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Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected worker
Table 2.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected
Table 3.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected occupations and
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected injury or illness
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected injury or illness
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected
Table 6.  Incidence rates1/ for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2/ per 10,000
Table 6.  Incidence rates1/ for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2/ per 10,000
Table 7.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
Table 9.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
Table 9.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
Table 10.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by

 
 
Technical information:                    USDL-96-163
(202) 606-6170                            FOR RELEASE:  10:00 A.M. EST
                                          Wednesday, May 8, 1996
Media Contact:
K. Hoyle
(202) 606-5902
 
 
 
           CHARACTERISTICS OF INJURIES AND ILLNESSES
             RESULTING IN ABSENCES FROM WORK, 1994
 
 
  Over the past three years, there were notable reductions in the
incidence of injuries and illnesses resulting in workdays lost due to
overexertion, bodily reaction, and being struck by or striking against
an object (table A).  Between 1993 and 1994, rates did not decline for
other types of work injuries and increased somewhat for falls on the
same level.  These findings are from the national survey of work-related
injuries and illnesses in private industry by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
 
 
Table A. The manner in which workers sustained injuries and illnesses
resulting in days away from work, 1992-94
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       Event or                         Percent    Cases per 10,000 workers
      exposure1/                     distribution,    1992   1993   1994
                                      1994 cases
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   Total ...........................      100         305    286    277
Bodily reaction and exertion .......       44         135    128    121
  Overexertion .....................       27          86     81     76
  Bodily reaction, e.g.,slip, twist.       11          34     32     30
  Repetitive motion ................        4          12     12     12
Contact with objects and equipment .       27          83     78     75
  Struck by object .................       13          39     37     36
  Struck against object ............        7          22     21     20
  Caught in or compressed by equip-
   ment or objects .................        4          13     12     12
Falls ..............................       18          49     47     49
  Fall on same level ...............       12          31     31     33
  Fall to lower level ..............        5          15     14     14
Exposure to harmful substances
 or environments ...................        5          15     14     14
Transportation incidents ...........        4           9      9     10
Assaults and violent acts ..........        1           4      3      3
  Assaults by person(s) ............        1           3      3      3
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  1/ Total and broad event or exposure categories may include data for
classifications in addition to those shown separately.
NOTE: Because of rounding and because of classifications not shown,
percentages may not add to 100.
 
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    This release looks at the distribution and incidence rate of some 2-1/4
million cases in 1994 that resulted in at least a day away from work
(beyond the day of injury or onset of illness) from four separate
viewpoints:  The nature of the disabling condition, the part of the body
affected, the source producing the condition, and the way it occurred.
Together, these data show, for example, that back sprains accounted for
nearly a fourth of the survey cases and that such sprains commonly
result from overexertion in maneuvering especially heavy or bulky
objects, such as cartons of soft drinks or health care patients.
Besides these characteristics, the survey also identifies the occupation
and other demographics of workers disabled and provides summary measures
of the number of days away from work due to injury or illness. When tied
to exposure hours or employment, such data enable researchers to
identify industries, occupations, and worker groups having a relatively
high risk of lost worktime injuries and illnesses and to focus on how
those incidents occurred and their severity.
 
High-risk industries
 
   The most hazardous industries often vary for different work hazards.
For example, nursing homes and scheduled airlines/air courier services
led all other industries in overexertion incidents, the most common way
in which lost worktime injuries occur.  But logging and wood container
manufacturing topped the industry list for injured workers being struck
by objects, while the roofing and water supply industries registered the
highest rates for falls on the same level.  The following tabulation
lists the two industries with the highest incidence rate per 10,000
workers for each event or exposure shown.  These 1994 industry rates
ranged from about 4 times to over 10 times the national rates shown in
table A for the same event or exposure category.
 
       Event or exposure         Industry and rate (in parenthesis)
     Overexertion              Nursing homes (318), Air transport (307)
     Struck by object          Logging (241), Wood containers (227)
     Fall on same level        Roofing (121), Water supply (118)
     Transportation incident   Taxicabs (114), School buses (102)
     Repetitive motion         Hats/millinery (104), Men's suits (89)
     Assault by person         Residential care (40), nursing homes (37)
 
 
High-risk occupations
 
   Just as certain industries are relatively hazardous, so are certain
occupations.  In measuring their relative risk, case shares are compared
with employment shares for the same occupation.  (The workforce data are
1994 annual averages from the Current Population Survey, conducted by
the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.)  Table B presents
the 10 occupations with the most injuries and illnesses involving days
away from work.  Together, these 10 occupations accounted for about a
third of the 2-1/4 million cases reported in 1994, double their share of
employed workers.  Eight of the 10 had case shares exceeding employment
shares, with nonconstruction laborers, nursing aides, and construction
laborers having the greatest disparity.  In contrast, cooks and cashiers
faced a lower injury risk than their employment shares would indicate;
the large number of injuries and illnesses in these jobs reflected the
workforce size of the occupations.
 
 
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Table B. The 10 occupations with the largest number of injuries and illnesses
involving days away from work, shares of case and employment totals, 1994
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                                        Number             Percent of total
    Occupation1/                    Cases    Workers2/     Cases   Workers2/
                                      (In thousands)
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   All occupations .............. 2,236.6    92,973       100.0    100.0
  Total, 10 occupations .........   728.7    14,636        32.6     15.7
Truckdrivers ....................   163.8     2,438         7.3      2.6
Laborers, nonconstruction .......   147.3     1,137         6.6      1.2
Nursing aides, orderlies ........   101.8     1,359         4.6      1.5
Janitors and cleaners ...........    60.6     1,407         2.7      1.5
Laborers, construction ..........    55.7       674         2.5      0.7
Assemblers ......................    53.0     1,167         2.4      1.3
Carpenters ......................    37.4       869         1.7      0.9
Stock handlers and baggers ......    37.2     1,121         1.7      1.2
Cooks ...........................    36.3     1,838         1.6      2.0
Cashiers ........................    35.6     2,626         1.6      2.8
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  1/Excludes occupations designated either as "not elsewhere classified" or
    "not specified."
  2/Private wage and salary workers, excluding private household workers.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses, 1994, and Current Population Survey, 1994 Annual Averages.
 
Worker and case characteristics
 
   Besides individual occupations, the BLS survey provides injury and
illness information by sex and age of worker, occupational group, length
of service with employer at the time of the incident, and race or ethnic
origin (tables 1 and 2).  Following are highlights of the 1994 findings
for these worker traits:
 
    *Men accounted for two-thirds of the 2-1/4 million cases, a
     proportion somewhat higher than their share (55 percent) of all
     private wage and salary workers.
 
    *Workers aged 25 to 44 accounted for nearly three-fifths of the
     cases; the rest were about evenly divided between younger and
     older workers.
 
    *Operators, fabricators, and laborers led all other occupational
     groups, accounting for fully two-fifths of the case total.  This
     group includes three of the five individual jobs with the largest
     number of lost worktime cases--truckdrivers, laborers, except
     construction, and construction laborers (table 3).
 
    *Most workers had at least a year of service with their employer
     when they sustained their injury or illness.  Indeed, a fourth had
     over five years, suggesting that many experienced workers incur
     lost worktime injuries.
 
   Case characteristics help identify the disabling condition resulting
from the lost worktime incident and how the incident happened.  As
mentioned earlier, the survey contains four characteristics used to
 
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describe each disabling injury or illness (tables 4 through 6).  To
illustrate, consider an injury to a nursing aide who sprains her back
while lifting a patient.  The nature, or physical effect, is a sprain or
strain; the part of the body affected, her back; the event, overexertion
while lifting; and the source, the health care patient.  Of the four
characteristics, only the source changes when coding a similar incident
for a truckdriver who sprains his back trying to lift a box.  Following
are highlights of the 1994 findings for these case characteristics:
 
      *Sprain and strain was, by far, the leading nature of injury and
       illness in every major industry division, ranging from slightly
       more than a third to a half of each division's case total.
 
      *The trunk, including the back, was the body part most affected by
       disabling work incidents in every major industry division.  Most
       other injuries and illnesses were to upper or lower extremities.
 
      *No one source of injury or illness stood out, although four had
       at least a tenth of the case total: Floors and other surfaces,
       worker motion or position, containers, and parts and materials.
 
      *Overexertion while maneuvering objects led all other disabling
       events or exposures, cited in a sixth to a third of the cases
       in every industry division.
 
      *Industry divisions with the lowest and highest incidence rates
       can vary by event or exposure.  Mining, for example, had the
       lowest rate of repetitive motion, but the highest rate of workers
       caught in or compressed by equipment or objects.
 
 
Injury and illness severity
 
   Besides identifying high-risk situations, the survey also helps
researchers focus on those kinds of injuries and illnesses resulting in
the lengthiest absences from work. (tables 7 through 10).  Median days
away from work--the key survey measure of duration--designates the point
at which half the cases involved more days and half involved fewer days.
The median number of lost workdays for all cases was 5 days in 1994,
with about a fourth of the cases resulting in 21 days or more away from
work.  The survey also found the following patterns:
 
     *Injury and illness duration increases with age, doubling from a
      median of four or five days for workers aged 20 to 35 to a 10-day
      median for those 55 years and over.
 
     *Among major disabling conditions, median days away from work were
      highest for carpal tunnel syndrome (30 days), amputations (24
      days), and fractures (20 days).
 
     *Repetitive motion, such as grasping tools, scanning groceries, and
      typing, resulted in the longest absences from work among the
      leading events and exposures--a median of 18 days.  Falls to a
      lower level and transportation incidents had 10-day medians.
 
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     *Medians varied little among occupations having relatively large
      numbers of injuries and illnesses.  In these groups, the medians
      were commonly five days, with a low of four days for food
      preparers, kitchen workers, welders, and registered nurses and a
      high of eight days for truckdrivers, carpenters, and electricians.
 
     *Medians also varied little among major industry divisions (ranging
      from five to eight days), except for mining (with a median of 16
      days).  More variation occurred among individual industries.
 
 
Assaults by persons profiled
 
   Violence has emerged as an important safety issue in today's
workplace.  In 1994, some 20,000 incidents involving assaults and other
violent acts by persons that resulted in lost workday injuries and
illnesses were reported in the survey.  Women were the victims in nearly
three-fifths of these assaults, much higher than their one-third share
of lost worktime cases in private industry.
 
   The survey enables researchers to analyze a specific injury and
illness problem, like nonfatal assaults, in some detail.  Table C
illustrates this survey capability, showing detailed information by type
of violent act, the industries and occupations most affected, and other
characteristics of nonfatal assaults.
 
   Nonfatal violent acts most commonly took the form of "hitting,
kicking, and beating," accounting for slightly more than two-fifths of
all nonfatal assaults.  Next in frequency were violent acts best
described as "squeezing, pinching, scratching, or twisting."  These were
about an eighth of all nonfatal assaults.
 
   At five days, the median absence from work related to disabling
assaults equaled the national median.  Slightly more than a fifth of the
nonfatal assaults resulted in injuries lasting 21 days or more.
 
   Service workers were at especially high risk of nonfatal assaults.
This occupational group accounted for more than two-fifths of the lost
workday cases resulting from assaults by persons, compared with its one-
eighth share of all private wage and salary workers, except private
household.  Nursing aides and orderlies accounted for more than half of
all assaulted service workers.  They and other workers in health and
residential care occupations (nurses and social workers, for example)
were assaulted primarily by patients or residents who resisted their
help or were prone to violence.
 
   Retail operations, such as groceries, restaurants, and department
stores, accounted for a sixth of the cases resulting from nonfatal
assaults.  The perpetrators of these violent acts included co-workers,
customers, visitors, and robbers. The victims spanned a wide range of
occupations, including cashiers, stock handlers, food service managers,
food preparers, and food servers.
 
   One-sixth of the nonfatal assaults took place outside of the services
and retail industries.  Examples of these acts included assaults on
truckdrivers, bank tellers, and assembly-line workers.
 
 
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Table C. Percent distribution of nonfatal assaults by persons resulting in
injuries and illnesses with days away from work, by selected
characteristics, 1994
 
                         Total nonfatal assaults
                               by persons
                         Number.............20,438
                         Percent...............100
 
         Violent act                          Sex of injured
 
   Percent.................... 100        Percent...................... 100
Hitting, kicking, beating.....  43     Women...........................  58
Squeezing, pinching,                   Men.............................  41
 scratching, twisting.........  12
Biting........................   3            Age of injured
Threat or verbal assault......   3
Shooting......................   2        Percent...................... 100
Stabbing......................   1     Under 25 years..................  22
Other specified (e.g., resist-         25 to 54 years..................  70
 ing capture) and unspecified.  37     55 years and over...............   5
                                       Not reported....................   3
 
        Workdays lost                         Source of injury1/
 
   Percent.................... 100        Percent...................... 100
1 to 5 days...................  54     Persons, other than injured.....  88
6 to 10 days..................  14       Health care patient...........  48
11 to 20 days.................  10       Co-worker, former co-worker...   8
21 days or more...............  22       Other, e.g., visitor, robber..  29
  Median days lost..........5 days     Other source....................  12
 
     Occupation of injured                   Industry of injured
 
   Percent.................... 100        Percent...................... 100
Service occupations...........  44     Services........................  67
  Nursing aides, orderlies....  27       Health services...............  38
  Guards, police (private)....   7         Nursing homes...............  24
  Health aides, except nursing   3         Hospitals...................  11
Managerial and professional              Social services...............  16
 specialty....................  21         Residential care............  10
  Registered nurses...........   7         Job training,rehabilitation.   4
  Social workers..............   3       Business services.............   5
Technical, sales, and admini-            Educational services(private).   3
 strative support.............  21     Retail trade....................  16
  Cashiers....................   4       Grocery stores................   5
  Licensed practical nurses...   4       Eating and drinking places....   3
Operators, fabricators, and              Department stores.............   3
 laborers.....................  10     Transportation,public utilities.   5
  Truckdrivers................   2     Finance, insurance, real estate.   4
Other.........................   3     Manufacturing...................   4
                                       Other...........................   4
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  1/The source of injury identifies the object, substance, bodily motion,
person, or exposure which directly produced or inflicted the injury.
NOTE: Overall categories may include data for categories not shown. Because of
rounding and because of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to totals.
SOURCE: BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 1994.
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Technical note
 
   The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported annually on the number of days
away from work injuries and illnesses in private industry and the rate of such
incidents since the early 1970s.  The 1994 national survey marks the third
year that BLS has collected additional detailed information on such cases in
the form of worker and case characteristics data, including workdays lost,
summarized in this release.  (Counts and rates for cases without lost workdays
and related measures also date back to the early 1970s.  But because of
limited resources, additional detail on less serious cases such as these has
not been collected.)
 
   The number and frequency (incidence rates) of these cases are based on logs
and other records kept by private industry employers throughout the year.
These records reflect not only the year's injury and illness experience but
also the employer's understanding of which cases are work related under
current recordkeeping guidelines of the U.S. Department of Labor.  The number
of injuries and illnesses reported in a given year also can be influenced by
changes in the level of economic activity, working conditions and work
practices, worker experience and training, and the number of hours worked.
 
   The survey continues to measure the number of new work-related illness
cases which are recognized, diagnosed, and reported each year.  In 1994,
117,300 of the nearly 2-1/4 million cases with days away from work were
classified as illnesses.  Some conditions, e.g., long-term latent illnesses
caused by exposure to carcinogens, often are difficult to relate to the
workplace and are not adequately recognized and reported.  These long-term
latent illnesses are believed to be understated in the survey.  In contrast,
the overwhelming majority of the reported new illnesses are those which are
easier to directly relate to workplace activity (e.g., contact dermatitis or
carpal tunnel syndrome).
 
   The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is a Federal/State
program (50/50 funded) in which employer reports are collected from about
250,000 private industry establishments and processed by state agencies
cooperating with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Occupational injury and
illness 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.  The survey excludes all fatalities at work and work-related
nonfatal injuries and illnesses to the self employed; to workers on farms with
fewer than 11 employees; to private household workers; and to employees in
federal, state, and local government agencies.
 
   The survey estimates of the characteristics of cases with days away from
work are based on a scientifically selected probability sample, rather than a
census of the entire population.  Two levels of sampling were used.  First,
establishments were selected to represent themselves and, in many instances,
other establishments of like industry and workforce size that were not
selected that survey year.  Then, sampled establishments projected to have
large numbers of days away from work cases were instructed before the survey
began on how to sample those cases to minimize the burden of their response;
an establishment expected to have 20 or fewer cases, however, was instructed
to report on each case, regardless of the actual number it logged for 1994.
 
   The sample used was one of many possible samples, each of which could have
produced different estimates.  The variation in the sample across all possible
samples that could have been drawn is measured by the standard error.  For
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example, the 20,438 nonfatal assaults by persons has an estimated relative
standard error of 1.6 percent, or about 325 cases.  Such errors have been
calculated for each estimate and are available upon request.
 
   The data are also subject to nonsampling error.  The inability to obtain
detailed information about all cases in the sample, mistakes in recording or
coding the data, and definitional difficulties are general examples of
nonsampling error in the survey.  Although not measured, nonsampling errors
will always occur when statistics are gathered.  However, BLS has implemented
quality assurance procedures to reduce nonsampling error in the survey,
including a rigorous training program for State coders and a continuing effort
to encourage survey participants to respond fully and accurately to all survey
elements.
 
   The four case characteristics used to describe lost worktime injury and
illness are based on definitions and rules of selection stipulated in the 1992
BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System.  The occupation of
the injured or ill worker is based on the 1990 Occupational Classification
System developed by the Bureau of the Census.  Industrial classification of
establishments is based on the 1987 edition of the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual.
 
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
 
   As part of its current safety and health statistical system, the Bureau
published complete counts and characteristics of fatal work injuries.  The
latest information for 1994 was released in August 1995.  For 1994, the BLS
Census counted about 6,600 fatal work injuries, of which about 4,700 were
private wage and salary workers, nearly 700 worked in government, and
virtually all the rest were self employed individuals.  Highway incidents
and homicides were the leading ways in which workers were fatally injured,
together over a third of the fatality total.
 
 
                 Worker and Case Characteristics:
                      Supplementary Tables
 
       The BLS has generated 75 tables that expand on information
    contained in the 10 tables included in this news release.
    The supplementary tables, for example, provide injury and
    illness counts for several hundred industries and occupations,
    as well as detailing the categories within the nature of
    injury or illness, part of body affected, source of injury
    or illness, and event or exposure.  The characteristic
    featured in a table often is cross tabulated with selected
    categories of another characteristic, for example, detailed
    occupation by event or exposure.  The latter table is useful in
    profiling the major ways that workers are hurt in high-risk jobs.
 
       Because of space limitations, a fuller description or listing
    of these tables is not possible in this release.  Both, however,
    can be obtained from BLS staff.  Contact (202) 606-6170.
 
       The 75 tables are available on the Internet at the following
    location:
 
      ftp://stats.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ocwc/osh/c_d_data/
Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected worker
          characteristics and industry division, 1994
          (Numbers in thousands)
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                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|_______
 
     Total...............................  2,236.6   41.0    20.7   218.8  584.3  241.7  165.7  394.6   55.3    514.4
Sex:
  Men....................................  1,483.2   33.9    20.2   213.3  430.8  188.5  141.7  220.4   26.6    207.9
  Women..................................    730.8    7.0      .5     4.4  149.7   42.7   23.3  171.6   28.5    303.2
 
Age: 4/
  14 to 15 years.........................      1.2     .1     -       -       .1    -       .2     .4     .1       .3
  16 to 19 years.........................     97.3    2.0      .2     7.4   18.5    4.7    5.4   40.3    1.0     17.7
  20 to 24 years.........................    307.8    8.0     2.0    28.4   74.6   26.0   23.8   72.0    5.9     67.1
  25 to 34 years.........................    708.0   13.3     5.2    82.2  181.2   80.9   56.7  119.8   16.2    152.7
  35 to 44 years.........................    576.9    8.9     7.2    58.3  160.9   67.8   43.6   80.1   13.8    136.3
  45 to 54 years.........................    327.9    4.4     4.2    25.0   95.5   39.7   21.0   44.6   10.6     83.0
  55 to 64 years.........................    147.5    2.6     1.3    10.1   40.9   16.1    9.5   22.3    5.4     39.3
  65 years and over......................     21.0     .6      .1      .8    3.7     .8    1.4    5.7    1.0      7.1
 
Occupation:
  Managerial and professional specialty..    118.2     .8      .5     2.9    8.8    3.7    4.9   14.3    6.8     75.5
  Technical, sales, and administrative
     support.............................    336.0    1.2      .7     3.0   36.1   35.9   26.0  126.7   23.9     82.5
  Service................................    391.3     .6      .1      .9   12.4   12.9    2.3  105.9   12.5    243.5
  Farming, forestry, and fishing.........     52.6   32.6     -        .5    4.0     .2    2.3    1.5    3.1      8.3
  Precision production, craft, and repair    372.3    1.3    10.1   128.2   98.4   29.5   20.3   40.8    5.5     38.2
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers...    950.4    4.3     9.1    82.5  418.2  158.4  109.0  103.0    2.9     62.9
 
Length of service with employer:
  Less than 3 months.....................    308.0   10.5     2.6    48.8   69.1   22.2   24.2   62.5    4.1     63.9
  3 to 11 months.........................    423.9    8.0     3.7    51.9   95.8   33.8   31.1   86.5   10.0    103.2
  1 to 5 years...........................    707.3   12.4     5.5    67.2  165.3   64.6   54.3  130.2   20.2    187.6
  More than 5 years......................    595.8    7.7     7.4    37.8  203.3   81.6   46.6   77.2   16.1    118.3
  Not reported...........................    201.6    2.4     1.5    13.1   50.8   39.7    9.6   38.2    4.9     41.5
 
Race or ethnic origin:
  White, non-Hispanic....................  1,234.1   17.6     4.5   150.1  338.2  102.8  106.7  214.9   29.4    269.9
  Black, non-Hispanic....................    197.4    1.8      .3    12.2   54.7   18.8   13.6   26.2    5.1     64.7
  Hispanic...............................    189.7   15.5     2.4    17.7   51.2   11.4   15.5   27.9    4.5     43.6
  Asian or Pacific Islander..............     33.9     .4     -       1.9    8.4    2.1    2.5    6.0    1.2     11.5
  American Indian or Alaskan Native......      7.2     .2     -       1.2    2.0     .5     .3     .8     .1      1.9
  Not reported...........................    574.3    5.6    13.6    35.6  129.7  106.0   27.1  118.8   15.0    122.8
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1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
2/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.   3/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and
   nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration,
   U.S. Department of Labor; and by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining
   contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries.
4/ Information is not shown separately in this release for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for 55 cases.
NOTE:  Dashes indicate no data or data not meeting publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable
       responses, data may not sum to the totals.
Table 2.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected
          worker characteristics and industry division, 1994
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|_______
 
         Total  [2,236,600 cases]........   100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0   100.0
 
Sex:
  Men....................................    66.3     82.6    97.4   97.5   73.7   78.0   85.5   55.8    48.0    40.4
  Women..................................    32.7     17.1     2.4    2.0   25.6   17.7   14.1   43.5    51.5    58.9
 
Age: 4/
  14 to 15 years.........................      .1       .3     -      -      -      -       .1     .1      .1      .1
  16 to 19 years.........................     4.3      4.8     1.0    3.4    3.2    2.0    3.3   10.2     1.8     3.4
  20 to 24 years.........................    13.8     19.5     9.7   13.0   12.8   10.8   14.3   18.2    10.7    13.1
  25 to 34 years.........................    31.7     32.4    24.9   37.5   31.0   33.5   34.2   30.4    29.2    29.7
  35 to 44 years.........................    25.8     21.6    35.0   26.7   27.5   28.1   26.3   20.3    25.0    26.5
  45 to 54 years.........................    14.7     10.7    20.1   11.4   16.3   16.4   12.7   11.3    19.2    16.1
  55 to 64 years.........................     6.6      6.2     6.4    4.6    7.0    6.7    5.8    5.7     9.7     7.6
  65 years and over......................      .9      1.4      .4     .4     .6     .3     .8    1.4     1.7     1.4
 
Occupation:
  Managerial and professional specialty..     5.3      2.0     2.2    1.3    1.5    1.5    2.9    3.6    12.2    14.7
  Technical, sales, and administrative
     support.............................    15.0      2.9     3.2    1.4    6.2   14.8   15.7   32.1    43.2    16.0
  Service................................    17.5      1.5      .6     .4    2.1    5.3    1.4   26.8    22.7    47.3
  Farming, forestry, and fishing.........     2.4     79.4     -       .2     .7     .1    1.4     .4     5.6     1.6
  Precision production, craft, and repair    16.6      3.1    48.7   58.6   16.8   12.2   12.2   10.3     9.9     7.4
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers...    42.5     10.5    43.8   37.7   71.6   65.5   65.8   26.1     5.3    12.2
 
Length of service with employer:
  Less than 3 months.....................    13.8     25.6    12.5   22.3   11.8    9.2   14.6   15.8     7.4    12.4
  3 to 11 months.........................    19.0     19.5    17.9   23.7   16.4   14.0   18.7   21.9    18.1    20.1
  1 to 5 years...........................    31.6     30.2    26.6   30.7   28.3   26.7   32.8   33.0    36.5    36.5
  More than 5 years......................    26.6     18.7    35.8   17.3   34.8   33.7   28.1   19.6    29.1    23.0
  Not reported...........................     9.0      5.9     7.2    6.0    8.7   16.4    5.8    9.7     8.9     8.1
 
Race or ethnic origin:
  White, non-Hispanic....................    55.2     42.9    21.8   68.6   57.9   42.5   64.4   54.5    53.1    52.5
  Black, non-Hispanic....................     8.8      4.4     1.2    5.6    9.4    7.8    8.2    6.6     9.2    12.6
  Hispanic...............................     8.5     37.8    11.3    8.1    8.8    4.7    9.3    7.1     8.2     8.5
  Asian or Pacific Islander..............     1.5       .9     -       .9    1.4     .9    1.5    1.5     2.1     2.2
  American Indian or Alaskan Native......      .3       .4     -       .6     .3     .2     .2     .2      .2      .4
  Not reported...........................    25.7     13.7    65.4   16.3   22.2   43.9   16.3   30.1    27.1    23.9
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
2/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.    3/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal,
   and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health
   Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
   Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries.
4/ Information is not shown separately in this release for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for 55 cases.
NOTE:  Dashes indicate no data or data not meeting publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable
       responses, percentages may not add to 100.
Table 3.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected occupations and
          industry division, 1994
          (Numbers in thousands)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Occupation                         |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
Total....................................  2,236.6   41.0    20.7   218.8  584.3  241.7  165.7  394.6   55.3    514.4
 
Truck drivers............................    163.8    1.3      .8     5.9   15.1   86.0   26.4   18.0     .3     10.1
Laborers, nonconstruction................    147.3     .5     2.2     -     52.5   11.0   39.5   23.3    1.5     16.8
Nursing aides, orderlies.................    101.8    -       -       -      -      -      -      -       .6    101.2
Janitors and cleaners....................     60.6     .4      .1      .4   10.8    1.8    1.9    7.1    7.7     30.5
Construction laborers....................     55.7    -       -      54.5     .2     .3    -       .1     .1       .4
Assemblers...............................     53.0     .1     -        .2   47.7     .1    2.6     .6    -        1.7
Carpenters...............................     37.4    -        .1    29.3    3.6     .3     .5    1.6     .4      1.7
Stock handlers and baggers...............     37.2    -        .1     -      1.7     .2    3.3   31.4    -         .5
Cooks....................................     36.3    -       -       -       .2     .1     .1   23.9     .5     11.4
Cashiers.................................     35.6    -       -       -       .1     .2     .7   32.1     .2      2.3
Miscellaneous food preparation...........     34.7    -       -        .1     .3     .1     .1   25.7     .3      8.1
Sales workers, miscellaneous commodities.     32.2     .1     -       -       .3     .1    1.3   28.6     .2      1.6
Welders and cutters......................     30.3     .1      .5     3.0   22.6     .8    1.8     .1    -        1.4
Supervisors and proprietors, sales.......     29.8    -       -        .1    1.0     .1    4.0   23.1     .6      1.0
Registered nurses........................     29.6    -       -       -      -      -      -      -       .2     29.3
Maids and housemen.......................     28.7    -       -        .1     .1    -      -       .3     .7     27.6
Waiters and waitresses...................     22.1    -       -        .1    -       .1    -     14.7     .3      6.9
Shipping and receiving clerks............     22.0     .1     -        .1    7.4    5.1    2.8    5.3     .2      1.2
Automobile mechanics.....................     21.5    -       -       -       .6     .4    1.7   13.8    -        5.0
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm     20.5    8.7     -        .5     .3     .1     .4     .9    3.0      6.5
Driver-sales workers.....................     18.7    -       -       -      6.3    1.0    7.0    2.3     .1      1.9
Electricians.............................     18.6    -        .5    12.4    3.0     .6     .2     .1     .1      1.8
Farm workers.............................     17.4   16.1     -       -       .4    -       .7    -       .1       .1
Kitchen workers..........................     16.4    -       -       -       .1     .1     .1   14.5    -        1.6
Supervisors, production..................     15.9    -        .1     -     11.5     .6    1.0    1.1     .1      1.5
Packaging machine operators..............     15.2     .1     -       -     14.1    -       .6     .2    -         .3
Stock and inventory clerks...............     14.8    -       -        .2    3.7     .9    1.8    5.7     .1      2.4
Industrial machinery repairers...........     14.7    -       1.8      .1   10.8     .2     .9     .1     .1       .7
Health aides, except nursing.............     14.5    -       -       -      -       .1    -      -       .1     14.3
Textile sewing machine operators.........     14.2    -       -       -     14.0    -       .1    -      -         .1
Guards and police, except public.........     14.1    -       -        .1     .5     .5     .1    1.5     .8     10.6
Industrial truck, tractor equipment
 operators...............................     14.0    0.5     0.6     0.3    6.9    1.7    2.3    1.4    -        0.3
Licensed practical nurses................     13.9    -       -       -      -      -      -      -      -       13.8
Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters......     13.7    -       -      10.0    1.7     .4     .7     .1    0.1       .8
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
2/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad
   transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and by the Federal
   Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal,
   and nonmetal industries.
 
NOTE:  Dashes indicate no data or data not meeting publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and occupations not shown,
       data may not sum to the totals.
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected injury or illness
          characteristics and industry division, 1994
          (Numbers in thousands)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
Total..................................... 2,236.6    41.0   20.7   218.8  584.3  241.7  165.7  394.6   55.3    514.4
 
Nature of injury, illness:
  Sprains, strains........................   963.5    14.8    8.2    81.0  223.3  123.3   74.6  165.9   20.3    252.1
  Bruises, contusions.....................   212.0     3.6    2.6    16.3   54.4   26.4   15.1   41.9    4.4     47.2
  Cuts, lacerations.......................   164.6     4.5    1.4    20.3   48.9    8.0   11.0   43.7    2.9     24.0
  Fractures...............................   138.5     2.9    2.1    21.2   36.2   13.7   11.1   20.2    4.6     26.6
  Carpal tunnel syndrome..................    38.3      .3     .1     1.4   17.6    2.6    2.4    4.9    2.6      6.4
  Heat burns..............................    37.3      .3     .3     3.0    9.5    1.1    1.1   14.7     .3      6.9
  Tendonitis..............................    25.2      .2    -        .9   13.3     .9    1.7    3.0     .9      4.1
  Chemical burns..........................    16.5      .2     .2     1.8    5.7     .7    1.3    2.6     .4      3.5
  Amputations.............................    12.2      .4     .2     1.0    6.7     .6    1.1    1.2     .1      1.0
  Multiple injuries.......................    70.8     1.3    1.2     7.3   16.3    7.6    6.9   11.2    2.1     17.0
 
Part of body affected:
  Head....................................   151.2     4.2    1.6    20.4   45.0   14.1   10.7   22.6    3.1     29.5
    Eye...................................    83.5     2.7     .8    13.1   31.1    5.0    5.9   10.1    1.4     13.4
  Neck....................................    40.2      .4     .5     2.8    8.7    6.4    2.6    6.5    1.2     11.0
  Trunk...................................   866.7    13.4    7.8    79.2  210.9  101.9   68.7  149.3   18.4    217.1
    Shoulder..............................   109.5     1.5     .8     9.6   31.0   14.4    8.3   17.2    2.5     24.2
    Back..................................   606.5     9.3    5.2    53.7  139.2   71.3   47.8  106.4   12.8    160.8
  Upper extremities.......................   506.8     9.5    3.8    45.9  177.3   34.9   32.6   98.6   12.5     91.7
    Wrist.................................   110.2     1.4     .4     7.7   40.2    9.1    6.4   18.1    4.9     22.0
    Hand, except finger...................    88.1     2.3     .7     9.3   28.8    5.4    4.9   19.2    1.6     15.9
    Finger................................   187.4     3.8    1.9    17.5   71.1    9.8   12.3   39.2    2.8     29.0
  Lower extremities.......................   443.8     9.3    4.9    49.9   99.2   57.5   34.9   79.7   10.9     97.4
    Knee..................................   149.1     3.1    1.9    17.3   31.9   18.6   10.1   27.1    3.9     35.1
    Foot, except toe......................    85.2     1.5     .9    10.6   21.4    9.0    8.1   15.9    1.8     15.9
    Toe...................................    30.1      .5     .2     3.2    8.0    3.4    2.6    6.0     .5      5.6
  Body systems............................    32.6      .5     .1     2.3    7.2    2.9    1.8    5.5    2.2      9.9
  Multiple parts..........................   177.7     3.1    1.9    16.9   32.2   22.2   12.9   29.2    6.5     52.9
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected injury or illness
          characteristics and industry division, 1994 (continued)
          (Numbers in thousands)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
Source of injury, illness:
  Chemicals and chemical products.........    43.0      .6    1.7     3.3   14.7    2.2    2.4    6.5    1.2     10.4
  Containers..............................   329.0     3.8    1.1    10.8   82.3   54.5   37.1   85.1    6.0     48.3
  Furniture and fixtures..................    81.1      .3     .1     3.7   15.2    4.3    4.6   22.3    3.4     27.1
  Machinery...............................   153.6     3.0    2.5    12.8   64.5    7.1   11.5   28.2    3.1     20.8
  Parts and materials.....................   249.9     3.2    3.5    54.2  103.6   18.9   19.7   25.0    2.5     19.1
  Worker motion or position...............   331.9     6.1     .8    26.7  109.7   35.5   22.0   49.4   11.0     70.8
  Floors, walkways, ground surfaces.......   359.9     6.3    3.6    39.1   59.3   41.3   23.1   77.1   13.5     96.5
  Tools, instruments, and equipment.......   133.3     3.7    1.8    23.0   38.6    7.5    6.7   24.1    2.6     25.3
  Vehicles................................   164.8     3.6    1.4    10.3   26.5   40.3   19.7   24.7    3.5     34.8
  Health care patient.....................    93.0     -      -       -      -      1.6     .1    -       .4     91.0
 
Event or exposure:
  Contact with objects and equipment......   607.1    13.4    8.3    72.9  196.2   51.2   46.7  112.0   10.3     96.0
    Struck by object......................   292.6     6.4    4.1    38.3   82.9   26.0   23.5   59.2    4.9     47.1
    Struck against object.................   162.3     3.4    1.9    18.5   47.1   13.2   11.5   33.2    3.5     29.9
    Caught in equipment or object.........    95.9     2.0    1.9     6.8   46.7    6.5    7.8   12.1    1.0     11.2
  Fall to lower level.....................   111.3     3.1    1.9    24.7   17.3   14.6    9.5   15.4    3.9     20.8
  Fall to same level......................   265.6     3.8    2.0    18.3   45.4   27.2   14.7   65.1   10.4     78.7
  Slips, trips, loss of
     balance without fall.................    72.5     1.6     .2     6.7   16.4    9.5    4.9   13.0    1.8     18.3
  Overexertion............................   613.3     7.1    5.4    49.9  151.8   71.0   50.9  100.7   11.2    165.2
    Overexertion in lifting...............   367.4     4.0    2.1    28.5   86.2   42.5   33.1   70.2    6.8     94.1
  Repetitive motion.......................    92.6      .7     .1     3.3   49.3    5.6    4.7   10.5    5.0     13.3
  Exposure to harmful substances..........   110.9     2.1    1.0     9.8   31.7    7.5    5.2   24.4    2.6     26.7
  Transportation accidents................    79.8     2.1     .6     6.2    9.5   19.8    8.5   10.3    2.4     20.4
  Fires and explosions....................     5.0      .1     .1      .8    1.2     .4     .3    1.0     .1      1.2
  Assaults and violent acts by person.....    20.4      .1    -        .2     .8    1.0     .5    3.2     .9     13.7
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
2/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad
   transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and by the Federal
   Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal,
   and nonmetal industries.
 
NOTE:  Dashes indicate no data or data not meeting publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and classifications not
       shown, data may not sum to the totals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected
          injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1994
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
Total  [2,236,600 cases]..................  100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0
 
Nature of injury, illness:
  Sprains, strains........................   43.1     36.2    39.7   37.0   38.2   51.0   45.0   42.0   36.6    49.0
  Bruises, contusions.....................    9.5      8.9    12.6    7.5    9.3   10.9    9.1   10.6    7.9     9.2
  Cuts, lacerations.......................    7.4     11.0     6.5    9.3    8.4    3.3    6.6   11.1    5.2     4.7
  Fractures...............................    6.2      7.2    10.2    9.7    6.2    5.7    6.7    5.1    8.3     5.2
  Carpal tunnel syndrome..................    1.7       .8      .3     .7    3.0    1.1    1.4    1.3    4.7     1.3
  Heat burns..............................    1.7       .7     1.6    1.4    1.6     .5     .7    3.7     .6     1.3
  Tendonitis..............................    1.1       .6     -       .4    2.3     .4    1.1     .8    1.6      .8
  Chemical burns..........................     .7       .6     1.2     .8    1.0     .3     .8     .7     .7      .7
  Amputations.............................     .5       .9     1.0     .5    1.1     .2     .7     .3     .2      .2
  Multiple injuries.......................    3.2      3.1     5.9    3.3    2.8    3.1    4.2    2.8    3.8     3.3
 
Part of body affected:
  Head....................................    6.8     10.2     7.6    9.3    7.7    5.8    6.5    5.7    5.5     5.7
    Eye...................................    3.7      6.5     4.0    6.0    5.3    2.1    3.5    2.6    2.6     2.6
  Neck....................................    1.8      1.0     2.4    1.3    1.5    2.6    1.6    1.7    2.2     2.1
  Trunk...................................   38.8     32.8    37.6   36.2   36.1   42.2   41.4   37.8   33.2    42.2
    Shoulder..............................    4.9      3.6     4.1    4.4    5.3    5.9    5.0    4.4    4.6     4.7
    Back..................................   27.1     22.6    25.3   24.5   23.8   29.5   28.8   27.0   23.2    31.3
  Upper extremities.......................   22.7     23.0    18.4   21.0   30.3   14.4   19.7   25.0   22.6    17.8
    Wrist.................................    4.9      3.4     2.0    3.5    6.9    3.7    3.9    4.6    8.9     4.3
    Hand, except finger...................    3.9      5.6     3.4    4.2    4.9    2.3    3.0    4.9    2.9     3.1
    Finger................................    8.4      9.2     9.3    8.0   12.2    4.1    7.4    9.9    5.1     5.6
  Lower extremities.......................   19.8     22.6    23.8   22.8   17.0   23.8   21.0   20.2   19.7    18.9
    Knee..................................    6.7      7.6     9.3    7.9    5.5    7.7    6.1    6.9    7.0     6.8
    Foot, except toe......................    3.8      3.7     4.2    4.8    3.7    3.7    4.9    4.0    3.3     3.1
    Toe...................................    1.3      1.3     1.1    1.5    1.4    1.4    1.5    1.5     .9     1.1
  Body systems............................    1.5      1.3      .7    1.0    1.2    1.2    1.1    1.4    4.1     1.9
  Multiple parts..........................    7.9      7.6     9.4    7.7    5.5    9.2    7.8    7.4   11.8    10.3
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by selected
          injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1994 (continued)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
Source of injury, illness:
  Chemicals and chemical products.........    1.9      1.5     8.2    1.5    2.5     .9    1.5    1.7    2.1     2.0
  Containers..............................   14.7      9.2     5.3    4.9   14.1   22.5   22.4   21.6   10.9     9.4
  Furniture and fixtures..................    3.6       .7      .6    1.7    2.6    1.8    2.7    5.7    6.2     5.3
  Machinery...............................    6.9      7.3    12.1    5.9   11.0    2.9    6.9    7.2    5.6     4.0
  Parts and materials.....................   11.2      7.8    17.0   24.8   17.7    7.8   11.9    6.3    4.4     3.7
  Worker motion or position...............   14.8     14.9     3.8   12.2   18.8   14.7   13.3   12.5   19.8    13.8
  Floors, walkways, ground surfaces.......   16.1     15.5    17.1   17.9   10.2   17.1   13.9   19.5   24.5    18.8
  Tools, instruments, and equipment.......    6.0      9.1     8.6   10.5    6.6    3.1    4.1    6.1    4.7     4.9
  Vehicles................................    7.4      8.8     7.0    4.7    4.5   16.7   11.9    6.3    6.3     6.8
  Health care patient.....................    4.2      -       -      -      -      0.6    -      -      0.7    17.7
 
Event or exposure:
  Contact with objects and equipment......   27.1     32.6    39.9   33.3   33.6   21.2   28.2   28.4   18.6    18.7
    Struck by object......................   13.1     15.7    20.0   17.5   14.2   10.8   14.2   15.0    8.9     9.2
    Struck against object.................    7.3      8.3     9.4    8.4    8.1    5.4    6.9    8.4    6.3     5.8
    Caught in equipment or object.........    4.3      4.9     9.1    3.1    8.0    2.7    4.7    3.1    1.8     2.2
  Fall to lower level.....................    5.0      7.5     9.4   11.3    3.0    6.0    5.7    3.9    7.1     4.0
  Fall to same level......................   11.9      9.2     9.5    8.4    7.8   11.3    8.9   16.5   18.7    15.3
  Slips, trips, loss of
     balance without fall.................    3.2      3.8     1.0    3.1    2.8    3.9    3.0    3.3    3.3     3.6
  Overexertion............................   27.4     17.2    26.2   22.8   26.0   29.4   30.7   25.5   20.2    32.1
    Overexertion in lifting...............   16.4      9.8    10.3   13.0   14.7   17.6   20.0   17.8   12.3    18.3
  Repetitive motion.......................    4.1      1.7      .5    1.5    8.4    2.3    2.8    2.7    9.1     2.6
  Exposure to harmful substances..........    5.0      5.2     4.6    4.5    5.4    3.1    3.1    6.2    4.7     5.2
  Transportation accidents................    3.6      5.1     3.0    2.8    1.6    8.2    5.1    2.6    4.3     4.0
  Fires and explosions....................     .2       .3      .5     .3     .2     .1     .2     .2     .1      .2
  Assaults and violent acts by person.....     .9       .3     -       .1     .1     .4     .3     .8    1.6     2.7
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
2/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad
   transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and by the Federal
   Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal,
   and nonmetal industries.
 
NOTE:  Dashes indicate no data or data not meeting publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and classifications not
       shown, percentages may not add to 100.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 6.  Incidence rates1/ for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2/ per 10,000
          full-time workers for selected characteristics and industry division, 1994
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
 
Total  [2,236,600 cases]..................  277.0    385.1   329.0  486.2  319.7  423.9  281.1  261.4   88.7   220.4
 
Nature of injury, illness:
  Sprains, strains........................  119.3    139.4   130.7  179.9  122.2  216.2  126.5  109.9   32.5   108.0
  Bruises, contusions.....................   26.2     34.2    41.5   36.3   29.8   46.3   25.6   27.7    7.0    20.2
  Cuts, lacerations.......................   20.4     42.3    21.5   45.0   26.7   14.1   18.6   28.9    4.6    10.3
  Fractures...............................   17.2     27.6    33.5   47.1   19.8   24.0   18.8   13.4    7.3    11.4
  Carpal tunnel syndrome..................    4.8      3.2     -      3.2    9.6    4.5    4.0    3.3    4.1     2.8
  Heat burns..............................    4.6      2.8     5.2    6.8    5.2    2.0    1.9    9.7    -       2.9
  Tendonitis..............................    3.1      2.3     -      2.0    7.3    1.5    3.0    2.0    1.4     1.8
  Chemical burns..........................    2.0      2.1     3.9    4.1    3.1    1.2    2.2    1.7    -       1.5
  Amputations.............................    1.5      3.5     3.2    2.3    3.7    -      1.8    -      -       -
  Multiple injuries.......................    8.8     12.1    19.4   16.2    8.9   13.3   11.8    7.4    3.4     7.3
 
Part of body affected:
  Head....................................   18.7     39.4    24.9   45.4   24.6   24.8   18.2   15.0    4.9    12.6
    Eye...................................   10.4     24.9    13.1   29.0   17.0    8.8   10.0    6.7    2.3     5.7
  Neck....................................    5.0      3.8     7.9    6.3    4.7   11.2    4.5    4.3    2.0     4.7
  Trunk...................................  107.3    126.2   123.6  176.0  115.4  178.7  116.5   98.9   29.4    93.0
    Shoulder..............................   13.6     14.0    13.4   21.4   17.0   25.2   14.1   11.4    4.0    10.4
    Back..................................   75.1     87.0    83.1  119.4   76.2  125.0   81.1   70.5   20.6    68.9
  Upper extremities.......................   62.8     88.7    60.7  102.0   97.0   61.2   55.3   65.3   20.0    39.3
    Wrist.................................   13.6     12.9     6.6   17.2   22.0   15.9   10.9   12.0    7.9     9.4
    Hand, except finger...................   10.9     21.5    11.1   20.6   15.8    9.6    8.4   12.7    2.6     6.8
    Finger................................   23.2     35.4    30.6   38.8   38.9   17.2   20.9   26.0    4.5    12.4
  Lower extremities.......................   55.0     87.1    78.2  110.9   54.3  100.9   59.2   52.8   17.4    41.8
    Knee..................................   18.5     29.4    30.6   38.5   17.5   32.6   17.2   17.9    6.2    15.0
    Foot, except toe......................   10.6     14.2    14.0   23.5   11.7   15.8   13.8   10.5    2.9     6.8
    Toe...................................    3.7      5.1     3.6    7.1    4.4    5.9    4.3    4.0    -       2.4
  Body systems............................    4.0      5.1     2.3    5.1    3.9    5.1    3.1    3.7    3.6     4.2
  Multiple parts..........................   22.0     29.4    30.9   37.5   17.6   38.9   21.8   19.3   10.4    22.7
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 6.  Incidence rates1/ for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work2/ per 10,000
          full-time workers for selected characteristics and industry division, 1994 (continued)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |        |Goods-producing              |Service-producing
                                         | Private|Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans-|      |      |Finance,|
      Characteristic                     |industry|  ture, |      |      |      |porta-|      |      | insur- |
                                         |    2/  |forestry|Mining|Con-  |Manu- |tion &|Whole-|Retail| ance, &|Serv-
                                         |        |   and  |  3/  |struc-|fac-  |public|sale  |trade | real   |ices
                                         |        |fishing |      |tion  |turing|utili-|trade |      | estate |
                                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties3/|      |      |        |
_________________________________________|________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______
 
Source of injury, illness:
  Chemicals and chemical products.........    5.3      5.6    27.0    7.4    8.0    3.9    4.1    4.3    1.9     4.4
  Containers..............................   40.7     35.3    17.6   24.0   45.0   95.6   63.0   56.4    9.7    20.7
  Furniture and fixtures..................   10.0      2.6     2.1    8.3    8.3    7.5    7.7   14.8    5.5    11.6
  Machinery...............................   19.0     28.3    39.7   28.4   35.3   12.4   19.5   18.7    4.9     8.9
  Parts and materials.....................   31.0     30.0    55.8  120.5   56.7   33.2   33.4   16.6    4.0     8.2
  Worker motion or position...............   41.1     57.3    12.5   59.4   60.0   62.3   37.2   32.7   17.6    30.4
  Floors, walkways, ground surfaces.......   44.6     59.6    56.4   86.9   32.4   72.4   39.2   51.1   21.7    41.4
  Tools, instruments, and equipment.......   16.5     35.0    28.3   51.0   21.1   13.2   11.4   16.0    4.2    10.8
  Vehicles................................   20.4     33.8    22.9   23.0   14.5   70.7   33.4   16.4    5.6    14.9
  Health care patient.....................   11.5      -       -      -      -      2.7    -      -      -      39.0
 
Event or exposure:
  Contact with objects and equipment......   75.2    125.6   131.4  161.9  107.4   89.8   79.2   74.2   16.5    41.2
    Struck by object......................   36.2     60.4    65.6   85.1   45.3   45.7   39.9   39.2    7.9    20.2
    Struck against object.................   20.1     32.0    30.9   41.1   25.8   23.1   19.5   22.0    5.6    12.8
    Caught in equipment or object.........   11.9     18.8    29.9   15.0   25.5   11.5   13.2    8.0    1.6     4.8
  Fall to lower level.....................   13.8     29.0    30.8   54.9    9.5   25.6   16.1   10.2    6.3     8.9
  Fall to same level......................   32.9     35.2    31.4   40.7   24.8   47.8   25.0   43.1   16.6    33.7
  Slips, trips, loss of
     balance without fall.................    9.0     14.7     3.2   15.0    9.0   16.7    8.4    8.6    2.9     7.8
  Overexertion............................   76.0     66.4    86.1  110.9   83.0  124.6   86.4   66.7   17.9    70.8
    Overexertion in lifting...............   45.5     37.8    34.0   63.3   47.1   74.5   56.1   46.5   10.9    40.3
  Repetitive motion.......................   11.5      6.7     1.6    7.3   27.0    9.8    8.0    7.0    8.1     5.7
  Exposure to harmful substances..........   13.7     20.0    15.3   21.8   17.3   13.1    8.8   16.2    4.2    11.4
  Transportation accidents................    9.9     19.8     9.9   13.8    5.2   34.8   14.4    6.8    3.8     8.8
  Fires and explosions....................    -        1.3     1.6    1.7    -      -      -      -      -       -
  Assaults and violent acts by person.....    2.5      1.0     -      -      -      1.8    -      2.1    1.4     5.9
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
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 which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity.
3/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
4/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in railroad
   transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; and by the Federal
   Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal,
   and nonmetal industries.
 
NOTE:  Dashes indicate no data, data not meeting publication guidelines, or incidence rates less than 1.0 per 10,000
       full-time workers.
Table 7.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
          selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 1994
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |         |                                                                    |
                                         |         |                     Percent of cases involving                     |
                                         |  Total  |____________________________________________________________________|  Median
      Characteristic                     |  cases  |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |days away
                                         |         | 1 day  |  2 days |  3 to 5 | 6 to 10 | 11 to 20| 21 to 30| 31 days |from work
                                         |         |        |         |   days  |   days  |   days  |   days  | or more |
_________________________________________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
 
     Total  [2,236,600 cases]............   100.0     16.3      12.9      21.0      13.3      11.2       6.4      18.9         5
 
Sex:
  Men....................................   100.0     16.7      12.9      20.7      13.3      11.1       6.4      19.0         5
  Women..................................   100.0     15.5      13.1      21.8      13.4      11.5       6.4      18.4         5
 
Age 2/
  14 to 15 years.........................   100.0     15.4      26.8      23.7      12.5       5.5       9.2       6.8         4
  16 to 19 years.........................   100.0     23.3      16.9      24.6      13.6       9.6       4.5       7.4         3
  20 to 24 years.........................   100.0     19.6      16.4      23.3      13.2      10.2       5.7      11.7         4
  25 to 34 years.........................   100.0     17.6      13.7      22.1      13.6      10.9       6.1      16.2         5
  35 to 44 years.........................   100.0     15.2      12.0      20.0      13.1      11.6       6.5      21.6         6
  45 to 54 years.........................   100.0     13.0      10.6      19.0      13.3      12.3       7.0      24.8         8
  55 to 64 years.........................   100.0     10.7       9.3      18.0      13.0      12.5       8.5      28.0        10
  65 years and over......................   100.0     10.2      10.1      18.6      13.2      12.2       7.5      28.2        10
 
Occupation:
  Managerial and professional specialty..   100.0     17.9      15.0      22.3      13.8      10.5       5.4      15.1         5
  Technical, sales, and administrative
     support.............................   100.0     16.6      13.5      21.5      13.0      11.0       6.8      17.6         5
  Service................................   100.0     15.8      13.8      24.1      14.2      10.9       5.5      15.7         5
  Farming, forestry, and fishing.........   100.0     13.5      12.8      22.7      15.2      12.3       6.4      17.1         6
  Precision production, craft, and repair   100.0     16.6      12.4      19.6      12.5      11.2       6.6      21.2         6
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers...   100.0     16.1      12.3      20.0      13.2      11.5       6.7      20.3         6
 
Length of service with employer:
  Less than 3 months.....................   100.0     18.1      14.3      22.1      12.9       9.6       6.1      16.9         5
  3 to 11 months.........................   100.0     17.6      14.1      22.6      13.6      10.3       5.5      16.3         5
  1 to 5 years...........................   100.0     16.7      13.2      21.6      13.4      11.1       6.3      17.7         5
  More than 5 years......................   100.0     14.2      11.5      19.0      13.2      12.7       7.1      22.4         7
 
Race or ethnic origin:
  White, non-Hispanic....................   100.0     16.9      13.1      21.1      12.8      10.9       6.5      18.8         5
  Black, non-Hispanic....................   100.0     15.4      13.4      21.4      13.7      10.9       6.0      19.1         5
  Hispanic...............................   100.0     15.2      12.2      21.3      14.5      11.6       6.7      18.5         6
  Asian or Pacific Islander..............   100.0     15.9      14.0      24.6      14.6      10.8       5.3      14.8         5
  American Indian or Alaskan Native......   100.0     15.0      12.9      23.5      16.2       9.3       6.4      16.7         5
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work
   activity.
2/ Information is not shown separately in this release for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for 55
   cases.
 
NOTE:  Because of rounding,  percentages may not add to 100.
 
 
 
 
Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
          selected occupations and number of days away from work, 1994
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                         |         |                                                                    |
                                         |         |                     Percent of cases involving                     |
                                         |  Total  |____________________________________________________________________|  Median
        Occupation                       |  cases  |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |days away
                                         |         | 1 day  |  2 days |  3 to 5 | 6 to 10 | 11 to 20| 21 to 30| 31 days |from work
                                         |         |        |         |   days  |   days  |   days  |   days  | or more |
_________________________________________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
 
     Total  [2,236,600 cases]............   100.0     16.3      12.9      21.0      13.3      11.2       6.4      18.9         5
 
Truck drivers............................   100.0     11.6       9.9      19.7      13.9      12.7       7.0      25.2         8
Laborers, nonconstruction................   100.0     16.7      13.3      20.9      13.2      10.8       6.6      18.4         5
Nursing aides, orderlies.................   100.0     13.9      14.2      24.1      15.4      11.8       5.0      15.6         5
Janitors and cleaners....................   100.0     17.1      12.6      19.9      14.0      10.6       7.1      18.7         6
Construction laborers....................   100.0     15.6      11.9      20.2      13.6      10.2       7.2      21.3         6
Assemblers...............................   100.0     18.7      11.9      18.5      12.4      11.8       6.5      20.3         6
Carpenters...............................   100.0     14.4      10.4      18.3      14.3      11.1       7.4      24.1         8
Stock handlers and baggers...............   100.0     16.4      14.7      22.8      14.3      10.7       6.7      14.4         5
Cooks....................................   100.0     17.3      14.9      25.8      11.9      11.5       5.4      13.2         5
Cashiers.................................   100.0     14.8      13.2      23.2      12.3       9.3       9.3      17.8         5
Miscellaneous food preparation...........   100.0     21.7      12.7      23.4      15.2      10.4       4.5      12.1         4
Sales workers, miscellaneous commodities.   100.0     16.1      13.0      22.4      13.2      11.3       8.0      16.2         5
Welders and cutters......................   100.0     24.9      13.8      16.7      11.7       9.0       6.2      17.7         4
Supervisors and proprietors, sales.......   100.0     15.9      14.9      21.0      13.2      11.0       8.2      15.8         5
Registered nurses........................   100.0     17.7      16.3      23.5      12.5      11.0       5.5      13.5         4
Maids and housemen.......................   100.0     14.4      12.9      25.4      14.4      10.9       6.1      16.0         5
Waiters and waitresses...................   100.0     15.8      14.7      27.7      13.0       7.6       4.4      16.9         5
Shipping and receiving clerks............   100.0     18.3      14.2      21.8      13.1      11.9       5.6      15.0         5
Automobile mechanics.....................   100.0     18.5      14.7      20.4      12.5      10.0       5.4      18.6         5
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm   100.0     15.2      14.0      24.5      14.5      10.0       6.5      15.3         5
Driver-sales workers.....................   100.0     12.0      13.5      21.8      12.8      13.5       5.3      21.1         6
Electricians.............................   100.0     15.4      12.1      16.7      12.8      12.1       8.1      22.9         8
Farm workers.............................   100.0     12.3      10.7      23.1      15.4      14.3       5.8      18.3         6
Kitchen workers..........................   100.0     18.6      14.2      25.0      13.7       9.4       4.3      14.8         4
Supervisors, production..................   100.0     19.0      13.8      20.9      13.5      10.0       7.0      15.8         5
Packaging machine operators..............   100.0     15.8      12.0      18.5      12.6      13.7       6.0      21.3         7
Stock and inventory clerks...............   100.0     18.3      13.4      22.1      12.3      11.9       7.2      14.8         5
Industrial machinery repairers...........   100.0     16.8      11.0      18.2      10.5      12.5       7.0      24.0         7
Health aides, except nursing.............   100.0     16.7      15.3      25.8      16.3      10.7       4.6      10.5         5
Textile sewing machine operators.........   100.0     18.7      10.8      18.0      11.6      11.8       6.6      22.6         6
Guards and police, except public.........   100.0     15.0      12.0      22.8      12.5      10.0       5.7      21.9         6
Industrial truck, tractor equipment
   operators.............................   100.0     16.1      14.6      19.9      11.3      11.8       6.9      19.5         5
Licensed practical nurses................   100.0     16.1      12.5      25.7      11.8      10.7       4.9      18.2         5
Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters......   100.0     18.6      10.4      18.9      12.7      10.1       6.5      22.9         7
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1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work
   activity.
 
NOTE:  Because of rounding,  percentages may not add to 100.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 9.  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, 1994
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                                         |         |                                                                    |
                                         |         |                      Percent of cases involving                    |
                                         |  Total  |____________________________________________________________________|  Median
      Characteristic                     |  cases  |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |days away
                                         |         | 1 day  |  2 days |  3 to 5 | 6 to 10 | 11 to 20| 21 to 30| 31 days |from work
                                         |         |        |         |   days  |   days  |   days  |   days  | or more |
_________________________________________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
 
Total  [2,236,600 cases].................   100.0     16.3      12.9      21.0      13.3      11.2       6.4      18.9         5
 
Nature of injury, illness:
  Sprains, strains.......................   100.0     12.9      12.8      23.2      14.9      12.1       6.1      18.2         6
  Bruises, contusions....................   100.0     23.5      17.6      23.6      12.4       8.1       4.0      10.6         3
  Cuts, lacerations......................   100.0     26.8      16.0      21.6      13.7       9.2       4.5       8.3         3
  Fractures..............................   100.0      7.7       6.9      12.3      10.8      12.9      11.3      38.0        20
  Carpal tunnel syndrome.................   100.0      3.4       3.6       7.5      10.3      14.6      12.0      48.7        30
  Heat burns.............................   100.0     19.1      14.9      25.1      15.3      11.6       5.7       8.2         4
  Tendonitis.............................   100.0     11.5       8.4      18.2      14.8      14.3       8.6      24.1        10
  Chemical burns.........................   100.0     32.6      20.4      22.7      10.5       5.9       3.0       4.8         2
  Amputations............................   100.0      5.3       4.0       9.9      11.2      15.4      14.0      40.2        24
  Multiple injuries......................   100.0     14.5      11.7      20.2      12.7      11.7       7.4      21.8         7
 
Part of body affected:
  Head...................................   100.0     39.6      20.6      20.3       8.0       4.9       1.6       4.9         2
    Eyes.................................   100.0     48.2      23.3      19.1       5.2       2.3        .5       1.3         2
  Neck...................................   100.0     14.6      13.8      20.4      12.2      11.2       5.7      22.1         6
  Trunk..................................   100.0     11.9      11.8      22.6      14.5      12.2       6.7      20.2         7
    Shoulder.............................   100.0     12.6      10.7      19.3      13.3      11.8       7.0      25.4         8
    Back.................................   100.0     11.6      12.3      23.9      15.1      12.0       5.9      19.1         6
  Upper extremities......................   100.0     18.2      12.9      18.9      13.3      11.2       7.0      18.6         6
    Wrist................................   100.0     10.4       9.1      15.0      12.6      12.1       9.1      31.8        13
    Hand, except finger..................   100.0     20.7      15.5      23.4      13.6       9.4       4.6      12.8         4
    Finger...............................   100.0     22.7      13.9      19.3      13.8      11.2       7.0      12.0         4
  Lower extremities......................   100.0     15.3      12.9      21.1      13.3      11.4       7.0      19.1         6
    Knee.................................   100.0     11.9      10.7      18.8      13.2      13.2       7.5      24.7         9
    Foot, except toe.....................   100.0     18.9      14.5      21.8      12.1      10.0       6.7      15.8         5
    Toe..................................   100.0     20.4      15.0      22.9      13.8      11.3       6.7       9.9         4
  Body systems...........................   100.0     24.3      14.9      20.1      13.2       7.8       5.0      14.7         4
  Multiple parts.........................   100.0     13.5      11.3      20.1      12.4      11.6       6.4      24.7         7
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See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 9.  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, 1994 (continued)
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                                         |         |                                                                    |
                                         |         |                      Percent of cases involving                    |
                                         |  Total  |____________________________________________________________________|  Median
      Characteristic                     |  cases  |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |days away
                                         |         | 1 day  |  2 days |  3 to 5 | 6 to 10 | 11 to 20| 21 to 30| 31 days |from work
                                         |         |        |         |   days  |   days  |   days  |   days  | or more |
_________________________________________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
 
Source of injury, illness:
  Chemicals and chemical products........   100.0     30.7      19.1      23.0      11.0       6.7       2.8       6.7         3
  Containers.............................   100.0     14.9      12.6      22.5      14.4      11.8       6.2      17.6         5
  Furniture and fixtures.................   100.0     18.7      15.1      23.0      13.4       9.5       5.4      14.9         4
  Machinery..............................   100.0     16.7      12.6      19.8      13.5      12.0       7.0      18.5         6
  Parts and materials....................   100.0     18.0      13.5      21.2      13.0      10.9       6.5      16.8         5
  Worker motion or position..............   100.0     11.1      10.8      19.6      13.8      12.9       7.6      24.2         8
  Floors, walkways, ground surfaces......   100.0     12.2      11.5      20.1      12.7      11.1       7.6      24.9         8
  Tools, instruments, and equipment......   100.0     23.1      14.7      21.6      13.4       9.8       5.2      12.2         4
  Vehicles...............................   100.0     13.7      11.9      19.4      13.2      12.8       6.5      22.6         7
  Health care patient....................   100.0     13.9      14.0      24.9      15.1      12.3       5.0      14.8         5
 
Event or exposure:
  Contact with objects and equipment.....   100.0     24.3      15.5      20.6      12.3       9.3       5.3      12.7         4
    Struck by object.....................   100.0     24.3      15.6      21.2      12.8       8.9       5.0      12.2         4
    Struck against object................   100.0     23.8      15.6      21.3      12.3       9.2       5.7      12.2         4
    Caught in equipment or object........   100.0     16.9      12.2      18.7      13.1      13.1       7.0      19.1         6
  Fall to lower level....................   100.0     11.0      10.0      17.3      12.2      11.6       9.6      28.4        10
  Fall to same level.....................   100.0     13.1      12.4      21.4      12.7      10.8       6.9      22.6         6
  Slips, trips, loss of balance without
    fall.................................   100.0     13.2      12.5      23.2      13.4      12.5       6.4      18.8         6
  Overexertion...........................   100.0     12.2      12.0      22.7      15.0      12.4       6.4      19.3         6
    Overexertion in lifting..............   100.0     11.8      12.1      23.3      15.3      12.5       6.1      18.8         6
  Repetitive motion......................   100.0      7.3       6.6      12.4      12.4      14.3      10.6      36.4        18
  Exposure to harmful substances.........   100.0     28.1      17.4      23.5      12.1       8.0       3.6       7.2         3
  Transportation accidents...............   100.0     11.6      11.3      16.6      12.0      14.6       7.3      26.6        10
  Fires and explosions...................   100.0     20.8       8.1      15.5      13.4       9.6       4.5      28.1         7
  Assaults and violent acts by person....   100.0     19.1      14.8      20.6      13.7       9.9       5.1      16.9         5
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1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work
   activity.
 
NOTE:  Because of rounding,  percentages may not add to 100.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 10.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1/ by
           industry division and number of days away from work, 1994
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                                         |         |                                                                    |
                                         |         |                     Percent of cases involving                     |
                                         |  Total  |____________________________________________________________________|  Median
      Characteristic                     |  cases  |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |days away
                                         |         | 1 day  |  2 days |  3 to 5 | 6 to 10 | 11 to 20| 21 to 30| 31 days |from work
                                         |         |        |         |   days  |   days  |   days  |   days  | or more |
_________________________________________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
 
Private industry 2/
   [2,236,600 cases].....................   100.0     16.3      12.9      21.0      13.3      11.2       6.4      18.9         5
 
 
Goods-producing:
    Agriculture, forestry, and fishing2/.   100.0     13.5      12.9      23.1      14.7      12.2       6.1      17.6         6
    Mining3/.............................   100.0      9.1       7.2      15.8      11.0      10.0       5.9      40.9        16
    Construction.........................   100.0     15.5      11.8      19.3      13.2      10.7       6.7      22.8         7
    Manufacturing........................   100.0     18.6      12.9      18.9      12.7      11.4       6.7      18.8         5
      Durable goods......................   100.0     19.1      12.8      18.4      12.5      11.4       6.9      18.9         5
      Nondurable goods...................   100.0     17.7      12.9      19.6      12.9      11.6       6.5      18.8         5
 
 
Service-producing:
    Transportation and public utilities3/   100.0     12.0      10.6      19.6      14.2      12.7       7.0      24.0         8
    Wholesale trade......................   100.0     16.9      13.5      22.2      12.5      11.3       5.9      17.8         5
    Retail trade.........................   100.0     16.3      13.8      22.9      13.4      10.5       6.7      16.5         5
    Finance, insurance, and real estate..   100.0     17.0      12.2      21.0      12.6      11.0       5.8      20.4         5
    Services.............................   100.0     16.2      14.1      23.1      14.0      11.0       5.7      16.0         5
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1/ Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work
   activity.
2/ Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3/ Data conforming to OSHA definitions for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining and for employers in
   railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor;
   and by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are
   excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries.
 
NOTE:  Because of rounding,  percentages may not add to 100.