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Table 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker characteristics and industry division, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker characteristics and industry division, United States, 2002
Characteristic Private industry(2) Goods producing Service producing
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing (2) Mining(3) Construction Manufacturing Transportation and public utilities(4) Wholesale trade Retail trade Finance, insurance, and real estate Services

Total

 1,436,194 31,520 11,355 163,641 280,005 168,632 108,791 263,401 36,689 372,159
Sex:

Men

 930,925 25,116 11,115 159,621 214,713 129,985 92,259 144,757 17,874 135,484

Women

 500,592 6,403 241 4,020 65,275 34,025 16,532 118,631 18,814 236,651
Age:

14 to 15

 198 -- -- -- -- -- -- 121 -- --

16 to 19

 38,387 982 155 3,081 4,256 1,636 1,980 16,366 432 9,500

20 to 24

 159,229 5,450 1,434 21,711 24,140 11,882 10,760 43,408 2,820 37,625

25 to 34

 358,377 9,806 2,938 49,727 65,886 41,148 29,837 64,011 8,125 86,899

35 to 44

 400,871 8,307 2,967 49,387 80,719 53,002 31,577 63,193 10,481 101,238

45 to 54

 304,970 4,691 2,744 26,615 67,920 41,054 23,214 46,181 8,841 83,711

55 to 64

 143,523 1,734 914 10,448 32,671 17,603 9,219 22,342 5,056 43,538

65 and over

 25,103 453 59 1,402 3,304 1,694 1,869 6,901 897 8,524
Occupation:

Managerial and professional specialty

 92,967 491 199 2,661 4,615 3,635 3,842 9,259 5,668 62,599

Technical, sales, and administrative support

 239,364 1,413 71 4,525 16,662 27,744 17,812 92,140 15,883 63,115

Service

 270,251 511 22 507 6,046 9,891 1,572 67,892 8,206 175,604

Farming, forestry, and fishing

 35,629 22,909 -- 389 1,972 704 1,326 1,159 1,693 5,474

Precision production, craft, and repair

 242,787 1,117 5,754 94,947 49,405 27,312 13,049 24,716 3,739 22,749

Operators, fabricators, and laborers

 552,886 5,078 5,256 60,399 200,741 99,106 71,058 67,782 1,483 41,983
Length of service with employer:

Less than 3 months

 176,701 7,228 1,836 29,940 28,762 12,967 12,040 38,320 2,223 43,385

3 to 11 months

 290,342 8,018 2,469 40,016 40,753 25,258 21,237 61,703 7,685 83,202

1 to 5 years

 534,192 10,681 3,669 59,165 94,639 59,457 44,718 100,894 15,845 145,126

More than 5 years

 422,273 5,456 3,053 33,314 114,709 65,775 30,158 60,891 10,750 98,168

Not reported

 12,685 137 329 1,206 1,142 5,175 638 1,594 187 2,278
Race or ethnic origin:

White, non-Hispanic

 688,009 12,697 2,429 98,674 150,204 53,420 58,935 125,062 15,119 171,470

Black, non-Hispanic

 114,453 1,075 207 7,070 22,520 9,232 9,253 16,245 2,991 45,861

Hispanic

 180,419 13,836 1,284 26,133 39,478 10,803 15,505 28,835 4,635 39,909

Asian or Pacific Islander

 22,099 439 25 1,244 5,155 1,268 1,560 3,167 983 8,257

American Indian or Alaskan Native

 8,225 93 10 988 1,191 591 575 2,122 390 2,266

Multi-race

 2,665 96 -- 237 329 584 221 386 174 638

Not reported

 420,325 3,284 7,402 29,295 61,129 92,734 22,742 87,585 12,397 103,759

Footnotes:
(1) Days away from work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
(2) Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
(3) Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. 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 OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.
(4) Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other industries.

NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

 

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