| Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected occupations and number of days away | |||||||||||
| from work, 2006 | |||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||||
| Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work |
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| Total cases |
1 day | 2 days | 3
to 5 days |
6
to 10 days |
11
to 20 days |
21
to 30 days |
31
days or more |
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| Total [12,130 cases] | 100.0 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 22.6 | 14.4 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 22.8 | 6 | ||
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 100.0 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 26.7 | 14.0 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 19.8 | 5 | ||
| Laborers and freight, stock, and | |||||||||||
| material movers, hand | 100.0 | 16.5 | 25.3 | 21.5 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 15.2 | 3 | ||
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 100.0 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 19.2 | 13.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 36.5 | 10 | ||
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 10.3 | 20.5 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 15.4 | 25.6 | 10 | ||
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 11.1 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 22.2 | 5 | ||
| Combined food preparation and | |||||||||||
| serving workers, including fast food | 100.0 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 23.1 | -- | -- | 5 | ||
| Welders, cutters, soldiers, and brazers | 100.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 36.0 | -- | -- | 8.0 | 6 | ||
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 100.0 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 16.7 | 8.3 | -- | 16.7 | 5 | ||
| Janitors and cleaners, except | |||||||||||
| maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 19.0 | 9.5 | 33.3 | 14.3 | 9.5 | -- | 9.5 | 5 | ||
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 33.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | -- | 23.8 | 4 | ||
| Electricians | 100.0 | 9.5 | -- | 14.3 | 42.9 | 9.5 | -- | 19.0 | 10 | ||
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | -- | -- | 15.0 | 3 | ||
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | -- | 25.0 | 5 | ||
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 80.0 | -- | -- | 10.0 | 9 | ||
| Psychiatric aides | 100.0 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 16.7 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 5 | ||
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 100.0 | -- | 16.7 | 38.9 | -- | -- | -- | 27.8 | 5 | ||
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 100.0 | -- | 31.3 | 56.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | ||
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 100.0 | 12.5 | -- | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | -- | 50.0 | 19 | ||
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 13.3 | -- | -- | 20.0 | 5 | ||
| Personal and home care aides | 100.0 | -- | -- | 33.3 | -- | -- | -- | 33.3 | 10 | ||
| First-line supervisors/managers | |||||||||||
| of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 35.7 | -- | 14.3 | -- | -- | -- | 35.7 | 4 | ||
| Heating, air conditioning, and | |||||||||||
| refrigeration mechanics and installers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 15.4 | -- | 30.8 | -- | 15.4 | -- | 15.4 | 5 | ||
| Carpenters | 100.0 | -- | -- | 53.8 | -- | -- | -- | 30.8 | 3 | ||
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 100.0 | -- | -- | 15.4 | 15.4 | 23.1 | -- | 38.5 | 15 | ||
| Cooks, restaurant | 100.0 | -- | -- | 41.7 | -- | -- | -- | 25.0 | 5 | ||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||||
| transfer or restriction. | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||||
| nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||||