|
Table 1. Number of nonfatal
occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1by
selected worker characteristics and industry division, 1999
|
| West Virginia--private
industry |
| Characteristic |
Private industry
2 |
Goods
producing |
Service
producing |
| Agriculture, forestry,
and fishing |
Mining 3 |
Construction |
Manufacturing |
Transportation and
public utilities 3 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade |
Finance, insurance,
and real estate |
Services |
| |
Total |
15,940 |
-- |
1,212 |
1,249 |
2,858 |
1,157 |
1,031 |
3,687 |
-- |
4,516 |
| Sex: |
| |
Men |
9,841 |
-- |
1,197 |
1,219 |
2,180 |
1,055 |
881 |
1,753 |
-- |
1,397 |
| |
Women |
6,043 |
-- |
15 |
-- |
671 |
55 |
151 |
1,933 |
-- |
3,117 |
| Age: |
| |
14 to 15 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
16 to 19 |
472 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
78 |
-- |
17 |
271 |
-- |
87 |
| |
20 to 24 |
2,118 |
-- |
35 |
250 |
338 |
95 |
83 |
685 |
-- |
617 |
| |
25 to 34 |
4,010 |
-- |
213 |
380 |
816 |
279 |
341 |
830 |
-- |
1,059 |
| |
35 to 44 |
4,870 |
-- |
359 |
364 |
836 |
325 |
402 |
1,090 |
-- |
1,416 |
| |
45 to 54 |
3,258 |
-- |
496 |
178 |
561 |
342 |
149 |
582 |
-- |
929 |
| |
55 to 64 |
1,031 |
-- |
70 |
65 |
207 |
109 |
40 |
200 |
-- |
319 |
| |
65 and over |
129 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
13 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
84 |
| Occupation: |
| |
Managerial
and professional specialty |
641 |
-- |
25 |
81 |
24 |
14 |
10 |
82 |
-- |
405 |
| |
Technical,
sales, and administrative support |
1,989 |
-- |
5 |
-- |
104 |
45 |
110 |
992 |
-- |
669 |
| |
Service |
3,993 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
23 |
-- |
-- |
1,309 |
-- |
2,634 |
| |
Farming, forestry,
and fishing |
234 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
31 |
-- |
-- |
19 |
-- |
47 |
| |
Precision production,
craft, and repair |
2,471 |
-- |
644 |
547 |
417 |
189 |
136 |
319 |
-- |
216 |
| |
Operators,
fabricators, and laborers |
6,576 |
-- |
509 |
617 |
2,252 |
910 |
771 |
966 |
-- |
543 |
| Length of service with
employer: |
| |
Less than 3
months |
1,835 |
-- |
64 |
197 |
282 |
50 |
55 |
582 |
-- |
563 |
| |
3 to 11 months |
2,459 |
-- |
167 |
165 |
358 |
101 |
109 |
807 |
-- |
736 |
| |
1 to 5 years |
5,613 |
-- |
512 |
453 |
950 |
243 |
353 |
1,304 |
-- |
1,686 |
| |
More than 5
years |
4,510 |
-- |
414 |
263 |
1,013 |
535 |
329 |
781 |
-- |
1,120 |
| |
Not reported |
1,523 |
-- |
56 |
173 |
256 |
229 |
185 |
212 |
-- |
411 |
| Race or ethnic origin: |
| |
White, non-Hispanic |
10,981 |
-- |
201 |
1,055 |
2,265 |
643 |
811 |
2,358 |
-- |
3,450 |
| |
Black, non-Hispanic |
234 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
61 |
-- |
13 |
63 |
-- |
83 |
| |
Hispanic |
13 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Asian or Pacific
Islander |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
American Indian
or Alaskan Native |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| |
Not reported |
4,706 |
-- |
1,011 |
190 |
525 |
508 |
208 |
1,261 |
-- |
975 |
| 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. |
|