Table 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 2000
West Virginia--private industry
Characteristic
Private industry2
Goods producing
Service producing
Agriculture,
forestry,
and
fishing2
Mining3
Construc
tion
Manufac-
turing
Transpor-
tation and
public
utilities3
Whole-
sale
trade
Retail trade
Finance,
insurance,
and real
estate
Services
  Total  [15,757 cases]
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Sex:
  Men
65.6
100.0
99.2
98.9
84.7
83.9
84.9
48.1
40.0
32.8
  Women
34.0
--
0.8
--
15.3
10.5
15.1
51.9
60.0
67.2
Age:
  14 to 15
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
  16 to 19
3.1
--
0.6
--
1.5
--
--
9.6
--
3.3
  20 to 24
12.8
--
2.6
7.2
14.7
6.9
12.1
16.2
7.2
13.4
  25 to 34
28.1
--
15.2
26.7
28.6
26.1
39.0
27.5
23.1
28.5
  35 to 44
26.8
--
29.3
30.2
27.6
28.1
24.7
25.1
20.5
26.6
  45 to 54
21.1
--
39.8
31.6
20.0
23.0
17.1
16.1
38.6
18.9
  55 to 64
6.5
--
8.2
--
7.2
12.7
5.7
3.3
5.8
7.1
  65 and over
1.0
--
--
--
0.5
2.5
1.4
2.2
--
0.3
Occupation:
  Managerial and professional specialty
5.6
--
1.6
--
0.7
--
3.3
3.8
8.0
15.0
  Technical, sales, and administrative support
13.6
--
--
10.9
3.3
15.2
21.3
32.7
52.7
11.1
  Service
21.5
--
--
--
2.4
--
--
29.4
13.1
55.2
      Farming, forestry, and fishing
2.0
93.9
--
--
1.5
--
--
--
14.0
1.3
  Precision production, craft, and repair
16.6
--
53.5
38.7
15.8
22.5
11.8
10.1
--
7.1
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers
40.5
--
42.3
50.0
76.3
60.6
63.0
24.0
8.5
10.3
Length of service with employer:
  Less than 3 months
11.6
--
7.9
12.2
6.7
7.3
11.2
19.2
9.3
12.8
  3 to 11 months
16.7
--
15.5
34.4
13.9
9.1
14.6
15.1
28.1
16.2
  1 to 5 years
31.7
--
33.0
17.4
27.0
26.8
31.5
38.6
16.6
35.7
  More than 5 years
28.2
--
37.9
31.6
32.7
39.2
32.7
17.0
44.9
25.2
  Not reported
11.8
--
5.7
--
19.7
17.5
9.9
10.2
--
10.1
Race or ethnic origin:
  White, non-Hispanic
70.5
--
5.9
93.0
68.8
63.8
85.7
74.0
78.0
75.2
  Black, non-Hispanic
1.3
--
--
--
1.6
--
--
1.3
--
1.9
  Hispanic
0.4
--
--
--
0.3
--
--
--
--
--
  Asian or Pacific Islander
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
  American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.1
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
13.4
--
  Not reported
27.7
--
94.1
5.2
29.2
35.0
14.0
24.3
7.8
22.7
1   Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or withoutrestricted work activity.  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
2Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.                                                                            SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies.
3Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining andfor employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department ofTransportation.Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries.