| Table 7. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 2002 | |||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||
| Characteristic | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work |
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| Total cases |
1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days |
6 to 10 days |
11 to 20 days |
21 to 30 days |
31 days or more |
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| Total [14,571 cases] | 100.0 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 21.6 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 28.4 | 7 |
| Sex: | |||||||||
| Men | 100.0 | 10.5 | 12.8 | 21.7 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 30.1 | 7 |
| Women | 100.0 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 21.5 | 13.3 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 6 |
| Age: | |||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 to 19 | 100.0 | 19.2 | 12.3 | 37.0 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 20 to 24 | 100.0 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 31.4 | 14.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 13.4 | 4 |
| 25 to 34 | 100.0 | 12.2 | 17.9 | 19.6 | 13.9 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 23.9 | 6 |
| 35 to 44 | 100.0 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 19.7 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 34.0 | 8 |
| 45 to 54 | 100.0 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 19.6 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 33.2 | 10 |
| 55 to 64 | 100.0 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 18.9 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 38.6 | 18 |
| 65 and over | 100.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 45.3 | 4.5 | -- | 3.6 | 39.4 | 5 |
| Occupation: | |||||||||
| Managerial and professional specialty | 100.0 | 16.9 | 10.0 | 22.3 | 8.1 | 15.1 | 8.9 | 18.7 | 6 |
| Technical, sales, and administrative support | 100.0 | 10.0 | 14.8 | 21.1 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 6 |
| Service | 100.0 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 24.6 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 21.4 | 5 |
| Farming, forestry, and fishing | 100.0 | 27.4 | 5.6 | 18.1 | 4.4 | 19.5 | 0.5 | 24.4 | 5 |
| Precision production, craft, and repair | 100.0 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 40.0 | 13 |
| Operators, fabricators, and laborers | 100.0 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 21.2 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 31.1 | 7 |
| Length of service with employer: | |||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 100.0 | 15.1 | 11.4 | 30.8 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 21.4 | 5 |
| 3 to 11 months | 100.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 23.0 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 26.3 | 6 |
| 1 to 5 years | 100.0 | 10.6 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 13.9 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 27.7 | 7 |
| More than 5 years | 100.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 21.4 | 11.4 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 32.7 | 10 |
| Race or ethnic origin: | |||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 100.0 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 22.6 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 25.5 | 6 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 100.0 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 16.3 | 8 |
| Hispanic | 100.0 | -- | 46.2 | -- | 25.5 | 20.5 | -- | 7.7 | 10 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 100.0 | -- | -- | 7.5 | -- | -- | 92.5 | -- | 22 |
| Multi-race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without | SOURCE:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||
| job transfer or restriction. | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||
| NOTE:Dashes indicate data that are not available.Because of rounding and data exclusion of | |||||||||
| nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | |||||||||