|
Table 1. Number of nonfatal
occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1by
selected worker characteristics and industry division, 1998
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Characteristic |
Private industry 2 |
Goods producing |
Service producing |
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing2 |
Mining 3 |
Construction |
Manufacturing |
Transportation and public utilities
3 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade |
Finance, insurance, and real estate |
Services |
| |
Total |
16,678 |
100 |
1,462 |
1,171 |
4,257 |
1,398 |
1,147 |
3,314 |
105 |
3,726 |
| Sex: |
| |
Men |
11,150 |
75 |
1,455 |
1,167 |
3,434 |
1,221 |
1,088 |
1,731 |
37 |
943 |
| |
Women |
5,482 |
24 |
7 |
-- |
822 |
132 |
59 |
1,583 |
69 |
2,782 |
| Age: |
| |
14 to 15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
16 to 19 |
536 |
14 |
-- |
18 |
151 |
-- |
41 |
275 |
-- |
-- |
| |
20 to 24 |
2,019 |
15 |
49 |
113 |
606 |
122 |
74 |
684 |
11 |
344 |
| |
25 to 34 |
4,898 |
40 |
158 |
319 |
1,395 |
378 |
339 |
945 |
32 |
1,292 |
| |
35 to 44 |
4,897 |
-- |
503 |
454 |
1,053 |
650 |
374 |
801 |
23 |
1,017 |
| |
45 to 54 |
3,047 |
8 |
543 |
148 |
793 |
195 |
233 |
403 |
27 |
697 |
| |
55 to 64 |
1,098 |
-- |
142 |
117 |
241 |
51 |
86 |
135 |
11 |
316 |
| |
65 and over |
122 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
18 |
-- |
-- |
71 |
-- |
-- |
| Occupation: |
| |
Managerial
and professional specialty |
722 |
-- |
29 |
-- |
34 |
-- |
62 |
114 |
17 |
460 |
| |
Technical,
sales, and administrative support |
2,341 |
18 |
8 |
-- |
299 |
180 |
127 |
1,100 |
50 |
558 |
| |
Service |
3,541 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
82 |
38 |
14 |
1,072 |
13 |
2,321 |
| |
Farming, forestry,
and fishing |
193 |
78 |
-- |
-- |
33 |
-- |
53 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Precision production,
craft, and repair |
2,490 |
-- |
730 |
411 |
593 |
206 |
229 |
246 |
-- |
75 |
| |
Operators,
fabricators, and laborers |
7,322 |
-- |
647 |
746 |
3,216 |
968 |
654 |
780 |
26 |
282 |
| Length of service with
employer: |
| |
Less than 3
months |
1,565 |
8 |
88 |
133 |
349 |
99 |
119 |
569 |
36 |
164 |
| |
3 to 11 months |
2,693 |
32 |
138 |
241 |
616 |
237 |
161 |
690 |
-- |
573 |
| |
1 to 5 years |
5,307 |
37 |
567 |
335 |
1,524 |
379 |
340 |
1,055 |
21 |
1,048 |
| |
More than 5
years |
5,677 |
-- |
570 |
424 |
1,437 |
418 |
518 |
834 |
43 |
1,411 |
| |
Not reported |
1,437 |
-- |
99 |
-- |
331 |
265 |
10 |
166 |
-- |
529 |
| Race or ethnic origin: |
| |
White, non-Hispanic |
11,240 |
63 |
134 |
1,101 |
3,190 |
1,017 |
975 |
2,426 |
78 |
2,256 |
| |
Black, non-Hispanic |
263 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
62 |
-- |
58 |
66 |
-- |
56 |
| |
Hispanic |
8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Asian or Pacific
Islander |
10 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
American Indian
or Alaskan Native |
15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Not reported |
5,142 |
33 |
1,328 |
50 |
992 |
375 |
113 |
823 |
20 |
1,410 |
| |
| 1 Days-away-from-work
cases include those which result in days away from work with or without |
NOTE: Dashes indicate
data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of |
| restricted work activity. |
nonclassifiable responses,
data may not sum to the totals. |
| 2 Excludes
farms with fewer than 11 employees. |
|
| 3 Data conforming
to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
and |
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries |
| for employers in railroad
transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health |
and Illnesses in cooperation
with participating State agencies. |
| Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor; and the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of |
|
| Transportation. Independent
mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal |
|
| industries. |
|