| Table 5. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness 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 cases] | 100.0 | -- | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -- | 100.0 | ||
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 47.4 | -- | 42.4 | 33.8 | 42.3 | 45.8 | 55.9 | 41.3 | -- | 58.3 | ||
| Bruises, contusions | 8.3 | -- | 8.4 | -- | 9.1 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 9.6 | -- | 8.2 | ||
| Cuts, lacerations | 6.8 | -- | 3.7 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 13.6 | -- | 4.3 | ||
| Fractures | 6.9 | -- | 9.8 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | -- | 4.6 | ||
| Heat burns | 1.4 | -- | 0.7 | -- | 0.5 | -- | -- | 4.0 | -- | 0.9 | ||
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | -- | -- | 0.7 | ||
| Tendonitis | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- | 1.3 | -- | 1.0 | -- | -- | 0.4 | ||
| Chemical burns | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- | 0.2 | -- | -- | 1.1 | -- | 0.4 | ||
| Amputations | 0.4 | -- | 1.2 | -- | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.2 | ||
| Multiple injuries | 4.4 | -- | 5.1 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.8 | -- | 3.7 | ||
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||||
| Head | 5.5 | -- | 5.7 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 4.4 | -- | 5.3 | ||
| Eye | 3.1 | -- | 1.4 | 12.5 | 3.8 | -- | 1.4 | 1.4 | -- | 2.7 | ||
| Neck | 2.2 | -- | 2.2 | -- | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | -- | 3.1 | ||
| Trunk | 41.5 | -- | 39.4 | 34.4 | 37.1 | 56.9 | 45.8 | 40.7 | -- | 41.9 | ||
| Shoulder | 5.8 | -- | 2.6 | -- | 4.2 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 5.6 | -- | 8.1 | ||
| Back | 29.1 | -- | 28.6 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 43.4 | 31.5 | 27.6 | -- | 28.6 | ||
| Upper extremities | 23.1 | -- | 15.7 | 20.5 | 31.2 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 28.6 | -- | 21.4 | ||
| Wrist | 4.3 | -- | 2.2 | -- | 7.3 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 3.9 | -- | 4.4 | ||
| Hand, except finger | 4.0 | -- | 2.4 | -- | 4.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 6.8 | -- | 3.3 | ||
| Finger | 8.1 | -- | 7.4 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 10.7 | -- | 4.1 | ||
| Lower extremities | 19.8 | -- | 26.2 | 21.9 | 19.2 | 15.8 | 31.5 | 17.2 | -- | 17.8 | ||
| Knee | 7.1 | -- | 8.9 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 5.9 | -- | 7.1 | ||
| Foot, except toe | 2.9 | -- | 3.1 | -- | 3.4 | 3.6 | 9.4 | 3.1 | -- | 1.3 | ||
| Toe | 1.0 | -- | 0.4 | -- | 1.4 | -- | 1.4 | 1.9 | -- | 0.4 | ||
| Body systems | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | 0.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.3 | ||
| Multiple parts | 7.2 | -- | 10.3 | -- | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 7.7 | -- | 10.1 | ||
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 2.3 | -- | 15.4 | -- | 1.3 | 1.7 | -- | 1.2 | -- | 1.2 | ||
| Containers | 13.1 | -- | 4.0 | -- | 13.6 | 10.4 | 27.0 | 25.5 | -- | 5.8 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 2.9 | -- | -- | -- | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.1 | -- | 3.5 | ||
| Machinery | 7.5 | -- | 12.7 | 4.7 | 10.2 | -- | 5.7 | 11.5 | -- | 3.2 | ||
| Parts and materials | 11.2 | -- | 12.6 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 6.8 | -- | 3.2 | ||
| Worker motion or position | 19.1 | -- | 5.1 | 20.8 | 25.3 | 14.9 | 22.8 | 14.5 | -- | 22.0 | ||
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 12.3 | -- | 12.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 19.9 | 14.7 | 13.1 | -- | 13.8 | ||
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 5.8 | -- | 5.1 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 9.8 | -- | 4.0 | ||
| Vehicles | 6.3 | -- | 10.5 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 17.2 | 8.3 | 5.2 | -- | 4.5 | ||
| Health care patient | 7.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 27.3 | ||
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 29.6 | -- | 38.6 | 42.3 | 35.9 | 16.3 | 25.0 | 35.2 | -- | 20.3 | ||
| Struck by object | 16.0 | -- | 20.8 | 24.1 | 19.4 | 8.1 | 14.1 | 22.7 | -- | 7.7 | ||
| Struck against object | 8.9 | -- | 9.3 | 14.6 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 | -- | 7.9 | ||
| Caught in equipment or object | 3.9 | -- | 8.1 | -- | 6.6 | -- | 2.0 | 2.2 | -- | 4.0 | ||
| Fall to lower level | 4.0 | -- | 5.1 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 2.1 | -- | 3.5 | ||
| Fall to same level | 9.5 | -- | 7.8 | -- | 5.8 | 14.3 | 8.8 | 12.4 | -- | 10.8 | ||
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 2.2 | -- | 2.9 | -- | 1.6 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 1.8 | -- | 3.1 | ||
| Overexertion | 28.9 | -- | 29.9 | 17.8 | 26.5 | 33.5 | 32.5 | 28.7 | -- | 30.9 | ||
| Overexertion in lifting | 15.7 | -- | 12.1 | 10.7 | 14.8 | 7.9 | 19.4 | 20.1 | -- | 16.0 | ||
| Repetitive motion | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- | 3.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | -- | -- | 0.8 | ||
| Exposure to harmful substances | 3.5 | -- | 3.4 | -- | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 5.7 | -- | 3.5 | ||
| Transportation accidents | 1.9 | -- | 3.7 | -- | 1.2 | 6.5 | 1.6 | -- | -- | 1.8 | ||
| Fires and explosions | 0.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.2 | ||
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 1.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6.1 | ||
| 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. | ||||||||||||