| Table 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | ||||||||||||
| Goods producing | Service producing | |||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 2 | Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2 |
Mining 3 | Construction | Manufactur- ing |
Transpor- tation and public utilities 4 |
Wholesale trade |
Retail trade | Finance, insurance, and real estate |
Services | ||
| Total | 16,219 | 97 | 1,182 | 1,031 | 3,352 | 1,173 | 1,330 | 3,148 | 193 | 4,715 | ||
| Nature of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Sprains, strains | 7,680 | 31 | 458 | 444 | 1,418 | 606 | 607 | 1,516 | 63 | 2,538 | ||
| Bruises, contusions | 1,326 | 11 | 154 | 18 | 257 | 101 | 84 | 333 | 14 | 355 | ||
| Cuts, lacerations | 874 | -- | 71 | 78 | 159 | -- | 111 | 314 | -- | 112 | ||
| Fractures | 956 | -- | 159 | 68 | 256 | 87 | 157 | 92 | 21 | 112 | ||
| Heat burns | 271 | -- | 11 | -- | 14 | 112 | -- | 69 | -- | 39 | ||
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | 302 | -- | -- | -- | 100 | 16 | -- | 69 | 24 | 77 | ||
| Tendonitis | 97 | -- | -- | -- | 23 | -- | -- | 45 | -- | -- | ||
| Chemical burns | 63 | -- | 5 | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 31 | ||
| Amputations | 84 | -- | 9 | -- | 57 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Multiple injuries | 868 | 12 | 66 | 136 | 183 | 15 | 83 | 159 | 31 | 184 | ||
| Part of body affected: | ||||||||||||
| Head | 797 | -- | 84 | 74 | 209 | 36 | 92 | 155 | 14 | 133 | ||
| Eye | 450 | -- | 30 | 42 | 138 | -- | 76 | 59 | 9 | 71 | ||
| Neck | 312 | -- | 28 | -- | 46 | -- | -- | 94 | -- | 108 | ||
| Trunk | 6,780 | 35 | 386 | 468 | 1,244 | 476 | 484 | 1,322 | 39 | 2,326 | ||
| Shoulder | 909 | 15 | 45 | 44 | 122 | 103 | 20 | 152 | -- | 408 | ||
| Back | 4,896 | 19 | 236 | 340 | 929 | 317 | 339 | 995 | 30 | 1,691 | ||
| Upper extremities | 3,509 | 10 | 255 | 173 | 1,014 | 226 | 341 | 696 | 58 | 737 | ||
| Wrist | 879 | -- | 47 | -- | 238 | 42 | -- | 174 | 33 | 296 | ||
| Hand, except finger | 616 | -- | 56 | -- | 121 | 96 | 85 | 152 | -- | 100 | ||
| Finger | 1,156 | -- | 114 | 42 | 424 | 47 | 158 | 214 | -- | 149 | ||
| Lower extremities | 3,073 | 39 | 325 | 241 | 573 | 324 | 274 | 557 | 38 | 703 | ||
| Knee | 1,041 | -- | 118 | 69 | 155 | 86 | 78 | 166 | 20 | 324 | ||
| Foot, except toe | 476 | -- | 48 | 55 | 130 | 14 | -- | 113 | -- | 110 | ||
| Toe | 198 | -- | -- | -- | 45 | 15 | 86 | -- | -- | 14 | ||
| Body systems | 90 | -- | 6 | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 62 | ||
| Multiple parts | 1,457 | 12 | 96 | 60 | 244 | 77 | 106 | 314 | 40 | 507 | ||
| Source of injury, illness: | ||||||||||||
| Chemicals and chemical products | 372 | -- | 192 | -- | 60 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 82 | ||
| Containers | 1,986 | -- | 37 | 117 | 446 | 154 | 177 | 651 | 15 | 389 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 508 | -- | 5 | -- | 48 | 55 | -- | 189 | 10 | 165 | ||
| Machinery | 1,039 | 9 | 139 | 77 | 376 | 55 | 73 | 166 | 21 | 123 | ||
| Parts and materials | 1,854 | 11 | 188 | 298 | 720 | 110 | 195 | 215 | 9 | 107 | ||
| Worker motion or position | 3,290 | -- | 25 | 201 | 872 | 206 | 279 | 752 | 65 | 863 | ||
| Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | 1,859 | -- | 163 | 96 | 209 | 141 | 143 | 473 | 36 | 571 | ||
| Tools, instruments, and equipment | 876 | -- | 53 | 72 | 153 | 74 | 126 | 247 | 6 | 144 | ||
| Vehicles | 853 | -- | 86 | -- | 63 | 107 | 206 | 149 | 11 | 194 | ||
| Health care patient | 1,558 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 103 | -- | -- | -- | 1,456 | ||
| Event or exposure: | ||||||||||||
| Contact with objects and equipment | 4,409 | -- | 581 | 328 | 1,278 | 209 | 503 | 743 | 47 | 694 | ||
| Struck by object | 2,405 | 14 | 322 | 206 | 718 | 119 | 156 | 468 | 17 | 385 | ||
| Struck against object | 1,146 | -- | 127 | 52 | 286 | 36 | 162 | 217 | 21 | 241 | ||
| Caught in equipment or object | 740 | 9 | 128 | -- | 262 | 48 | 164 | 48 | -- | 45 | ||
| Fall to lower level | 536 | -- | 68 | 83 | 34 | 49 | 71 | 86 | 5 | 119 | ||
| Fall to same level | 1,716 | -- | 79 | 86 | 224 | 60 | 94 | 645 | 42 | 480 | ||
| Slips, trips, loss of balance--without fall | 260 | -- | 7 | -- | 33 | 37 | -- | 63 | -- | 62 | ||
| Overexertion | 4,657 | -- | 326 | 275 | 774 | 358 | 287 | 773 | 18 | 1,845 | ||
| Overexertion in lifting | 2,628 | -- | 108 | 179 | 358 | 238 | 166 | 511 | 9 | 1,059 | ||
| Repetitive motion | 395 | -- | -- | -- | 156 | 15 | -- | 70 | 25 | 103 | ||
| Exposure to harmful substances | 623 | -- | 36 | -- | 106 | 34 | -- | 84 | -- | 311 | ||
| Transportation accidents | 370 | -- | 14 | -- | 22 | 72 | 80 | 50 | 9 | 96 | ||
| Fires and explosions | 122 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 93 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Assaults and violent acts by person | 183 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 183 | ||
| 1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | Oil and Gas Extraction. | |||||||||||
| restricted work activity. | 4Data conforming to OSHA definitions for employers in railroad transportation are provided to | |||||||||||
| 2Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | BLS by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | |||||||||||
| 3Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are | NOTE:Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||||
| provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.Independent | nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||||
| mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.Data for Mining | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries | |||||||||||
| (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition) include establishments not | and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||||
| governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, such as those in | ||||||||||||