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Table 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected worker occupations and industry division, United States, 2002

Originally Posted: April 28, 2004

Table 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker occupations and industry division, United States, 2002
Occupation 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

Truck drivers

 112,232 1,327 529 4,356 9,423 56,047 21,174 12,061 122 7,193

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

 79,007 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 215 78,766

Laborers, nonconstruction

 76,623 1,501 1,388 -- 23,311 6,856 21,214 12,654 904 8,794

Janitors and cleaners

 41,994 313 6 351 5,046 920 1,177 4,769 5,552 23,859

Construction laborers

 41,876 -- 7 41,315 33 153 -- -- 15 323

Assemblers

 34,374 83 20 735 28,969 147 1,725 761 -- 1,935

Carpenters

 28,302 -- 19 23,405 1,828 155 593 1,049 156 1,085

Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations

 26,100 -- -- 99 699 39 3,063 20,351 444 1,388

Cooks

 24,743 -- -- -- 204 95 77 16,660 248 7,449

Sales workers, other commodities

 24,663 -- -- 95 192 140 1,445 20,151 111 2,490

Cashiers

 22,541 -- -- -- 52 256 208 20,687 75 1,210

Registered nurses

 21,924 -- -- -- 116 37 -- -- 105 21,590

Miscellaneous food preparation occupations

 21,834 -- -- -- 230 106 156 15,642 128 5,544

Stock handlers and baggers

 21,468 -- 29 81 684 272 1,628 18,472 -- 267

Maids and housemen

 18,637 -- -- -- 88 68 -- 166 286 17,984

Welders and cutters

 15,248 -- 147 1,351 11,081 575 840 69 95 1,068

Groundskeepers and gardeners, exc. farm

 14,862 7,261 -- 359 434 200 109 373 1,575 4,552

Electricians

 14,424 -- 239 10,730 1,591 413 -- 69 43 1,288

Driver-sales workers

 13,942 -- -- -- 3,277 459 6,462 2,445 14 1,237

Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks

 13,540 51 -- -- 3,197 5,221 1,657 2,664 37 697

Automobile mechanics

 13,263 -- -- -- 132 66 606 9,733 16 2,709

Kitchen workers, food preparation

 12,072 -- -- -- 93 -- -- 11,218 15 724

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

 10,601 126 -- 8,425 865 306 172 92 116 499

Health aides, exc. nursing

 10,478 -- -- -- -- -- -- 175 80 10,188

Waiters and waitresses

 10,384 -- -- -- 33 -- -- 7,571 103 2,642

Farm workers

 10,112 9,114 -- -- 259 465 180 -- -- --

Industrial machinery repairers

 10,024 -- 995 70 6,750 345 942 96 194 630

Guards and police, exc. public service

 8,986 -- 12 -- 150 594 -- 1,055 510 6,577

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

 8,905 437 426 203 3,593 1,179 1,567 901 -- 590

Stock and inventory clerks

 8,734 -- -- 197 1,734 531 1,046 3,277 60 1,848

Supervisors, production occupations

 8,413 -- 107 -- 6,236 459 505 433 -- 654

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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