Table 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1by selected worker occupations and industry division, 1998
West Virginia--private industry
Occupation Private industry 2 Goods producing Service producing
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2 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
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,416 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1,416
Truck drivers 1,209 -- 43 -- 26 615 214 116 -- 178
Laborers, nonconstruction 1,203 -- 181 -- 514 46 184 197 24 57
Construction laborers 528 -- -- 526 -- -- -- -- -- --
Cashiers 417 -- -- -- -- -- -- 417 -- --
Cooks 347 -- -- -- -- -- -- 291 -- 56
Stock handlers and baggers 325 -- 11 -- 36 -- -- 278 -- --
Welders and cutters 308 -- 19 -- 227 12 19 -- -- --
Janitors and cleaners 307 -- -- -- 79 -- -- 129 13 77
Miscellaneous food preparation occupations 303 -- -- -- -- -- -- 168 -- 134
Registered nurses 284 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 284
Licensed practical nurses 280 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 277
Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations 257 -- -- -- -- -- 45 211 -- --
Carpenters 256 -- 15 141 24 -- -- 15 -- 59
Driver-sales workers 237 -- -- -- 112 -- 105 -- -- --
Packaging and filling machine operators 225 -- -- -- 218 -- -- -- -- --
Sales workers, other commodities 223 -- -- -- -- -- -- 219 -- --
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators 200 -- 181 -- 16 -- -- -- -- --
Waiters and waitresses 195 -- -- -- -- -- -- 159 -- --
Butchers and meat cutters 190 -- -- -- 176 -- -- 15 -- --
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 189 -- 32 -- 122 -- -- -- -- --
Maids and housemen 180 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 180
Health aides, exc. nursing 179 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 176
Industrial machinery repairers 179 -- 120 -- 52 -- -- -- -- --
Kitchen workers, food preparation 162 -- -- -- -- 15 -- 121 -- --
Assemblers 156 -- -- -- 154 -- -- -- -- --
Electricians 152 -- 102 -- 43 -- -- -- -- --
Stock and inventory clerks 151 -- -- -- 61 -- -- 72 -- --
Operating engineers 139 -- -- 134 -- -- -- -- -- --
Automobile mechanics 129 -- -- -- -- -- 11 117 -- --
Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks 123 -- -- -- 101 -- 11 -- -- --
 
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.   

Last Updated on 10/4/01