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Internet address: https://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm Thursday, November 8, 2007 

NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES 

REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2006 

Both the rate and the number of occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days 

away from work decreased from 2005 to 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, U.S. Department Labor. The 2006 rate was 128 per 10,000 workers, a decrease 

of 6 percent from 2005. There were 1.2 million cases requiring days away from work in 

private industry, which represented a decrease of 51,180 cases (or 4 percent). Median 

days away from work—a key measure of the severity of the injury or illness—was 7 days 

in 2006, the same as the prior two years. 

Key findings for 2006 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away 

from work: 

- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants, had 49,480 days away from work cases 

and a rate of 526 per 10,000 workers, which was more than four times the total for 

all occupations. 

- Three other occupations with more than 40,000 cases had rates above 400 per 

10,000 workers: construction laborers (488); laborers and freight, stock, and 

material movers (466); and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (411). 

- Men had a days-away-from-work rate of 143 per 10,000 workers; the rate for 

women was 106 per 10,000 workers. 

- Four out of ten days away from work cases were sprains or strains. 

Approximately one in five of these were suffered by laborers and freight, stock, 

and material movers; heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers; and nursing aides, 

orderlies, and attendants. 

- Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) accounted for 30 percent of the injuries and 

illnesses with days away from work, the same percentage as in 2005. 

New Rates by Occupation, Gender, and Age group 

With the 2006 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), BLS added selected 

injury and illness rates by occupation, by gender, and by age group for cases with days 

away from work. Occupational estimates are available at the detailed occupation level 

for the Nation and at the occupational group level for the Nation and States. In addition, 

rates are available by gender, age group, and occupation for selected case characteristics. 
This release is the third in a series of three releases from the BLS covering 

occupational safety and health statistics in 2006. The first release, in August 2007, 

covered work-related fatalities from the 2006 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In 

October 2007, BLS reported that there were 4.1 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses in 

2006, based on the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. This final release 

covers the circumstances of the injuries and illnesses and the characteristics of the 

workers involved in the 1.2 million nonfatal cases that required days away from work to 

recuperate. 

Case characteristics

Case characteristics provide detailed information on the circumstances of nonfatal 

workplace injuries and illnesses that required one or more days away from work. The 

survey uses four case characteristics—nature, part of body, source, and event or 

exposure—to describe a workplace incident. 

 A nursing aide sprains her back from overexertion in lifting a health care patient. 

 ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑

 (nature) (part of body) (event or exposure) (source) 

• Sprains and strains was the leading nature of injury and illness in every major 

industry sector (see table 5). These injuries decreased by 6 percent for total private 

industry in 2006 and for both goods-producing and service-providing industries. 

Trade, transportation, and utilities reported 157,380 sprains and strains, 33 percent of 

the total. 

• The overall number of cases of carpal tunnel syndrome decreased by 21 percent. 

Workers on the job 5 years or more had a decrease of 27 percent for these kinds of 

illnesses. 

• The part of the body most affected by work incidents was the trunk (including the 

shoulder and back) accounting for 34 percent of all cases. Cases involving the trunk 

decreased by 6 percent from 2005. Injuries and illnesses to the back made up 

62 percent of the days-away-from-work cases involving the trunk. 

• Floors, walkways, and ground surfaces were the source of injury or illness for 

18 percent of all days-away-from-work cases. Worker motion or position accounted 

for 14 percent. 

• Assaults and violent acts (by person) increased by 10 percent, with those to women 

increasing 21 percent to 10,400 cases. Sixty percent of the assaults and violent acts 

(by person) occurred in health care and social assistance and mainly involved assaults 

by health care patients. 
• Injuries and illnesses due to repetitive motion decreased by 13 percent. 

• Falls from a ladder decreased by 17 percent. 

Incidence rate and median days away from work due to injuries 

and illnesses by nature, 2006

14

3

22

27

5

10

28

4

4

8

1

1

1

1

2

5

10

11

12

51

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40

Tendonitis

Chemical burns

Amputations

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Heat burns

Multiple injuries

Fractures

Bruises, contusions

Cuts, lacerations,

and punctures

Sprains, strains, tears

Incidence rate per 10,000 full-time workers Median days away from work

In addition to these four case characteristics, BLS collects the time of day and day 

of the week the injury or illness occurred and the time the employee had spent on the job 

before the incident. 

• Of the injuries and illnesses with days away from work (for which the time of the 

incident was reported), the eight-hour period from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. accounted 

for 65 percent of the cases in 2006. The 4:00 p.m. to midnight time period accounted 

for 20 percent of the cases. 

• In those cases where employers reported how long the employee had been on the job 

before the incident occurred, workers on the job from two to four hours incurred the 

highest number of injuries and illnesses (248,980 or 26 percent). Employees on the 

job for more than eight hours accounted for 12 percent of cases. 

• Eighty-seven percent of injuries and illnesses occurred on Monday through Friday. 

The exception to this pattern was the leisure and hospitality sector, where 27 percent 

of injuries and illnesses occurred during the weekend. 
Demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristics include gender, age, race or ethnic origin, and length 

of service with the employer at the time of the incident (see tables 1, 2, and 8). For 2006, 

BLS has new incidence rate data for gender and age group (see tables 16-19). 

• Men accounted for 66 percent of all days-away-from-work cases, and had an 

incidence rate (143 per 10,000 workers) 35 percent higher than the rate of 106 for 

women. 

• Injuries and illnesses to Asian workers increased by 16 percent from 2005, while the 

other ethnic groups experienced declines in workplace incidents. Race or ethnicity 

was unreported in 32 percent of days-away-from-work cases. 

 

• The number of injuries and illnesses to Hispanic workers in the construction and 

extraction occupations (34,170) increased 7 percent from 2005. 

• Workers who were 20 to 44 years old accounted for 60 percent of injured and ill 

workers. Within that age range, workers age 20 to 24 had a rate of 143 per 

10,000 workers, higher than the rate of 128 for all workers. 

• The number of days away from work rose with the age of the worker from a median 

of 1 day for workers 14- and 15-years old to a median of 15 days for workers 65 and 

older. 

Occupation 

Among major occupational groups, transportation and material moving 

occupations had the highest rate at 301 per 10,000 workers and 239,710 injuries and 

illnesses requiring days away from work in 2006. Computer and mathematical 

occupations had the lowest rate, 11 (see table 16). The rate for all occupations was 128. 

Three occupations at the detail level had incidence rates over 1,000 per 

10,000 workers: Athletes and sports competitors (1,720), Psychiatric aides (1,067), and 

Mining roof bolters (1,018). Rates this high indicate that at least one in ten workers in 

these three occupations experienced an injury or illness requiring days away from work 

in 2006. These occupations, however, did not have a high number of cases and, like 

some other occupations with small numbers of workers, are not listed in the tables of this 

news release. 

The five occupations that have the highest number of days away from work cases were: 

• Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers experienced the highest number of 

days-away-from-work injuries and illnesses, 85,120 in 2006; however, this represents 

a decrease of 8 percent from 2005. This occupation had a rate of 466 per 

10,000 workers. Eighty-four percent of these injuries and illnesses were to men. 
Sixty-five percent of the total cases for this occupation were in the trade, 

transportation and utilities industry. 

• Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers had 66,040 cases in 2006, relatively the same 

as in 2005, and had a days-away-from-work rate of 411 per 10,000 workers. Ninetyfive percent of these cases were to men. The source of the injury was most often 

vehicles, followed by floor or ground surfaces. The most frequent event was 

overexertion, followed by contact with objects and equipment. As in 2005, the 

median days away from work was 14 days, twice that for all occupations. 

• Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants—with more injuries and illnesses to women 

(91 percent) than to men—had 49,480 cases, a decrease of 5 percent from 2005. This 

occupation had a high incidence rate—526 per 10,000 workers. Fifty-six percent of 

the injuries and illnesses to these workers involved health care patients, of which 

86 percent were due to overexertion. 

• Construction laborers had the fourth highest number of cases with 40,510 and a rate 

of 488 per 10,000 workers. Ninety-seven percent of these injuries and illnesses were 

to men. Contact with objects or equipment was the most common event in this 

occupation and the most frequent source of injury was parts and materials. 

• Retail salespersons had 33,210 cases, remaining unchanged from 2005. Floors and 

walkways were the most frequent source of injury. The rate of injury and illness for 

this occupation was 106, 17 percent below the private-sector average. 

 As in 2005, eleven detailed occupations, including the five discussed above, each 

had more than 20,000 injuries and illnesses with days away from work. Together they 

accounted for 36 percent of all cases (see table 4). These same eleven occupations have 

had more than 20,000 cases in each of the last three years. 

Industry

 Workers in the goods-producing industries experienced 380,440 injuries and 

illnesses with days away from work and had an incidence rate of 167 per 10,000 workers 

in 2006. Service-providing industry workers experienced 803,060 days away from work 

injuries and illnesses and had a rate of 115. 

Natural resources and mining had a median number of days away from work of 

9. In this sector, the mining industry had a median of 17 days. Hispanic workers 

experienced 66 percent of injuries and illnesses in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 

compared to 20 percent of all days-away-from-work cases in private industry. The 

overall rate for this industry sector was 170 per 10,000 workers. 
Construction had the highest incidence rate—220 per 10,000 workers—of all 

industry sectors but had the fourth highest case count (153,180). The rate decreased 

8 percent from 2005. Men experienced 97 percent of the injuries and illnesses. The 

construction industry’s rate of 84 for contact with objects and equipment was more than 

twice the rate for total private industry. 

Manufacturing had a rate of 141 per 10,000 workers and had 200,970 cases 

resulting from days away from work. Workers in this industry were most often injured 

by contact with objects and equipment (76,400). The number of cases involving 

repetitive motion (14,670) remained about the same in 2006 compared to 2005. Workers 

who had 5 or more years of service with their employer experienced a significant decline 

in the number injuries and illnesses from the previous year (8 percent). Workers with 

less than 5 years had relatively no change in the number of cases from 2005. 

Trade, transportation, and utilities had the greatest number of injuries and 

illnesses (354,510) with a rate of 160 per 10,000 workers. Women experienced 

28 percent of the injuries and illnesses in this sector as a whole, but within retail trade 

they experienced 41 percent of the cases. The transportation and warehousing industry 

had a median number of days away from work of 15. The utilities industry had a median 

of 14 days away from work, while wholesale and retail trade industries each had medians 

of 7 days. 

Information had a rate of injuries and illnesses of 67 per 10,000 workers. Fiftysix percent of the injuries and illnesses to workers in this industry sector occurred to 

those who had been with their employer for more than 5 years, compared to 31 percent 

for all service–providing industries. 

Financial activities had 33,300 days-away-from-work cases and a rate of 45 per 

10,000 workers in 2006. Sprains and strains was the leading nature of injury and illness 

with 13,210 cases. The part of body most often injured was the back with 7,180 cases. 

Professional and business services had no change in the overall number of cases 

that required days away from work or the incidence rate for those cases when compared 

to 2005. However, cases involving contact with objects, the leading event or exposure of 

injury in this industry, rose 15 percent to 25,260. The number of carpal tunnel syndrome 

cases in this industry (790) has decreased by two thirds since 2003 including a 50 percent 

decrease from 2005 to 2006. 

Education and health services also had no change in the overall number of cases 

or the incidence rate for those cases when compared to 2005. In this sector, healthcare 

and social assistance accounted for 94 percent of injuries and illnesses. There were 

nearly four times the number of injuries and illnesses to women (145,370) than to men 

(36,800). 
Leisure and hospitality had 96,910 injuries and illnesses requiring days away 

from work in 2006, with a rate of 114 per 10,000 workers. Employers in this industry 

reported nearly equal numbers of injuries and illnesses to men and women. The number 

of assaults and violent acts (1,690) increased 48 percent from last year. Asian workers 

experienced an 86 percent increase in the number of injuries and illnesses in this industry. 

Musculoskeletal disorders

The U.S. Department of Labor defines a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) as an 

injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, or spinal discs. MSDs 

do not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or similar 

accidents. In 2006 there were 357,160 MSD cases. MSD cases had a median of 9 days 

away from work, two days longer than the median for all days away from work cases. 

The overall rate for all MSD cases was 39 per 10,000 workers in 2006. 

The trade, transportation and utilities sector had 34 percent of the MSD cases 

followed by the education and health services sector with 20 percent, the vast majority of 

these in health care and social assistance (69,880). The manufacturing sector had 

18 percent of the MSD cases. MSDs in manufacturing decreased by 6 percent from 2005 

to 2006, while MSDs for all private industry decreased by 5 percent. 

Table A. Number, incidence rate, and median days of work-related musculoskeletal disorders that 

required days away from work by selected industry sectors, 2006 

Number Incidence Rate Median days 

away from work 

Total Musculoskeletal disorders 357,160 39 9 

 Goods-producing industries 103,750 46 10 

 Manufacturing 64,760 46 11 

 Service-providing industries 253,410 36 8 

 Trade, transportation and utilities 119,770 54 11 

 Education and health services 72,020 55 6 

 

Men had 62 percent of the MSD cases and an incidence rate of 41 per 

10,000 workers. Women had 37 percent of the MSD cases and an incidence rate of 35 

(see table B). MSDs to workers age 25 and over decreased with the exception of MSDs 

to workers age 55 to 64 which increased by 4 percent. MSDs to workers age 65 and over 

decreased by 13 percent in 2006 after an increase of 19 percent in 2005. 

The three occupations with the highest number of MSDs in 2006 were laborers 

and freight, stock, and material movers; nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; and 

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers. These occupations had high rates of MSDs (see 

table B), with nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants reporting the highest rate—293 per 

10,000 workers. 
Table B. Number, incidence rate, and median days of work-related musculoskeletal disorders that required 

days away from work by gender, age groups, and selected occupations, 2006 

Number Incidence Rate Median days 

away from work 

Total Musculoskeletal disorders 357,160 39 9 

 

Gender

 Men 222,880 41 10 

 Women 133,710 35 8 

 

Age Group 

 14 - 15 20 -- 10 

 16 - 19 7,620 26 5 

 20 - 24 33,350 36 5 

 25 - 34 80,530 38 7 

 35 - 44 101,830 44 9 

 45 - 54 86,130 40 13 

 55 - 64 38,970 36 14 

 65 and over 4,660 20 16 

 

Occupation 

 Laborers and freight, stock, and material 

movers, hand 28,860 158 9 

 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 27,590 293 5 

 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 17,400 108 14 

 Retail salesperson 11,280 36 10 

 Registered nurses 9,200 59 6 

 Truck drivers, light and delivery services 8,890 99 14 

 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and 

housekeeping cleaners 8,630 76 9 

 Stock clerks and order fillers 8,610 69 8 

 Construction laborers 8,270 100 10 

 Maintenance and repair workers, general 6,870 70 6 

Injury and Illness Severity 

In addition to providing data on the number of injuries and illnesses that require 

days away from work to recuperate, the survey provides data on the length of the 

absences resulting from those injuries and illnesses (see tables 8-12 and 15). Median 

days away from work—the key survey measure of severity—designates the point at 

which half the cases involved more days and half involved fewer days. 

The median number of days away from work for all cases was 7 days in 2006, 

unchanged since 2004. Almost one-fourth of all days-away-from-work cases resulted in 

31 or more days away from work. The median for goods-producing industries (8 days) 

was higher than that for service-providing industries (7 days). 

• Fractures resulted in the longest absences (28 days) from work among the leading 

natures of injury and illness. Carpal tunnel syndrome had 27 days and amputations 

had 22 median days away from work, both unchanged from 2005. 
• Repetitive motion resulted in the longest absences from work among the most 

frequent events or exposures with 19 days away from work, unchanged from 2005. 

Falls to lower level had 14 days, twice the 2006 median for all cases. Fires and 

explosions and transportation accidents each had a median of 10 days. The median 

for transportation accidents was unchanged but the median for fires and explosions 

decreased from the 16 days reported in 2005. 

• Floors, walkways, and ground surfaces were the sources that resulted in the longest 

absences from work, with a median of 11 days, followed closely by worker motion or 

position (10 days) and vehicles (9 days). 

• Injuries and illnesses to the shoulder resulted in the longest absences from work, with 

a median of 16 days, followed by the wrist and knee each with a median of 14 days. 

• Workers age 65 and over experienced the longest absences from work with a median 

of 15 days followed by workers age 55 to 64 with 12 days and workers age 45 to 54 

with 10 days. 

• Among detailed occupations with high numbers of days-away-from-work cases, 

heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers had the highest median days away from work 

with 14 days. Driver/sales workers had the second highest median with 11 days, 

followed closely by carpenters and light or delivery truck drivers with a median of 

10 days. 

Background of the Survey

Since the early 1970s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported annually 

on the number and the rate of injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work 

beyond the day of the incident in private industry. The 2006 Survey of Occupational 

Injuries and Illnesses marks the fifteenth year that BLS has also provided detailed 

information on the circumstances of these cases and the characteristics of the injured or 

ill worker. 

Data in this release are classified based on the 2002 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS), the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 

Manual, and 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, as defined by the 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB). More information on each of these 

classification systems is available on the OMB Internet site at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/statpolicy.html. Race and ethnicity is the only 

data element in the survey for which reporting is not mandatory. In 2006, 32 percent of 

the cases were missing race and ethnicity. 
For each incident that led to an injury or illness that required one or more days 

away from work to recuperate, the survey uses four characteristics to describe the 

circumstances of the case. These characteristics are classified using the Occupational 

Injury and Illness Classification System. (See the Manual on the BLS Internet site at 

https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshoiics.htm.) These four characteristics are: 

• nature – the physical characteristics of the disabling injury or illness, such as 

cuts/lacerations, fractures, or sprains/strains; 

• part of body affected – the part of body directly linked to the nature of injury or 

illness cited, such as back, finger, or eye; 

• event or exposure – the manner in which the injury or illness was produced or 

inflicted, such as falls, overexertion, or repetitive motion; and 

• source – the object, substance, exposure, or bodily motion that directly produced or 

inflicted the disabling condition, such as chemicals, vehicles, or machinery. 

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) include cases where the nature of the injury or 

illness is sprains, strains, tears; back pain, hurt back; soreness, pain, hurt, except the back; 

carpal tunnel syndrome; hernia; or musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases 

and disorders, when the event or exposure leading to the injury or illness is bodily 

reaction/bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting; overexertion; or repetition. 

Cases of Raynaud’s phenomenon, tarsal tunnel syndrome, and herniated spinal discs are 

not included. Although they may be considered MSDs, the survey classifies these 

injuries and illnesses in categories that also include non-MSD cases. 

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State program in 

which employer reports were collected from about 195,200 private industry 

establishments in 2006 and processed by State agencies cooperating with the BLS. The 

survey measures only nonfatal injuries and illnesses and excludes the self-employed, 

farms with fewer than 11 employees, private households, Federal government agencies, 

and, for national estimates, employees in State and local government agencies. 

The employers, who are selected to participate in the survey, provide data on 

injuries and illnesses based on logs and other records they maintain during the year. 

These records reflect not only the year’s injury and illness experience, but also 

employers’ understanding of which cases are work related under the recordkeeping rules 

promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. Data for coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for railroad activities were 

provided by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration and the 

Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration, respectively. 

The survey estimates the characteristics of cases with days away from work based 

on two levels of sampling. First, BLS scientifically selects a probability sample of 

establishments from among those covered by the survey. Then establishments in the 

survey that are projected to have a large number of days–away-from-work cases are 

instructed on how to sample those cases to minimize the burden of their response. 
Because the estimates are based on a sample survey, they probably differ from the 

figures that would be obtained from a census of all units covered by the survey. Standard 

errors were calculated to determine the precision of each estimate from the survey and 

will be available on the BLS Internet site at https://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm. They are 

used to provide a range around the estimate in which the figure from a census is likely to 

be. All findings in this release have been tested and found to be statistically significant at 

the 95-percent confidence level. Visit https://www.bls.gov/iif/osh_rse.htm for more 

information about relative standard errors. 

Data from the survey also are subject to nonsampling error. Examples of these 

errors are: the inability to obtain information about all cases in the sample; mistakes or 

gaps in recording or coding the data; and difficulties in understanding survey definitions. 

Although not measured, nonsampling error always occurs when statistics are gathered. 

However, BLS has quality assurance procedures to reduce nonsampling error in the 

survey, including a rigorous training program for coders and efforts to identify and 

explore sources of nonsampling error and their potential magnitude. 

The number of hours worked used for industry and case characteristics incidence 

rates are collected in the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey does 

not collect hours worked by occupation or demographic characteristics. The hours 

worked data used for rates by occupation, gender, and age group (which are available for 

the first time with this release of 2006 data) come from two BLS programs—the 

Occupational Employment Statistics program and from the Current Population Survey, 

which is conducted for BLS by the Bureau of the Census. 

Because of space limitations, this release does not present all the publishable 

estimates and rates for days-way-from-work cases. Additional detailed data are available 

from BLS staff on 202-691-6170, iifstaff@bls.gov, and the BLS Internet site at 

https://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm. 
TABLE 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker characteristics and major 

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total cases ...................................... 1,183,500 380,440 26,290 153,180 200,970 803,060 354,510 18,560 33,300 89,940 1Gender:

Male ............................................ 775,900 328,560 22,740 148,530 157,290 447,340 251,370 12,840 18,250 61,070 

Female ........................................ 403,740 51,630 3,550 4,650 43,440 352,110 99,570 5,720 15,050 28,870 1

Age:5

14 - 15 ......................................... 170 110 100 – – 70 – – – – 16 - 19 ......................................... 39,330 8,890 860 3,680 4,350 30,430 14,980 320 320 2,490 20 - 24 ......................................... 132,120 45,200 3,220 21,980 20,000 86,920 37,310 960 2,350 11,950 25 - 34 ......................................... 270,670 92,100 7,020 42,170 42,910 178,570 74,670 3,970 7,860 23,830 35 - 44 ......................................... 301,700 99,920 5,960 40,330 53,630 201,770 92,000 5,590 8,990 22,370 45 - 54 ......................................... 266,660 86,700 5,650 30,850 50,200 179,960 80,800 5,130 7,800 18,180 55 - 64 ......................................... 134,030 38,400 2,710 10,520 25,170 95,630 41,470 2,200 4,230 8,230 65 and over ................................. 25,170 4,740 510 1,650 2,580 20,430 9,020 220 1,610 1,650 

Length of service with employer:

Less than 3 months ..................... 157,740 58,670 5,820 28,990 23,860 99,070 44,290 840 3,120 14,710 3 - 11 months .............................. 259,320 84,490 6,110 39,820 38,560 174,840 74,130 2,310 8,070 22,280 1 - 5 years ................................... 394,870 121,790 8,160 53,860 59,770 273,090 112,470 4,660 11,570 30,310 More than 5 years ....................... 361,250 113,620 5,990 30,120 77,500 247,630 117,570 10,470 10,490 21,910 

Race or ethnic origin:

White only ................................... 523,320 191,560 6,900 83,100 101,550 331,760 142,140 6,230 13,790 37,800 Black only .................................... 94,370 23,220 660 6,770 15,790 71,150 22,390 980 3,700 7,740 Hispanic or Latino only ................ 158,760 74,820 9,670 33,930 31,220 83,940 28,790 900 4,770 16,510 Asian only .................................... 15,350 3,410 90 410 2,920 11,940 3,700 260 340 1,100 Native Hawaiian or Pacific

Islander only .............................. 3,820 840 30 410 400 2,970 1,370 40 50 230 

American Indian or Alaskan

Native only ................................ 5,190 1,930 110 820 990 3,260 1,320 50 90 480 

Hispanic or Latino and other race 680 190 30 60 100 490 120 – 30 50 Multi-race .................................... 790 220 – 50 160 570 280 – 30 40 Not reported ................................ 381,230 84,250 8,780 27,640 47,840 296,980 154,400 10,090 10,500 26,000 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from thecoal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the OccupationalSafety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002;

therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estim

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers unde

than 50 cases.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker characteristics 

2006

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total [1,183,500 cases] .................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Gender:

Male ............................................ 65.6 86.4 86.5 97.0 78.3 55.7 70.9 69.2 54.8 67.9 Female ........................................ 34.1 13.6 13.5 3.0 21.6 43.8 28.1 30.8 45.2 32.1 

Age:5

14 - 15 ......................................... 6 ( ) 6 ( ) .4 – – 6 ( ) – – – – 

16 - 19 ......................................... 3.3 2.3 3.3 2.4 2.2 3.8 4.2 1.7 1.0 2.8 20 - 24 ......................................... 11.2 11.9 12.2 14.3 10.0 10.8 10.5 5.2 7.1 13.3 25 - 34 ......................................... 22.9 24.2 26.7 27.5 21.4 22.2 21.1 21.4 23.6 26.5 35 - 44 ......................................... 25.5 26.3 22.7 26.3 26.7 25.1 26.0 30.1 27.0 24.9 45 - 54 ......................................... 22.5 22.8 21.5 20.1 25.0 22.4 22.8 27.6 23.4 20.2 55 - 64 ......................................... 11.3 10.1 10.3 6.9 12.5 11.9 11.7 11.9 12.7 9.2 65 and over ................................. 2.1 1.2 1.9 1.1 1.3 2.5 2.5 1.2 4.8 1.8 

Length of service with employer:

Less than 3 months ..................... 13.3 15.4 22.1 18.9 11.9 12.3 12.5 4.5 9.4 16.4 3 - 11 months .............................. 21.9 22.2 23.2 26.0 19.2 21.8 20.9 12.4 24.2 24.8 1 - 5 years ................................... 33.4 32.0 31.0 35.2 29.7 34.0 31.7 25.1 34.7 33.7 More than 5 years ....................... 30.5 29.9 22.8 19.7 38.6 30.8 33.2 56.4 31.5 24.4 

Race or ethnic origin:

White only ................................... 44.2 50.4 26.2 54.2 50.5 41.3 40.1 33.6 41.4 42.0 Black only .................................... 8.0 6.1 2.5 4.4 7.9 8.9 6.3 5.3 11.1 8.6 Hispanic or Latino only ................ 13.4 19.7 36.8 22.2 15.5 10.5 8.1 4.8 14.3 18.4 Asian only .................................... 1.3 .9 .3 .3 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.2 Native Hawaiian or Pacific

Islander only .............................. .3 .2 .1 .3 .2 .4 .4 .2 .2 .3 

American Indian or Alaskan

Native only ................................ .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .3 .3 .5 

Hispanic or Latino and other race .1 6 ( ) .1 6 ( ) 6 ( ) .1 6 ( ) – .1 .1 

Multi-race .................................... .1 .1 – 6 ( ) .1 .1 .1 – .1 6 ( ) 

Not reported ................................ 32.2 22.1 33.4 18.0 23.8 37.0 43.6 54.4 31.5 28.9 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from thecoal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the OccupationalSafety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002;therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries. 

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers unde

than 50 cases.

6 Data too small to be displayed.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by major occupational group and major industry s

Occupation

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services 

Total cases ................................................... 1,183,500 380,440 26,290 153,180 200,970 803,060 354,510 18,560 33,300 89,940 

Management occupations .......................... 19,800 3,880 390 2,100 1,390 15,930 3,300 490 2,660 1,210 Business and financial operations

occupations .............................................. 6,000 520 20 80 410 5,490 1,130 120 1,780 1,430 

Computer and mathematical occupations .. 2,790 360 – 60 290 2,430 260 590 350 880 Architecture and engineering occupations 5,150 1,840 130 340 1,380 3,300 550 440 30 2,140 Life, physical, and social science

occupations .............................................. 2,940 770 140 20 600 2,170 100 – 30 1,520 

Community and social services

occupations .............................................. 8,190 20 – 20 – 8,170 – – 60 310 

Legal occupations ...................................... 970 – – – – 960 – – 250 550 Education, training, and library

occupations .............................................. 6,900 – – – – 6,890 90 30 20 260 

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and

media occupations ................................... 6,240 170 – 40 130 6,070 1,220 1,080 40 610 

Healthcare practitioners and technical

occupations .............................................. 48,020 140 50 – 80 47,880 980 – 590 1,780 

Healthcare support occupations ................ 67,790 20 – – 20 67,770 220 – 60 1,700 Protective service occupations .................. 9,520 360 70 90 200 9,160 780 110 340 5,280 Food preparation and serving related

occupations .............................................. 77,820 670 90 50 520 77,150 10,460 140 270 1,260 

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ........................ 67,270 4,560 420 1,100 3,040 62,710 3,810 380 5,600 23,290 

Personal care and service occupations ..... 22,750 120 100 – – 22,640 7,040 150 250 1,100 Sales and related occupations ................... 76,210 1,850 30 600 1,220 74,360 63,840 970 2,010 2,830 Office and administrative support

occupations .............................................. 83,320 8,710 300 1,100 7,310 74,610 38,120 3,670 8,160 9,510 

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 14,330 12,990 12,340 30 620 1,340 800 – – 270 Construction and extraction occupations ... 149,910 137,150 5,160 124,470 7,510 12,770 6,160 150 830 3,640 Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .............................................. 94,890 26,730 1,530 11,570 13,620 68,160 36,260 6,480 4,780 6,620 

Production occupations .............................. 171,030 134,450 1,950 5,820 126,670 36,590 19,430 1,820 510 6,420 Transportation and material moving

occupations .............................................. 239,710 44,630 3,530 5,550 35,550 195,080 159,390 1,890 4,490 17,070 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also

included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operatorsin coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration,U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, andnonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective Jathese industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidel

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected worker occupation and major industry 

Occupation

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services 

Total cases ................................................... 1,183,500 380,440 26,290 153,180 200,970 803,060 354,510 18,560 33,300 89,940 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 85,120 18,080 290 130 17,660 67,040 55,370 690 1,110 6,620 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 66,040 11,020 1,230 3,790 6,000 55,030 48,010 220 550 5,290 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 49,480 – – – – 49,480 – – 20 260 Construction laborers ................................... 40,510 37,390 180 36,080 1,140 3,110 1,590 40 80 1,300 Retail salespersons ...................................... 33,210 470 – 60 400 32,740 31,280 60 70 280 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 28,260 3,240 120 590 2,530 25,020 2,760 300 2,810 9,710 

Carpenters ................................................... 28,000 25,630 20 23,680 1,930 2,370 1,090 20 110 640 Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 26,760 1,870 230 310 1,330 24,890 20,490 160 1,300 1,110 Maintenance and repair workers, general .... 21,600 5,730 250 890 4,590 15,870 5,870 410 2,520 2,100 Stock clerks and order fillers ........................ 20,870 1,580 – 100 1,460 19,290 17,890 50 20 430 Registered nurses ........................................ 20,500 – – – – 20,480 – – 180 540 Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 17,440 190 – 80 100 17,250 190 – 1,290 1,500 First line supervisors/managers of retail

sales workers ............................................. 15,070 170 – 140 30 14,890 13,920 30 180 240 

Cashiers ....................................................... 13,460 30 – – 30 13,430 11,250 30 30 200 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 12,890 11,110 190 1,800 9,120 1,780 850 – 80 260 Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 12,770 450 – 130 320 12,310 8,980 – 250 200 

Combined food preparation and serving

workers, including fast food ....................... 12,750 30 – – 20 12,720 6,080 – 20 – 

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 12,450 540 150 260 120 11,920 500 20 830 6,580 Electricians ................................................... 12,030 11,210 160 10,030 1,030 820 320 30 20 120 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 11,400 9,850 30 9,250 570 1,560 780 – 390 160 Cooks, restaurant ......................................... 11,290 – – – – 11,290 130 – – – Customer service representatives ............... 10,300 430 – 90 320 9,880 4,830 1,290 1,890 1,310 Food preparation workers ............................ 9,950 330 – – 310 9,620 2,360 – 80 100 Driver/sales workers .................................... 9,640 1,390 – – 1,370 8,260 5,830 490 20 70 Waiters and waitresses ................................ 9,520 – – – – 9,520 90 – 20 110 First line supervisors/managers of

construction trades and extraction workers 8,910 8,110 320 7,580 210 800 240 20 60 330 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also

included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operatorsin coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration,U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, andnonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective Jathese industries are not comparable to estimates in other industries

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidel

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 5. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness characteristics an

2006

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total cases ...................................... 1,183,500 380,440 26,290 153,180 200,970 803,060 354,510 18,560 33,300 89,940 1Nature of injury or illness:

Sprains, strains ........................... 472,740 128,920 8,220 52,880 67,810 343,820 157,380 7,850 13,210 32,910 Bruises, contusions ..................... 101,260 29,240 2,970 9,460 16,810 72,020 33,840 1,570 3,140 7,540 Cuts, lacerations ......................... 99,460 41,440 2,080 18,540 20,810 58,020 25,520 770 1,530 7,840 Fractures ..................................... 94,110 37,840 3,410 17,670 16,760 56,270 26,790 1,610 2,260 6,350 Heat burns ................................... 17,440 5,370 440 1,490 3,440 12,070 2,360 50 210 690 Carpal tunnel syndrome .............. 13,010 6,000 60 890 5,050 7,000 2,760 420 830 790 Tendonitis .................................... 4,750 1,980 80 220 1,680 2,770 1,050 100 90 440 Chemical burns ........................... 7,490 3,060 150 1,070 1,840 4,430 1,920 20 90 690 Amputations ................................ 7,990 5,330 310 1,220 3,800 2,660 1,260 40 310 440 Multiple traumatic injuries ............ 45,890 13,930 1,110 5,690 7,130 31,960 13,310 810 2,150 3,820 

Part of body affected by the

injury or illness:

Head ............................................ 82,420 30,700 2,660 12,510 15,530 51,720 23,160 1,090 2,370 6,880 

Eye ............................................ 35,970 17,760 1,160 7,050 9,550 18,220 8,110 320 740 2,860 

Neck ............................................ 17,840 4,740 430 2,220 2,090 13,100 6,060 400 620 1,050 Trunk ........................................... 401,900 115,410 8,140 44,600 62,670 286,490 131,390 5,790 10,930 26,940 

Shoulder .................................... 75,810 22,390 1,240 7,630 13,520 53,420 26,970 1,200 1,640 4,370 Back .......................................... 250,870 67,730 4,730 28,020 34,980 183,140 80,460 3,670 7,180 16,550 

Upper extremities ........................ 274,180 110,480 5,920 38,370 66,180 163,700 69,510 3,700 5,110 18,440 

Wrist .......................................... 48,810 17,140 810 4,900 11,420 31,680 13,640 930 1,560 3,010 Hand, except finger ................... 49,480 19,830 1,210 7,950 10,670 29,650 12,230 560 640 3,350 Finger ........................................ 106,050 49,280 2,470 16,390 30,430 56,770 24,350 1,000 1,580 6,980 

Lower extremities ........................ 262,180 83,550 6,040 40,150 37,360 178,630 83,920 4,400 8,630 21,980 

Knee .......................................... 95,520 29,860 2,080 14,550 13,230 65,650 30,060 1,830 2,680 7,420 Foot, except toe ........................ 43,840 13,900 930 6,100 6,870 29,940 16,200 500 1,990 3,420 Toe ............................................ 13,610 4,680 250 1,870 2,560 8,930 5,110 260 350 960 

Body systems .............................. 18,220 4,590 480 1,690 2,420 13,630 3,910 400 1,070 1,970 Multiple parts ............................... 115,930 27,880 2,270 12,440 13,170 88,040 33,100 2,610 4,390 11,480 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 5. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness characteristics an

2006 — Continued

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Source of injury or illness:

Chemicals and chemical

products .................................... 19,480 6,830 710 1,730 4,380 12,650 4,530 140 820 1,920 

Containers ................................... 147,320 32,250 1,460 7,490 23,300 115,070 73,160 1,540 3,010 10,090 Furniture and fixtures .................. 45,330 8,450 230 2,380 5,830 36,890 14,280 610 2,610 3,390 Machinery .................................... 77,500 39,270 2,260 10,950 26,070 38,240 17,670 1,020 1,820 5,230 Parts and materials ..................... 124,640 74,160 2,790 34,870 36,490 50,480 33,270 1,060 1,700 6,420 Worker motion or position ........... 163,430 55,990 2,430 19,740 33,820 107,440 48,230 4,100 5,570 11,890 Floors, walkways, ground

surfaces ..................................... 214,580 56,770 5,010 28,010 23,760 157,800 59,230 4,690 8,580 17,050 

Tools, instruments, and

equipment ................................. 82,240 34,620 2,000 18,340 14,280 47,620 18,020 1,180 1,820 5,920 

Vehicles ....................................... 101,320 21,360 2,490 8,380 10,490 79,970 48,700 1,860 3,160 9,550 Health care patient ...................... 52,660 – – – – 52,650 130 – 140 690 

Event or exposure leading to

injury or illness:

Contact with objects and

equipment ................................. 335,460 144,690 9,850 58,440 76,400 190,770 93,470 3,410 7,680 25,260 Struck by object ......................... 164,670 67,590 4,830 30,210 32,550 97,080 47,990 1,410 3,610 11,650 Struck against object ................. 85,710 31,690 2,100 14,520 15,070 54,030 24,370 1,120 2,590 7,750 Caught in equipment or object .. 58,760 32,580 2,250 8,020 22,310 26,180 14,340 700 760 3,700 

Fall to lower level ........................ 74,280 28,070 2,010 18,230 7,820 46,220 22,610 1,760 2,700 7,320 Fall on same level ....................... 151,750 33,090 3,060 12,230 17,810 118,660 41,300 3,190 5,670 10,660 Slip, trip, loss of balance without

fall .............................................. 35,440 9,620 670 4,220 4,720 25,830 10,050 700 1,190 2,980 

Overexertion ................................ 284,910 74,950 3,870 26,680 44,390 209,960 99,950 3,070 5,750 16,130 

Overexertion in lifting ................ 150,990 40,510 1,670 15,480 23,350 110,480 56,710 1,470 3,070 8,440 

Repetitive motion ........................ 38,310 17,650 330 2,640 14,670 20,660 8,910 1,150 1,620 2,560 Exposure to harmful

substances ................................ 56,510 17,210 1,410 5,130 10,670 39,300 10,290 770 1,690 5,660 

Transportation accidents ............. 56,170 11,900 1,450 6,350 4,100 44,270 24,000 1,370 2,230 6,510 Fires and explosions ................... 2,270 1,120 110 540 460 1,160 500 – 20 320 Assaults and violent acts by

person ....................................... 15,970 460 100 150 220 15,510 1,660 100 850 860 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from thecoal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requitherefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estim

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness chara

industry sector, 2006

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Nature of injury or illness:

Sprains, strains ........................... 39.9 33.9 31.3 34.5 33.7 42.8 44.4 42.3 39.7 36.6 Bruises, contusions ..................... 8.6 7.7 11.3 6.2 8.4 9.0 9.5 8.5 9.4 8.4 Cuts, lacerations ......................... 8.4 10.9 7.9 12.1 10.4 7.2 7.2 4.1 4.6 8.7 Fractures ..................................... 8.0 9.9 13.0 11.5 8.3 7.0 7.6 8.7 6.8 7.1 Heat burns ................................... 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.0 1.7 1.5 .7 .3 .6 .8 Carpal tunnel syndrome .............. 1.1 1.6 .2 .6 2.5 .9 .8 2.3 2.5 .9 Tendonitis .................................... .4 .5 .3 .1 .8 .3 .3 .5 .3 .5 Chemical burns ........................... .6 .8 .6 .7 .9 .6 .5 .1 .3 .8 Amputations ................................ .7 1.4 1.2 .8 1.9 .3 .4 .2 .9 .5 

Multiple traumatic injuries ............ 3.9 3.7 4.2 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.8 4.4 6.5 4.2 

Part of body affected by the

injury or illness:

Head ............................................ 7.0 8.1 10.1 8.2 7.7 6.4 6.5 5.9 7.1 7.6 

Eye ............................................ 3.0 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.8 2.3 2.3 1.7 2.2 3.2 

Neck ............................................ 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.7 2.2 1.9 1.2 Trunk ........................................... 34.0 30.3 31.0 29.1 31.2 35.7 37.1 31.2 32.8 30.0 

Shoulder .................................... 6.4 5.9 4.7 5.0 6.7 6.7 7.6 6.5 4.9 4.9 Back .......................................... 21.2 17.8 18.0 18.3 17.4 22.8 22.7 19.8 21.6 18.4 

Upper extremities ........................ 23.2 29.0 22.5 25.0 32.9 20.4 19.6 19.9 15.3 20.5 

Wrist .......................................... 4.1 4.5 3.1 3.2 5.7 3.9 3.8 5.0 4.7 3.3 Hand, except finger ................... 4.2 5.2 4.6 5.2 5.3 3.7 3.4 3.0 1.9 3.7 Finger ........................................ 9.0 13.0 9.4 10.7 15.1 7.1 6.9 5.4 4.7 7.8 

Lower extremities ........................ 22.2 22.0 23.0 26.2 18.6 22.2 23.7 23.7 25.9 24.4 

Knee .......................................... 8.1 7.8 7.9 9.5 6.6 8.2 8.5 9.9 8.0 8.2 Foot, except toe ........................ 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.4 3.7 4.6 2.7 6.0 3.8 Toe ............................................ 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 

Body systems .............................. 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.7 1.1 2.2 3.2 2.2 Multiple parts ............................... 9.8 7.3 8.6 8.1 6.6 11.0 9.3 14.1 13.2 12.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 6. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected injury or illness chara

industry sector, 2006 — Continued

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Source of injury or illness:

Chemicals and chemical

products .................................... 1.6 1.8 2.7 1.1 2.2 1.6 1.3 0.8 2.5 2.1 

Containers ................................... 12.4 8.5 5.6 4.9 11.6 14.3 20.6 8.3 9.0 11.2 Furniture and fixtures .................. 3.8 2.2 .9 1.6 2.9 4.6 4.0 3.3 7.8 3.8 Machinery .................................... 6.5 10.3 8.6 7.1 13.0 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.8 Parts and materials ..................... 10.5 19.5 10.6 22.8 18.2 6.3 9.4 5.7 5.1 7.1 Worker motion or position ........... 13.8 14.7 9.2 12.9 16.8 13.4 13.6 22.1 16.7 13.2 Floors, walkways, ground

surfaces ..................................... 18.1 14.9 19.1 18.3 11.8 19.6 16.7 25.3 25.8 19.0 

Tools, instruments, and

equipment ................................. 6.9 9.1 7.6 12.0 7.1 5.9 5.1 6.4 5.5 6.6 

Vehicles ....................................... 8.6 5.6 9.5 5.5 5.2 10.0 13.7 10.0 9.5 10.6 Health care patient ...................... 4.4 – – – – 6.6 5 ( ) – .4 .8 

Event or exposure leading to

injury or illness:

Contact with objects and

equipment ................................. 28.3 38.0 37.5 38.2 38.0 23.8 26.4 18.4 23.1 28.1 Struck by object ......................... 13.9 17.8 18.4 19.7 16.2 12.1 13.5 7.6 10.8 13.0 Struck against object ................. 7.2 8.3 8.0 9.5 7.5 6.7 6.9 6.0 7.8 8.6 Caught in equipment or object .. 5.0 8.6 8.6 5.2 11.1 3.3 4.0 3.8 2.3 4.1 

Fall to lower level ........................ 6.3 7.4 7.6 11.9 3.9 5.8 6.4 9.5 8.1 8.1 Fall on same level ....................... 12.8 8.7 11.6 8.0 8.9 14.8 11.6 17.2 17.0 11.9 Slip, trip, loss of balance without

fall .............................................. 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.3 3.2 2.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 

Overexertion ................................ 24.1 19.7 14.7 17.4 22.1 26.1 28.2 16.5 17.3 17.9 

Overexertion in lifting ................ 12.8 10.6 6.4 10.1 11.6 13.8 16.0 7.9 9.2 9.4 

Repetitive motion ........................ 3.2 4.6 1.3 1.7 7.3 2.6 2.5 6.2 4.9 2.8 Exposure to harmful

substances ................................ 4.8 4.5 5.4 3.3 5.3 4.9 2.9 4.1 5.1 6.3 

Transportation accidents ............. 4.7 3.1 5.5 4.1 2.0 5.5 6.8 7.4 6.7 7.2 Fires and explosions ................... .2 .3 .4 .4 .2 .1 .1 – .1 .4 Assaults and violent acts by

person ....................................... 1.3 .1 .4 .1 .1 1.9 .5 .5 2.6 1.0 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from thecoal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the OccupationalSafety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002;

therefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estim

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

5 Data too small to be displayed.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 7. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers for selec

major industry sector, 2006

Characteristic

Private

industry

3,4,5

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining3,4

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities5 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total [1,183,500 cases] .................. 127.8 167.2 170.2 219.5 141.2 115.0 160.2 67.4 45.0 69.4 Nature of injury or illness:

Sprains, strains ........................... 51.1 56.7 53.2 75.8 47.7 49.2 71.1 28.5 17.9 25.4 Bruises, contusions ..................... 10.9 12.9 19.2 13.6 11.8 10.3 15.3 5.7 4.2 5.8 Cuts, lacerations ......................... 10.7 18.2 13.5 26.6 14.6 8.3 11.5 2.8 2.1 6.1 Fractures ..................................... 10.2 16.6 22.1 25.3 11.8 8.1 12.1 5.9 3.1 4.9 Heat burns ................................... 1.9 2.4 2.8 2.1 2.4 1.7 1.1 .2 .3 .5 Carpal tunnel syndrome .............. 1.4 2.6 .4 1.3 3.5 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.1 .6 Tendonitis .................................... .5 .9 .5 .3 1.2 .4 .5 .4 .1 .3 Chemical burns ........................... .8 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.3 .6 .9 .1 .1 .5 Amputations ................................ .9 2.3 2.0 1.7 2.7 .4 .6 .2 .4 .3 Multiple traumatic injuries ............ 5.0 6.1 7.2 8.2 5.0 4.6 6.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 

Part of body affected by the

injury or illness:

Head ............................................ 8.9 13.5 17.2 17.9 10.9 7.4 10.5 4.0 3.2 5.3 

Eye ............................................ 3.9 7.8 7.5 10.1 6.7 2.6 3.7 1.2 1.0 2.2 

Neck ............................................ 1.9 2.1 2.8 3.2 1.5 1.9 2.7 1.4 .8 .8 Trunk ........................................... 43.4 50.7 52.7 63.9 44.0 41.0 59.4 21.0 14.8 20.8 

Shoulder .................................... 8.2 9.8 8.0 10.9 9.5 7.6 12.2 4.4 2.2 3.4 Back .......................................... 27.1 29.8 30.6 40.2 24.6 26.2 36.4 13.3 9.7 12.8 

Upper extremities ........................ 29.6 48.6 38.4 55.0 46.5 23.4 31.4 13.4 6.9 14.2 

Wrist .......................................... 5.3 7.5 5.2 7.0 8.0 4.5 6.2 3.4 2.1 2.3 Hand, except finger ................... 5.3 8.7 7.8 11.4 7.5 4.2 5.5 2.0 .9 2.6 Finger ........................................ 11.5 21.7 16.0 23.5 21.4 8.1 11.0 3.6 2.1 5.4 

Lower extremities ........................ 28.3 36.7 39.1 57.5 26.3 25.6 37.9 16.0 11.7 17.0 

Knee .......................................... 10.3 13.1 13.5 20.9 9.3 9.4 13.6 6.6 3.6 5.7 Foot, except toe ........................ 4.7 6.1 6.0 8.7 4.8 4.3 7.3 1.8 2.7 2.6 Toe ............................................ 1.5 2.1 1.6 2.7 1.8 1.3 2.3 .9 .5 .7 

Body systems .............................. 2.0 2.0 3.1 2.4 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.5 Multiple parts ............................... 12.5 12.3 14.7 17.8 9.3 12.6 15.0 9.5 5.9 8.9 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 7. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers for selec

major industry sector, 2006 — Continued

Characteristic

Private

industry

3,4,5

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining3,4

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities5 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Source of injury or illness:

Chemicals and chemical

products .................................... 2.1 3.0 4.6 2.5 3.1 1.8 2.0 0.5 1.1 1.5 

Containers ................................... 15.9 14.2 9.5 10.7 16.4 16.5 33.1 5.6 4.1 7.8 Furniture and fixtures .................. 4.9 3.7 1.5 3.4 4.1 5.3 6.5 2.2 3.5 2.6 Machinery .................................... 8.4 17.3 14.6 15.7 18.3 5.5 8.0 3.7 2.5 4.0 Parts and materials ..................... 13.5 32.6 18.1 50.0 25.6 7.2 15.0 3.8 2.3 5.0 Worker motion or position ........... 17.6 24.6 15.7 28.3 23.8 15.4 21.8 14.9 7.5 9.2 Floors, walkways, ground

surfaces ..................................... 23.2 25.0 32.4 40.1 16.7 22.6 26.8 17.0 11.6 13.2 

Tools, instruments, and

equipment ................................. 8.9 15.2 13.0 26.3 10.0 6.8 8.1 4.3 2.5 4.6 

Vehicles ....................................... 10.9 9.4 16.1 12.0 7.4 11.4 22.0 6.8 4.3 7.4 Health care patient ...................... 5.7 – – – – 7.5 .1 – .2 .5 

Event or exposure leading to

injury or illness:

Contact with objects and

equipment ................................. 36.2 63.6 63.8 83.8 53.7 27.3 42.2 12.4 10.4 19.5 Struck by object ......................... 17.8 29.7 31.3 43.3 22.9 13.9 21.7 5.1 4.9 9.0 Struck against object ................. 9.3 13.9 13.6 20.8 10.6 7.7 11.0 4.1 3.5 6.0 Caught in equipment or object .. 6.3 14.3 14.5 11.5 15.7 3.7 6.5 2.6 1.0 2.9 

Fall to lower level ........................ 8.0 12.3 13.0 26.1 5.5 6.6 10.2 6.4 3.7 5.7 Fall on same level ....................... 16.4 14.5 19.8 17.5 12.5 17.0 18.7 11.6 7.7 8.2 Slip, trip, loss of balance without

fall .............................................. 3.8 4.2 4.4 6.1 3.3 3.7 4.5 2.6 1.6 2.3 

Overexertion ................................ 30.8 32.9 25.1 38.2 31.2 30.1 45.2 11.1 7.8 12.4 

Overexertion in lifting ................ 16.3 17.8 10.8 22.2 16.4 15.8 25.6 5.3 4.2 6.5 

Repetitive motion ........................ 4.1 7.8 2.1 3.8 10.3 3.0 4.0 4.2 2.2 2.0 Exposure to harmful

substances ................................ 6.1 7.6 9.1 7.4 7.5 5.6 4.7 2.8 2.3 4.4 

Transportation accidents ............. 6.1 5.2 9.4 9.1 2.9 6.3 10.8 5.0 3.0 5.0 Fires and explosions ................... .2 .5 .7 .8 .3 .2 .2 – 6 ( ) .2 

Assaults and violent acts by

person ....................................... 1.7 .2 .6 .2 .2 2.2 .8 .4 1.1 .7 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and

were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

3 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.4 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules and

reporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related soperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reSafety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requitherefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estim

5 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

6 Data too small to be displayed.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected w

characteristics and number of days away from work, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — M

d

a

fro

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Total [1,183,500 cases] .................. 100.0 14.3 11.6 18.5 12.9 11.5 6.8 24.3 Gender:

Male ............................................ 100.0 14.0 11.1 18.4 12.9 11.5 7.2 24.9 Female ........................................ 100.0 15.0 12.6 18.9 12.9 11.4 6.1 23.0 

Age:2

14 - 15 ......................................... 100.0 64.7 – 11.8 11.8 – – – 16 - 19 ......................................... 100.0 19.7 14.8 25.6 15.4 10.3 4.1 10.0 20 - 24 ......................................... 100.0 19.3 14.3 22.1 13.0 11.1 5.5 14.7 25 - 34 ......................................... 100.0 15.7 13.2 19.9 13.2 10.6 6.2 21.2 35 - 44 ......................................... 100.0 14.2 11.1 18.1 13.4 11.1 6.5 25.5 45 - 54 ......................................... 100.0 11.8 10.2 17.0 11.9 12.4 7.7 28.9 55 - 64 ......................................... 100.0 10.6 9.2 15.1 12.9 12.9 8.5 30.9 65 and over ................................. 100.0 9.4 8.1 14.3 10.6 14.1 10.0 33.7 

Length of service with employer:

Less than 3 months ..................... 100.0 17.4 12.7 20.4 12.6 10.6 5.7 20.5 3 - 11 months .............................. 100.0 16.0 13.1 19.3 13.2 10.9 6.1 21.4 1 - 5 years ................................... 100.0 14.0 12.1 19.8 13.3 11.2 6.7 22.9 More than 5 years ....................... 100.0 12.1 9.6 15.9 12.6 12.6 8.0 29.3 

Race or ethnic origin:

White only ................................... 100.0 15.2 12.0 18.4 12.6 11.4 7.0 23.4 Black only .................................... 100.0 15.0 11.8 18.4 13.5 10.6 5.8 24.9 Hispanic or Latino only ................ 100.0 13.6 12.2 20.0 12.3 11.0 7.0 23.9 Asian only .................................... 100.0 11.2 12.2 18.8 15.8 10.9 9.0 22.1 Native Hawaiian or Pacific

Islander only .............................. 100.0 13.1 11.5 27.2 11.8 11.0 5.0 20.4 

American Indian or Alaskan

Native only ................................ 100.0 16.6 16.6 19.7 7.9 8.7 6.7 23.7 

Hispanic or Latino and other race 100.0 33.8 8.8 16.2 7.4 13.2 7.4 11.8 Multi-race .................................... 100.0 12.7 10.1 21.5 13.9 15.2 3.8 24.1 Not reported ................................ 100.0 13.3 10.7 18.0 13.5 12.1 6.6 25.8 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away

from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14;

they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 

Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responsmay not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labo

of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participatagencies
TABLE 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by major occupa

group and number of days away from work, 2006

Occupation Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — 

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 100.0 14.3 11.6 18.5 12.9 11.5 6.8 24.3 

Management occupations .......................... 100.0 14.5 12.2 29.7 10.9 11.9 5.3 15.6 Business and financial operations

occupations .............................................. 100.0 17.2 10.3 18.0 8.8 15.7 7.0 22.8 

Computer and mathematical occupations .. 100.0 18.3 12.5 16.5 10.4 12.9 7.5 21.9 Architecture and engineering occupations 100.0 19.6 14.4 22.3 8.2 9.5 7.6 18.3 Life, physical, and social science

occupations .............................................. 100.0 23.1 18.0 9.9 14.3 5.8 5.4 23.5 

Community and social services

occupations .............................................. 100.0 13.8 12.5 19.5 20.8 11.7 5.0 16.7 

Legal occupations ...................................... 100.0 7.2 4.1 42.3 30.9 4.1 2.1 9.3 Education, training, and library

occupations .............................................. 100.0 20.0 13.0 20.3 11.0 8.1 5.2 22.5 

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and

media occupations ................................... 100.0 17.3 7.2 19.6 10.7 10.7 6.6 27.9 

Healthcare practitioners and technical

occupations .............................................. 100.0 16.6 15.0 17.8 12.9 11.1 6.0 20.4 

Healthcare support occupations ................ 100.0 14.4 15.3 21.8 14.0 11.0 5.0 18.5 Protective service occupations .................. 100.0 13.4 12.2 16.0 16.2 9.2 7.9 25.0 Food preparation and serving related

occupations .............................................. 100.0 15.0 14.5 22.2 14.2 10.7 6.7 16.7 

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ........................ 100.0 14.2 11.1 20.8 14.0 10.9 6.9 22.1 

Personal care and service occupations ..... 100.0 12.4 9.0 17.2 14.4 13.0 7.3 26.7 Sales and related occupations ................... 100.0 14.0 11.7 17.4 14.5 12.8 5.7 23.9 Office and administrative support

occupations .............................................. 100.0 16.2 12.3 19.3 11.8 10.4 6.3 23.7 

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 100.0 13.6 11.8 21.5 14.9 9.8 5.8 22.6 Construction and extraction occupations ... 100.0 12.5 11.1 16.8 12.8 11.6 7.7 27.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .............................................. 100.0 15.3 10.5 17.4 13.0 12.0 7.4 24.4 

Production occupations .............................. 100.0 16.4 11.4 17.3 12.0 11.4 6.9 24.6 Transportation and material moving

occupations .............................................. 100.0 12.0 9.8 17.5 12.3 12.1 7.5 28.9 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away

from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of

rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to

the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with particiagencies
TABLE 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected oc

and number of days away from work, 2006

Occupation Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — 

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 100.0 14.3 11.6 18.5 12.9 11.5 6.8 24.3 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 100.0 14.8 10.7 19.3 12.4 11.1 7.3 24.3 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 100.0 8.3 8.5 16.1 12.5 11.9 8.1 34.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 100.0 14.7 16.4 21.5 14.5 10.5 4.8 17.7 Construction laborers ................................... 100.0 14.9 12.0 18.6 11.7 11.2 7.0 24.6 Retail salespersons ...................................... 100.0 14.6 9.5 17.6 15.1 15.3 5.2 22.7 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 100.0 13.2 12.0 17.6 15.4 11.9 8.5 21.6 

Carpenters ................................................... 100.0 11.7 10.3 17.2 12.2 10.8 9.1 28.6 Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 100.0 12.1 9.2 18.0 10.9 13.9 6.1 29.7 Maintenance and repair workers, general .... 100.0 16.6 12.4 17.6 11.8 11.9 7.9 21.8 Stock clerks and order fillers ........................ 100.0 14.7 12.4 19.2 13.1 9.9 7.6 23.3 Registered nurses ........................................ 100.0 15.4 14.6 17.6 14.0 12.0 6.0 20.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 100.0 11.5 10.7 23.3 13.0 11.0 5.7 24.8 First line supervisors/managers of retail

sales workers ............................................. 100.0 12.0 13.4 19.4 12.4 12.3 6.3 24.2 

Cashiers ....................................................... 100.0 13.2 15.8 16.9 14.4 8.8 5.9 24.9 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 100.0 20.6 13.1 16.7 10.6 12.3 6.2 20.6 Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 100.0 19.6 10.7 16.3 12.8 13.2 9.7 17.6 

Combined food preparation and serving

workers, including fast food ....................... 100.0 14.0 16.1 22.1 12.9 14.2 4.1 16.5 

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 100.0 16.3 9.6 24.9 13.0 11.1 5.5 19.6 Electricians ................................................... 100.0 14.3 12.0 19.0 12.9 11.7 5.6 24.6 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 100.0 9.6 13.7 19.0 17.0 8.9 12.4 19.4 Cooks, restaurant ......................................... 100.0 11.2 19.2 23.4 13.2 11.3 5.0 16.7 Customer service representatives ............... 100.0 12.3 14.2 15.9 10.4 13.0 5.1 29.0 Food preparation workers ............................ 100.0 20.2 14.4 17.8 13.0 12.4 5.9 16.4 Driver/sales workers .................................... 100.0 11.2 10.9 14.2 13.0 10.9 9.3 30.5 Waiters and waitresses ................................ 100.0 14.4 14.4 23.2 13.7 7.6 6.9 19.9 First line supervisors/managers of

construction trades and extraction workers 100.0 14.0 8.3 17.1 11.9 14.8 7.1 26.8 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away

from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. Because of

rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to

the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with particiagencies
TABLE 11. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected

injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — M

d

a

from 

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Total [1,183,500 cases] .................. 100.0 14.3 11.6 18.5 12.9 11.5 6.8 24.3 Nature of injury or illness:

Sprains, strains ........................... 100.0 11.6 10.6 19.6 14.4 12.1 6.6 25.1 Bruises, contusions ..................... 100.0 20.3 16.6 23.2 12.0 9.3 4.9 13.6 Cuts, lacerations ......................... 100.0 23.5 15.5 19.5 14.0 10.8 5.9 10.8 Fractures ..................................... 100.0 5.0 5.3 10.7 9.2 13.7 8.9 47.2 Heat burns ................................... 100.0 19.4 11.7 21.6 14.7 13.4 6.4 13.0 Carpal tunnel syndrome .............. 100.0 2.8 4.8 7.9 11.9 15.7 11.7 45.2 Tendonitis .................................... 100.0 10.1 6.3 12.8 13.1 14.9 12.6 30.3 Chemical burns ........................... 100.0 24.4 21.5 24.6 9.9 9.7 2.7 7.2 Amputations ................................ 100.0 3.8 6.4 11.4 12.6 13.1 17.9 34.9 Multiple traumatic injuries ............ 100.0 12.4 10.9 16.1 11.8 12.6 7.3 28.8 

Part of body affected by the

injury or illness:

Head ............................................ 100.0 32.2 19.7 22.6 10.0 5.5 2.6 7.5 

Eye ............................................ 100.0 39.9 23.7 21.2 7.2 3.8 1.2 3.1 

Neck ............................................ 100.0 14.3 12.1 18.1 12.5 10.4 5.5 27.0 Trunk ........................................... 100.0 10.9 10.5 19.4 14.0 12.2 7.1 25.9 

Shoulder .................................... 100.0 8.5 7.4 14.5 10.9 12.7 6.4 39.6 Back .......................................... 100.0 11.9 11.8 21.3 15.7 11.4 6.0 21.9 

Upper extremities ........................ 100.0 16.3 12.1 17.2 13.0 12.4 7.6 21.4 

Wrist .......................................... 100.0 10.0 8.1 14.2 12.5 14.3 8.2 32.7 Hand, except finger ................... 100.0 19.9 15.3 18.5 13.3 10.4 6.1 16.4 Finger ........................................ 100.0 18.4 13.7 19.5 13.6 12.3 7.4 15.2 

Lower extremities ........................ 100.0 11.8 10.1 17.5 12.8 12.0 7.4 28.4 

Knee .......................................... 100.0 8.6 8.2 14.4 13.5 12.8 9.0 33.5 Foot, except toe ........................ 100.0 13.8 9.8 18.5 12.3 12.4 6.8 26.6 Toe ............................................ 100.0 13.8 16.4 17.8 13.4 11.8 5.4 21.6 

Body systems .............................. 100.0 27.5 16.2 21.4 10.0 8.7 2.8 13.4 Multiple parts ............................... 100.0 11.8 10.8 17.8 12.2 11.2 6.5 29.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 11. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by selected

injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 2006 — Continued

Characteristic Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — M

d

a

from 

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Source of injury or illness:

Chemicals and chemical

products .................................... 100.0 28.8 19.0 24.7 9.7 7.6 2.4 7.8 

Containers ................................... 100.0 13.1 10.6 18.9 13.2 12.6 7.2 24.3 Furniture and fixtures .................. 100.0 16.7 12.0 18.8 14.4 11.0 5.9 21.2 Machinery .................................... 100.0 14.1 11.2 19.3 13.5 12.8 7.1 22.1 Parts and materials ..................... 100.0 15.1 11.3 19.0 12.3 12.3 7.3 22.7 Worker motion or position ........... 100.0 10.1 9.3 17.7 14.8 12.2 7.7 28.0 Floors, walkways, ground

surfaces ..................................... 100.0 10.9 10.5 16.6 11.9 11.1 7.4 31.6 

Tools, instruments, and

equipment ................................. 100.0 20.6 14.8 17.8 12.8 9.5 7.1 17.3 

Vehicles ....................................... 100.0 11.4 10.9 18.8 12.2 11.4 6.8 28.5 Health care patient ...................... 100.0 14.2 13.8 21.4 14.6 11.7 5.2 19.2 

Event or exposure leading to

injury or illness:

Contact with objects and

equipment ................................. 100.0 20.0 13.8 19.4 12.0 10.6 6.3 17.8 Struck by object ......................... 100.0 21.2 15.4 19.2 11.2 10.4 5.9 16.8 Struck against object ................. 100.0 18.1 12.1 20.5 13.8 10.7 6.3 18.5 Caught in equipment or object .. 100.0 14.1 9.4 18.6 13.0 13.0 8.8 23.2 

Fall to lower level ........................ 100.0 9.8 9.4 14.6 11.5 11.2 6.9 36.5 Fall on same level ....................... 100.0 11.7 11.1 17.5 12.5 10.9 7.5 28.8 Slip, trip, loss of balance without

fall .............................................. 100.0 12.4 10.4 20.7 13.5 13.6 5.4 24.1 

Overexertion ................................ 100.0 11.0 10.3 18.6 14.0 12.9 7.3 25.9 

Overexertion in lifting ................ 100.0 11.2 10.7 19.2 13.9 13.2 7.6 24.2 

Repetitive motion ........................ 100.0 7.1 5.8 12.2 12.5 14.2 10.0 38.1 Exposure to harmful

substances ................................ 100.0 26.7 15.8 22.6 12.4 9.7 3.9 9.0 

Transportation accidents ............. 100.0 10.1 10.9 18.4 11.9 10.8 6.7 31.1 Fires and explosions ................... 100.0 11.9 9.7 18.9 9.7 10.1 10.1 29.5 Assaults and violent acts by

person ....................................... 100.0 17.2 13.0 20.0 13.8 12.7 4.4 18.9 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away

from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 

Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data

may not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department o

Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperatiparticipating State agencies
TABLE 12. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by major

industry sector and number of days away from work, 2006

Industry Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — Me

d

a

from 

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Private industry2 [1,183,500 cases] ..... 100.0 14.3 11.6 18.5 12.9 11.5 6.8 24.3 Goods producing:

Total goods producing ........................ 100.0 14.2 11.3 17.3 12.5 11.8 7.0 25.9 

Natural resources and mining2,3 ....... 100.0 12.7 10.1 17.1 12.8 11.5 6.9 28.9 

Construction ..................................... 100.0 12.6 11.1 17.2 12.9 11.7 7.3 27.1 Manufacturing .................................. 100.0 15.7 11.5 17.3 12.1 11.9 6.8 24.7 

Service providing:

Total service providing ....................... 100.0 14.4 11.7 19.2 13.1 11.4 6.7 23.5 

Trade, transportation and utilities4 .... 100.0 13.0 10.3 17.6 12.9 12.1 7.2 26.9 

Information ....................................... 100.0 13.8 9.3 17.9 12.7 13.2 5.6 27.5 Financial activities ............................ 100.0 16.4 11.6 20.2 12.5 10.0 7.6 21.7 Professional and business services 100.0 16.4 11.6 20.2 12.0 9.6 7.3 22.9 Education and health services ......... 100.0 15.6 14.2 19.8 14.1 11.0 5.4 19.9 Leisure and hospitality ..................... 100.0 13.8 12.8 22.3 13.5 11.5 6.7 19.2 Other services .................................. 100.0 16.7 11.8 20.2 12.7 10.1 6.9 21.6 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days

away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry

Classification System-- United States, 2002) include establishments notgoverned by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related supportactivities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal miningare provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S.Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded fromthe coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflectthe changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to

its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002; thestimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates industries. 

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS 

Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guid

Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responsmay not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperatioparticipating State agencies
TABLE 13. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by time, hours on the job, day of week, and m

Characteristic

Private

industry

2,3,4

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total ................................................ 1,183,500 380,440 26,290 153,180 200,970 803,060 354,510 18,560 33,300 89,940 1Time of event:

12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. .............. 37,060 11,010 920 540 9,550 26,050 13,360 800 230 2,310 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. ................ 111,570 39,580 2,640 12,670 24,270 72,000 33,610 1,390 2,540 6,970 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon .............. 353,700 122,450 8,650 60,200 53,590 231,250 98,320 6,000 10,970 29,430 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. .............. 266,850 88,070 6,470 41,440 40,160 178,780 81,190 4,900 8,310 21,030 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. ................ 121,050 26,950 2,370 5,440 19,140 94,100 41,540 1,660 2,570 7,620 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight ........ 69,890 16,220 1,060 870 14,290 53,670 22,690 900 1,040 4,380 Not reported ................................ 223,380 76,160 4,170 32,020 39,980 147,210 63,810 2,910 7,640 18,190 

Hours on the job before event

occurred:

Before shift began ....................... 6,060 1,180 30 240 910 4,880 1,820 150 260 460 Less than 1 hour ......................... 94,200 25,800 1,200 8,860 15,740 68,400 27,690 1,290 3,500 6,420 1 hour to less than 2 hours .......... 113,980 32,470 1,620 12,290 18,550 81,510 36,640 1,580 2,930 9,480 2 hours to less than 4 hours ........ 248,980 79,210 4,280 34,570 40,350 169,770 75,970 4,520 6,160 17,920 4 hours to less than 6 hours ........ 190,880 58,940 3,530 23,210 32,200 131,940 55,710 3,290 5,040 14,910 6 hours to less than 8 hours ........ 170,410 58,980 3,710 25,090 30,170 111,440 48,260 2,760 4,260 13,330 8 hours to less than 10 hours ...... 84,610 31,620 2,220 13,460 15,940 52,990 25,140 1,350 2,630 6,570 10 hours to less than 12 hours .... 22,930 8,340 870 2,580 4,890 14,590 7,480 420 390 1,190 12 hours to less than 16 hours .... 8,140 1,710 150 470 1,090 6,430 2,980 110 290 670 More than 16 hours ..................... 710 80 30 – 30 630 330 – – 20 Not reported ................................ 242,590 82,130 8,640 32,400 41,090 160,470 72,490 3,100 7,840 18,950 

Day of week:

Sunday ........................................ 68,000 10,470 1,310 3,130 6,030 57,530 22,960 830 1,330 3,200 Monday ....................................... 214,420 75,270 5,000 31,240 39,030 139,150 61,620 3,240 6,160 19,230 Tuesday ...................................... 208,540 74,300 4,290 31,080 38,930 134,240 59,820 3,440 5,190 16,030 Wednesday ................................. 217,500 73,620 4,670 29,740 39,210 143,880 64,590 3,510 6,510 18,630 Thursday ..................................... 202,920 69,590 4,490 27,380 37,720 133,330 60,620 3,130 6,620 14,660 Friday .......................................... 182,780 58,700 4,160 24,710 29,840 124,080 55,120 3,060 5,230 13,310 Saturday ...................................... 89,340 18,490 2,370 5,910 10,210 70,840 29,780 1,330 2,260 4,870 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from thecoal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requitherefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estim

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 14. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by time, hours on the job, day of 

sector, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Goods producing Service providing

Total

goods

producing

Natural

resources

and

mining2,3

Construction Manufac- turing Total service providing Trade, transpor- tation and utilities4 Informa- tion Financial activities Profes- sional and business services E

s

Total [1,183,500 cases] .................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Time of event:

12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. .............. 3.1 2.9 3.5 .4 4.8 3.2 3.8 4.3 .7 2.6 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. ................ 9.4 10.4 10.0 8.3 12.1 9.0 9.5 7.5 7.6 7.7 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon .............. 29.9 32.2 32.9 39.3 26.7 28.8 27.7 32.3 32.9 32.7 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. .............. 22.5 23.1 24.6 27.1 20.0 22.3 22.9 26.4 25.0 23.4 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. ................ 10.2 7.1 9.0 3.6 9.5 11.7 11.7 8.9 7.7 8.5 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight ........ 5.9 4.3 4.0 .6 7.1 6.7 6.4 4.8 3.1 4.9 Not reported ................................ 18.9 20.0 15.9 20.9 19.9 18.3 18.0 15.7 22.9 20.2 

Hours on the job before event

occurred:

Before shift began ....................... .5 .3 .1 .2 .5 .6 .5 .8 .8 .5 Less than 1 hour ......................... 8.0 6.8 4.6 5.8 7.8 8.5 7.8 7.0 10.5 7.1 1 hour to less than 2 hours .......... 9.6 8.5 6.2 8.0 9.2 10.1 10.3 8.5 8.8 10.5 2 hours to less than 4 hours ........ 21.0 20.8 16.3 22.6 20.1 21.1 21.4 24.4 18.5 19.9 4 hours to less than 6 hours ........ 16.1 15.5 13.4 15.2 16.0 16.4 15.7 17.7 15.1 16.6 6 hours to less than 8 hours ........ 14.4 15.5 14.1 16.4 15.0 13.9 13.6 14.9 12.8 14.8 8 hours to less than 10 hours ...... 7.1 8.3 8.4 8.8 7.9 6.6 7.1 7.3 7.9 7.3 10 hours to less than 12 hours .... 1.9 2.2 3.3 1.7 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.3 1.2 1.3 12 hours to less than 16 hours .... .7 .4 .6 .3 .5 .8 .8 .6 .9 .7 More than 16 hours ..................... .1 .0 .1 – .0 .1 .1 – – .0 Not reported ................................ 20.5 21.6 32.9 21.2 20.4 20.0 20.4 16.7 23.5 21.1 

Day of week:

Sunday ........................................ 5.7 2.8 5.0 2.0 3.0 7.2 6.5 4.5 4.0 3.6 Monday ....................................... 18.1 19.8 19.0 20.4 19.4 17.3 17.4 17.5 18.5 21.4 Tuesday ...................................... 17.6 19.5 16.3 20.3 19.4 16.7 16.9 18.5 15.6 17.8 Wednesday ................................. 18.4 19.4 17.8 19.4 19.5 17.9 18.2 18.9 19.5 20.7 Thursday ..................................... 17.1 18.3 17.1 17.9 18.8 16.6 17.1 16.9 19.9 16.3 Friday .......................................... 15.4 15.4 15.8 16.1 14.8 15.5 15.5 16.5 15.7 14.8 Saturday ...................................... 7.5 4.9 9.0 3.9 5.1 8.8 8.4 7.2 6.8 5.4 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which

also included job transfer or restriction. 

2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.3 Data for Mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System-- United States,

2002) include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration rules andreporting, such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction and related support activities. Data for miningoperators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S. Department of Labor. Independent mining contractors are excluded from thecoal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data do not reflect the changes the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requitherefore, estimates for these industries are not comparable to estim

4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided t

Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 15. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by time, ho

on the job, day of week, and number of days away from work, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving — Me

d

a

from 

1 day 2 days 3 - 5 days 6 - 10 days 11 - 20 days 21 - 30 days 31 days or more

Total [1,183,500 cases] ....................... 100.0 14.3 11.6 18.5 12.9 11.5 6.8 24.3 Time of event:

12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. ................... 100.0 14.1 11.4 16.8 12.1 12.0 6.6 27.0 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. ..................... 100.0 13.4 10.9 17.2 14.0 11.6 6.6 26.4 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon ................... 100.0 15.1 11.8 19.2 12.5 11.3 7.0 23.3 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. ................... 100.0 15.7 12.0 18.3 12.7 11.1 6.5 23.8 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. ..................... 100.0 14.3 12.0 20.7 12.9 11.9 6.2 22.1 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight ............. 100.0 13.6 12.1 19.0 13.6 11.9 6.8 22.9 Not reported ..................................... 100.0 12.2 10.8 17.5 13.4 11.9 7.4 26.8 

Hours on the job before event

occurred:

Before shift began ............................ 100.0 14.0 17.7 15.7 11.4 9.2 8.6 23.4 Less than 1 hour .............................. 100.0 15.8 11.1 18.8 13.9 11.4 6.1 23.0 1 hour to less than 2 hours ............... 100.0 14.8 12.0 18.8 13.1 10.9 6.6 24.0 2 hours to less than 4 hours ............. 100.0 14.3 12.1 19.2 13.1 11.8 6.7 22.7 4 hours to less than 6 hours ............. 100.0 15.8 11.9 18.9 12.5 11.0 6.9 23.0 6 hours to less than 8 hours ............. 100.0 15.0 11.4 18.2 12.7 11.6 6.7 24.3 8 hours to less than 10 hours ........... 100.0 14.4 11.6 19.1 11.7 11.6 6.7 25.0 10 hours to less than 12 hours ......... 100.0 13.5 11.2 18.4 12.7 11.7 6.0 26.5 12 hours to less than 16 hours ......... 100.0 12.7 11.9 20.1 13.3 10.9 8.1 22.9 More than 16 hours .......................... 100.0 11.3 5.6 11.3 7.0 12.7 7.0 45.1 Not reported ..................................... 100.0 12.0 10.8 17.5 13.2 11.8 7.4 27.3 

Day of week:

Sunday ............................................. 100.0 12.9 12.0 16.9 14.4 11.6 7.0 25.2 Monday ............................................ 100.0 14.4 11.2 17.5 13.7 11.3 7.2 24.6 Tuesday ........................................... 100.0 14.2 11.6 19.6 14.1 11.2 6.3 23.0 Wednesday ...................................... 100.0 14.4 13.6 17.8 11.6 11.9 6.6 24.2 Thursday .......................................... 100.0 16.4 10.3 19.5 12.3 11.3 6.3 23.8 Friday ............................................... 100.0 12.2 10.7 18.9 12.8 11.9 7.6 25.9 Saturday ........................................... 100.0 15.0 11.8 18.6 12.0 11.3 7.1 24.2 

1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days

away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 

Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responsmay not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperatioparticipating State agencies
TABLE 16. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by 

characteristic, major occupational group, and selected natures of injury or illness, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Nature of injury or illness3

Sprains,

strains Fractures Cuts, punctures Bruises Heat burns 

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................................................................................ 127.8 51.1 10.2 12.4 10.9 1.9 Gender:

Male ........................................................................................................... 142.8 54.9 12.2 17.4 11.2 2.0 

Female ....................................................................................................... 106.4 45.5 7.2 5.4 10.5 1.8 

Age:5

16 - 19 ....................................................................................................... 134.2 42.8 8.4 25.2 13.1 5.7 20 - 24 ....................................................................................................... 142.9 51.2 10.9 21.9 12.8 3.3 25 - 34 ....................................................................................................... 126.1 50.7 8.6 14.3 10.9 2.1 35 - 44 ....................................................................................................... 131.5 56.5 8.3 11.4 10.6 1.8 45 - 54 ....................................................................................................... 123.6 50.6 10.8 8.7 10.3 1.2 55 - 64 ....................................................................................................... 122.1 47.8 14.1 7.8 10.5 1.2 65 and over ................................................................................................ 106.0 31.3 18.4 8.2 12.3 .8 

Occupation:

Management occupations ......................................................................... 38.4 14.0 5.3 2.4 2.9 .4 Business and financial operations occupations ......................................... 14.4 5.4 1.2 .3 1.2 – Computer and mathematical occupations ................................................. 11.3 3.1 2.2 .7 .7 – Architecture and engineering occupations ................................................ 25.6 8.3 2.2 2.4 2.4 .1 Life, physical, and social science occupations .......................................... 39.6 10.5 1.7 4.9 3.3 .4 Community and social services occupations ............................................. 99.0 35.6 7.9 5.4 14.4 – Legal occupations ...................................................................................... 13.7 9.1 – – .7 – Education, training, and library occupations .............................................. 52.0 18.8 6.3 1.6 5.7 – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ..................... 50.9 25.3 4.4 1.9 4.4 .1 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations .................................. 104.3 55.3 6.1 2.7 8.7 .2 Healthcare support occupations ................................................................ 279.2 152.0 9.7 5.3 21.4 2.8 Protective service occupations .................................................................. 108.7 39.3 9.5 7.0 10.4 – Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................... 110.9 33.6 5.2 25.3 9.7 9.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................. 243.8 96.9 14.2 22.5 22.1 1.1 Personal care and service occupations ..................................................... 116.2 49.6 8.3 5.2 11.1 .5 Sales and related occupations .................................................................. 70.2 31.1 6.3 4.3 6.5 .8 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................... 54.3 22.0 4.2 3.0 5.6 .3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................ 152.1 46.8 14.0 16.7 16.0 1.2 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 270.9 93.7 30.9 43.5 17.4 3.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 212.8 86.7 16.2 24.5 13.9 3.9 Production occupations ............................................................................. 188.7 61.2 14.1 25.4 15.5 3.8 

Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................... 301.3 133.7 26.1 18.9 29.6 1.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 16. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by selected w

occupational group, and selected natures of injury or illness, 2006 — Continued

Characteristic

Nature of injury or illness3

Carpal

tunnel

syndrome

Tendonitis

Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders 

Total 

With fractures,

burns, and

other injuries

With sprains and

bruises Tot

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................................................................................ 1.4 0.5 5.0 1.1 1.9 11Gender:

Male ........................................................................................................... .9 .4 5.2 1.4 1.7 11

Female ....................................................................................................... 2.1 .6 4.6 .7 2.3 11

Age:5

16 - 19 ....................................................................................................... .1 .1 4.4 1.3 1.5 1020 - 24 ....................................................................................................... .3 .3 4.5 .8 2.2 1125 - 34 ....................................................................................................... .9 .6 4.3 1.0 1.7 1035 - 44 ....................................................................................................... 1.6 .6 4.8 1.1 1.9 1245 - 54 ....................................................................................................... 2.2 .7 5.1 1.0 1.9 1155 - 64 ....................................................................................................... 2.0 .5 6.5 1.7 2.6 1165 and over ................................................................................................ .8 .2 7.3 2.6 2.2 8

Occupation:

Management occupations ......................................................................... .5 .1 1.5 .4 .6 3Business and financial operations occupations ......................................... .9 6 ( ) 1.2 .2 .4 1

Computer and mathematical occupations ................................................. .5 – .5 .1 .1 1Architecture and engineering occupations ................................................ .6 1.3 1.1 .1 .4 1Life, physical, and social science occupations .......................................... .9 – .7 – .4 1Community and social services occupations ............................................. – – 7.6 1.5 4.0 12Legal occupations ...................................................................................... .6 – 1.0 – – 1Education, training, and library occupations .............................................. .2 – 2.8 .6 1.4 8Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ..................... .5 .2 1.6 .3 1.0 4Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations .................................. .7 .4 4.4 .5 2.1 9Healthcare support occupations ................................................................ .4 .7 8.2 .7 4.9 38Protective service occupations .................................................................. .8 – 7.8 1.9 2.5 11Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................... 1.0 .3 2.4 .2 1.4 8Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................. .7 .9 11.9 2.6 6.0 26Personal care and service occupations ..................................................... .7 .2 4.4 .7 2.5 10Sales and related occupations .................................................................. .8 .3 2.9 .6 1.0 6Office and administrative support occupations .......................................... 1.5 .4 2.3 .4 1.1 5Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................ .3 .8 7.6 2.6 2.5 10Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 1.9 .4 9.7 2.9 3.4 20Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 1.6 .6 7.2 2.1 2.4 16Production occupations ............................................................................. 4.9 1.7 6.2 1.6 1.7 14Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................... 1.3 .6 13.6 3.6 4.7 27

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were

calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also

included job transfer or restriction. 

3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Nature codes: Sprains, strains = 021; Fractures =

012; Cuts, punctures = 034, 037; Bruises = 043; Heat burns = 053; Chemical burns = 051; Amputations =031; Carpal tunnel syndrome = 1241; Tendonitis = 1733; Multiple traumatic injuries and illnesses, Total =

080-089; With fractures, burns, and other injuries = 083, 084; With pain, except back, Total = 0972, 0973; Back pain, hurt back only codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are baseIllness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Sta

4 Includes nonclassifiable responses.5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers unde

50 cases.

6 Data too small to be displayed.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 

of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Lab

Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 17. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by select

major occupational group, and selected parts of body, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Part of body affected by the injury or illn

Head

Neck

Trunk 

Total Eyes Total Back Shoulder Tota

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................................................................................ 127.8 8.9 3.9 1.9 43.4 27.1 8.2 29.Gender:

Male ........................................................................................................... 142.8 10.9 5.3 1.9 48.9 29.6 8.9 33.

Female ....................................................................................................... 106.4 6.0 1.8 1.9 35.6 23.5 7.1 23.

Age:5

16 - 19 ....................................................................................................... 134.2 12.8 4.6 .9 34.0 23.0 5.2 45.20 - 24 ....................................................................................................... 142.9 12.3 5.7 1.7 40.3 26.5 6.4 40.25 - 34 ....................................................................................................... 126.1 10.1 5.2 2.1 42.7 29.3 6.5 30.35 - 44 ....................................................................................................... 131.5 9.2 4.0 2.3 47.9 31.7 8.3 28.45 - 54 ....................................................................................................... 123.6 6.8 2.9 1.9 43.6 25.5 9.4 26.55 - 64 ....................................................................................................... 122.1 6.8 1.9 1.8 42.6 20.6 10.9 24.65 and over ................................................................................................ 106.0 6.8 .8 .8 31.9 13.9 9.0 21.

Occupation:

Management occupations ......................................................................... 38.4 3.4 1.4 .6 13.0 7.1 2.5 6.

Business and financial operations occupations ......................................... 14.4 .8 .2 .3 4.0 2.9 .6 2.Computer and mathematical occupations ................................................. 11.3 .8 – .6 2.1 1.3 .6 2.Architecture and engineering occupations ................................................ 25.6 1.8 .6 .3 9.1 4.6 1.4 5.Life, physical, and social science occupations .......................................... 39.6 8.9 4.2 1.5 5.7 3.3 1.7 9.Community and social services occupations ............................................. 99.0 5.3 1.2 2.0 24.2 17.7 2.2 15.Legal occupations ...................................................................................... 13.7 .4 – – 3.8 2.4 .4 1.Education, training, and library occupations .............................................. 52.0 4.4 1.5 .9 14.4 9.6 1.9 7.Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ..................... 50.9 3.2 1.0 1.1 15.1 6.3 3.9 8.Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations .................................. 104.3 5.4 1.5 2.8 45.1 33.3 6.9 14.Healthcare support occupations ................................................................ 279.2 13.4 5.2 4.8 138.5 100.0 21.1 38.Protective service occupations .................................................................. 108.7 7.2 1.7 1.1 26.9 14.7 4.8 14.Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................... 110.9 6.7 2.2 1.1 28.1 18.5 5.0 44.Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................. 243.8 16.4 6.6 2.7 85.1 54.3 14.9 46.Personal care and service occupations ..................................................... 116.2 8.5 1.0 2.6 36.6 21.4 8.9 22.Sales and related occupations .................................................................. 70.2 4.2 1.0 1.5 24.2 15.6 4.4 13.Office and administrative support occupations .......................................... 54.3 3.2 .7 .9 18.3 11.6 3.4 10.Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................ 152.1 19.5 8.8 1.2 45.9 28.5 5.9 31.Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 270.9 21.4 12.1 3.4 79.4 49.5 13.9 71.Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 212.8 19.7 10.7 2.1 72.5 44.8 13.9 51.Production occupations ............................................................................. 188.7 15.7 9.9 1.9 56.0 30.9 12.0 65.Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................... 301.3 17.8 6.5 5.6 114.9 68.7 24.3 53.

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 17. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time w

selected worker characteristic, major occupational group, and selected parts of body, 2006 — Continued

Characteristic

Part of body affected by the injury or illness3

Lower extremities

Body

systems

Multiple

body

parts

Total Knee Foot, toe

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................................................................................ 28.3 10.3 6.2 2.0 12.5 Gender:

Male ........................................................................................................... 32.6 11.5 7.7 1.7 11.6 

Female ....................................................................................................... 22.1 8.6 4.1 2.3 13.9 

Age:5

16 - 19 ....................................................................................................... 30.4 7.4 9.3 1.6 7.5 20 - 24 ....................................................................................................... 35.3 8.2 10.4 2.5 9.2 25 - 34 ....................................................................................................... 26.9 8.4 6.5 1.8 10.8 35 - 44 ....................................................................................................... 27.7 10.5 5.3 2.3 12.8 45 - 54 ....................................................................................................... 27.6 12.3 5.3 2.0 14.1 55 - 64 ....................................................................................................... 28.0 12.5 5.4 1.5 15.9 65 and over ................................................................................................ 26.3 10.4 5.2 .6 16.0 

Occupation:

Management occupations ......................................................................... 9.0 3.9 1.1 1.0 4.6 Business and financial operations occupations ......................................... 3.0 1.4 .5 1.1 2.5 Computer and mathematical occupations ................................................. 2.3 .8 .4 .6 1.8 Architecture and engineering occupations ................................................ 4.8 2.0 .8 .6 2.7 Life, physical, and social science occupations .......................................... 10.9 4.0 4.8 .6 2.7 Community and social services occupations ............................................. 28.2 9.3 2.7 1.7 22.0 Legal occupations ...................................................................................... .5 – – – 7.6 Education, training, and library occupations .............................................. 16.6 6.5 2.4 1.1 6.5 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ..................... 15.1 5.7 2.6 .7 5.0 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations .................................. 18.8 8.9 2.6 2.5 13.8 Healthcare support occupations ................................................................ 42.2 18.2 7.2 5.6 33.6 Protective service occupations .................................................................. 34.4 14.5 3.6 3.3 20.7 Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................... 18.8 7.5 3.6 1.3 9.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................. 56.6 20.7 11.6 4.4 30.1 Personal care and service occupations ..................................................... 26.5 9.6 4.7 2.1 16.1 Sales and related occupations .................................................................. 17.6 6.4 4.7 .8 8.1 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................... 13.3 4.3 3.2 1.6 5.7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................ 34.9 10.7 6.6 2.5 13.8 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 69.0 24.7 14.0 3.4 21.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 46.0 18.7 9.2 3.1 17.0 Production occupations ............................................................................. 33.4 11.9 9.0 2.6 12.1 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................... 74.8 24.4 18.4 2.6 29.8 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000

full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from

work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Part of body codes: 

Head, Total = 00-09; Eyes = 032; Neck = 10-19; Trunk, Total = 20-29; Back = 23;Shoulder = 21; Upper extremities, Total = 30-39; Finger = 34; Hand = 33; Wrist =

32; Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; Foot, toe = systems = 5; Multiple body parts = 8; All other body parts = reincluding 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System developed bLabor Statistics.

4 Includes nonclassifiable responses.5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers und

accounted for fewer than 50 cases.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data matotals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of L

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating 
TABLE 18. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by selected work

occupational group, and selected sources of injury or illness, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Source of injury or illness3

Chemicals

and

chemical

products

Containers Furniture and fixtures Machinery Parts and materials Worker motion or position Floors, walkways or ground surfaces Ha

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................................................. 127.8 2.1 15.9 4.9 8.4 13.5 17.6 23.2 Gender:

Male ........................................................................................ 142.8 2.3 17.8 4.5 11.1 21.0 18.4 21.4 

Female .................................................................................... 106.4 1.8 13.3 5.5 4.5 2.8 16.7 25.7 

Age:5

16 - 19 .................................................................................... 134.2 2.8 17.4 5.5 12.5 14.8 11.3 20.5 20 - 24 .................................................................................... 142.9 2.9 17.4 4.7 13.3 17.8 15.3 19.7 25 - 34 .................................................................................... 126.1 2.4 15.7 4.9 9.2 14.0 16.0 18.7 35 - 44 .................................................................................... 131.5 1.9 17.2 5.5 7.8 14.7 19.3 21.4 45 - 54 .................................................................................... 123.6 2.3 16.0 4.5 6.9 12.0 19.6 24.7 55 - 64 .................................................................................... 122.1 1.2 13.0 4.7 6.5 10.1 18.6 33.0 65 and over ............................................................................. 106.0 .6 10.7 4.5 4.5 7.1 12.7 39.5 

Occupation:

Management occupations ...................................................... 38.4 .3 4.6 1.9 1.3 2.3 5.3 10.4 Business and financial operations occupations ...................... 14.4 .8 1.4 .6 .3 .2 2.8 4.1 Computer and mathematical occupations .............................. 11.3 .5 .3 .5 1.3 .7 2.0 3.8 Architecture and engineering occupations ............................. 25.6 .5 1.1 .8 2.5 2.5 5.3 3.8 Life, physical, and social science occupations ....................... 39.6 2.0 2.5 .6 .8 1.1 6.9 4.7 Community and social services occupations .......................... 99.0 .6 3.0 8.1 .4 1.6 12.2 31.2 Legal occupations ................................................................... 13.7 – 2.0 – – – 5.0 3.8 Education, training, and library occupations ........................... 52.0 .9 1.9 1.7 .1 .2 9.2 18.4 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .. 50.9 .3 1.7 2.8 .6 1.1 11.5 14.4 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations ............... 104.3 1.7 3.2 4.6 1.9 .8 13.5 22.5 Healthcare support occupations ............................................. 279.2 3.9 9.7 11.9 3.1 1.4 24.1 42.6 Protective service occupations ............................................... 108.7 1.6 2.9 1.8 .9 2.1 16.7 32.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations ................ 110.9 2.0 20.6 6.2 11.6 1.1 10.9 26.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 243.8 7.1 28.4 20.1 16.1 11.2 32.3 51.9 Personal care and service occupations .................................. 116.2 1.3 10.5 3.9 1.4 1.8 13.8 25.2 Sales and related occupations ............................................... 70.2 .7 14.6 5.2 2.5 3.8 10.7 16.6 Office and administrative support occupations ....................... 54.3 .9 12.2 2.2 2.1 1.8 9.8 12.9 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................. 152.1 2.0 8.9 1.2 9.2 11.1 22.5 28.6 Construction and extraction occupations ................................ 270.9 4.0 12.8 4.2 19.2 63.4 33.3 47.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................. 212.8 3.8 13.1 5.7 20.7 41.6 30.7 27.4 

Production occupations .......................................................... 188.7 4.4 20.7 5.2 26.8 33.3 32.3 20.2 Transportation and material moving occupations ................... 301.3 3.5 59.4 9.9 12.8 31.8 38.2 50.0 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were

calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also

included job transfer or restriction. 

3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source codes: Chemicals and chemical products =

00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and fixtures = 20-29; Machinery = 30-39; Parts and materials = 40-49;

Worker motion or position = 562; Floors, walkways or ground su80-89; Health care patient = 573; All other sources = all remainThese codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and IllnBureau of Labor Statistics.

4 Includes nonclassifiable responses.5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers und

cases.

6 Data too small to be displayed.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines

nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 19. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by selecte

occupational group, and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2006

Characteristic Total cases

Event or exposure leading to injury or ill

Contact with objects Fall

to

lower

level

Fall

on

same

level

Total

Struck

by

object

Struck

against

object

Caught in or

compressed or

crushed

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................................................................................ 127.8 36.2 17.8 9.3 6.4 8.0 16.4 Gender:

Male ........................................................................................................... 142.8 47.5 23.3 11.5 8.6 9.9 12.8 

Female ....................................................................................................... 106.4 20.3 9.9 6.1 3.2 5.2 21.6 

Age:5

16 - 19 ....................................................................................................... 134.2 56.2 28.7 13.0 11.2 7.2 14.3 20 - 24 ....................................................................................................... 142.9 55.5 28.2 14.0 9.4 6.4 12.9 25 - 34 ....................................................................................................... 126.1 40.0 20.6 9.3 6.8 8.0 11.7 35 - 44 ....................................................................................................... 131.5 34.9 16.7 9.2 6.0 8.3 14.5 45 - 54 ....................................................................................................... 123.6 30.1 14.3 8.1 5.6 8.0 18.0 55 - 64 ....................................................................................................... 122.1 25.3 11.5 7.3 4.7 8.8 26.3 65 and over ................................................................................................ 106.0 23.0 10.3 6.0 5.9 9.7 33.1 

Occupation:

Management occupations ......................................................................... 38.4 7.2 3.3 2.1 .7 3.2 7.4 Business and financial operations occupations ......................................... 14.4 1.7 .7 .9 .1 1.2 2.9 Computer and mathematical occupations ................................................. 11.3 2.5 1.2 .7 .3 1.5 2.0 Architecture and engineering occupations ................................................ 25.6 6.4 2.7 2.8 .7 1.2 2.9 Life, physical, and social science occupations .......................................... 39.6 10.1 8.2 1.2 .5 6.0 3.1 Community and social services occupations ............................................. 99.0 14.4 6.1 7.6 .3 6.2 23.4 Legal occupations ...................................................................................... 13.7 .3 – – – .7 3.2 Education, training, and library occupations .............................................. 52.0 5.9 3.0 2.4 .2 3.1 15.8 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ..................... 50.9 10.4 4.9 3.9 .6 3.9 9.9 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations .................................. 104.3 11.1 5.6 3.7 1.1 2.8 19.9 Healthcare support occupations ................................................................ 279.2 32.5 17.4 9.1 4.5 5.1 39.1 

Protective service occupations .................................................................. 108.7 15.0 6.3 5.7 2.2 9.0 22.7 Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................... 110.9 38.9 20.6 11.5 5.0 2.4 24.8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................. 243.8 64.6 32.3 19.3 9.1 19.6 36.4 Personal care and service occupations ..................................................... 116.2 20.5 10.1 6.4 3.4 6.8 21.4 Sales and related occupations .................................................................. 70.2 15.9 8.2 5.3 1.5 4.7 12.6 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................... 54.3 11.4 5.9 3.2 1.8 3.1 10.0 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................ 152.1 49.8 25.3 10.1 8.9 13.6 16.6 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 270.9 107.0 55.5 25.9 15.7 30.4 21.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 212.8 70.7 33.3 18.4 10.8 14.8 15.0 Production occupations ............................................................................. 188.7 75.2 31.8 15.3 21.5 5.8 16.1 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................... 301.3 79.1 40.4 18.7 14.8 22.8 29.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 19. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by s

characteristic major occupational group, and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2006 — Continued

Characteristic

Event or exposure leading to injury or illness3

Repetitive

motion

Exposure to

harmful

substance or

environment

Transportation

accidents

Fires

and

explosions

Assaults a

Total 

p

Total [1,183,500 cases] ................................................................................ 4.1 6.1 6.1 0.2 2.4 Gender:

Male ........................................................................................................... 3.1 6.5 7.7 .4 1.7 

Female ....................................................................................................... 5.7 5.5 3.6 .1 3.5 

Age:5

16 - 19 ....................................................................................................... 1.0 10.8 4.8 .1 3.2 20 - 24 ....................................................................................................... 2.3 9.3 6.2 .5 3.4 25 - 34 ....................................................................................................... 2.9 6.7 6.0 .3 2.4 35 - 44 ....................................................................................................... 4.8 6.0 6.4 .2 2.4 45 - 54 ....................................................................................................... 5.6 5.1 5.8 .3 2.2 55 - 64 ....................................................................................................... 5.1 4.3 6.4 .1 1.8 65 and over ................................................................................................ 2.1 1.9 6.1 .1 1.5 

Occupation:

Management occupations ......................................................................... 1.5 2.0 2.5 – 1.5 Business and financial operations occupations ......................................... 1.6 1.1 1.0 – .4 Computer and mathematical occupations ................................................. 1.1 .6 .8 – .1 Architecture and engineering occupations ................................................ 2.0 1.9 1.9 .1 .5 Life, physical, and social science occupations .......................................... 1.7 6.5 1.2 – 2.3 Community and social services occupations ............................................. 1.9 2.7 8.3 – 16.2 Legal occupations ...................................................................................... .9 – 1.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations .............................................. .3 2.4 1.0 – 6.5 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ..................... 1.6 1.2 2.8 – .5 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations .................................. 2.2 4.9 4.8 – 6.1 Healthcare support occupations ................................................................ 2.6 14.0 5.5 .2 20.4 Protective service occupations .................................................................. 1.2 5.1 12.7 – 15.1 Food preparation and serving related occupations ................................... 2.2 13.0 .6 .2 .9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................. 3.6 18.4 8.2 .5 3.6 Personal care and service occupations ..................................................... 1.4 5.6 7.7 – 11.5 Sales and related occupations .................................................................. 2.6 1.8 3.0 6 ( ) .8 

Office and administrative support occupations .......................................... 3.8 1.9 2.4 .1 .5 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................ 2.5 7.9 7.9 .6 9.7 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................... 4.8 9.9 8.3 1.1 .7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 4.0 11.1 9.0 1.1 1.2 Production occupations ............................................................................. 14.7 11.2 2.6 .4 .8 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................... 5.3 7.0 31.3 .2 2.2 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers

and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of

which also included job transfer or restriction. 

3 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Event codes: Contact with objects,

Total = 00-09; Struck by object = 020-029; Struck against object = 010-019; Caught in orcompressed or crushed = 030-049; Fall to lower level = 110-119; Fall on same level = 130-139;Slips or trips without fall = 215; Overexertion, Total = 220-229; In lifting = 221; Repetitive motion

= 230-239; Exposure to harmful substance or environment = 30-340-49; Fires and explosions = 50-52; Assaults and violent acts, Totother assaults = 60, 62, and 63; All other events = all rema(Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 OccClassification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

4 Includes nonclassifiable responses.5 Information is not shown separately for injured workers und

fewer than 50 cases.

6 Data too small to be displayed.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to th

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of L

Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencie
TABLE 20. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-tim

workers by selected worker occupation3 and selected nature of injury or illness, 2006

Occupation Total cases

Nature of injury or illness4

Sprains,

strains Fractures Cuts, punctures Bruises Heat burns Chemical burns A

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 127.8 51.1 10.2 12.4 10.9 1.9 0.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 526.0 314.9 13.6 4.9 38.3 1.5 .6 Construction laborers ................................... 488.4 161.8 57.5 73.7 37.4 3.7 2.7 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 465.8 195.4 42.4 45.1 49.0 2.1 3.3 

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ 453.8 334.8 4.4 6.2 14.8 – – 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 411.4 182.6 42.8 17.2 41.1 1.0 1.9 Roofers ........................................................ 410.1 111.4 69.4 67.3 21.2 29.7 – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 362.5 106.4 36.1 40.8 26.1 13.5 1.0 Carpenters ................................................... 335.2 107.4 38.0 78.3 20.2 2.5 .7 Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ 333.2 116.9 18.6 44.5 39.6 22.3 3.1 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 317.3 133.5 25.8 30.9 20.5 3.7 2.7 

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 316.0 115.7 28.0 30.3 23.0 6.6 4.2 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 298.9 128.1 24.3 34.6 14.4 5.0 4.7 Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 296.7 141.4 18.4 11.1 22.2 .2 3.8 Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 293.7 100.5 9.6 98.5 5.8 – – Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 282.0 141.0 14.1 2.9 21.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 270.8 119.9 12.0 12.7 33.3 .8 2.9 Sheet metal workers .................................... 269.5 83.4 31.2 45.1 13.6 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 260.6 84.3 7.0 66.4 20.5 36.2 1.9 Driver/sales workers .................................... 249.2 132.3 18.8 7.4 20.5 .7 – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 248.2 104.2 14.3 19.7 23.3 1.3 3.9 

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 228.4 81.7 13.1 39.3 15.5 9.6 1.8 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ 228.1 99.4 15.4 36.8 9.5 2.2 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 20. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time 

selected worker occupation3 and selected nature of injury or illness, 2006 — Continued

Occupation

Nature of injury or illness4

Carpal

tunnel

syndrome

Tendonitis

Multiple traumatic injuries and

disorders

Back pain and 

pain, except back

Total

With

fractures,

burns, and

other

injuries

With

sprains and

bruises

Total

Back pain,

hurt back

only

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 1.4 0.5 5.0 1.1 1.9 11.3 3.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... .4 1.3 11.8 .8 7.5 74.3 32.9 Construction laborers ................................... 1.1 .3 17.0 4.5 7.3 35.1 11.9 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 2.2 .8 15.5 4.7 5.0 38.2 12.5 

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ – – 6.3 – 2.6 55.0 24.4 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ .8 .7 25.4 5.7 9.4 36.9 15.3 Roofers ........................................................ – – 18.9 3.5 8.0 37.9 4.0 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 4.1 .9 8.2 2.4 2.0 25.7 4.4 Carpenters ................................................... 3.0 .3 8.6 1.8 3.1 22.4 7.9 Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ – – 13.8 – 6.9 26.3 12.1 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 5.0 – 10.8 5.6 2.4 15.3 2.6 

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 2.5 .8 14.7 4.5 5.3 18.4 7.2 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 11.7 .5 8.5 2.3 3.3 26.0 9.0 Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ .8 – 13.3 3.2 4.1 42.1 13.9 Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 8.3 – 5.1 – 1.7 15.2 – Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... – – 16.3 5.1 9.2 30.4 6.2 Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 1.7 1.2 15.3 .9 12.1 36.0 13.5 Sheet metal workers .................................... 2.8 3.2 8.7 4.8 1.4 34.6 4.1 Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 1.3 1.0 4.9 – 2.5 17.5 4.5 Driver/sales workers .................................... .8 .7 9.5 .7 3.4 24.4 10.1 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. .5 .8 10.6 2.1 5.9 28.8 9.9 

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 3.1 1.2 6.2 2.2 .8 22.1 4.6 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ – – 9.3 2.4 4.8 18.8 9.6 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000

full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from

work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Nature codes: Sprains,

strains = 021; Fractures = 012; Cuts, punctures = 034, 037; Bruises = 043; Heatburns = 053; Chemical burns = 051; Amputations = 031; Carpal tunnel syndrome

= 1241; Tendonitis = 1733; Multiple traumatic injuries and illn080-089; With fractures, burns, and other injuries = 083, 084; Wbruises = 082; Back pain and pain, except back, Total = 0972, 09hurt back only = 0972; All other natures = all remaining codes, (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 OccupatiIllness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labor Sta

5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guideline

rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data mthe totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of La

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with partagencies
TABLE 21. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time wo

selected worker occupation3 and selected parts of body, 2006

Occupation Total cases

Part of body affected by the injury or illness4

Head

Neck

Trunk Upper extre

Total Eyes Total Back Shoulder Total Finger H

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 127.8 8.9 3.9 1.9 43.4 27.1 8.2 29.6 11.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 526.0 16.0 4.9 9.4 284.8 208.9 43.8 65.8 15.1 Construction laborers ................................... 488.4 46.8 26.4 7.2 137.8 86.5 23.1 120.8 46.5 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 465.8 31.3 12.0 5.7 171.7 107.3 30.6 100.6 41.2 

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ 453.8 9.1 – 13.3 285.6 227.4 40.1 41.9 9.4 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 411.4 22.5 6.7 9.8 160.6 90.7 39.2 57.3 15.3 Roofers ........................................................ 410.1 14.6 4.5 5.4 101.3 62.7 15.0 109.5 34.6 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 362.5 67.6 54.9 4.6 108.6 55.7 19.1 90.8 49.9 Carpenters ................................................... 335.2 25.2 16.9 2.5 94.8 58.5 18.3 99.6 50.6 Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ 333.2 19.2 8.1 4.8 93.8 59.2 19.0 110.7 35.7 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 317.3 37.2 17.9 2.8 97.1 59.8 19.8 65.0 30.6 

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 316.0 23.4 15.0 3.3 104.2 54.6 20.7 87.2 41.5 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 298.9 16.4 8.7 1.7 109.1 76.8 15.7 76.1 39.3 Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 296.7 11.6 2.4 4.8 118.8 69.1 28.3 38.1 8.5 Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 293.7 5.0 – 2.3 90.2 32.1 26.9 146.7 106.2 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 282.0 18.0 1.7 12.9 114.6 72.8 26.4 23.0 6.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 270.8 15.8 5.4 2.8 107.3 73.0 20.0 51.5 14.8 Sheet metal workers .................................... 269.5 19.2 11.7 3.2 54.8 27.8 12.9 124.6 54.2 Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 260.6 9.7 3.9 2.1 54.9 37.4 10.4 120.9 51.7 Driver/sales workers .................................... 249.2 6.5 2.4 6.7 103.2 63.4 24.8 30.3 4.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 248.2 17.2 6.9 2.3 92.6 56.9 16.7 46.9 16.7 

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 228.4 30.8 17.0 2.4 67.6 40.1 18.4 68.1 23.8 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ 228.1 14.9 7.0 3.7 84.0 46.1 16.7 48.4 16.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 21. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2

per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker occupation3 and selected parts of body, 2006 — Continued

Occupation

Part of body affected by the injury or illness4

Lower extremities

Body

systems

Multiple

body

parts

All

other

body

parts5 Total Knee Foot, toe

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 28.3 10.3 6.2 2.0 12.5 1.2Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 76.3 36.0 12.5 10.7 59.0 3.9Construction laborers ................................... 131.0 38.6 27.1 7.0 32.5 5.2Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 122.6 32.5 41.8 3.6 26.7 3.7

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ 55.5 26.8 7.3 1.4 45.1 2.0

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 95.6 35.3 15.1 3.8 58.8 3.0Roofers ........................................................ 83.9 26.4 20.4 9.3 80.0 6.0Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 69.7 21.0 20.2 3.1 16.5 1.5Carpenters ................................................... 89.3 31.8 18.6 1.3 20.3 2.2Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ 67.6 26.6 20.4 1.5 33.6 2.1Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 82.5 37.9 14.2 2.9 28.4 –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 72.2 27.4 24.0 4.8 20.1 .7Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 71.5 26.5 18.6 1.3 22.3 .4Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 81.9 27.9 19.5 1.2 37.7 2.5Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 32.1 16.9 5.6 2.6 14.0 –Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 55.6 25.0 6.9 2.5 50.4 5.0Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 54.7 24.9 8.0 7.9 28.5 2.3Sheet metal workers .................................... 45.5 20.7 6.5 1.8 19.7 –Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 46.8 15.3 11.0 2.1 23.5 –Driver/sales workers .................................... 65.0 28.4 8.9 3.4 32.4 1.7Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 54.0 20.4 11.2 3.7 29.7 1.8

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 44.3 19.9 11.3 2.3 12.0 .8

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ 55.5 31.9 6.8 2.5 18.6 –

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and

illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-timeworkers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks

per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in

days away from work, some of which also included job transferor restriction. 

3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time

equivalent employment.

4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Part

of body codes: Head, Total = 00-09; Eyes = 032; Neck =10-19; Trunk, Total = 20-29; Back = 23; Shoulder = 21; Upperextremities, Total = 30-39; Finger = 34; Hand = 33; Wrist = 32;Lower extremities, Total = 40-49; Knee = 412; Foot, toe = 43,44; Body systems = 5; Multiple body parts = 8; All other bodyparts = remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based on the 1992 Occupational Injury andIllness Classification System developed by the Bureau of LaborStatistics.

5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication

guidelines. Because of rounding and data exclusion ofnonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of

Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses incooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 22. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time workers by sele

and selected sources of injury or illness, 2006

Occupation Total cases

Source of injury or illness4

Chemicals

and

chemical

products

Containers

Furniture

and

fixtures

Machinery

Parts

and

materials

Worker

motion

or

position

Floors,

walkways

or

ground

surfaces

Handtools Ve

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 127.8 2.1 15.9 4.9 8.4 13.5 17.6 23.2 6.1 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 526.0 4.8 9.3 21.2 4.8 2.1 44.2 71.7 1.4 Construction laborers ................................... 488.4 4.8 28.4 4.1 26.6 118.1 57.9 70.9 54.2 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 465.8 5.5 117.1 21.8 29.8 62.4 52.8 59.2 17.8 

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ 453.8 – 4.9 7.3 7.1 – 42.5 60.3 – 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 411.4 4.7 49.6 5.7 9.3 46.4 53.3 91.7 6.2 1Roofers ........................................................ 410.1 1.5 27.2 – 6.0 77.1 41.2 98.9 50.8 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 362.5 3.0 18.8 6.5 31.3 106.8 43.3 31.6 51.0 Carpenters ................................................... 335.2 1.2 10.1 9.9 18.7 94.3 39.0 59.0 33.2 Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ 333.2 7.7 65.8 18.2 32.9 5.8 35.2 83.1 8.5 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 317.3 4.6 8.4 5.8 27.5 61.1 57.5 50.1 26.7 

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 316.0 9.0 17.8 3.5 40.1 78.9 40.9 42.2 23.0 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 298.9 5.2 15.0 11.8 28.6 62.9 53.2 42.7 39.4 Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 296.7 4.4 60.7 20.9 6.2 16.0 43.4 54.0 4.7 Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 293.7 – 63.8 3.3 78.6 2.5 45.2 22.1 45.7 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 282.0 1.7 33.5 1.3 4.4 6.2 28.5 55.7 – 1Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 270.8 11.9 31.1 39.0 8.4 4.0 46.2 74.2 5.8 Sheet metal workers .................................... 269.5 1.7 10.4 1.1 31.6 81.1 27.3 43.8 27.7 Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 260.6 3.2 41.1 5.8 16.7 2.3 23.1 59.5 50.4 Driver/sales workers .................................... 249.2 – 60.8 9.0 3.7 8.1 31.0 47.7 .6 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 248.2 7.9 43.8 20.9 17.1 11.0 31.0 52.9 9.0 

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 228.4 3.6 6.0 6.1 16.3 76.9 25.9 18.8 18.2 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ 228.1 4.6 18.3 .8 36.9 33.0 39.7 31.9 7.2 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and

were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of

which also included job transfer or restriction. 

3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent employment.

4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Source 

products = 00-09; Containers = 10-19; Furniture and fixtures = 20-materials = 40-49; Worker motion or position = 562; Floors, waHandtools = 71-73; Vehicles = 80-89; Health care patient = 573; codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). These codes are based and Illness Classification System developed by the Bureau of Labo

5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines

exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the tot

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labo

and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies
TABLE 23. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-time w

selected worker occupation3 and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2006

Occupation Total cases

Event or exposure leading to injury or illness4

Contact with objects Fall

to

lower

level

Fall

on

same

level

Slips

or

trips

without

fall

O

Total

Struck

by

object

Struck

against

object

Caught in or

compressed or

crushed

To

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 127.8 36.2 17.8 9.3 6.4 8.0 16.4 3.8 3Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 526.0 53.3 28.3 15.3 8.4 6.6 69.0 12.2 28Construction laborers ................................... 488.4 221.8 125.0 45.9 31.9 38.8 39.9 11.3 7Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 465.8 164.8 90.4 32.4 33.4 21.6 41.0 12.0 13

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ 453.8 32.8 10.9 10.7 8.2 12.3 44.9 11.7 26

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 411.4 79.1 40.6 22.1 10.8 50.8 46.6 13.5 9Roofers ........................................................ 410.1 110.3 71.3 18.4 4.5 104.8 17.8 6.4 5Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 362.5 154.8 80.5 19.0 31.2 15.2 21.1 7.3 6Carpenters ................................................... 335.2 144.2 73.5 32.9 21.4 42.7 24.4 8.3 6Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ 333.2 97.1 53.1 26.7 15.3 5.2 82.3 13.1 6Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 317.3 107.8 55.2 28.1 13.1 23.2 28.0 7.1 6

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 316.0 117.4 46.5 25.7 32.7 13.9 24.6 8.2 8Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 298.9 93.5 51.2 24.0 11.6 19.6 24.7 13.0 8Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 296.7 59.7 35.4 14.9 7.7 23.1 28.0 7.1 8Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 293.7 139.8 71.9 40.1 23.2 1.4 22.7 6.6 7Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 282.0 26.3 11.8 13.5 – 26.6 31.6 7.9 6Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 270.8 53.8 23.6 24.6 4.1 12.4 65.8 11.3 6Sheet metal workers .................................... 269.5 123.1 58.5 35.1 20.0 34.0 15.9 5.6 5Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 260.6 91.2 65.4 15.3 6.3 8.7 48.9 6.0 4Driver/sales workers .................................... 249.2 36.6 17.6 12.0 4.3 18.2 32.6 5.1 7Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 248.2 65.2 29.4 24.4 8.2 24.7 32.5 11.8 6

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 228.4 96.3 56.2 18.8 8.2 4.7 13.7 6.1 6

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ 228.1 65.1 25.3 32.7 2.6 30.0 9.3 6.9 5

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 23. Incidence rates1 for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2 per 10,000 full-tim

workers by selected worker occupation3 and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, 2006 — Continued

Occupation

Event or exposure leading to injury or illness4

Repetitive

motion

Exposure to

harmful

substance or

environment

Transportation

accidents

Fires

and

explosions

Assaults and violent acts

Total 

By person All other assaults

Total [1,183,500 cases] ............................... 4.1 6.1 6.1 0.2 2.4 1.7 0.7 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..... 4.1 20.5 4.3 .2 31.8 30.2 1.6 Construction laborers ................................... 4.1 16.4 16.6 1.2 1.4 .2 1.1 Labor and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ............................................. 9.6 11.4 20.6 .3 1.8 1.1 .7 

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................................ – 1.8 38.9 – 8.9 8.8 – 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ........ 3.7 7.3 64.5 .5 2.8 1.1 1.7 Roofers ........................................................ 2.0 39.8 8.1 – 8.4 4.3 4.1 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..... 11.7 41.3 4.4 2.3 .8 – .6 Carpenters ................................................... 6.8 3.6 3.9 2.2 .4 – .4 Food servers, nonrestaurant ........................ 3.3 35.1 3.0 – 2.0 – 1.5 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ...................................................... 6.5 14.7 16.0 – – – – 

Industrial machinery mechanics ................... 7.4 17.8 9.5 1.6 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......... 13.5 11.1 5.8 – .5 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........ 3.6 7.3 38.1 – 1.7 .4 1.3 Butchers and meat cutters ........................... 28.3 4.2 – – – – – Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .......................... 1.9 2.2 85.4 – 8.3 8.2 – Maids and housekeeping cleaners .............. 5.5 15.2 2.3 .3 1.2 .9 .3 Sheet metal workers .................................... 5.8 2.7 3.8 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................... 5.1 40.4 – – – – – Driver/sales workers .................................... 4.9 4.6 41.6 – 1.0 .8 – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners .............................. 3.8 14.9 6.2 .2 1.9 .7 1.2 

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................. 5.3 13.8 5.9 3.1 .6 – – 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers ............................ 2.9 8.2 11.4 1.3 – – – 

1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000

full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where 

N = number of injuries and illnesses EH = total hours worked by all employees 

during the calendar year 

20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 

(working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)

2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away

from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction. 

3 These occupations have at least 0.1% of full-time equivalent

employment.

4 Data shown in columns correspond to the following Event codes: 

Contact with objects, Total = 00-09; Struck by object = 020-029; Struck againstobject = 010-019; Caught in or compressed or crushed = 030-049; Fall to lower

level = 110-119; Fall on same level = 130-139; Slips or trips withoOverexertion, Total = 220-229; In lifting = 221; Repetitive motion Exposure to harmful substance or environment = 30-39; Traccidents = 40-49; Fires and explosions = 50-52; Assaults and Total = 60-63; By person = 61; All other assaults = 60, 62, and events = all remaining codes, including 9999 (Nonclassifiable). Tare based on the 1992 Occupational Injury and Illness Classificadeveloped by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

5 Includes nonclassifiable responses.

NOTE: Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines. 

rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data mathe totals.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labo

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participagencies