Technical Information: (202) 691-6170 USDL 07-1741 Media information: (202) 691-5902 For release: 10:00 A.M. EST Internet address: http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm Thursday, November 8, 2007 NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2006 Both the rate and the number of occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work decreased from 2005 to 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department Labor. The 2006 rate was 128 per 10,000 workers, a decrease of 6 percent from 2005. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in private industry, which represented a decrease of 51,180 cases (or 4 percent). Median days away from work—a key measure of the severity of the injury or illness—was 7 days in 2006, the same as the prior two years. Key findings for 2006 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work: - Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants, had 49,480 days away from work cases and a rate of 526 per 10,000 workers, which was more than four times the total for all occupations. - Three other occupations with more than 40,000 cases had rates above 400 per 10,000 workers: construction laborers (488); laborers and freight, stock, and material movers (466); and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (411). - Men had a days-away-from-work rate of 143 per 10,000 workers; the rate for women was 106 per 10,000 workers. - Four out of ten days away from work cases were sprains or strains. Approximately one in five of these were suffered by laborers and freight, stock, and material movers; heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers; and nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants. - Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) accounted for 30 percent of the injuries and illnesses with days away from work, the same percentage as in 2005. *********************************************************************************************** * New Rates by Occupation, Gender, and Age group * * With the 2006 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), BLS added selected * * injury and illness rates by occupation, by gender, and by age group for cases with days * * away from work. Occupational estimates are available at the detailed occupation level * * for the Nation and at the occupational group level for the Nation and States. In addition, * * rates are available by gender, age group, and occupation for selected case characteristics. * *********************************************************************************************** This release is the third in a series of three releases from the BLS covering occupational safety and health statistics in 2006. The first release, in August 2007, covered work-related fatalities from the 2006 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In October 2007, BLS reported that there were 4.1 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 2006, based on the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. This final release covers the circumstances of the injuries and illnesses and the characteristics of the workers involved in the 1.2 million nonfatal cases that required days away from work to recuperate. Case characteristics Case characteristics provide detailed information on the circumstances of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses that required one or more days away from work. The survey uses four case characteristics—nature, part of body, source, and event or exposure—to describe a workplace incident. A nursing aide sprains her back from overexertion in lifting a health care patient. ------- ---- ----------------------- ------------------- | | | | (nature) (part of body) (event or exposure) (source) * Sprains and strains was the leading nature of injury and illness in every major industry sector (see table 5). These injuries decreased by 6 percent for total private industry in 2006 and for both goods-producing and service-providing industries. Trade, transportation, and utilities reported 157,380 sprains and strains, 33 percent of the total. * The overall number of cases of carpal tunnel syndrome decreased by 21 percent. Workers on the job 5 years or more had a decrease of 27 percent for these kinds of illnesses. * The part of the body most affected by work incidents was the trunk (including the shoulder and back) accounting for 34 percent of all cases. Cases involving the trunk decreased by 6 percent from 2005. Injuries and illnesses to the back made up 62 percent of the days-away-from-work cases involving the trunk. * Floors, walkways, and ground surfaces were the source of injury or illness for 18 percent of all days-away-from-work cases. Worker motion or position accounted for 14 percent. * Assaults and violent acts (by person) increased by 10 percent, with those to women increasing 21 percent to 10,400 cases. Sixty percent of the assaults and violent acts (by person) occurred in health care and social assistance and mainly involved assaults by health care patients. * Injuries and illnesses due to repetitive motion decreased by 13 percent. * Falls from a ladder decreased by 17 percent. In addition to these four case characteristics, BLS collects the time of day and day of the week the injury or illness occurred and the time the employee had spent on the job before the incident. * Of the injuries and illnesses with days away from work (for which the time of the incident was reported), the eight-hour period from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. accounted for 65 percent of the cases in 2006. The 4:00 p.m. to midnight time period accounted for 20 percent of the cases. * In those cases where employers reported how long the employee had been on the job before the incident occurred, workers on the job from two to four hours incurred the highest number of injuries and illnesses (248,980 or 26 percent). Employees on the job for more than eight hours accounted for 12 percent of cases. * Eighty-seven percent of injuries and illnesses occurred on Monday through Friday. The exception to this pattern was the leisure and hospitality sector, where 27 percent of injuries and illnesses occurred during the weekend. Demographic characteristics Demographic characteristics include gender, age, race or ethnic origin, and length of service with the employer at the time of the incident (see tables 1, 2, and 8). For 2006, BLS has new incidence rate data for gender and age group (see tables 16-19). * Men accounted for 66 percent of all days-away-from-work cases, and had an incidence rate (143 per 10,000 workers) 35 percent higher than the rate of 106 for women. * Injuries and illnesses to Asian workers increased by 16 percent from 2005, while the other ethnic groups experienced declines in workplace incidents. Race or ethnicity was unreported in 32 percent of days-away-from-work cases. * The number of injuries and illnesses to Hispanic workers in the construction and extraction occupations (34,170) increased 7 percent from 2005. * Workers who were 20 to 44 years old accounted for 60 percent of injured and ill workers. Within that age range, workers age 20 to 24 had a rate of 143 per 10,000 workers, higher than the rate of 128 for all workers. * The number of days away from work rose with the age of the worker from a median of 1 day for workers 14- and 15-years old to a median of 15 days for workers 65 and older. Occupation Among major occupational groups, transportation and material moving occupations had the highest rate at 301 per 10,000 workers and 239,710 injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in 2006. Computer and mathematical occupations had the lowest rate, 11 (see table 16). The rate for all occupations was 128. Three occupations at the detail level had incidence rates over 1,000 per 10,000 workers: Athletes and sports competitors (1,720), Psychiatric aides (1,067), and Mining roof bolters (1,018). Rates this high indicate that at least one in ten workers in these three occupations experienced an injury or illness requiring days away from work in 2006. These occupations, however, did not have a high number of cases and, like some other occupations with small numbers of workers, are not listed in the tables of this news release. The five occupations that have the highest number of days away from work cases were: * Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of days-away-from-work injuries and illnesses, 85,120 in 2006; however, this represents a decrease of 8 percent from 2005. This occupation had a rate of 466 per 10,000 workers. Eighty-four percent of these injuries and illnesses were to men. Sixty-five percent of the total cases for this occupation were in the trade, transportation and utilities industry. * Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers had 66,040 cases in 2006, relatively the same as in 2005, and had a days-away-from-work rate of 411 per 10,000 workers. Ninety- five percent of these cases were to men. The source of the injury was most often vehicles, followed by floor or ground surfaces. The most frequent event was overexertion, followed by contact with objects and equipment. As in 2005, the median days away from work was 14 days, twice that for all occupations. * Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants—with more injuries and illnesses to women (91 percent) than to men—had 49,480 cases, a decrease of 5 percent from 2005. This occupation had a high incidence rate—526 per 10,000 workers. Fifty-six percent of the injuries and illnesses to these workers involved health care patients, of which 86 percent were due to overexertion. * Construction laborers had the fourth highest number of cases with 40,510 and a rate of 488 per 10,000 workers. Ninety-seven percent of these injuries and illnesses were to men. Contact with objects or equipment was the most common event in this occupation and the most frequent source of injury was parts and materials. * Retail salespersons had 33,210 cases, remaining unchanged from 2005. Floors and walkways were the most frequent source of injury. The rate of injury and illness for this occupation was 106, 17 percent below the private-sector average. As in 2005, eleven detailed occupations, including the five discussed above, each had more than 20,000 injuries and illnesses with days away from work. Together they accounted for 36 percent of all cases (see table 4). These same eleven occupations have had more than 20,000 cases in each of the last three years. Industry Workers in the goods-producing industries experienced 380,440 injuries and illnesses with days away from work and had an incidence rate of 167 per 10,000 workers in 2006. Service-providing industry workers experienced 803,060 days away from work injuries and illnesses and had a rate of 115. Natural resources and mining had a median number of days away from work of 9. In this sector, the mining industry had a median of 17 days. Hispanic workers experienced 66 percent of injuries and illnesses in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, compared to 20 percent of all days-away-from-work cases in private industry. The overall rate for this industry sector was 170 per 10,000 workers. Construction had the highest incidence rate—220 per 10,000 workers—of all industry sectors but had the fourth highest case count (153,180). The rate decreased 8 percent from 2005. Men experienced 97 percent of the injuries and illnesses. The construction industry’s rate of 84 for contact with objects and equipment was more than twice the rate for total private industry. Manufacturing had a rate of 141 per 10,000 workers and had 200,970 cases resulting from days away from work. Workers in this industry were most often injured by contact with objects and equipment (76,400). The number of cases involving repetitive motion (14,670) remained about the same in 2006 compared to 2005. Workers who had 5 or more years of service with their employer experienced a significant decline in the number injuries and illnesses from the previous year (8 percent). Workers with less than 5 years had relatively no change in the number of cases from 2005. Trade, transportation, and utilities had the greatest number of injuries and illnesses (354,510) with a rate of 160 per 10,000 workers. Women experienced 28 percent of the injuries and illnesses in this sector as a whole, but within retail trade they experienced 41 percent of the cases. The transportation and warehousing industry had a median number of days away from work of 15. The utilities industry had a median of 14 days away from work, while wholesale and retail trade industries each had medians of 7 days. Information had a rate of injuries and illnesses of 67 per 10,000 workers. Fifty-six  percent of the injuries and illnesses to workers in this industry sector occurred to those who had been with their employer for more than 5 years, compared to 31 percent for all service–providing industries. Financial activities had 33,300 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 45 per 10,000 workers in 2006. Sprains and strains was the leading nature of injury and illness with 13,210 cases. The part of body most often injured was the back with 7,180 cases. Professional and business services had no change in the overall number of cases that required days away from work or the incidence rate for those cases when compared to 2005. However, cases involving contact with objects, the leading event or exposure of injury in this industry, rose 15 percent to 25,260. The number of carpal tunnel syndrome cases in this industry (790) has decreased by two thirds since 2003 including a 50 percent decrease from 2005 to 2006. Education and health services also had no change in the overall number of cases or the incidence rate for those cases when compared to 2005. In this sector, healthcare and social assistance accounted for 94 percent of injuries and illnesses. There were nearly four times the number of injuries and illnesses to women (145,370) than to men (36,800). Leisure and hospitality had 96,910 injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in 2006, with a rate of 114 per 10,000 workers. Employers in this industry reported nearly equal numbers of injuries and illnesses to men and women. The number of assaults and violent acts (1,690) increased 48 percent from last year. Asian workers experienced an 86 percent increase in the number of injuries and illnesses in this industry. Musculoskeletal disorders The U.S. Department of Labor defines a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) as an injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, or spinal discs. MSDs do not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or similar accidents. In 2006 there were 357,160 MSD cases. MSD cases had a median of 9 days away from work, two days longer than the median for all days away from work cases. The overall rate for all MSD cases was 39 per 10,000 workers in 2006. The trade, transportation and utilities sector had 34 percent of the MSD cases followed by the education and health services sector with 20 percent, the vast majority of these in health care and social assistance (69,880). The manufacturing sector had 18 percent of the MSD cases. MSDs in manufacturing decreased by 6 percent from 2005 to 2006, while MSDs for all private industry decreased by 5 percent. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Table A. Number, incidence rate, and median days of work-related musculoskeletal disorders that | | required days away from work by selected industry sectors, 2006 | | | | Number Incidence Rate Median days | | away from work | | | | Total Musculoskeletal disorders 357,160 39 9 || | | Goods-producing industries 103,750 46 10 | | Manufacturing 64,760 46 11 | | Service-providing industries 253,410 36 8 | | Trade, transportation and utilities 119,770 54 11 | | Education and health services 72,020 55 6 | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________| Men had 62 percent of the MSD cases and an incidence rate of 41 per 10,000 workers. Women had 37 percent of the MSD cases and an incidence rate of 35 (see table B). MSDs to workers age 25 and over decreased with the exception of MSDs to workers age 55 to 64 which increased by 4 percent. MSDs to workers age 65 and over decreased by 13 percent in 2006 after an increase of 19 percent in 2005. The three occupations with the highest number of MSDs in 2006 were laborers and freight, stock, and material movers; nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers. These occupations had high rates of MSDs (see table B), with nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants reporting the highest rate—293 per 10,000 workers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Table B. Number, incidence rate, and median days of work-related musculoskeletal disorders | | that required days away from work by gender, age groups, and selected occupations, 2006 | | | | Number Incidence Rate Median days | | away from work | | | | Total Musculoskeletal disorders 357,160 39 9 | | | | Gender | | Men 222,880 41 10 | | Women 133,710 35 8 | | | | Age Group | | 14 - 15 20 -- 10 | | 16 - 19 7,620 26 5 | | 20 - 24 33,350 36 5 | | 25 - 34 80,530 38 7 | | 35 - 44 101,830 44 9 | | 45 - 54 86,130 40 13 | | 55 - 64 38,970 36 14 | | 65 and over 4,660 20 16 | | | | Occupation | | Laborers and freight, stock, and material | | movers, hand 28,860 158 9 | | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 27,590 293 5 | | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 17,400 108 14 | | Retail salesperson 11,280 36 10 | | Registered nurses 9,200 59 6 | | Truck drivers, light and delivery services 8,890 99 14 | | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and | | housekeeping cleaners 8,630 76 9 | | Stock clerks and order fillers 8,610 69 8 | | Construction laborers 8,270 100 10 | | Maintenance and repair workers, general 6,870 70 6 | _______________________________________________________________________________________________________| Injury and Illness Severity In addition to providing data on the number of injuries and illnesses that require days away from work to recuperate, the survey provides data on the length of the absences resulting from those injuries and illnesses (see tables 8-12 and 15). Median days away from work—the key survey measure of severity—designates the point at which half the cases involved more days and half involved fewer days. The median number of days away from work for all cases was 7 days in 2006, unchanged since 2004. Almost one-fourth of all days-away-from-work cases resulted in 31 or more days away from work. The median for goods-producing industries (8 days) was higher than that for service-providing industries (7 days). * Fractures resulted in the longest absences (28 days) from work among the leading natures of injury and illness. Carpal tunnel syndrome had 27 days and amputations had 22 median days away from work, both unchanged from 2005. * Repetitive motion resulted in the longest absences from work among the most frequent events or exposures with 19 days away from work, unchanged from 2005. Falls to lower level had 14 days, twice the 2006 median for all cases. Fires and explosions and transportation accidents each had a median of 10 days. The median for transportation accidents was unchanged but the median for fires and explosions decreased from the 16 days reported in 2005. * Floors, walkways, and ground surfaces were the sources that resulted in the longest absences from work, with a median of 11 days, followed closely by worker motion or position (10 days) and vehicles (9 days). * Injuries and illnesses to the shoulder resulted in the longest absences from work, with a median of 16 days, followed by the wrist and knee each with a median of 14 days. * Workers age 65 and over experienced the longest absences from work with a median of 15 days followed by workers age 55 to 64 with 12 days and workers age 45 to 54 with 10 days. * Among detailed occupations with high numbers of days-away-from-work cases, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers had the highest median days away from work with 14 days. Driver/sales workers had the second highest median with 11 days, followed closely by carpenters and light or delivery truck drivers with a median of 10 days. Background of the Survey Since the early 1970s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported annually on the number and the rate of injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work beyond the day of the incident in private industry. The 2006 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses marks the fifteenth year that BLS has also provided detailed information on the circumstances of these cases and the characteristics of the injured or ill worker. Data in this release are classified based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Manual, and 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). More information on each of these classification systems is available on the OMB Internet site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/statpolicy.html. Race and ethnicity is the only data element in the survey for which reporting is not mandatory. In 2006, 32 percent of the cases were missing race and ethnicity. For each incident that led to an injury or illness that required one or more days away from work to recuperate, the survey uses four characteristics to describe the circumstances of the case. These characteristics are classified using the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System. (See the Manual on the BLS Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshoiics.htm.) These four characteristics are: * nature – the physical characteristics of the disabling injury or illness, such as cuts/lacerations, fractures, or sprains/strains; * part of body affected – the part of body directly linked to the nature of injury or illness cited, such as back, finger, or eye; * event or exposure – the manner in which the injury or illness was produced or inflicted, such as falls, overexertion, or repetitive motion; and * source – the object, substance, exposure, or bodily motion that directly produced or inflicted the disabling condition, such as chemicals, vehicles, or machinery. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) include cases where the nature of the injury or illness is sprains, strains, tears; back pain, hurt back; soreness, pain, hurt, except the back; carpal tunnel syndrome; hernia; or musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases and disorders, when the event or exposure leading to the injury or illness is bodily reaction/bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting; overexertion; or repetition. Cases of Raynaud’s phenomenon, tarsal tunnel syndrome, and herniated spinal discs are not included. Although they may be considered MSDs, the survey classifies these injuries and illnesses in categories that also include non-MSD cases. The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State program in which employer reports were collected from about 195,200 private industry establishments in 2006 and processed by State agencies cooperating with the BLS. The survey measures only nonfatal injuries and illnesses and excludes the self-employed, farms with fewer than 11 employees, private households, Federal government agencies, and, for national estimates, employees in State and local government agencies. The employers, who are selected to participate in the survey, provide data on injuries and illnesses based on logs and other records they maintain during the year. These records reflect not only the year’s injury and illness experience, but also employers’ understanding of which cases are work related under the recordkeeping rules promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Data for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for railroad activities were provided by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration, respectively. The survey estimates the characteristics of cases with days away from work based on two levels of sampling. First, BLS scientifically selects a probability sample of establishments from among those covered by the survey. Then establishments in the survey that are projected to have a large number of days–away-from-work cases are instructed on how to sample those cases to minimize the burden of their response. Because the estimates are based on a sample survey, they probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from a census of all units covered by the survey. Standard errors were calculated to determine the precision of each estimate from the survey and will be available on the BLS Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm. They are used to provide a range around the estimate in which the figure from a census is likely to be. All findings in this release have been tested and found to be statistically significant at the 95-percent confidence level. Visit http://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_rse.htm for more information about relative standard errors. Data from the survey also are subject to nonsampling error. Examples of these errors are: the inability to obtain information about all cases in the sample; mistakes or gaps in recording or coding the data; and difficulties in understanding survey definitions. Although not measured, nonsampling error always occurs when statistics are gathered. However, BLS has quality assurance procedures to reduce nonsampling error in the survey, including a rigorous training program for coders and efforts to identify and explore sources of nonsampling error and their potential magnitude. The number of hours worked used for industry and case characteristics incidence rates are collected in the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey does not collect hours worked by occupation or demographic characteristics. The hours worked data used for rates by occupation, gender, and age group (which are available for the first time with this release of 2006 data) come from two BLS programs—the Occupational Employment Statistics program and from the Current Population Survey, which is conducted for BLS by the Bureau of the Census. Because of space limitations, this release does not present all the publishable estimates and rates for days-way-from-work cases. Additional detailed data are available from BLS staff on 202-691-6170, iifstaff@bls.gov, and the BLS Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm. TABLE 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total cases...................|1,183,500 | 380,440 | 26,290 | 153,180 | 200,970 | 803,060 | 354,510 | 18,560 | 33,300 | 89,940 | 182,210 | 96,910 | 27,640 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 775,900 | 328,560 | 22,740 | 148,530 | 157,290 | 447,340 | 251,370 | 12,840 | 18,250 | 61,070 | 36,800 | 47,660 | 19,350 Female......................| 403,740 | 51,630 | 3,550 | 4,650 | 43,440 | 352,110 | 99,570 | 5,720 | 15,050 | 28,870 | 145,370 | 49,240 | 8,290 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 - 15.....................| 170 | 110 | 100 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | - 16 - 19.....................| 39,330 | 8,890 | 860 | 3,680 | 4,350 | 30,430 | 14,980 | 320 | 320 | 2,490 | 3,150 | 8,300 | 880 20 - 24.....................| 132,120 | 45,200 | 3,220 | 21,980 | 20,000 | 86,920 | 37,310 | 960 | 2,350 | 11,950 | 15,420 | 15,960 | 2,960 25 - 34.....................| 270,670 | 92,100 | 7,020 | 42,170 | 42,910 | 178,570 | 74,670 | 3,970 | 7,860 | 23,830 | 38,900 | 23,260 | 6,070 35 - 44.....................| 301,700 | 99,920 | 5,960 | 40,330 | 53,630 | 201,770 | 92,000 | 5,590 | 8,990 | 22,370 | 44,490 | 21,460 | 6,880 45 - 54.....................| 266,660 | 86,700 | 5,650 | 30,850 | 50,200 | 179,960 | 80,800 | 5,130 | 7,800 | 18,180 | 46,310 | 15,670 | 6,070 55 - 64.....................| 134,030 | 38,400 | 2,710 | 10,520 | 25,170 | 95,630 | 41,470 | 2,200 | 4,230 | 8,230 | 26,880 | 8,790 | 3,820 65 and over.................| 25,170 | 4,740 | 510 | 1,650 | 2,580 | 20,430 | 9,020 | 220 | 1,610 | 1,650 | 4,820 | 2,450 | 660 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Length of service with | | | | | | | | | | | | | employer: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 3 months..........| 157,740 | 58,670 | 5,820 | 28,990 | 23,860 | 99,070 | 44,290 | 840 | 3,120 | 14,710 | 15,740 | 17,200 | 3,170 3 - 11 months...............| 259,320 | 84,490 | 6,110 | 39,820 | 38,560 | 174,840 | 74,130 | 2,310 | 8,070 | 22,280 | 36,730 | 25,590 | 5,720 1 - 5 years.................| 394,870 | 121,790 | 8,160 | 53,860 | 59,770 | 273,090 | 112,470 | 4,660 | 11,570 | 30,310 | 69,340 | 34,200 | 10,540 More than 5 years...........| 361,250 | 113,620 | 5,990 | 30,120 | 77,500 | 247,630 | 117,570 | 10,470 | 10,490 | 21,910 | 59,780 | 19,340 | 8,070 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | | White only..................| 523,320 | 191,560 | 6,900 | 83,100 | 101,550 | 331,760 | 142,140 | 6,230 | 13,790 | 37,800 | 80,590 | 35,210 | 16,010 Black only..................| 94,370 | 23,220 | 660 | 6,770 | 15,790 | 71,150 | 22,390 | 980 | 3,700 | 7,740 | 26,340 | 8,160 | 1,840 Hispanic or Latino only.....| 158,760 | 74,820 | 9,670 | 33,930 | 31,220 | 83,940 | 28,790 | 900 | 4,770 | 16,510 | 14,400 | 15,230 | 3,350 Asian only..................| 15,350 | 3,410 | 90 | 410 | 2,920 | 11,940 | 3,700 | 260 | 340 | 1,100 | 2,700 | 3,280 | 550 Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | | | | Islander only..............| 3,820 | 840 | 30 | 410 | 400 | 2,970 | 1,370 | 40 | 50 | 230 | 690 | 430 | 170 American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | | Native only................| 5,190 | 1,930 | 110 | 820 | 990 | 3,260 | 1,320 | 50 | 90 | 480 | 700 | 520 | 110 Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | | | | | | race.......................| 680 | 190 | 30 | 60 | 100 | 490 | 120 | - | 30 | 50 | 50 | 250 | - Multi-race..................| 790 | 220 | - | 50 | 160 | 570 | 280 | - | 30 | 40 | 120 | 80 | - Not reported................| 381,230 | 84,250 | 8,780 | 27,640 | 47,840 | 296,980 | 154,400 | 10,090 | 10,500 | 26,000 | 56,630 | 33,760 | 5,600 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 65.6 | 86.4 | 86.5 | 97.0 | 78.3 | 55.7 | 70.9 | 69.2 | 54.8 | 67.9 | 20.2 | 49.2 | 70.0 Female......................| 34.1 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 21.6 | 43.8 | 28.1 | 30.8 | 45.2 | 32.1 | 79.8 | 50.8 | 30.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 - 15.....................| (6) | (6) | .4 | - | - | (6) | - | - | - | - | - | .1 | - 16 - 19.....................| 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 3.2 20 - 24.....................| 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 8.5 | 16.5 | 10.7 25 - 34.....................| 22.9 | 24.2 | 26.7 | 27.5 | 21.4 | 22.2 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 23.6 | 26.5 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 22.0 35 - 44.....................| 25.5 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 26.3 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 30.1 | 27.0 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 22.1 | 24.9 45 - 54.....................| 22.5 | 22.8 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 25.0 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 27.6 | 23.4 | 20.2 | 25.4 | 16.2 | 22.0 55 - 64.....................| 11.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 14.8 | 9.1 | 13.8 65 and over.................| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Length of service with | | | | | | | | | | | | | employer: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 3 months..........| 13.3 | 15.4 | 22.1 | 18.9 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 9.4 | 16.4 | 8.6 | 17.7 | 11.5 3 - 11 months...............| 21.9 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 26.0 | 19.2 | 21.8 | 20.9 | 12.4 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 20.2 | 26.4 | 20.7 1 - 5 years.................| 33.4 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 35.2 | 29.7 | 34.0 | 31.7 | 25.1 | 34.7 | 33.7 | 38.1 | 35.3 | 38.1 More than 5 years...........| 30.5 | 29.9 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 38.6 | 30.8 | 33.2 | 56.4 | 31.5 | 24.4 | 32.8 | 20.0 | 29.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | | | | | White only..................| 44.2 | 50.4 | 26.2 | 54.2 | 50.5 | 41.3 | 40.1 | 33.6 | 41.4 | 42.0 | 44.2 | 36.3 | 57.9 Black only..................| 8.0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 14.5 | 8.4 | 6.7 Hispanic or Latino only.....| 13.4 | 19.7 | 36.8 | 22.2 | 15.5 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 14.3 | 18.4 | 7.9 | 15.7 | 12.1 Asian only..................| 1.3 | .9 | .3 | .3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | | | | Islander only..............| .3 | .2 | .1 | .3 | .2 | .4 | .4 | .2 | .2 | .3 | .4 | .4 | .6 American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | | | | | Native only................| .4 | .5 | .4 | .5 | .5 | .4 | .4 | .3 | .3 | .5 | .4 | .5 | .4 Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | | | | | | race.......................| .1 | (6) | .1 | (6) | (6) | .1 | (6) | - | .1 | .1 | (6) | .3 | - Multi-race..................| .1 | .1 | - | (6) | .1 | .1 | .1 | - | .1 | (6) | .1 | .1 | - Not reported................| 32.2 | 22.1 | 33.4 | 18.0 | 23.8 | 37.0 | 43.6 | 54.4 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 31.1 | 34.8 | 20.3 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 TABLE 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major occupational group and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total cases...................|1,183,500 | 380,440 | 26,290 | 153,180 | 200,970 | 803,060 | 354,510 | 18,560 | 33,300 | 89,940 | 182,210 | 96,910 | 27,640 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Management occupations.......| 19,800 | 3,880 | 390 | 2,100 | 1,390 | 15,930 | 3,300 | 490 | 2,660 | 1,210 | 3,650 | 3,540 | 1,070 Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | | operations occupations......| 6,000 | 520 | 20 | 80 | 410 | 5,490 | 1,130 | 120 | 1,780 | 1,430 | 770 | 110 | 150 Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 2,790 | 360 | - | 60 | 290 | 2,430 | 260 | 590 | 350 | 880 | 250 | 80 | - Architecture and engineering | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 5,150 | 1,840 | 130 | 340 | 1,380 | 3,300 | 550 | 440 | 30 | 2,140 | 40 | 50 | 50 Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | science occupations.........| 2,940 | 770 | 140 | 20 | 600 | 2,170 | 100 | - | 30 | 1,520 | 320 | 30 | 160 Community and social services| | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 8,190 | 20 | - | 20 | - | 8,170 | - | - | 60 | 310 | 7,400 | - | 390 Legal occupations............| 970 | - | - | - | - | 960 | - | - | 250 | 550 | 130 | - | - Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | library occupations.........| 6,900 | - | - | - | - | 6,890 | 90 | 30 | 20 | 260 | 5,970 | 140 | 370 Arts, design, entertainment, | | | | | | | | | | | | | sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 6,240 | 170 | - | 40 | 130 | 6,070 | 1,220 | 1,080 | 40 | 610 | 330 | 2,670 | 120 Healthcare practitioners and | | | | | | | | | | | | | technical occupations.......| 48,020 | 140 | 50 | - | 80 | 47,880 | 980 | - | 590 | 1,780 | 44,360 | 30 | 140 Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 67,790 | 20 | - | - | 20 | 67,770 | 220 | - | 60 | 1,700 | 65,360 | 130 | 300 Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 9,520 | 360 | 70 | 90 | 200 | 9,160 | 780 | 110 | 340 | 5,280 | 1,280 | 1,190 | 180 Food preparation and serving | | | | | | | | | | | | | related occupations.........| 77,820 | 670 | 90 | 50 | 520 | 77,150 | 10,460 | 140 | 270 | 1,260 | 8,210 | 56,450 | 360 Building and grounds cleaning| | | | | | | | | | | | | and maintenance occupations | 67,270 | 4,560 | 420 | 1,100 | 3,040 | 62,710 | 3,810 | 380 | 5,600 | 23,290 | 13,950 | 13,610 | 2,060 Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 22,750 | 120 | 100 | - | - | 22,640 | 7,040 | 150 | 250 | 1,100 | 8,350 | 3,200 | 2,540 Sales and related occupations| 76,210 | 1,850 | 30 | 600 | 1,220 | 74,360 | 63,840 | 970 | 2,010 | 2,830 | 570 | 3,140 | 990 Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | | support occupations.........| 83,320 | 8,710 | 300 | 1,100 | 7,310 | 74,610 | 38,120 | 3,670 | 8,160 | 9,510 | 11,560 | 1,940 | 1,660 Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | forestry occupations........| 14,330 | 12,990 | 12,340 | 30 | 620 | 1,340 | 800 | - | - | 270 | 20 | 240 | - Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 149,910 | 137,150 | 5,160 | 124,470 | 7,510 | 12,770 | 6,160 | 150 | 830 | 3,640 | 850 | 700 | 430 Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair occupations......| 94,890 | 26,730 | 1,530 | 11,570 | 13,620 | 68,160 | 36,260 | 6,480 | 4,780 | 6,620 | 3,200 | 2,580 | 8,230 Production occupations.......| 171,030 | 134,450 | 1,950 | 5,820 | 126,670 | 36,590 | 19,430 | 1,820 | 510 | 6,420 | 1,750 | 2,740 | 3,930 Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | moving occupations..........| 239,710 | 44,630 | 3,530 | 5,550 | 35,550 | 195,080 | 159,390 | 1,890 | 4,490 | 17,070 | 3,600 | 4,290 | 4,350 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker occupation and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total cases...................|1,183,500 | 380,440 | 26,290 | 153,180 | 200,970 | 803,060 | 354,510 | 18,560 | 33,300 | 89,940 | 182,210 | 96,910 | 27,640 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | material movers, hand........| 85,120 | 18,080 | 290 | 130 | 17,660 | 67,040 | 55,370 | 690 | 1,110 | 6,620 | 800 | 1,140 | 1,310 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 66,040 | 11,020 | 1,230 | 3,790 | 6,000 | 55,030 | 48,010 | 220 | 550 | 5,290 | 160 | 160 | 630 Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 49,480 | - | - | - | - | 49,480 | - | - | 20 | 260 | 49,030 | - | 160 Construction laborers.........| 40,510 | 37,390 | 180 | 36,080 | 1,140 | 3,110 | 1,590 | 40 | 80 | 1,300 | 20 | 30 | 60 Retail salespersons...........| 33,210 | 470 | - | 60 | 400 | 32,740 | 31,280 | 60 | 70 | 280 | 150 | 800 | 90 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 28,260 | 3,240 | 120 | 590 | 2,530 | 25,020 | 2,760 | 300 | 2,810 | 9,710 | 5,090 | 3,450 | 900 Carpenters....................| 28,000 | 25,630 | 20 | 23,680 | 1,930 | 2,370 | 1,090 | 20 | 110 | 640 | 250 | 200 | 60 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 26,760 | 1,870 | 230 | 310 | 1,330 | 24,890 | 20,490 | 160 | 1,300 | 1,110 | 690 | 730 | 420 Maintenance and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | | workers, general.............| 21,600 | 5,730 | 250 | 890 | 4,590 | 15,870 | 5,870 | 410 | 2,520 | 2,100 | 2,340 | 1,370 | 1,270 Stock clerks and order fillers| 20,870 | 1,580 | - | 100 | 1,460 | 19,290 | 17,890 | 50 | 20 | 430 | 510 | 270 | 120 Registered nurses.............| 20,500 | - | - | - | - | 20,480 | - | - | 180 | 540 | 19,740 | - | - Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 17,440 | 190 | - | 80 | 100 | 17,250 | 190 | - | 1,290 | 1,500 | 7,020 | 7,120 | 120 First line | | | | | | | | | | | | | supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | | | | | | retail sales workers.........| 15,070 | 170 | - | 140 | 30 | 14,890 | 13,920 | 30 | 180 | 240 | 110 | 330 | 80 Cashiers......................| 13,460 | 30 | - | - | 30 | 13,430 | 11,250 | 30 | 30 | 200 | 100 | 1,590 | 250 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 12,890 | 11,110 | 190 | 1,800 | 9,120 | 1,780 | 850 | - | 80 | 260 | - | - | 580 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 12,770 | 450 | - | 130 | 320 | 12,310 | 8,980 | - | 250 | 200 | 50 | 90 | 2,740 Combined food preparation and | | | | | | | | | | | | | serving workers, including | | | | | | | | | | | | | fast food....................| 12,750 | 30 | - | - | 20 | 12,720 | 6,080 | - | 20 | - | 290 | 6,300 | - Landscaping and groundskeeping| | | | | | | | | | | | | workers......................| 12,450 | 540 | 150 | 260 | 120 | 11,920 | 500 | 20 | 830 | 6,580 | 950 | 2,100 | 940 Electricians..................| 12,030 | 11,210 | 160 | 10,030 | 1,030 | 820 | 320 | 30 | 20 | 120 | 180 | 100 | 50 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 11,400 | 9,850 | 30 | 9,250 | 570 | 1,560 | 780 | - | 390 | 160 | 180 | 40 | - Cooks, restaurant.............| 11,290 | - | - | - | - | 11,290 | 130 | - | - | - | - | 11,050 | 100 Customer service | | | | | | | | | | | | | representatives..............| 10,300 | 430 | - | 90 | 320 | 9,880 | 4,830 | 1,290 | 1,890 | 1,310 | 230 | 110 | 210 Food preparation workers......| 9,950 | 330 | - | - | 310 | 9,620 | 2,360 | - | 80 | 100 | 800 | 6,250 | 30 Driver/sales workers..........| 9,640 | 1,390 | - | - | 1,370 | 8,260 | 5,830 | 490 | 20 | 70 | 60 | 1,260 | 540 Waiters and waitresses........| 9,520 | - | - | - | - | 9,520 | 90 | - | 20 | 110 | 100 | 9,190 | - First line | | | | | | | | | | | | | supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | | | | | | construction trades and | | | | | | | | | | | | | extraction workers...........| 8,910 | 8,110 | 320 | 7,580 | 210 | 800 | 240 | 20 | 60 | 330 | 20 | 130 | - ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 5. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total cases...................|1,183,500 | 380,440 | 26,290 | 153,180 | 200,970 | 803,060 | 354,510 | 18,560 | 33,300 | 89,940 | 182,210 | 96,910 | 27,640 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sprains, strains............| 472,740 | 128,920 | 8,220 | 52,880 | 67,810 | 343,820 | 157,380 | 7,850 | 13,210 | 32,910 | 89,950 | 31,850 | 10,670 Bruises, contusions.........| 101,260 | 29,240 | 2,970 | 9,460 | 16,810 | 72,020 | 33,840 | 1,570 | 3,140 | 7,540 | 15,710 | 8,370 | 1,840 Cuts, lacerations...........| 99,460 | 41,440 | 2,080 | 18,540 | 20,810 | 58,020 | 25,520 | 770 | 1,530 | 7,840 | 4,820 | 15,090 | 2,440 Fractures...................| 94,110 | 37,840 | 3,410 | 17,670 | 16,760 | 56,270 | 26,790 | 1,610 | 2,260 | 6,350 | 10,590 | 6,540 | 2,130 Heat burns..................| 17,440 | 5,370 | 440 | 1,490 | 3,440 | 12,070 | 2,360 | 50 | 210 | 690 | 2,130 | 6,130 | 490 Carpal tunnel syndrome......| 13,010 | 6,000 | 60 | 890 | 5,050 | 7,000 | 2,760 | 420 | 830 | 790 | 1,210 | 650 | 350 Tendonitis..................| 4,750 | 1,980 | 80 | 220 | 1,680 | 2,770 | 1,050 | 100 | 90 | 440 | 680 | 270 | 150 Chemical burns..............| 7,490 | 3,060 | 150 | 1,070 | 1,840 | 4,430 | 1,920 | 20 | 90 | 690 | 780 | 860 | 70 Amputations.................| 7,990 | 5,330 | 310 | 1,220 | 3,800 | 2,660 | 1,260 | 40 | 310 | 440 | 90 | 450 | 70 Multiple traumatic injuries | 45,890 | 13,930 | 1,110 | 5,690 | 7,130 | 31,960 | 13,310 | 810 | 2,150 | 3,820 | 7,860 | 3,010 | 1,020 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Part of body affected by the | | | | | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Head........................| 82,420 | 30,700 | 2,660 | 12,510 | 15,530 | 51,720 | 23,160 | 1,090 | 2,370 | 6,880 | 9,940 | 6,420 | 1,860 Eye........................| 35,970 | 17,760 | 1,160 | 7,050 | 9,550 | 18,220 | 8,110 | 320 | 740 | 2,860 | 3,410 | 1,940 | 850 Neck........................| 17,840 | 4,740 | 430 | 2,220 | 2,090 | 13,100 | 6,060 | 400 | 620 | 1,050 | 3,560 | 1,160 | 250 Trunk.......................| 401,900 | 115,410 | 8,140 | 44,600 | 62,670 | 286,490 | 131,390 | 5,790 | 10,930 | 26,940 | 74,870 | 27,110 | 9,460 Shoulder...................| 75,810 | 22,390 | 1,240 | 7,630 | 13,520 | 53,420 | 26,970 | 1,200 | 1,640 | 4,370 | 12,300 | 4,770 | 2,170 Back.......................| 250,870 | 67,730 | 4,730 | 28,020 | 34,980 | 183,140 | 80,460 | 3,670 | 7,180 | 16,550 | 52,730 | 17,260 | 5,290 Upper extremities...........| 274,180 | 110,480 | 5,920 | 38,370 | 66,180 | 163,700 | 69,510 | 3,700 | 5,110 | 18,440 | 28,750 | 31,250 | 6,950 Wrist......................| 48,810 | 17,140 | 810 | 4,900 | 11,420 | 31,680 | 13,640 | 930 | 1,560 | 3,010 | 7,230 | 4,150 | 1,160 Hand, except finger........| 49,480 | 19,830 | 1,210 | 7,950 | 10,670 | 29,650 | 12,230 | 560 | 640 | 3,350 | 4,560 | 7,300 | 1,020 Finger.....................| 106,050 | 49,280 | 2,470 | 16,390 | 30,430 | 56,770 | 24,350 | 1,000 | 1,580 | 6,980 | 7,620 | 12,710 | 2,520 Lower extremities...........| 262,180 | 83,550 | 6,040 | 40,150 | 37,360 | 178,630 | 83,920 | 4,400 | 8,630 | 21,980 | 34,650 | 19,490 | 5,550 Knee.......................| 95,520 | 29,860 | 2,080 | 14,550 | 13,230 | 65,650 | 30,060 | 1,830 | 2,680 | 7,420 | 14,650 | 7,010 | 2,010 Foot, except toe...........| 43,840 | 13,900 | 930 | 6,100 | 6,870 | 29,940 | 16,200 | 500 | 1,990 | 3,420 | 4,050 | 2,800 | 980 Toe........................| 13,610 | 4,680 | 250 | 1,870 | 2,560 | 8,930 | 5,110 | 260 | 350 | 960 | 1,520 | 510 | 220 Body systems................| 18,220 | 4,590 | 480 | 1,690 | 2,420 | 13,630 | 3,910 | 400 | 1,070 | 1,970 | 4,180 | 1,640 | 460 Multiple parts..............| 115,930 | 27,880 | 2,270 | 12,440 | 13,170 | 88,040 | 33,100 | 2,610 | 4,390 | 11,480 | 24,650 | 9,130 | 2,680 Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chemicals and chemical | | | | | | | | | | | | | products...................| 19,480 | 6,830 | 710 | 1,730 | 4,380 | 12,650 | 4,530 | 140 | 820 | 1,920 | 3,250 | 1,690 | 290 Containers..................| 147,320 | 32,250 | 1,460 | 7,490 | 23,300 | 115,070 | 73,160 | 1,540 | 3,010 | 10,090 | 10,620 | 14,200 | 2,440 Furniture and fixtures......| 45,330 | 8,450 | 230 | 2,380 | 5,830 | 36,890 | 14,280 | 610 | 2,610 | 3,390 | 8,840 | 6,090 | 1,070 Machinery...................| 77,500 | 39,270 | 2,260 | 10,950 | 26,070 | 38,240 | 17,670 | 1,020 | 1,820 | 5,230 | 4,010 | 6,540 | 1,940 Parts and materials.........| 124,640 | 74,160 | 2,790 | 34,870 | 36,490 | 50,480 | 33,270 | 1,060 | 1,700 | 6,420 | 1,920 | 2,660 | 3,460 Worker motion or position...| 163,430 | 55,990 | 2,430 | 19,740 | 33,820 | 107,440 | 48,230 | 4,100 | 5,570 | 11,890 | 22,220 | 11,440 | 3,990 Floors, walkways, ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | surfaces...................| 214,580 | 56,770 | 5,010 | 28,010 | 23,760 | 157,800 | 59,230 | 4,690 | 8,580 | 17,050 | 39,420 | 24,110 | 4,730 Tools, instruments, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 82,240 | 34,620 | 2,000 | 18,340 | 14,280 | 47,620 | 18,020 | 1,180 | 1,820 | 5,920 | 8,590 | 9,490 | 2,600 Vehicles....................| 101,320 | 21,360 | 2,490 | 8,380 | 10,490 | 79,970 | 48,700 | 1,860 | 3,160 | 9,550 | 9,640 | 4,370 | 2,680 Health care patient.........| 52,660 | - | - | - | - | 52,650 | 130 | - | 140 | 690 | 51,480 | - | 190 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Event or exposure leading to | | | | | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects and | | | | | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 335,460 | 144,690 | 9,850 | 58,440 | 76,400 | 190,770 | 93,470 | 3,410 | 7,680 | 25,260 | 24,130 | 28,820 | 8,000 Struck by object...........| 164,670 | 67,590 | 4,830 | 30,210 | 32,550 | 97,080 | 47,990 | 1,410 | 3,610 | 11,650 | 12,530 | 15,210 | 4,680 Struck against object......| 85,710 | 31,690 | 2,100 | 14,520 | 15,070 | 54,030 | 24,370 | 1,120 | 2,590 | 7,750 | 7,630 | 8,960 | 1,600 Caught in equipment or | | | | | | | | | | | | | object....................| 58,760 | 32,580 | 2,250 | 8,020 | 22,310 | 26,180 | 14,340 | 700 | 760 | 3,700 | 2,570 | 3,190 | 900 Fall to lower level.........| 74,280 | 28,070 | 2,010 | 18,230 | 7,820 | 46,220 | 22,610 | 1,760 | 2,700 | 7,320 | 6,410 | 4,240 | 1,170 Fall on same level..........| 151,750 | 33,090 | 3,060 | 12,230 | 17,810 | 118,660 | 41,300 | 3,190 | 5,670 | 10,660 | 33,450 | 20,750 | 3,650 Slip, trip, loss of | | | | | | | | | | | | | balancewithout fall.......| 35,440 | 9,620 | 670 | 4,220 | 4,720 | 25,830 | 10,050 | 700 | 1,190 | 2,980 | 5,730 | 4,460 | 710 Overexertion................| 284,910 | 74,950 | 3,870 | 26,680 | 44,390 | 209,960 | 99,950 | 3,070 | 5,750 | 16,130 | 63,380 | 14,930 | 6,750 Overexertion in lifting....| 150,990 | 40,510 | 1,670 | 15,480 | 23,350 | 110,480 | 56,710 | 1,470 | 3,070 | 8,440 | 28,720 | 8,850 | 3,230 Repetitive motion...........| 38,310 | 17,650 | 330 | 2,640 | 14,670 | 20,660 | 8,910 | 1,150 | 1,620 | 2,560 | 3,860 | 1,780 | 770 Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | | | | substances.................| 56,510 | 17,210 | 1,410 | 5,130 | 10,670 | 39,300 | 10,290 | 770 | 1,690 | 5,660 | 10,110 | 9,650 | 1,120 Transportation accidents....| 56,170 | 11,900 | 1,450 | 6,350 | 4,100 | 44,270 | 24,000 | 1,370 | 2,230 | 6,510 | 6,260 | 2,520 | 1,380 Fires and explosions........| 2,270 | 1,120 | 110 | 540 | 460 | 1,160 | 500 | - | 20 | 320 | 120 | 170 | - Assaults and violent acts by| | | | | | | | | | | | | person.....................| 15,970 | 460 | 100 | 150 | 220 | 15,510 | 1,660 | 100 | 850 | 860 | 10,400 | 1,310 | 330 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sprains, strains............| 39.9 | 33.9 | 31.3 | 34.5 | 33.7 | 42.8 | 44.4 | 42.3 | 39.7 | 36.6 | 49.4 | 32.9 | 38.6 Bruises, contusions.........| 8.6 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 6.7 Cuts, lacerations...........| 8.4 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 15.6 | 8.8 Fractures...................| 8.0 | 9.9 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.7 Heat burns..................| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | .7 | .3 | .6 | .8 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 1.8 Carpal tunnel syndrome......| 1.1 | 1.6 | .2 | .6 | 2.5 | .9 | .8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | .9 | .7 | .7 | 1.3 Tendonitis..................| .4 | .5 | .3 | .1 | .8 | .3 | .3 | .5 | .3 | .5 | .4 | .3 | .5 Chemical burns..............| .6 | .8 | .6 | .7 | .9 | .6 | .5 | .1 | .3 | .8 | .4 | .9 | .3 Amputations.................| .7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | .8 | 1.9 | .3 | .4 | .2 | .9 | .5 | (5) | .5 | .3 Multiple traumatic injuries | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Part of body affected by the | | | | | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Head........................| 7.0 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 Eye........................| 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 Neck........................| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .9 Trunk.......................| 34.0 | 30.3 | 31.0 | 29.1 | 31.2 | 35.7 | 37.1 | 31.2 | 32.8 | 30.0 | 41.1 | 28.0 | 34.2 Shoulder...................| 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 7.9 Back.......................| 21.2 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 17.4 | 22.8 | 22.7 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 18.4 | 28.9 | 17.8 | 19.1 Upper extremities...........| 23.2 | 29.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 32.9 | 20.4 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 15.3 | 20.5 | 15.8 | 32.2 | 25.1 Wrist......................| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 Hand, except finger........| 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 3.7 Finger.....................| 9.0 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 15.1 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 13.1 | 9.1 Lower extremities...........| 22.2 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 26.2 | 18.6 | 22.2 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 25.9 | 24.4 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 20.1 Knee.......................| 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 Foot, except toe...........| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 Toe........................| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .8 | .5 | .8 Body systems................| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 Multiple parts..............| 9.8 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 9.7 Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chemicals and chemical | | | | | | | | | | | | | products...................| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 Containers..................| 12.4 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 20.6 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 14.7 | 8.8 Furniture and fixtures......| 3.8 | 2.2 | .9 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 3.9 Machinery...................| 6.5 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 7.0 Parts and materials.........| 10.5 | 19.5 | 10.6 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 6.3 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 12.5 Worker motion or position...| 13.8 | 14.7 | 9.2 | 12.9 | 16.8 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 22.1 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 14.4 Floors, walkways, ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | surfaces...................| 18.1 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 11.8 | 19.6 | 16.7 | 25.3 | 25.8 | 19.0 | 21.6 | 24.9 | 17.1 Tools, instruments, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 6.9 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 9.8 | 9.4 Vehicles....................| 8.6 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 10.0 | 13.7 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 9.7 Health care patient.........| 4.4 | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | (5) | - | .4 | .8 | 28.3 | - | .7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Event or exposure leading to | | | | | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects and | | | | | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 28.3 | 38.0 | 37.5 | 38.2 | 38.0 | 23.8 | 26.4 | 18.4 | 23.1 | 28.1 | 13.2 | 29.7 | 28.9 Struck by object...........| 13.9 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 13.0 | 6.9 | 15.7 | 16.9 Struck against object......| 7.2 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 5.8 Caught in equipment or | | | | | | | | | | | | | object....................| 5.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 Fall to lower level.........| 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 Fall on same level..........| 12.8 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 14.8 | 11.6 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 13.2 Slip, trip, loss of | | | | | | | | | | | | | balancewithout fall.......| 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.6 Overexertion................| 24.1 | 19.7 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 22.1 | 26.1 | 28.2 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 34.8 | 15.4 | 24.4 Overexertion in lifting....| 12.8 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 16.0 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 15.8 | 9.1 | 11.7 Repetitive motion...........| 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.8 Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | | | | substances.................| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 10.0 | 4.1 Transportation accidents....| 4.7 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 5.0 Fires and explosions........| .2 | .3 | .4 | .4 | .2 | .1 | .1 | - | .1 | .4 | .1 | .2 | - Assaults and violent acts by| | | | | | | | | | | | | person.....................| 1.3 | .1 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 1.9 | .5 | .5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 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 TABLE 7. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers for selected characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | industry | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | | | (3)(4)(5) | 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(3)(-| | | providing |utilities(-| | | business | services |hospitality| | | | 4) | | | | 5) | | | services | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 167.2 | 170.2 | 219.5 | 141.2 | 115.0 | 160.2 | 67.4 | 45.0 | 69.4 | 139.1 | 114.3 | 91.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sprains, strains............| 51.1 | 56.7 | 53.2 | 75.8 | 47.7 | 49.2 | 71.1 | 28.5 | 17.9 | 25.4 | 68.7 | 37.6 | 35.2 Bruises, contusions.........| 10.9 | 12.9 | 19.2 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 6.1 Cuts, lacerations...........| 10.7 | 18.2 | 13.5 | 26.6 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 17.8 | 8.1 Fractures...................| 10.2 | 16.6 | 22.1 | 25.3 | 11.8 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.0 Heat burns..................| 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .2 | .3 | .5 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 1.6 Carpal tunnel syndrome......| 1.4 | 2.6 | .4 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | .6 | .9 | .8 | 1.2 Tendonitis..................| .5 | .9 | .5 | .3 | 1.2 | .4 | .5 | .4 | .1 | .3 | .5 | .3 | .5 Chemical burns..............| .8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | .6 | .9 | .1 | .1 | .5 | .6 | 1.0 | .2 Amputations.................| .9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .4 | .6 | .2 | .4 | .3 | .1 | .5 | .2 Multiple traumatic injuries | 5.0 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Part of body affected by the | | | | | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Head........................| 8.9 | 13.5 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 10.9 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.1 Eye........................| 3.9 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 Neck........................| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | .8 | .8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | .8 Trunk.......................| 43.4 | 50.7 | 52.7 | 63.9 | 44.0 | 41.0 | 59.4 | 21.0 | 14.8 | 20.8 | 57.2 | 32.0 | 31.2 Shoulder...................| 8.2 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 7.1 Back.......................| 27.1 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 40.2 | 24.6 | 26.2 | 36.4 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 12.8 | 40.3 | 20.4 | 17.4 Upper extremities...........| 29.6 | 48.6 | 38.4 | 55.0 | 46.5 | 23.4 | 31.4 | 13.4 | 6.9 | 14.2 | 21.9 | 36.9 | 22.9 Wrist......................| 5.3 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 Hand, except finger........| 5.3 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 2.0 | .9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 3.4 Finger.....................| 11.5 | 21.7 | 16.0 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 15.0 | 8.3 Lower extremities...........| 28.3 | 36.7 | 39.1 | 57.5 | 26.3 | 25.6 | 37.9 | 16.0 | 11.7 | 17.0 | 26.5 | 23.0 | 18.3 Knee.......................| 10.3 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 20.9 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 6.6 Foot, except toe...........| 4.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 Toe........................| 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | .9 | .5 | .7 | 1.2 | .6 | .7 Body systems................| 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 Multiple parts..............| 12.5 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chemicals and chemical | | | | | | | | | | | | | products...................| 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | .5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 Containers..................| 15.9 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 33.1 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 16.7 | 8.1 Furniture and fixtures......| 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 3.5 Machinery...................| 8.4 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 18.3 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 6.4 Parts and materials.........| 13.5 | 32.6 | 18.1 | 50.0 | 25.6 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 11.4 Worker motion or position...| 17.6 | 24.6 | 15.7 | 28.3 | 23.8 | 15.4 | 21.8 | 14.9 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 17.0 | 13.5 | 13.2 Floors, walkways, ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | surfaces...................| 23.2 | 25.0 | 32.4 | 40.1 | 16.7 | 22.6 | 26.8 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 30.1 | 28.4 | 15.6 Tools, instruments, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 8.9 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 26.3 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 8.6 Vehicles....................| 10.9 | 9.4 | 16.1 | 12.0 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 22.0 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 8.8 Health care patient.........| 5.7 | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | .1 | - | .2 | .5 | 39.3 | - | .6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Event or exposure leading to | | | | | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects and | | | | | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 36.2 | 63.6 | 63.8 | 83.8 | 53.7 | 27.3 | 42.2 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 19.5 | 18.4 | 34.0 | 26.4 Struck by object...........| 17.8 | 29.7 | 31.3 | 43.3 | 22.9 | 13.9 | 21.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 17.9 | 15.4 Struck against object......| 9.3 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 20.8 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 5.3 Caught in equipment or | | | | | | | | | | | | | object....................| 6.3 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 15.7 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 Fall to lower level.........| 8.0 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 26.1 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 Fall on same level..........| 16.4 | 14.5 | 19.8 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 17.0 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 25.5 | 24.5 | 12.0 Slip, trip, loss of | | | | | | | | | | | | | balancewithout fall.......| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 2.3 Overexertion................| 30.8 | 32.9 | 25.1 | 38.2 | 31.2 | 30.1 | 45.2 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 12.4 | 48.4 | 17.6 | 22.3 Overexertion in lifting....| 16.3 | 17.8 | 10.8 | 22.2 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 25.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 21.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 Repetitive motion...........| 4.1 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | | | | | substances.................| 6.1 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 11.4 | 3.7 Transportation accidents....| 6.1 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.5 Fires and explosions........| .2 | .5 | .7 | .8 | .3 | .2 | .2 | - | (6) | .2 | .1 | .2 | - Assaults and violent acts by| | | | | | | | | | | | | person.....................| 1.7 | .2 | .6 | .2 | .2 | 2.2 | .8 | .4 | 1.1 | .7 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 4 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. 5 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 6 Data too small to be displayed. NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies TABLE 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — | | Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median Characteristic | 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 | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 100.0 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 18.4 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 24.9 | 7 Female......................| 100.0 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 18.9 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 23.0 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Age:(2) | | | | | | | | | 14 - 15.....................| 100.0 | 64.7 | - | 11.8 | 11.8 | - | - | - | 1 16 - 19.....................| 100.0 | 19.7 | 14.8 | 25.6 | 15.4 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 10.0 | 4 20 - 24.....................| 100.0 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 22.1 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 14.7 | 4 25 - 34.....................| 100.0 | 15.7 | 13.2 | 19.9 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 21.2 | 6 35 - 44.....................| 100.0 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 18.1 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 7 45 - 54.....................| 100.0 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 28.9 | 10 55 - 64.....................| 100.0 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 8.5 | 30.9 | 12 65 and over.................| 100.0 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 14.1 | 10.0 | 33.7 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Length of service with | | | | | | | | | employer: | | | | | | | | | Less than 3 months..........| 100.0 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 20.4 | 12.6 | 10.6 | 5.7 | 20.5 | 5 3 - 11 months...............| 100.0 | 16.0 | 13.1 | 19.3 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 21.4 | 6 1 - 5 years.................| 100.0 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 19.8 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 6.7 | 22.9 | 7 More than 5 years...........| 100.0 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 29.3 | 10 | | | | | | | | | Race or ethnic origin: | | | | | | | | | White only..................| 100.0 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 18.4 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 23.4 | 7 Black only..................| 100.0 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 18.4 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 5.8 | 24.9 | 7 Hispanic or Latino only.....| 100.0 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 20.0 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 23.9 | 7 Asian only..................| 100.0 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 18.8 | 15.8 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 22.1 | 7 Native Hawaiian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | Islander only..............| 100.0 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 27.2 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 20.4 | 5 American Indian or Alaskan | | | | | | | | | Native only................| 100.0 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 19.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 23.7 | 5 Hispanic or Latino and other| | | | | | | | | race.......................| 100.0 | 33.8 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 7.4 | 11.8 | 3 Multi-race..................| 100.0 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 21.5 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 24.1 | 8 Not reported................| 100.0 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 18.0 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 6.6 | 25.8 | 8 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases. 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 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, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 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 | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Management occupations.......| 100.0 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 29.7 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 5 Business and financial | | | | | | | | | operations occupations......| 100.0 | 17.2 | 10.3 | 18.0 | 8.8 | 15.7 | 7.0 | 22.8 | 8 Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 7.5 | 21.9 | 6 Architecture and engineering | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 22.3 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 18.3 | 4 Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | science occupations.........| 100.0 | 23.1 | 18.0 | 9.9 | 14.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 23.5 | 5 Community and social services| | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 6 Legal occupations............| 100.0 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 42.3 | 30.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 4 Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | library occupations.........| 100.0 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 20.3 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 22.5 | 5 Arts, design, entertainment, | | | | | | | | | sports, and media | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 17.3 | 7.2 | 19.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 27.9 | 8 Healthcare practitioners and | | | | | | | | | technical occupations.......| 100.0 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 17.8 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 20.4 | 6 Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 21.8 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 18.5 | 5 Protective service | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 25.0 | 9 Food preparation and serving | | | | | | | | | related occupations.........| 100.0 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 22.2 | 14.2 | 10.7 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 5 Building and grounds cleaning| | | | | | | | | and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 20.8 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 7 Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 17.2 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 7.3 | 26.7 | 10 Sales and related occupations| 100.0 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 5.7 | 23.9 | 7 Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | support occupations.........| 100.0 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 23.7 | 6 Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | forestry occupations........| 100.0 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 21.5 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 22.6 | 6 Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | occupations.................| 100.0 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 27.6 | 10 Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | and repair occupations......| 100.0 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 7.4 | 24.4 | 8 Production occupations.......| 100.0 | 16.4 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 6.9 | 24.6 | 7 Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | moving occupations..........| 100.0 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 28.9 | 10 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 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, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | 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 | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | material movers, hand........| 100.0 | 14.8 | 10.7 | 19.3 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 24.3 | 7 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 100.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 34.8 | 14 Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 100.0 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 21.5 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 4.8 | 17.7 | 5 Construction laborers.........| 100.0 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 24.6 | 7 Retail salespersons...........| 100.0 | 14.6 | 9.5 | 17.6 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 22.7 | 8 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 100.0 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 8.5 | 21.6 | 7 Carpenters....................| 100.0 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 17.2 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 28.6 | 10 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 100.0 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 18.0 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 6.1 | 29.7 | 10 Maintenance and repair | | | | | | | | | workers, general.............| 100.0 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 17.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 21.8 | 6 Stock clerks and order fillers| 100.0 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 19.2 | 13.1 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 23.3 | 7 Registered nurses.............| 100.0 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 17.6 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 20.4 | 6 Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 100.0 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 23.3 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 24.8 | 7 First line | | | | | | | | | supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | | retail sales workers.........| 100.0 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 19.4 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 24.2 | 7 Cashiers......................| 100.0 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 24.9 | 7 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 100.0 | 20.6 | 13.1 | 16.7 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 20.6 | 5 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 100.0 | 19.6 | 10.7 | 16.3 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 9.7 | 17.6 | 7 Combined food preparation and | | | | | | | | | serving workers, including | | | | | | | | | fast food....................| 100.0 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 22.1 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 4.1 | 16.5 | 5 Landscaping and groundskeeping| | | | | | | | | workers......................| 100.0 | 16.3 | 9.6 | 24.9 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 19.6 | 5 Electricians..................| 100.0 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 19.0 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 5.6 | 24.6 | 7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 100.0 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 19.0 | 17.0 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 19.4 | 8 Cooks, restaurant.............| 100.0 | 11.2 | 19.2 | 23.4 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 5 Customer service | | | | | | | | | representatives..............| 100.0 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 5.1 | 29.0 | 9 Food preparation workers......| 100.0 | 20.2 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 5.9 | 16.4 | 5 Driver/sales workers..........| 100.0 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 30.5 | 11 Waiters and waitresses........| 100.0 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 23.2 | 13.7 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 19.9 | 5 First line | | | | | | | | | supervisors/managers of | | | | | | | | | construction trades and | | | | | | | | | extraction workers...........| 100.0 | 14.0 | 8.3 | 17.1 | 11.9 | 14.8 | 7.1 | 26.8 | 10 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 TABLE 11. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — | | Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median Characteristic | 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 | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Nature of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | Sprains, strains............| 100.0 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 6.6 | 25.1 | 8 Bruises, contusions.........| 100.0 | 20.3 | 16.6 | 23.2 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 4 Cuts, lacerations...........| 100.0 | 23.5 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 14.0 | 10.8 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 4 Fractures...................| 100.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 47.2 | 28 Heat burns..................| 100.0 | 19.4 | 11.7 | 21.6 | 14.7 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 13.0 | 5 Carpal tunnel syndrome......| 100.0 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 15.7 | 11.7 | 45.2 | 27 Tendonitis..................| 100.0 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 30.3 | 14 Chemical burns..............| 100.0 | 24.4 | 21.5 | 24.6 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 3 Amputations.................| 100.0 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 17.9 | 34.9 | 22 Multiple traumatic injuries | 100.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 28.8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | Part of body affected by the | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | Head........................| 100.0 | 32.2 | 19.7 | 22.6 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 7.5 | 2 Eye........................| 100.0 | 39.9 | 23.7 | 21.2 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 2 Neck........................| 100.0 | 14.3 | 12.1 | 18.1 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 27.0 | 7 Trunk.......................| 100.0 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 19.4 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 7.1 | 25.9 | 8 Shoulder...................| 100.0 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 14.5 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 39.6 | 16 Back.......................| 100.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 21.3 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 21.9 | 7 Upper extremities...........| 100.0 | 16.3 | 12.1 | 17.2 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 7.6 | 21.4 | 7 Wrist......................| 100.0 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 8.2 | 32.7 | 14 Hand, except finger........| 100.0 | 19.9 | 15.3 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 16.4 | 5 Finger.....................| 100.0 | 18.4 | 13.7 | 19.5 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 7.4 | 15.2 | 5 Lower extremities...........| 100.0 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 17.5 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 7.4 | 28.4 | 10 Knee.......................| 100.0 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 9.0 | 33.5 | 14 Foot, except toe...........| 100.0 | 13.8 | 9.8 | 18.5 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 6.8 | 26.6 | 8 Toe........................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 5.4 | 21.6 | 6 Body systems................| 100.0 | 27.5 | 16.2 | 21.4 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 13.4 | 3 Multiple parts..............| 100.0 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 17.8 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 6.5 | 29.8 | 9 Source of injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | Chemicals and chemical | | | | | | | | | products...................| 100.0 | 28.8 | 19.0 | 24.7 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 3 Containers..................| 100.0 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 18.9 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 7.2 | 24.3 | 8 Furniture and fixtures......| 100.0 | 16.7 | 12.0 | 18.8 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 21.2 | 6 Machinery...................| 100.0 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 19.3 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 22.1 | 7 Parts and materials.........| 100.0 | 15.1 | 11.3 | 19.0 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 22.7 | 7 Worker motion or position...| 100.0 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 17.7 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 7.7 | 28.0 | 10 Floors, walkways, ground | | | | | | | | | surfaces...................| 100.0 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 16.6 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 31.6 | 11 Tools, instruments, and | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 100.0 | 20.6 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 12.8 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 17.3 | 5 Vehicles....................| 100.0 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 18.8 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 6.8 | 28.5 | 9 Health care patient.........| 100.0 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 21.4 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 5.2 | 19.2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Event or exposure leading to | | | | | | | | | injury or illness: | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects and | | | | | | | | | equipment..................| 100.0 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 19.4 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 17.8 | 5 Struck by object...........| 100.0 | 21.2 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 16.8 | 4 Struck against object......| 100.0 | 18.1 | 12.1 | 20.5 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 18.5 | 5 Caught in equipment or | | | | | | | | | object....................| 100.0 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 18.6 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.8 | 23.2 | 8 Fall to lower level.........| 100.0 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 36.5 | 14 Fall on same level..........| 100.0 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 28.8 | 9 Slip, trip, loss of | | | | | | | | | balancewithout fall.......| 100.0 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 20.7 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 5.4 | 24.1 | 7 Overexertion................| 100.0 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 7.3 | 25.9 | 9 Overexertion in lifting....| 100.0 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 19.2 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 7.6 | 24.2 | 8 Repetitive motion...........| 100.0 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 38.1 | 19 Exposure to harmful | | | | | | | | | substances.................| 100.0 | 26.7 | 15.8 | 22.6 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 3 Transportation accidents....| 100.0 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 18.4 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 6.7 | 31.1 | 10 Fires and explosions........| 100.0 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 18.9 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 29.5 | 10 Assaults and violent acts by| | | | | | | | | person.....................| 100.0 | 17.2 | 13.0 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 4.4 | 18.9 | 5 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 TABLE 12. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by major industry sector and number of days away from work, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — | | Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median Industry | 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 | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | Private industry(2) | | | | | | | | | [1,183,500 cases]............| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Goods producing: | | | | | | | | | Total goods producing........| 100.0 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 17.3 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 7.0 | 25.9 | 8 Natural resources and | | | | | | | | | mining(2)(3)...............| 100.0 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 28.9 | 9 Construction................| 100.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 17.2 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 27.1 | 9 Manufacturing...............| 100.0 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 24.7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Service providing: | | | | | | | | | Total service providing......| 100.0 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 19.2 | 13.1 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 23.5 | 7 Trade, transportation and | | | | | | | | | utilities(4)...............| 100.0 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 17.6 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 26.9 | 9 Information.................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 9.3 | 17.9 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 5.6 | 27.5 | 8 Financial activities........| 100.0 | 16.4 | 11.6 | 20.2 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 21.7 | 6 Professional and business | | | | | | | | | services...................| 100.0 | 16.4 | 11.6 | 20.2 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 22.9 | 6 Education and health | | | | | | | | | services...................| 100.0 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 19.8 | 14.1 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 19.9 | 6 Leisure and hospitality.....| 100.0 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 22.3 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 19.2 | 6 Other services..............| 100.0 | 16.7 | 11.8 | 20.2 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 21.6 | 6 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 13. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by time, hours on the job, day of week, and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | Private | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total.........................|1,183,500 | 380,440 | 26,290 | 153,180 | 200,970 | 803,060 | 354,510 | 18,560 | 33,300 | 89,940 | 182,210 | 96,910 | 27,640 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Time of event: | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M......| 37,060 | 11,010 | 920 | 540 | 9,550 | 26,050 | 13,360 | 800 | 230 | 2,310 | 7,120 | 1,990 | 250 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.......| 111,570 | 39,580 | 2,640 | 12,670 | 24,270 | 72,000 | 33,610 | 1,390 | 2,540 | 6,970 | 19,410 | 6,090 | 1,980 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon.....| 353,700 | 122,450 | 8,650 | 60,200 | 53,590 | 231,250 | 98,320 | 6,000 | 10,970 | 29,430 | 52,070 | 24,150 | 10,310 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M......| 266,850 | 88,070 | 6,470 | 41,440 | 40,160 | 178,780 | 81,190 | 4,900 | 8,310 | 21,030 | 38,120 | 18,240 | 7,000 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.......| 121,050 | 26,950 | 2,370 | 5,440 | 19,140 | 94,100 | 41,540 | 1,660 | 2,570 | 7,620 | 23,840 | 14,280 | 2,590 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 69,890 | 16,220 | 1,060 | 870 | 14,290 | 53,670 | 22,690 | 900 | 1,040 | 4,380 | 12,180 | 11,930 | 530 Not reported................| 223,380 | 76,160 | 4,170 | 32,020 | 39,980 | 147,210 | 63,810 | 2,910 | 7,640 | 18,190 | 29,480 | 20,220 | 4,980 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hours on the job before event | | | | | | | | | | | | | occurred: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Before shift began..........| 6,060 | 1,180 | 30 | 240 | 910 | 4,880 | 1,820 | 150 | 260 | 460 | 1,820 | 280 | 100 Less than 1 hour............| 94,200 | 25,800 | 1,200 | 8,860 | 15,740 | 68,400 | 27,690 | 1,290 | 3,500 | 6,420 | 18,330 | 8,570 | 2,600 1 hour to less than 2 hours | 113,980 | 32,470 | 1,620 | 12,290 | 18,550 | 81,510 | 36,640 | 1,580 | 2,930 | 9,480 | 18,810 | 9,670 | 2,400 2 hours to less than 4 hours| 248,980 | 79,210 | 4,280 | 34,570 | 40,350 | 169,770 | 75,970 | 4,520 | 6,160 | 17,920 | 38,690 | 20,390 | 6,120 4 hours to less than 6 hours| 190,880 | 58,940 | 3,530 | 23,210 | 32,200 | 131,940 | 55,710 | 3,290 | 5,040 | 14,910 | 30,280 | 18,340 | 4,380 6 hours to less than 8 hours| 170,410 | 58,980 | 3,710 | 25,090 | 30,170 | 111,440 | 48,260 | 2,760 | 4,260 | 13,330 | 25,940 | 12,610 | 4,280 8 hours to less than 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 84,610 | 31,620 | 2,220 | 13,460 | 15,940 | 52,990 | 25,140 | 1,350 | 2,630 | 6,570 | 11,030 | 4,090 | 2,180 10 hours to less than 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 22,930 | 8,340 | 870 | 2,580 | 4,890 | 14,590 | 7,480 | 420 | 390 | 1,190 | 3,950 | 780 | 380 12 hours to less than 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 8,140 | 1,710 | 150 | 470 | 1,090 | 6,430 | 2,980 | 110 | 290 | 670 | 1,860 | 360 | 160 More than 16 hours..........| 710 | 80 | 30 | - | 30 | 630 | 330 | - | - | 20 | 210 | 70 | - Not reported................| 242,590 | 82,130 | 8,640 | 32,400 | 41,090 | 160,470 | 72,490 | 3,100 | 7,840 | 18,950 | 31,300 | 21,760 | 5,030 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Day of week: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunday......................| 68,000 | 10,470 | 1,310 | 3,130 | 6,030 | 57,530 | 22,960 | 830 | 1,330 | 3,200 | 15,270 | 12,310 | 1,630 Monday......................| 214,420 | 75,270 | 5,000 | 31,240 | 39,030 | 139,150 | 61,620 | 3,240 | 6,160 | 19,230 | 30,390 | 13,440 | 5,060 Tuesday.....................| 208,540 | 74,300 | 4,290 | 31,080 | 38,930 | 134,240 | 59,820 | 3,440 | 5,190 | 16,030 | 31,490 | 13,160 | 5,110 Wednesday...................| 217,500 | 73,620 | 4,670 | 29,740 | 39,210 | 143,880 | 64,590 | 3,510 | 6,510 | 18,630 | 30,740 | 14,640 | 5,270 Thursday....................| 202,920 | 69,590 | 4,490 | 27,380 | 37,720 | 133,330 | 60,620 | 3,130 | 6,620 | 14,660 | 30,200 | 13,260 | 4,840 Friday......................| 182,780 | 58,700 | 4,160 | 24,710 | 29,840 | 124,080 | 55,120 | 3,060 | 5,230 | 13,310 | 27,270 | 15,860 | 4,220 Saturday....................| 89,340 | 18,490 | 2,370 | 5,910 | 10,210 | 70,840 | 29,780 | 1,330 | 2,260 | 4,870 | 16,850 | 14,240 | 1,510 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 14. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by time, hours on the job, day of week, and major industry sector, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Goods producing | Service providing | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | Total | | Natural | | | | Trade, | | | Profes- | Education | | | cases | 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 | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Time of event: | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M......| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.5 | .4 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | .7 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.1 | .9 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.......| 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 6.3 | 7.2 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon.....| 29.9 | 32.2 | 32.9 | 39.3 | 26.7 | 28.8 | 27.7 | 32.3 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 28.6 | 24.9 | 37.3 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M......| 22.5 | 23.1 | 24.6 | 27.1 | 20.0 | 22.3 | 22.9 | 26.4 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 20.9 | 18.8 | 25.3 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.......| 10.2 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 14.7 | 9.4 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | .6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 1.9 Not reported................| 18.9 | 20.0 | 15.9 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 22.9 | 20.2 | 16.2 | 20.9 | 18.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hours on the job before event | | | | | | | | | | | | | occurred: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Before shift began..........| .5 | .3 | .1 | .2 | .5 | .6 | .5 | .8 | .8 | .5 | 1.0 | .3 | .4 Less than 1 hour............| 8.0 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 9.4 1 hour to less than 2 hours | 9.6 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 8.7 2 hours to less than 4 hours| 21.0 | 20.8 | 16.3 | 22.6 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 24.4 | 18.5 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 22.1 4 hours to less than 6 hours| 16.1 | 15.5 | 13.4 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 17.7 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 18.9 | 15.8 6 hours to less than 8 hours| 14.4 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 15.5 8 hours to less than 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 7.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 7.9 10 hours to less than 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | .8 | 1.4 12 hours to less than 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | hours......................| .7 | .4 | .6 | .3 | .5 | .8 | .8 | .6 | .9 | .7 | 1.0 | .4 | .6 More than 16 hours..........| .1 | .0 | .1 | - | .0 | .1 | .1 | - | - | .0 | .1 | .1 | - Not reported................| 20.5 | 21.6 | 32.9 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 16.7 | 23.5 | 21.1 | 17.2 | 22.5 | 18.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Day of week: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunday......................| 5.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 5.9 Monday......................| 18.1 | 19.8 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 19.4 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 21.4 | 16.7 | 13.9 | 18.3 Tuesday.....................| 17.6 | 19.5 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 19.4 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 18.5 Wednesday...................| 18.4 | 19.4 | 17.8 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 20.7 | 16.9 | 15.1 | 19.1 Thursday....................| 17.1 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 13.7 | 17.5 Friday......................| 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 15.3 Saturday....................| 7.5 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 14.7 | 5.5 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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. 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 TABLE 15. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by time, hours on the job, day of week, and number of days away from work, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — | | Total |___________________________________________________________________________________| Median Characteristic | 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 | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 24.3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Time of event: | | | | | | | | | 12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M......| 100.0 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 16.8 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 27.0 | 8 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M.......| 100.0 | 13.4 | 10.9 | 17.2 | 14.0 | 11.6 | 6.6 | 26.4 | 8 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon.....| 100.0 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 19.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 7.0 | 23.3 | 7 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M......| 100.0 | 15.7 | 12.0 | 18.3 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 23.8 | 7 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.......| 100.0 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 20.7 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 6.2 | 22.1 | 6 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 100.0 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 19.0 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 22.9 | 7 Not reported................| 100.0 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 26.8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Hours on the job before event | | | | | | | | | occurred: | | | | | | | | | Before shift began..........| 100.0 | 14.0 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 23.4 | 6 Less than 1 hour............| 100.0 | 15.8 | 11.1 | 18.8 | 13.9 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 23.0 | 7 1 hour to less than 2 hours | 100.0 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 6.6 | 24.0 | 7 2 hours to less than 4 hours| 100.0 | 14.3 | 12.1 | 19.2 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 6.7 | 22.7 | 7 4 hours to less than 6 hours| 100.0 | 15.8 | 11.9 | 18.9 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 23.0 | 7 6 hours to less than 8 hours| 100.0 | 15.0 | 11.4 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 24.3 | 7 8 hours to less than 10 | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 25.0 | 7 10 hours to less than 12 | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 100.0 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 18.4 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 6.0 | 26.5 | 7 12 hours to less than 16 | | | | | | | | | hours......................| 100.0 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 20.1 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 22.9 | 7 More than 16 hours..........| 100.0 | 11.3 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 7.0 | 45.1 | 23 Not reported................| 100.0 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 17.5 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 27.3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Day of week: | | | | | | | | | Sunday......................| 100.0 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 25.2 | 8 Monday......................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 11.2 | 17.5 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 24.6 | 7 Tuesday.....................| 100.0 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 19.6 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 23.0 | 7 Wednesday...................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 6.6 | 24.2 | 7 Thursday....................| 100.0 | 16.4 | 10.3 | 19.5 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 23.8 | 7 Friday......................| 100.0 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 18.9 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 7.6 | 25.9 | 9 Saturday....................| 100.0 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 18.6 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 24.2 | 7 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 TABLE 16. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected natures of injury or illness, 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Nature of injury or illness(3) | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Multiple traumatic injuries and | Back pain and | | | | | | | | | | | | disorders | pain, except back | Characteristic | Total | | | | | | | | | |___________________________________|_______________________| | cases | Sprains, | | Cuts, | | Heat | Chemical | | Carpal | | | | | | | All | | strains | Fractures | punctures | Bruises | burns | burns |Amputations| tunnel | Tendonitis| | With | | | | other | | | | | | | | | syndrome | | | fractures,| With | | Back pain,| natures(4) | | | | | | | | | | | Total | burns, and|sprains and| Total | hurt back | | | | | | | | | | | | | other | bruises | | only | | | | | | | | | | | | | injuries | | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 51.1 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 21.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 142.8 | 54.9 | 12.2 | 17.4 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .9 | .4 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 3.9 | 24.8 Female......................| 106.4 | 45.5 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 1.8 | .4 | .3 | 2.1 | .6 | 4.6 | .7 | 2.3 | 11.4 | 3.7 | 16.7 Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 - 19.....................| 134.2 | 42.8 | 8.4 | 25.2 | 13.1 | 5.7 | 1.0 | .9 | .1 | .1 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 22.3 20 - 24.....................| 142.9 | 51.2 | 10.9 | 21.9 | 12.8 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .3 | .3 | 4.5 | .8 | 2.2 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 24.4 25 - 34.....................| 126.1 | 50.7 | 8.6 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 2.1 | .9 | 1.0 | .9 | .6 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 3.9 | 21.5 35 - 44.....................| 131.5 | 56.5 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 1.8 | .7 | .8 | 1.6 | .6 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 12.5 | 4.8 | 21.9 45 - 54.....................| 123.6 | 50.6 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 1.2 | .8 | .9 | 2.2 | .7 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 20.5 55 - 64.....................| 122.1 | 47.8 | 14.1 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 1.2 | .6 | .6 | 2.0 | .5 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 11.0 | 2.9 | 19.4 65 and over.................| 106.0 | 31.3 | 18.4 | 8.2 | 12.3 | .8 | .2 | .3 | .8 | .2 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 17.8 Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Management occupations......| 38.4 | 14.0 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | .4 | .1 | .1 | .5 | .1 | 1.5 | .4 | .6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 7.9 Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | operations occupations.....| 14.4 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .3 | 1.2 | - | - | - | .9 | (6) | 1.2 | .2 | .4 | 1.3 | .3 | 2.9 Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 11.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | .7 | .7 | - | - | - | .5 | - | .5 | .1 | .1 | 1.4 | .2 | 2.1 Architecture and engineering| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 25.6 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .1 | .2 | .2 | .6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .1 | .4 | 1.4 | .5 | 5.3 Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | science occupations........| 39.6 | 10.5 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | .4 | 1.1 | .3 | .9 | - | .7 | - | .4 | 1.6 | .3 | 13.9 Community and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | services occupations.......| 99.0 | 35.6 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 14.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.6 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 12.2 | 2.9 | 15.5 Legal occupations...........| 13.7 | 9.1 | - | - | .7 | - | - | - | .6 | - | 1.0 | - | - | 1.1 | - | .9 Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | library occupations........| 52.0 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 5.7 | - | .2 | - | .2 | - | 2.8 | .6 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 7.6 Arts, design, entertainment,| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 50.9 | 25.3 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 4.4 | .1 | - | - | .5 | .2 | 1.6 | .3 | 1.0 | 4.0 | .7 | 8.6 Healthcare practitioners and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | technical occupations......| 104.3 | 55.3 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 8.7 | .2 | .2 | - | .7 | .4 | 4.4 | .5 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 4.0 | 15.7 Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 279.2 | 152.0 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 21.4 | 2.8 | .4 | .1 | .4 | .7 | 8.2 | .7 | 4.9 | 38.6 | 16.5 | 39.5 Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 108.7 | 39.3 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 10.4 | - | .6 | .5 | .8 | - | 7.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 20.7 Food preparation and serving| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | related occupations........| 110.9 | 33.6 | 5.2 | 25.3 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 1.1 | .6 | 1.0 | .3 | 2.4 | .2 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 14.0 Building and grounds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaning and maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 243.8 | 96.9 | 14.2 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | .8 | .7 | .9 | 11.9 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 26.8 | 9.5 | 42.8 Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 116.2 | 49.6 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 11.1 | .5 | .2 | .1 | .7 | .2 | 4.4 | .7 | 2.5 | 10.2 | 3.0 | 25.7 Sales and related | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 70.2 | 31.1 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 6.5 | .8 | .2 | .1 | .8 | .3 | 2.9 | .6 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 10.1 Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | support occupations........| 54.3 | 22.0 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 5.6 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 1.5 | .4 | 2.3 | .4 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 9.5 Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | forestry occupations.......| 152.1 | 46.8 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 16.0 | 1.2 | .6 | 1.4 | .3 | .8 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 2.4 | 36.7 Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 270.9 | 93.7 | 30.9 | 43.5 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | .4 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 20.0 | 7.1 | 45.8 Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair occupations.....| 212.8 | 86.7 | 16.2 | 24.5 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | .6 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 16.7 | 4.8 | 38.4 Production occupations......| 188.7 | 61.2 | 14.1 | 25.4 | 15.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 14.1 | 4.0 | 36.7 Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | moving occupations.........| 301.3 | 133.7 | 26.1 | 18.9 | 29.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | .6 | 13.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 27.2 | 9.7 | 45.8 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Nature codes: Sprains, strains = 021; Fractures = 012; Cuts, punctures = 034, 037; Bruises = 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 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 4 Includes nonclassifiable responses. 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, 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 TABLE 17. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected parts of body, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Part of body affected by the injury or illness(3) | |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total | | | | | | | | Characteristic | cases | Head | | Trunk | Upper extremities | Lower extremities | | Multiple | All | |_______________________| Neck |___________________________________|_______________________________________________|___________________________________| Body | body | other | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | systems | parts | body | | Total | Eyes | | Total | Back | Shoulder | Total | Finger | Hand | Wrist | Total | Knee | Foot, toe | | | parts(4) ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 43.4 | 27.1 | 8.2 | 29.6 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 28.3 | 10.3 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 1.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 142.8 | 10.9 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 48.9 | 29.6 | 8.9 | 33.9 | 14.8 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 32.6 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 1.1 Female......................| 106.4 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 35.6 | 23.5 | 7.1 | 23.5 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 22.1 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 13.9 | 1.2 Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 - 19.....................| 134.2 | 12.8 | 4.6 | .9 | 34.0 | 23.0 | 5.2 | 45.9 | 21.8 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 30.4 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 7.5 | .9 20 - 24.....................| 142.9 | 12.3 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 40.3 | 26.5 | 6.4 | 40.4 | 19.0 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 35.3 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 2.5 | 9.2 | 1.2 25 - 34.....................| 126.1 | 10.1 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 42.7 | 29.3 | 6.5 | 30.5 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 26.9 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 10.8 | 1.2 35 - 44.....................| 131.5 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 47.9 | 31.7 | 8.3 | 28.4 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 27.7 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 12.8 | .9 45 - 54.....................| 123.6 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 43.6 | 25.5 | 9.4 | 26.8 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 27.6 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 14.1 | .9 55 - 64.....................| 122.1 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 42.6 | 20.6 | 10.9 | 24.5 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 28.0 | 12.5 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 15.9 | .9 65 and over.................| 106.0 | 6.8 | .8 | .8 | 31.9 | 13.9 | 9.0 | 21.7 | 7.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 26.3 | 10.4 | 5.2 | .6 | 16.0 | 1.9 Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Management occupations......| 38.4 | 3.4 | 1.4 | .6 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 1.8 | .8 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 4.6 | .7 Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | operations occupations.....| 14.4 | .8 | .2 | .3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | .6 | 2.5 | .2 | .3 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | .5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .1 Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 11.3 | .8 | - | .6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .6 | 2.9 | .8 | .2 | .8 | 2.3 | .8 | .4 | .6 | 1.8 | .2 Architecture and engineering| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 25.6 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 1.7 | .7 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 2.0 | .8 | .6 | 2.7 | .3 Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | science occupations........| 39.6 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 10.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | .6 | 2.7 | - Community and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | services occupations.......| 99.0 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 24.2 | 17.7 | 2.2 | 15.2 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 28.2 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 22.0 | .5 Legal occupations...........| 13.7 | .4 | - | - | 3.8 | 2.4 | .4 | 1.1 | - | - | .7 | .5 | - | - | - | 7.6 | - Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | library occupations........| 52.0 | 4.4 | 1.5 | .9 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 16.6 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 6.5 | .4 Arts, design, entertainment,| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 50.9 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 8.4 | 2.8 | .7 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 5.7 | 2.6 | .7 | 5.0 | 2.2 Healthcare practitioners and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | technical occupations......| 104.3 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 45.1 | 33.3 | 6.9 | 14.9 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 18.8 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 13.8 | .9 Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 279.2 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 138.5 | 100.0 | 21.1 | 38.6 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 42.2 | 18.2 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 33.6 | 2.4 Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 108.7 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 26.9 | 14.7 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 34.4 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 20.7 | .8 Food preparation and serving| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | related occupations........| 110.9 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 28.1 | 18.5 | 5.0 | 44.9 | 21.0 | 9.9 | 5.4 | 18.8 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 9.6 | .5 Building and grounds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaning and maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 243.8 | 16.4 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 85.1 | 54.3 | 14.9 | 46.9 | 17.3 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 56.6 | 20.7 | 11.6 | 4.4 | 30.1 | 1.8 Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 116.2 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 36.6 | 21.4 | 8.9 | 22.8 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 26.5 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 16.1 | 1.0 Sales and related | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 70.2 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 24.2 | 15.6 | 4.4 | 13.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 17.6 | 6.4 | 4.7 | .8 | 8.1 | .7 Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | support occupations........| 54.3 | 3.2 | .7 | .9 | 18.3 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 5.7 | .9 Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | forestry occupations.......| 152.1 | 19.5 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 45.9 | 28.5 | 5.9 | 31.8 | 14.8 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 34.9 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 13.8 | 2.4 Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 270.9 | 21.4 | 12.1 | 3.4 | 79.4 | 49.5 | 13.9 | 71.4 | 31.2 | 15.0 | 8.9 | 69.0 | 24.7 | 14.0 | 3.4 | 21.1 | 1.8 Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair occupations.....| 212.8 | 19.7 | 10.7 | 2.1 | 72.5 | 44.8 | 13.9 | 51.3 | 20.9 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 46.0 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 17.0 | 1.0 Production occupations......| 188.7 | 15.7 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 56.0 | 30.9 | 12.0 | 65.6 | 30.2 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 33.4 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 12.1 | 1.4 Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | moving occupations.........| 301.3 | 17.8 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 114.9 | 68.7 | 24.3 | 53.3 | 18.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 74.8 | 24.4 | 18.4 | 2.6 | 29.8 | 2.6 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 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; Finger = 34; Hand = 33; Wrist = 32; Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; 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. 4 Includes nonclassifiable responses. 5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases. 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 TABLE 18. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected sources of injury or illness, 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Source of injury or illness(3) | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | Total | Chemicals | | | | | Worker | Floors, | | | | | cases | and | | Furniture | | Parts | motion | walkways | | | Health | All | | chemical | Containers| and | Machinery | and | or | or | Handtools | Vehicles | care | other | | products | | fixtures | | materials | position | ground | | | patient | sources(4) | | | | | | | | surfaces | | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 17.6 | 23.2 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 19.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 142.8 | 2.3 | 17.8 | 4.5 | 11.1 | 21.0 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 8.9 | 14.1 | 1.3 | 21.9 Female......................| 106.4 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 16.7 | 25.7 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 15.5 Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 - 19.....................| 134.2 | 2.8 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 11.3 | 20.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 24.0 20 - 24.....................| 142.9 | 2.9 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 13.3 | 17.8 | 15.3 | 19.7 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 25.1 25 - 34.....................| 126.1 | 2.4 | 15.7 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 20.1 35 - 44.....................| 131.5 | 1.9 | 17.2 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 14.7 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 11.6 | 6.1 | 20.6 45 - 54.....................| 123.6 | 2.3 | 16.0 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 19.6 | 24.7 | 4.8 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 17.0 55 - 64.....................| 122.1 | 1.2 | 13.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 10.1 | 18.6 | 33.0 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 15.6 65 and over.................| 106.0 | .6 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 12.7 | 39.5 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 2.3 | 11.4 Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | Management occupations......| 38.4 | .3 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 | .5 | 6.2 Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | operations occupations.....| 14.4 | .8 | 1.4 | .6 | .3 | .2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | .1 | 1.3 | .2 | 2.8 Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 11.3 | .5 | .3 | .5 | 1.3 | .7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | .2 | .9 | - | 1.0 Architecture and engineering| | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 25.6 | .5 | 1.1 | .8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 2.4 | - | 5.4 Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | science occupations........| 39.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .6 | .8 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 17.5 Community and social | | | | | | | | | | | | services occupations.......| 99.0 | .6 | 3.0 | 8.1 | .4 | 1.6 | 12.2 | 31.2 | .3 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 18.2 Legal occupations...........| 13.7 | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | 3.8 | - | 1.3 | - | 1.4 Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | library occupations........| 52.0 | .9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | .1 | .2 | 9.2 | 18.4 | .6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 15.3 Arts, design, entertainment,| | | | | | | | | | | | sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 50.9 | .3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | .6 | 1.1 | 11.5 | 14.4 | .9 | 3.4 | - | 14.1 Healthcare practitioners and| | | | | | | | | | | | technical occupations......| 104.3 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.9 | .8 | 13.5 | 22.5 | .7 | 6.7 | 33.4 | 15.2 Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 279.2 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 24.1 | 42.6 | 1.2 | 8.8 | 132.1 | 40.4 Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 108.7 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.8 | .9 | 2.1 | 16.7 | 32.0 | 3.3 | 15.7 | 4.2 | 27.5 Food preparation and serving| | | | | | | | | | | | related occupations........| 110.9 | 2.0 | 20.6 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 26.2 | 11.4 | 2.5 | .1 | 18.5 Building and grounds | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaning and maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 243.8 | 7.1 | 28.4 | 20.1 | 16.1 | 11.2 | 32.3 | 51.9 | 12.9 | 15.4 | .2 | 48.2 Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 116.2 | 1.3 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 13.8 | 25.2 | 2.2 | 17.8 | 11.2 | 27.0 Sales and related | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 70.2 | .7 | 14.6 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 10.7 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 5.2 | - | 9.1 Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | support occupations........| 54.3 | .9 | 12.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 1.3 | 4.4 | .2 | 6.6 Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | forestry occupations.......| 152.1 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 22.5 | 28.6 | 8.2 | 12.0 | - | 48.4 Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 270.9 | 4.0 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 19.2 | 63.4 | 33.3 | 47.5 | 26.8 | 11.1 | - | 48.6 Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair occupations.....| 212.8 | 3.8 | 13.1 | 5.7 | 20.7 | 41.6 | 30.7 | 27.4 | 14.0 | 18.9 | (6) | 36.8 Production occupations......| 188.7 | 4.4 | 20.7 | 5.2 | 26.8 | 33.3 | 32.3 | 20.2 | 12.1 | 7.5 | (6) | 26.2 Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | moving occupations.........| 301.3 | 3.5 | 59.4 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 31.8 | 38.2 | 50.0 | 7.2 | 57.2 | .4 | 30.9 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49; Worker motion or position = 562; Floors, walkways or ground surfaces = 62; Handtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; Health care patient = 573; All other sources = all 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. 4 Includes nonclassifiable responses. 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, 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 TABLE 19. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristic major occupational group, and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Event or exposure leading to injury or illness(3) | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects | | | | Overexertion | | | | | Assaults and violent acts | Characteristic | Total |_______________________________________________| Fall | Fall | Slips |_______________________| |Exposure to| | |___________________________________| | cases | | | | | to | on | or | | | Repetitive| harmful | Trans- | Fires | | | | All | | | Struck | Struck | Caught in | lower | same | trips | | | motion | substance | portation | and | | | All | other | | Total | by | against | or | level | level | without | Total | In lifting| | or | accidents | explosions| Total | By | other | events(4) | | | object | object | compressed| | | fall | | | |environment| | | | person | assaults | | | | | | or crushed| | | | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 36.2 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 3.8 | 30.8 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 13.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gender: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male........................| 142.8 | 47.5 | 23.3 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 4.0 | 33.6 | 18.2 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 7.7 | .4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .6 | 15.6 Female......................| 106.4 | 20.3 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 21.6 | 3.6 | 26.8 | 13.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 3.6 | .1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | .8 | 10.5 Age:(5) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 - 19.....................| 134.2 | 56.2 | 28.7 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 23.7 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 4.8 | .1 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 8.5 20 - 24.....................| 142.9 | 55.5 | 28.2 | 14.0 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 3.5 | 29.5 | 17.1 | 2.3 | 9.3 | 6.2 | .5 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 13.3 25 - 34.....................| 126.1 | 40.0 | 20.6 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 31.0 | 16.8 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 6.0 | .3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | .5 | 13.3 35 - 44.....................| 131.5 | 34.9 | 16.7 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 35.4 | 18.5 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | .2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | .7 | 14.9 45 - 54.....................| 123.6 | 30.1 | 14.3 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 18.0 | 3.9 | 30.8 | 15.7 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | .3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | .7 | 13.6 55 - 64.....................| 122.1 | 25.3 | 11.5 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 26.3 | 4.6 | 26.5 | 13.3 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 | .1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .3 | 12.9 65 and over.................| 106.0 | 23.0 | 10.3 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 9.7 | 33.1 | 3.3 | 15.5 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 6.1 | .1 | 1.5 | .6 | .9 | 9.7 Occupation: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Management occupations......| 38.4 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | .7 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | - | 1.5 | 1.1 | .4 | 3.3 Business and financial | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | operations occupations.....| 14.4 | 1.7 | .7 | .9 | .1 | 1.2 | 2.9 | .6 | 1.6 | .9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | - | .4 | .3 | .1 | 2.2 Computer and mathematical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 11.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .7 | .3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | .2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | .6 | .8 | - | .1 | .1 | .1 | 1.1 Architecture and engineering| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 25.6 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | .7 | 1.2 | 2.9 | .4 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | .1 | .5 | - | .4 | 3.6 Life, physical, and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | science occupations........| 39.6 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 1.2 | .5 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 1.2 | - | 2.3 | .6 | 1.7 | 4.2 Community and social | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | services occupations.......| 99.0 | 14.4 | 6.1 | 7.6 | .3 | 6.2 | 23.4 | 3.6 | 12.1 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 8.3 | - | 16.2 | 15.1 | 1.1 | 10.2 Legal occupations...........| 13.7 | .3 | - | - | - | .7 | 3.2 | - | 3.0 | 2.7 | .9 | - | 1.3 | - | - | - | - | 4.3 Education, training, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | library occupations........| 52.0 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | .2 | 3.1 | 15.8 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 4.0 | .3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | - | 6.5 | 6.5 | - | 5.5 Arts, design, entertainment,| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sports, and media | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 50.9 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 3.9 | .6 | 3.9 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 | - | .5 | .3 | .2 | 11.4 Healthcare practitioners and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | technical occupations......| 104.3 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 3.1 | 38.3 | 17.3 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | - | 6.1 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 11.0 Healthcare support | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 279.2 | 32.5 | 17.4 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 39.1 | 6.4 | 132.3 | 56.2 | 2.6 | 14.0 | 5.5 | .2 | 20.4 | 16.9 | 3.5 | 21.2 Protective service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 108.7 | 15.0 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 9.0 | 22.7 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 12.7 | - | 15.1 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 13.7 Food preparation and serving| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | related occupations........| 110.9 | 38.9 | 20.6 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 24.8 | 4.5 | 16.8 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 13.0 | .6 | .2 | .9 | .7 | .2 | 6.6 Building and grounds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaning and maintenance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 243.8 | 64.6 | 32.3 | 19.3 | 9.1 | 19.6 | 36.4 | 10.9 | 53.8 | 26.9 | 3.6 | 18.4 | 8.2 | .5 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 24.4 Personal care and service | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 116.2 | 20.5 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 21.4 | 3.8 | 25.9 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 7.7 | - | 11.5 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 11.5 Sales and related | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 70.2 | 15.9 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 18.7 | 12.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.0 | (6) | .8 | .6 | .2 | 8.0 Office and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | support occupations........| 54.3 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .1 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 7.0 Farming, fishing, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | forestry occupations.......| 152.1 | 49.8 | 25.3 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 13.6 | 16.6 | 4.7 | 15.9 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | .6 | 9.7 | 1.5 | 8.2 | 22.9 Construction and extraction | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations................| 270.9 | 107.0 | 55.5 | 25.9 | 15.7 | 30.4 | 21.5 | 7.0 | 49.3 | 28.3 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 1.1 | .7 | .2 | .5 | 30.8 Installation, maintenance, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and repair occupations.....| 212.8 | 70.7 | 33.3 | 18.4 | 10.8 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 6.6 | 53.2 | 26.2 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | .6 | .6 | 26.2 Production occupations......| 188.7 | 75.2 | 31.8 | 15.3 | 21.5 | 5.8 | 16.1 | 4.5 | 40.3 | 20.9 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 2.6 | .4 | .8 | .4 | .4 | 17.0 Transportation and material | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | moving occupations.........| 301.3 | 79.1 | 40.4 | 18.7 | 14.8 | 22.8 | 29.8 | 8.2 | 81.1 | 42.0 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 31.3 | .2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .8 | 34.2 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Event codes: Contact with objects, Total = 00-09; Struck by object = 020-029; Struck against object = 010-019; Caught in or compressed or crushed = 030-049; Fall to lower level = 110-119; Fall on same level = 130-139; Slips or trips without fall = 215; Overexertion, Total = 220-229; In lifting = 221; Repetitive motion = 230-239; Exposure to harmful substance or environment = 30-39; Transportation accidents = 40-49; Fires and explosions = 50-52; Assaults and violent acts, Total = 60-63; By person = 61; All other assaults = 60, 62, and 63; All other events = all 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. 4 Includes nonclassifiable responses. 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, 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 TABLE 20. 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, 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Nature of injury or illness(4) | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Multiple traumatic injuries and | Back pain and | | | | | | | | | | | | disorders | pain, except back | Occupation | Total | | | | | | | | | |___________________________________|_______________________| | cases | Sprains, | | Cuts, | | Heat | Chemical | | Carpal | | | | | | | All | | strains | Fractures | punctures | Bruises | burns | burns |Amputations| tunnel | Tendonitis| | With | | | | other | | | | | | | | | syndrome | | | fractures,| With | | Back pain,| natures(5) | | | | | | | | | | | Total | burns, and|sprains and| Total | hurt back | | | | | | | | | | | | | other | bruises | | only | | | | | | | | | | | | | injuries | | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 51.1 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 21.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 526.0 | 314.9 | 13.6 | 4.9 | 38.3 | 1.5 | .6 | .2 | .4 | 1.3 | 11.8 | .8 | 7.5 | 74.3 | 32.9 | 64.3 Construction laborers.........| 488.4 | 161.8 | 57.5 | 73.7 | 37.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .3 | 17.0 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 35.1 | 11.9 | 95.9 Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | material movers, hand........| 465.8 | 195.4 | 42.4 | 45.1 | 49.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | .8 | 15.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 38.2 | 12.5 | 69.3 Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and paramedics...............| 453.8 | 334.8 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 14.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.3 | - | 2.6 | 55.0 | 24.4 | 32.1 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 411.4 | 182.6 | 42.8 | 17.2 | 41.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | .8 | .7 | 25.4 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 36.9 | 15.3 | 59.0 Roofers.......................| 410.1 | 111.4 | 69.4 | 67.3 | 21.2 | 29.7 | - | 2.1 | - | - | 18.9 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 37.9 | 4.0 | 51.6 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 362.5 | 106.4 | 36.1 | 40.8 | 26.1 | 13.5 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | .9 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 25.7 | 4.4 | 94.8 Carpenters....................| 335.2 | 107.4 | 38.0 | 78.3 | 20.2 | 2.5 | .7 | 6.3 | 3.0 | .3 | 8.6 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 22.4 | 7.9 | 47.5 Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 333.2 | 116.9 | 18.6 | 44.5 | 39.6 | 22.3 | 3.1 | - | - | - | 13.8 | - | 6.9 | 26.3 | 12.1 | 44.6 Mobile heavy equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | mechanics, except engines....| 317.3 | 133.5 | 25.8 | 30.9 | 20.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | - | 5.0 | - | 10.8 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 15.3 | 2.6 | 68.2 Industrial machinery mechanics| 316.0 | 115.7 | 28.0 | 30.3 | 23.0 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 2.5 | .8 | 14.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 18.4 | 7.2 | 65.6 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 298.9 | 128.1 | 24.3 | 34.6 | 14.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 11.7 | .5 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 26.0 | 9.0 | 33.7 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 296.7 | 141.4 | 18.4 | 11.1 | 22.2 | .2 | 3.8 | .5 | .8 | - | 13.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 42.1 | 13.9 | 42.9 Butchers and meat cutters.....| 293.7 | 100.5 | 9.6 | 98.5 | 5.8 | - | - | 11.2 | 8.3 | - | 5.1 | - | 1.7 | 15.2 | - | 38.4 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 282.0 | 141.0 | 14.1 | 2.9 | 21.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 16.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 30.4 | 6.2 | 55.2 Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 270.8 | 119.9 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 33.3 | .8 | 2.9 | - | 1.7 | 1.2 | 15.3 | .9 | 12.1 | 36.0 | 13.5 | 34.7 Sheet metal workers...........| 269.5 | 83.4 | 31.2 | 45.1 | 13.6 | - | - | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 34.6 | 4.1 | 44.7 Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cafeteria....................| 260.6 | 84.3 | 7.0 | 66.4 | 20.5 | 36.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 4.9 | - | 2.5 | 17.5 | 4.5 | 17.5 Driver/sales workers..........| 249.2 | 132.3 | 18.8 | 7.4 | 20.5 | .7 | - | - | .8 | .7 | 9.5 | .7 | 3.4 | 24.4 | 10.1 | 33.9 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 248.2 | 104.2 | 14.3 | 19.7 | 23.3 | 1.3 | 3.9 | .9 | .5 | .8 | 10.6 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 28.8 | 9.9 | 39.7 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 228.4 | 81.7 | 13.1 | 39.3 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 2.2 | .8 | 22.1 | 4.6 | 32.7 Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | installers...................| 228.1 | 99.4 | 15.4 | 36.8 | 9.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 9.3 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 18.8 | 9.6 | 34.5 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Nature codes: Sprains, strains = 021; Fractures = 012; Cuts, punctures = 034, 037; Bruises = 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 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 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, 2006 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Part of body affected by the injury or illness(4) | |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Total | | | | | | | | Occupation | cases | Head | | Trunk | Upper extremities | Lower extremities | | Multiple | All | |_______________________| Neck |___________________________________|_______________________________________________|___________________________________| Body | body | other | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | systems | parts | body | | Total | Eyes | | Total | Back | Shoulder | Total | Finger | Hand | Wrist | Total | Knee | Foot, toe | | | parts(5) ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 43.4 | 27.1 | 8.2 | 29.6 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 28.3 | 10.3 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 1.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 526.0 | 16.0 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 284.8 | 208.9 | 43.8 | 65.8 | 15.1 | 9.8 | 18.8 | 76.3 | 36.0 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 59.0 | 3.9 Construction laborers.........| 488.4 | 46.8 | 26.4 | 7.2 | 137.8 | 86.5 | 23.1 | 120.8 | 46.5 | 30.9 | 13.9 | 131.0 | 38.6 | 27.1 | 7.0 | 32.5 | 5.2 Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | material movers, hand........| 465.8 | 31.3 | 12.0 | 5.7 | 171.7 | 107.3 | 30.6 | 100.6 | 41.2 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 122.6 | 32.5 | 41.8 | 3.6 | 26.7 | 3.7 Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and paramedics...............| 453.8 | 9.1 | - | 13.3 | 285.6 | 227.4 | 40.1 | 41.9 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 55.5 | 26.8 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 45.1 | 2.0 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 411.4 | 22.5 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 160.6 | 90.7 | 39.2 | 57.3 | 15.3 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 95.6 | 35.3 | 15.1 | 3.8 | 58.8 | 3.0 Roofers.......................| 410.1 | 14.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 101.3 | 62.7 | 15.0 | 109.5 | 34.6 | 35.7 | 14.0 | 83.9 | 26.4 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 80.0 | 6.0 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 362.5 | 67.6 | 54.9 | 4.6 | 108.6 | 55.7 | 19.1 | 90.8 | 49.9 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 69.7 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 3.1 | 16.5 | 1.5 Carpenters....................| 335.2 | 25.2 | 16.9 | 2.5 | 94.8 | 58.5 | 18.3 | 99.6 | 50.6 | 19.2 | 13.9 | 89.3 | 31.8 | 18.6 | 1.3 | 20.3 | 2.2 Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 333.2 | 19.2 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 93.8 | 59.2 | 19.0 | 110.7 | 35.7 | 33.9 | 14.4 | 67.6 | 26.6 | 20.4 | 1.5 | 33.6 | 2.1 Mobile heavy equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | mechanics, except engines....| 317.3 | 37.2 | 17.9 | 2.8 | 97.1 | 59.8 | 19.8 | 65.0 | 30.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 82.5 | 37.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 28.4 | - Industrial machinery mechanics| 316.0 | 23.4 | 15.0 | 3.3 | 104.2 | 54.6 | 20.7 | 87.2 | 41.5 | 12.7 | 9.9 | 72.2 | 27.4 | 24.0 | 4.8 | 20.1 | .7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 298.9 | 16.4 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 109.1 | 76.8 | 15.7 | 76.1 | 39.3 | 7.8 | 16.3 | 71.5 | 26.5 | 18.6 | 1.3 | 22.3 | .4 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 296.7 | 11.6 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 118.8 | 69.1 | 28.3 | 38.1 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 81.9 | 27.9 | 19.5 | 1.2 | 37.7 | 2.5 Butchers and meat cutters.....| 293.7 | 5.0 | - | 2.3 | 90.2 | 32.1 | 26.9 | 146.7 | 106.2 | 15.5 | 11.8 | 32.1 | 16.9 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 14.0 | - Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 282.0 | 18.0 | 1.7 | 12.9 | 114.6 | 72.8 | 26.4 | 23.0 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 55.6 | 25.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 50.4 | 5.0 Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 270.8 | 15.8 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 107.3 | 73.0 | 20.0 | 51.5 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 54.7 | 24.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 28.5 | 2.3 Sheet metal workers...........| 269.5 | 19.2 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 54.8 | 27.8 | 12.9 | 124.6 | 54.2 | 23.9 | 8.9 | 45.5 | 20.7 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 19.7 | - Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cafeteria....................| 260.6 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 54.9 | 37.4 | 10.4 | 120.9 | 51.7 | 34.1 | 10.0 | 46.8 | 15.3 | 11.0 | 2.1 | 23.5 | - Driver/sales workers..........| 249.2 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 103.2 | 63.4 | 24.8 | 30.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 65.0 | 28.4 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 32.4 | 1.7 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 248.2 | 17.2 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 92.6 | 56.9 | 16.7 | 46.9 | 16.7 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 54.0 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 29.7 | 1.8 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 228.4 | 30.8 | 17.0 | 2.4 | 67.6 | 40.1 | 18.4 | 68.1 | 23.8 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 44.3 | 19.9 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 12.0 | .8 Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | installers...................| 228.1 | 14.9 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 84.0 | 46.1 | 16.7 | 48.4 | 16.1 | 11.1 | 2.1 | 55.5 | 31.9 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 18.6 | - ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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; Finger = 34; Hand = 33; Wrist = 32; Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; 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 TABLE 22. 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 sources of injury or illness, 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Source of injury or illness(4) | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation | Total | Chemicals | | | | | Worker | Floors, | | | | | cases | and | | Furniture | | Parts | motion | walkways | | | Health | All | | chemical | Containers| and | Machinery | and | or | or | Handtools | Vehicles | care | other | | products | | fixtures | | materials | position | ground | | | patient | sources(5) | | | | | | | | surfaces | | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 17.6 | 23.2 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 19.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 526.0 | 4.8 | 9.3 | 21.2 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 44.2 | 71.7 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 295.5 | 62.7 Construction laborers.........| 488.4 | 4.8 | 28.4 | 4.1 | 26.6 | 118.1 | 57.9 | 70.9 | 54.2 | 22.0 | - | 101.5 Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | material movers, hand........| 465.8 | 5.5 | 117.1 | 21.8 | 29.8 | 62.4 | 52.8 | 59.2 | 17.8 | 49.4 | - | 50.1 Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | and paramedics...............| 453.8 | - | 4.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | - | 42.5 | 60.3 | - | 46.5 | 180.4 | 103.9 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 411.4 | 4.7 | 49.6 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 46.4 | 53.3 | 91.7 | 6.2 | 114.6 | - | 30.0 Roofers.......................| 410.1 | 1.5 | 27.2 | - | 6.0 | 77.1 | 41.2 | 98.9 | 50.8 | 17.3 | - | 89.1 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 362.5 | 3.0 | 18.8 | 6.5 | 31.3 | 106.8 | 43.3 | 31.6 | 51.0 | 10.5 | - | 59.5 Carpenters....................| 335.2 | 1.2 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 18.7 | 94.3 | 39.0 | 59.0 | 33.2 | 7.4 | - | 62.3 Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 333.2 | 7.7 | 65.8 | 18.2 | 32.9 | 5.8 | 35.2 | 83.1 | 8.5 | 25.7 | - | 49.4 Mobile heavy equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | mechanics, except engines....| 317.3 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 27.5 | 61.1 | 57.5 | 50.1 | 26.7 | 40.4 | - | 35.2 Industrial machinery mechanics| 316.0 | 9.0 | 17.8 | 3.5 | 40.1 | 78.9 | 40.9 | 42.2 | 23.0 | 16.5 | - | 43.9 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 298.9 | 5.2 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 28.6 | 62.9 | 53.2 | 42.7 | 39.4 | 9.2 | - | 30.9 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 296.7 | 4.4 | 60.7 | 20.9 | 6.2 | 16.0 | 43.4 | 54.0 | 4.7 | 62.6 | - | 23.9 Butchers and meat cutters.....| 293.7 | - | 63.8 | 3.3 | 78.6 | 2.5 | 45.2 | 22.1 | 45.7 | 3.7 | - | 28.2 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 282.0 | 1.7 | 33.5 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 28.5 | 55.7 | - | 104.7 | 17.4 | 28.3 Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 270.8 | 11.9 | 31.1 | 39.0 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 46.2 | 74.2 | 5.8 | 15.0 | .7 | 34.5 Sheet metal workers...........| 269.5 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 31.6 | 81.1 | 27.3 | 43.8 | 27.7 | 7.8 | - | 37.0 Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | cafeteria....................| 260.6 | 3.2 | 41.1 | 5.8 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 23.1 | 59.5 | 50.4 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 52.6 Driver/sales workers..........| 249.2 | - | 60.8 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 8.1 | 31.0 | 47.7 | .6 | 68.9 | - | 19.3 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 248.2 | 7.9 | 43.8 | 20.9 | 17.1 | 11.0 | 31.0 | 52.9 | 9.0 | 12.5 | - | 41.9 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 228.4 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 16.3 | 76.9 | 25.9 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 20.9 | - | 35.7 Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | installers...................| 228.1 | 4.6 | 18.3 | .8 | 36.9 | 33.0 | 39.7 | 31.9 | 7.2 | 15.2 | - | 40.6 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49; Worker motion or position = 562; Floors, walkways or ground surfaces = 62; Handtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; Health care patient = 573; All other sources = all 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 TABLE 23. 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 events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Event or exposure leading to injury or illness(4) | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contact with objects | | | | Overexertion | | | | | Assaults and violent acts | Occupation | Total |_______________________________________________| Fall | Fall | Slips |_______________________| |Exposure to| | |___________________________________| | cases | | | | | to | on | or | | | Repetitive| harmful | Trans- | Fires | | | | All | | | Struck | Struck | Caught in | lower | same | trips | | | motion | substance | portation | and | | | All | other | | Total | by | against | or | level | level | without | Total | In lifting| | or | accidents | explosions| Total | By | other | events(5) | | | object | object | compressed| | | fall | | | |environment| | | | person | assaults | | | | | | or crushed| | | | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total [1,183,500 cases]......| 127.8 | 36.2 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 3.8 | 30.8 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 13.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nursing aides, orderlies, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | attendants...................| 526.0 | 53.3 | 28.3 | 15.3 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 69.0 | 12.2 | 284.6 | 119.8 | 4.1 | 20.5 | 4.3 | .2 | 31.8 | 30.2 | 1.6 | 39.4 Construction laborers.........| 488.4 | 221.8 | 125.0 | 45.9 | 31.9 | 38.8 | 39.9 | 11.3 | 79.3 | 48.3 | 4.1 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .2 | 1.1 | 57.6 Labor and freight, stock, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | material movers, hand........| 465.8 | 164.8 | 90.4 | 32.4 | 33.4 | 21.6 | 41.0 | 12.0 | 138.6 | 80.1 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 20.6 | .3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .7 | 44.1 Emergency medical technicians | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and paramedics...............| 453.8 | 32.8 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 12.3 | 44.9 | 11.7 | 263.6 | 171.9 | - | 1.8 | 38.9 | - | 8.9 | 8.8 | - | 37.9 Truck drivers, heavy and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tractor-trailer..............| 411.4 | 79.1 | 40.6 | 22.1 | 10.8 | 50.8 | 46.6 | 13.5 | 93.3 | 36.9 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 64.5 | .5 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 49.2 Roofers.......................| 410.1 | 110.3 | 71.3 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 104.8 | 17.8 | 6.4 | 58.3 | 33.9 | 2.0 | 39.8 | 8.1 | - | 8.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 52.9 Welders, cutters, solderers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and brazers..................| 362.5 | 154.8 | 80.5 | 19.0 | 31.2 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 7.3 | 69.4 | 31.9 | 11.7 | 41.3 | 4.4 | 2.3 | .8 | - | .6 | 34.1 Carpenters....................| 335.2 | 144.2 | 73.5 | 32.9 | 21.4 | 42.7 | 24.4 | 8.3 | 63.9 | 42.4 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | .4 | - | .4 | 34.8 Food servers, nonrestaurant...| 333.2 | 97.1 | 53.1 | 26.7 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 82.3 | 13.1 | 67.1 | 43.3 | 3.3 | 35.1 | 3.0 | - | 2.0 | - | 1.5 | 25.0 Mobile heavy equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | mechanics, except engines....| 317.3 | 107.8 | 55.2 | 28.1 | 13.1 | 23.2 | 28.0 | 7.1 | 61.0 | 28.1 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 16.0 | - | - | - | - | 51.7 Industrial machinery mechanics| 316.0 | 117.4 | 46.5 | 25.7 | 32.7 | 13.9 | 24.6 | 8.2 | 81.7 | 37.4 | 7.4 | 17.8 | 9.5 | 1.6 | - | - | - | 33.4 Plumbers, pipefitters, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | steamfitters.................| 298.9 | 93.5 | 51.2 | 24.0 | 11.6 | 19.6 | 24.7 | 13.0 | 84.6 | 53.8 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 5.8 | - | .5 | - | - | 32.2 Truck drivers, light or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | delivery services............| 296.7 | 59.7 | 35.4 | 14.9 | 7.7 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 7.1 | 84.1 | 44.2 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 38.1 | - | 1.7 | .4 | 1.3 | 43.8 Butchers and meat cutters.....| 293.7 | 139.8 | 71.9 | 40.1 | 23.2 | 1.4 | 22.7 | 6.6 | 78.5 | 54.3 | 28.3 | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 11.3 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...| 282.0 | 26.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | - | 26.6 | 31.6 | 7.9 | 66.5 | 33.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 85.4 | - | 8.3 | 8.2 | - | 25.4 Maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 270.8 | 53.8 | 23.6 | 24.6 | 4.1 | 12.4 | 65.8 | 11.3 | 68.0 | 31.7 | 5.5 | 15.2 | 2.3 | .3 | 1.2 | .9 | .3 | 35.1 Sheet metal workers...........| 269.5 | 123.1 | 58.5 | 35.1 | 20.0 | 34.0 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 59.1 | 23.8 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | 18.7 Cooks, institution and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cafeteria....................| 260.6 | 91.2 | 65.4 | 15.3 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 48.9 | 6.0 | 40.3 | 22.0 | 5.1 | 40.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 18.3 Driver/sales workers..........| 249.2 | 36.6 | 17.6 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 18.2 | 32.6 | 5.1 | 76.3 | 36.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 41.6 | - | 1.0 | .8 | - | 28.2 Janitors and cleaners, except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | maids and housekeeping | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cleaners.....................| 248.2 | 65.2 | 29.4 | 24.4 | 8.2 | 24.7 | 32.5 | 11.8 | 64.3 | 35.0 | 3.8 | 14.9 | 6.2 | .2 | 1.9 | .7 | 1.2 | 22.7 Automotive service technicians| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and mechanics................| 228.4 | 96.3 | 56.2 | 18.8 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 6.1 | 60.0 | 26.4 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 5.9 | 3.1 | .6 | - | - | 18.8 Heating, air conditioning, and| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | refrigeration mechanics and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | installers...................| 228.1 | 65.1 | 25.3 | 32.7 | 2.6 | 30.0 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 54.9 | 42.6 | 2.9 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 1.3 | - | - | - | 37.6 ______________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 Event codes: Contact with objects, Total = 00-09; Struck by object = 020-029; Struck against object = 010-019; Caught in or compressed or crushed = 030-049; Fall to lower level = 110-119; Fall on same level = 130-139; Slips or trips without fall = 215; Overexertion, Total = 220-229; In lifting = 221; Repetitive motion = 230-239; Exposure to harmful substance or environment = 30-39; Transportation accidents = 40-49; Fires and explosions = 50-52; Assaults and violent acts, Total = 60-63; By person = 61; All other assaults = 60, 62, and 63; All other events = all 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