Table 11. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected private sector occupation and number of days away from work, 2010
TABLE 11. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected private sector occupation and number of days away from work, 2010
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Occupation | Total cases | | | | | | | | days away
| | 1 day | 2 days | 3 - 5 days | 6 - 10 days | 11 - 20 days | 21 - 30 days | 31 days or | from work
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Total private industry [933,200 cases].....................................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 17.9 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 6.4 | 27.5 | 8
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Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.....................| 100.0 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 17.2 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 29.1 | 9
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants...................................| 100.0 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 21.4 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 5.5 | 20.3 | 6
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer...................................| 100.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 39.8 | 19
Truck drivers, light or delivery services..................................| 100.0 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 16.5 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 7.4 | 38.7 | 17
Retail salespersons........................................................| 100.0 | 14.5 | 9.3 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 29.2 | 9
Production workers, all other..............................................| 100.0 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 17.3 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 27.5 | 8
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners..............| 100.0 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 19.3 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 28.5 | 8
Registered nurses..........................................................| 100.0 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 20.2 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 5.9 | 21.4 | 6
Maids and housekeeping cleaners............................................| 100.0 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 21.5 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 26.4 | 7
Construction laborers......................................................| 100.0 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.5 | 32.0 | 12
Maintenance and repair workers, general....................................| 100.0 | 15.5 | 11.1 | 18.9 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 6.1 | 25.0 | 7
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers....................| 100.0 | 16.2 | 10.7 | 17.3 | 8.1 | 11.7 | 5.7 | 30.3 | 9
Stock clerks and order fillers.............................................| 100.0 | 16.2 | 10.6 | 17.5 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 6.8 | 23.9 | 7
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food.........| 100.0 | 16.3 | 12.7 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 5.3 | 21.1 | 7
Assemblers and fabricators, all other......................................| 100.0 | 16.0 | 8.8 | 18.2 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 6.8 | 26.5 | 8
Automotive service technicians and mechanics...............................| 100.0 | 24.0 | 11.1 | 19.0 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 18.6 | 4
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.....................................| 100.0 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 24.8 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 28.3 | 5
Cashiers...................................................................| 100.0 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 18.7 | 13.2 | 10.1 | 5.0 | 26.3 | 7
Cooks, restaurant..........................................................| 100.0 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 18.9 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 21.3 | 5
Carpenters.................................................................| 100.0 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 31.9 | 11
Food preparation workers...................................................| 100.0 | 16.6 | 12.2 | 23.1 | 17.0 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 13.7 | 5
Customer service representatives...........................................| 100.0 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 15.2 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 36.9 | 12
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers...................................| 100.0 | 17.1 | 11.8 | 16.8 | 9.6 | 14.3 | 3.4 | 27.0 | 8
Waiters and waitresses.....................................................| 100.0 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 17.7 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 5.7 | 18.5 | 6
Home health aides..........................................................| 100.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 14.6 | 11.9 | 5.8 | 33.0 | 11
Driver/sales workers.......................................................| 100.0 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 6.2 | 28.4 | 9
Personal and home care aides...............................................| 100.0 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 24.1 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 24.4 | 7
Electricians...............................................................| 100.0 | 14.4 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 9.9 | 14.8 | 6.6 | 31.3 | 12
Security guards............................................................| 100.0 | 16.5 | 7.9 | 18.7 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 5.3 | 28.3 | 8
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses..........................| 100.0 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 17.2 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 5.3 | 24.8 | 8
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters....................................| 100.0 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 20.2 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 37.8 | 14
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse....................| 100.0 | 15.1 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 16.2 | 12.1 | 6.1 | 21.8 | 7
Industrial machinery mechanics.............................................| 100.0 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 14.3 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 5.9 | 32.7 | 14
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers....| 100.0 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 15.8 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 28.2 | 9
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction | | | | | | | | |
workers...................................................................| 100.0 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 11.3 | 30.0 | 14
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...............................| 100.0 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 19.5 | 14.8 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 27.3 | 7
Healthcare support workers, all other......................................| 100.0 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 19.4 | 12.0 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 22.6 | 6
Industrial truck and tractor operators.....................................| 100.0 | 10.9 | 7.3 | 19.1 | 6.0 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 37.9 | 15
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1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
Last Modified Date: November 09, 2011
