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Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or illness 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
Nature of injury, illness:

Sprains, strains

 617,186 10,524 4,540 60,259 105,530 81,884 51,385 108,397 13,327 181,341

Bruises, contusions

 126,986 2,388 1,216 11,304 23,543 15,749 10,196 27,428 2,793 32,369

Cuts, lacerations

 110,179 2,868 707 17,709 25,112 6,555 7,612 30,869 1,997 16,750

Fractures

 99,171 2,881 1,824 17,356 19,567 10,456 7,694 16,494 2,969 19,930

Heat burns

 21,468 124 137 1,678 4,823 714 673 8,184 222 4,912

Carpal tunnel syndrome

 22,651 216 18 948 8,962 1,847 1,188 3,007 1,904 4,560

Tendonitis

 9,275 341 -- 760 3,032 807 540 1,228 476 2,089

Chemical burns

 8,257 307 146 643 2,564 614 468 1,199 150 2,165

Amputations

 8,793 369 191 931 4,227 849 701 714 67 745

Multiple injuries

 52,496 1,490 494 6,490 10,246 7,161 4,346 7,369 1,430 13,470
Part of body affected:

Head

 90,228 2,779 676 11,322 20,347 9,204 6,044 16,285 1,601 21,970

Eye

 42,286 1,556 274 6,281 12,420 3,536 2,554 6,799 465 8,401

Neck

 22,885 500 236 2,198 3,689 3,288 2,438 3,680 433 6,423

Trunk

 522,055 10,035 4,062 54,277 94,694 67,100 42,211 93,833 11,119 144,724

Shoulder

 83,924 1,725 574 7,872 18,598 12,416 6,443 13,307 1,517 21,474

Back

 345,294 6,235 2,475 34,663 55,695 42,612 28,302 64,056 7,672 103,584

Upper extremities

 328,274 7,182 2,496 40,007 88,454 27,340 21,143 65,987 8,642 67,023

Wrist

 69,187 1,064 468 5,813 19,043 6,418 3,989 12,003 3,279 17,112

Hand, except finger

 55,894 1,547 327 7,682 14,576 4,827 3,600 11,352 1,114 10,869

Finger

 121,562 2,638 1,264 16,715 36,542 7,890 8,296 26,908 2,146 19,162

Lower extremities

 304,453 7,005 2,770 39,459 49,353 39,826 25,174 55,649 8,063 77,155

Knee

 113,035 2,193 1,025 14,930 18,721 14,682 8,308 18,775 2,957 31,445

Foot, except toe

 46,182 1,086 402 6,186 8,194 6,071 4,302 9,577 1,146 9,216

Toe

 14,547 297 42 2,195 2,748 1,276 1,166 3,934 344 2,546

Body systems

 19,933 695 89 1,340 3,220 2,082 727 2,823 1,680 7,279

Multiple parts

 139,445 2,777 1,007 13,802 18,547 18,967 10,300 23,458 5,026 45,561
Source of injury, illness:

Chemicals and chemical products

 20,652 774 834 1,240 5,608 1,447 1,121 3,324 523 5,782

Containers

 193,146 2,754 586 8,643 35,029 30,443 24,863 59,478 3,313 28,038

Furniture and fixtures

 52,393 271 35 2,704 7,695 3,388 2,968 15,006 2,002 18,324

Machinery

 92,560 1,920 1,422 10,158 34,297 3,876 6,719 17,435 1,816 14,917

Parts and materials

 147,553 2,160 2,318 37,541 49,060 14,624 12,420 15,401 1,678 12,352

Worker motion or position

 220,794 4,393 577 20,686 54,045 26,898 14,373 35,687 8,417 55,719

Floors, walkways, ground surfaces

 255,548 5,367 1,916 33,558 32,040 29,973 17,399 51,361 9,049 74,885

Tools, instruments, and equipment

 93,185 2,454 891 18,113 19,213 7,687 4,944 18,438 2,026 19,419

Vehicles

 118,569 3,145 597 9,761 13,639 31,273 15,475 16,635 2,821 25,223

Health care patient

 69,994 -- -- -- -- 1,387 86 -- 213 68,240
Event or exposure:

Contact with objects and equipment

 380,517 9,531 4,795 57,368 95,463 35,694 29,379 74,643 6,345 67,301

Struck by object

 191,607 5,185 2,794 32,281 41,129 17,132 14,570 41,520 3,033 33,962

Struck against object

 99,916 1,968 831 12,336 20,838 11,280 7,580 20,615 2,568 21,900

Caught in equipment or object

 62,575 1,754 1,068 6,951 26,153 4,164 5,471 8,806 495 7,713

Fall to lower level

 86,946 2,433 883 22,421 9,950 13,105 6,750 11,827 2,763 16,815

Fall to same level

 176,019 2,866 1,004 12,308 23,922 17,405 10,888 42,467 6,265 58,895

Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall

 48,140 750 179 4,736 7,732 6,426 3,184 9,927 1,315 13,891

Overexertion

 381,048 5,023 3,061 33,799 68,789 46,231 32,486 69,653 7,258 114,747

Overexertion in lifting

 208,260 2,745 1,130 17,903 35,562 23,258 19,807 45,817 4,207 57,831

Repetitive motion

 58,576 689 43 2,866 23,593 5,030 2,620 8,367 3,566 11,803

Exposure to harmful substances

 60,044 1,908 446 4,306 14,032 4,876 2,378 12,996 1,358 17,743

Transportation accidents

 62,956 1,805 251 6,681 5,816 16,201 8,682 6,624 2,047 14,850

Fires and explosions

 2,695 56 55 429 598 210 241 768 -- 319

Assaults and violent acts by person

 18,104 57 -- 206 410 730 348 2,416 350 13,587

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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