 | 1.3 | 13.5 | 2.4 | 13.1
Maintenance and repair workers, general....................................| 213.3 | 91.7 | 13.6 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 1.7 | 12.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .2 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 36.1
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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 Nature codes: Sprains, strains, tears = 021; Fractures = 012; Cuts, lacerations, punctures = 034, 037; Cuts, lacerations = 034; Punctures = 037; Bruises, contusions = 043; Heat burns = 053; Chemical burns = 051; Amputations = 031; Carpal tunnel syndrome = 1241; Tendonitis = 1733; Multiple
traumatic injuries and illnesses, Total = 080-089; With fractures, burns, and other injuries = 083, 084; With sprains and bruises = 082; Back pain and pain, except back, Total = 0972, 0973; Back pain, hurt back only = 0972; All other natures = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 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