| Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker characteristics and number of days away | ||||||||||||
| from work, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 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 [12,130 cases]. | 100.0 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 22.6 | 14.4 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 22.8 | 6 | |||
| Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male. | 100.0 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 21.9 | 11.7 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 25.2 | 6 | |||
| Female. | 100.0 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 24.2 | 19.8 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 18.1 | 6 | |||
| Age: | ||||||||||||
| 14 to 15. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 16 to 19. | 100.0 | 24.5 | 18.9 | 26.4 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 11.3 | 7.5 | 3 | |||
| 20 to 24 . | 100.0 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 27.9 | 13.0 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 9.7 | 4 | |||
| 25 to 34 . | 100.0 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 25.3 | 12.0 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 18.8 | 4 | |||
| 35 to 44 . | 100.0 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 21.6 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 24.5 | 7 | |||
| 45 to 54 . | 100.0 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 29.0 | 9 | |||
| 55 to 64 . | 100.0 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 38.5 | 11 | |||
| 65 and over. | 100.0 | -- | -- | 15.4 | 15.4 | -- | -- | 38.5 | 18 | |||
| Length of service with employer: | ||||||||||||
| Less than 3 months. | 100.0 | 20.1 | 10.1 | 24.2 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 23.5 | 5 | |||
| 3 to 11 months. | 100.0 | 14.0 | 11.6 | 26.0 | 14.0 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 19.2 | 5 | |||
| 1 to 5 years. | 100.0 | 12.3 | 15.1 | 21.2 | 17.2 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 20.0 | 6 | |||
| More than 5 years. | 100.0 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 21.1 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 28.7 | 7 | |||
| Race or ethnic origin: | ||||||||||||
| White only. | 100.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 22.9 | 15.2 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 21.4 | 5 | |||
| Black only. | 100.0 | 10.7 | 17.9 | 28.6 | 10.7 | -- | -- | 21.4 | 5 | |||
| Hispanic or Latino only. | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | |||
| Asian only. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander only. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native only. | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |||
| Hispanic or Latino and other race. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Multi-race. | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | |||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||