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Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
Table 2.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 2.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 3.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
Table 3.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 6.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 6.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 7.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 7.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
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Technical information:              USDL-94-213
W. Eisenberg (202) 606-6304         FOR RELEASE: 2:00 p.m. EDT
Media contact:                      Tuesday, April 26, 1994
K. Hoyle (202) 606-5902
 
WORK INJURIES AND ILLNESSES BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, 1992
 
    Serious sprains and strains accounted for about 1 million of
the 2.3 million work-related injuries and illnesses that required
recuperation away from work in 1992. About one-fifth of these
sprains, which were mostly to the back, resulted in relatively
lengthy absences from work of about 6 weeks or more per case,
according to new findings from a national survey of work-related
injuries and illnesses in private industry by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
 
    The 1992 results announced today present the first national
data on the characteristics of serious nonfatal injuries and
illnesses, for example, the demographics of workers disabled, the
nature of the disabling condition, and the event and source
producing that condition. The number and frequency of such cases
were initially reported from the BLS 1992 Survey of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses in December 1993. Similar information on
work-related fatalities in 1992 from the BLS Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries was released in October 1993. Together, the
survey and the census comprise BLS's recently redesigned safety
and health statistical system.
 
    This fall, BLS will provide additional information from its
survey. This release includes virtually all survey data available
until then.
 
Profiles from the 1992 Survey
 
    The incidence of injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work is greater for certain occupations than their
proportion of total employment. These relatively hazardous
occupations include male-dominated work, such as construction and
transportation; female-dominated activities, such as nursing care
and housekeeping services; and gender-shared activities, such as
assembling products.
 
    Injury and illness profiles can vary by occupation partly due
to differing work activities, materials and equipment used, and
work processes. Table A illustrates this point for four hazardous
occupations. Injured carpenters, for example, were often struck
by objects, while injured nursing aides often experienced
overexertion while caring for their patients.
 
Table A. Distribution of disabling (lost worktime) injury and
illness cases by selected characteristics, four occupations, 1992
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Characteristic          Carpen-   Truck    Nursing   Assem-
                         ters    drivers    aides    blers
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  Total cases:
Number (000's)......     34.3    145.9     111.1      47.7
Percent.............     100%     100%      100%      100%
 
     Sex
Men.................       98       95        11        59
Women...............        1        4        88        39
 
 Length of service
   with employer
Under 1 year........       38       27        39        25
1 year or more......       54       61        50        62
Not reported........        7       12        11        13
 
   Disabling
   condition
Sprain, strain......       33       50        67        40
Bruise, contusion...        7       10         7         8
Cut, laceration.....       13        4         1         8
Fracture............       10        8         2         5
All other ..........       37       28        23        39
 
 Disabling event
Overexertion........       22       27        59        27
Struck by object....       24       10         4         7
Fall on same level..        6       10         9         6
Struck against
 object.............        9        6         3        13
Fall to lower level.       13        9         1         2
Repetitive motion...        1        1         1        15
Transportation
 accident...........       --       12         1        --
All other events....       25       25        22        30
 
   Disabling
    source
Containers..........        3       17         1        11
Health care patient.       --       --        61        --
Parts and materials.       28       10        --        20
Floor/ground surface       17       19        10         7
Tools/instruments/
 and equipment......       15        2         2         7
Machinery...........        4        4         1         8
Vehicles............        2       24         2         3
All other sources...       31       24        23        44
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NOTE: Dashes indicate less than O.5 percent.
 
 
The BLS survey is the first nationwide injury and illness study
of its kind to identify workers most at risk and the risks
themselves. Table A summarizes the leading categories of injury
and illness characteristics for four jobs; more detailed
surveywide data are shown in tables 1-5.
 
    Highlights from
    tables 1 and 2:
 
    *Men accounted for two-thirds of the 2.3 million
     cases, a proportion somewhat higher than their share
     (55 percent) of all private wage and salary workers.
 
    *Women injured on the job usually worked for health
     care providers, food stores, restaurants, lodging
     places, or other service-producing industries.
 
    *Three-fifths of the cases involved workers age 25-44
     years; the rest were about evenly divided between
     younger and older workers.
 
    *"Operators, fabricators, and laborers" was the leading
     occupational group, accounting for fully two-fifths of
     the cases. The bulk of the remaining cases was divided
     about evenly among service occupations; precision
     production, craft, and repair jobs; and technical,
     sales, and administrative support workers.
 
    *Injured and ill workers typically had at least 1 year
     of service with their employer when their injury or
     illness occurred. Those with very short tenure, that
     is under 3 months, made up one-fifth of the injured and
     ill in both agriculture and construction--double the
     corresponding national average.
 
    Highlights from
    table 3:
 
    *Three individual occupations were cited in at least
     100,000 cases each--laborers, except construction and
     farm; truck drivers; and nursing aides. The 10 occu-
     pations having the largest number of cases accounted
     for nearly one-third of the 2.3 million total.
 
    *Among the three leading occupations of the injured,
     laborers were employed most commonly in manufacturing
     or wholesale trade; truck drivers typically were in
     transportation and public utilities; and virtually all
     nursing aides were in services, predominantly in
     nursing homes and hospitals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Highlights from
    tables 4 and 5:
 
    *Sprains and strains were, by far, the leading category
     under nature of injury or illness, accounting for more
     than two-fifths of the case total. Other notable disabling
     conditions were bruises; cuts; and fractures--together
     one-fourth of the total.
 
    *The back and other portions of the trunk (abdomen and
     shoulder, for example) were the leading categories of
     major body parts affected by injuries and illnesses.
     Two-fifths of the case total involved portions of the
     trunk, primarily taking the form of back sprains.
     Another two-fifths of the cases were divided about
     evenly between the upper and the lower extremities.
 
    *Overexertion from lifting, pulling, or pushing heavy or
     unwieldy objects or persons (often residents of health
     care facilities) led all other events or exposures and
     were cited for three-tenths of all cases. Next in
     frequency were being struck by equipment or other
     objects and falling on the same level, together nearly
     one-fourth of the case total, followed by striking
     against objects and by falling to a lower level,
     together another one-eighth.
 
    *No one source of injury or illness category stood out.
     "Floor and ground surfaces" and "containers" each
     directly produced or inflicted one-sixth of all cases,
     followed closely by "parts and materials" and "bodily
     motion," where stress or strain was induced by a free
     bodily movement with no impact involved.
 
Lost Workdays by Characteristic
 
    Besides identifying the "who and how" of serious work
injuries, the expanded survey permits a closer look at injury and
illness severity as measured by the duration of cases involving
days away from work for various groups of workers. It shows, for
example, that injury duration increases with the age of the
injured worker, from a median of 4 to 5 lost workdays per case
for those under age 35 to a median of 10 days per case for those
55 years and older. (See table 6.) Similarly, the 27 percent
share of older workers' total cases that involve lengthy
recuperations (31 days or more) compares with a corresponding
share of 15 percent for workers under 35 years of age.
 
    Information of this type also is especially useful in
identifying the injuries and incidents that result most often in
lengthy recuperations away from work. Following are highlights of
such findings; more details are in tables 6-9.
 
 
    *Overall, the median number of lost workdays was 6
     days per case. Of the 2.3 million cases, about three-
     fifths were of 1 to 10 days duration; nearly one-fifth
     lasted 11 to 30 days; and another one-fifth, 31 days
     or more.
 
    *Employees with 5 years of service or more were absent
     from work 8 days per injury or illness, on average, 3
     days more than their less experienced counterparts.
     (A partial correlation of age and tenure might be one
     explanation for this finding.)
 
    *Median days lost per case varied little among occupa-
     tions having large numbers of injuries and illnesses.
     The occupational medians were mostly 5 or 6 days, with
     a low of 4 days for welders and a high of 8 or 9 days
     for truck drivers, driver-sales workers, and sewing-
     machine operators (table 7).
 
    *Three disabling conditions stood out as requiring
     the longest recuperation periods--carpal tunnel
     syndrome (median of 32 days lost); amputations (median
     of 21 days lost per case); and fractures (median of 19
     days lost). Wrist-related cases, such as carpal tunnel
     syndrome, had the longest recovery periods--a median of
     13 days per case (table 8).
 
    *Work disabilities resulting from a task's repetitive
     nature, such as key entry, meat cutting, or scanning,
     led all other events with a median of 20 lost work-
     days. (See next section for special analysis of
     repetitive motion cases.) Falls to lower levels and
     transportation accidents also required longer periods
     of recuperation than the overall average.
 
    *The incidence and severity of cases involving
     chemicals and chemical products was relatively low.
     Chemicals were the source in producing just 2 percent
     of the 2.3 million cases; the median recuperation
     period of 2 days was the lowest of all injury and
     illness sources shown in table 8.
 
    *Except for mining, median days lost per case varied
     little among major industry divisions. At 17 days lost,
     the mining median was nearly three times the national
     average (table 9). Forthcoming data may show more
     variation in injury severity among industries sharing
     the same broad industrial activity than that observed
     among major industry divisions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Repetitive Motion Profile
 
    The redesigned survey also enables researchers to analyze a
specific injury or illness problem in some detail, using data on
worker demographics, case characteristics, and case severity.
Table B illustrates this analytical capability for injuries and
illnesses resulting from repetitive motion. As mentioned earlier,
repetitive motion cases typically resulted in the lengthiest
absences from work of any work-related injury or illness. Some
like carpal tunnel syndrome at times require surgery, partly
explaining their relatively long periods of recuperation.
 
    Women accounted for two-thirds of the nearly 90,000
repetitive motion injuries and illnesses, double their share of
the 2.3 million total cases involving days away from work. Youth
and inexperience were not typical of workers sustaining injuries
and illnesses from repetitive tasks. Nine-tenths had reached
their 25th birthday and seven-tenths reported having at least 1
year of service with their employer when the motion-related
incident occurred.
 
    Repetitive motion cases can happen in different ways, but
they all share a common definition: An injury or illness
resulting from bodily motion which imposed stress or strain upon
some part of the body due to a task's repetitive nature. The most
common repetitive task cited was "placing, grasping, or moving
objects, except tools," such as scanning groceries at the
checkout counter. Other motions for which separate data are
available from this survey include "typing or key entry" and
"repetitive use of tools."
 
    Carpal tunnel syndrome was the most common disorder among the
repetitive motion cases. First described by Sir James Paget in
1865, carpal tunnel syndrome results from a compression of the
median nerve where it passes through the wrist. The BLS
redesigned survey reports on this specific disorder for the first
time, as well as on tendonitis and other motion-related disorders
commonly affecting the shoulders, arms, and other upper
extremities.
 
    The primary industries and occupations in which repetitive
motion cases occur also are available from the redesigned survey.
Table B shows that most cases of this type occurred in
manufacturing, especially in industries where assembly-line work
is common, such as those producing meat products and motor
vehicles. The dominant occupational group, by far, was
"operators, fabricators, and laborers," including, for example,
textile and other machine operators and assemblers. Other job
groups commonly cited in repetitive motion cases were sales
workers; secretaries and data-entry keyers; and nonconstruction
laborers.
 
 
 
 
Table B. Work injuries and illnesses (lost worktime) resulting
from repetitive motion, selected characteristics, 1992
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                    Percent of                    Percent of
Characteristic      total cases   Characteristic total cases
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Repetitive motion                  Repetitive motion
 cases (lost worktime)              cases (lost worktime)
  Number............... 89,900       Number..........  89,900
  Percent..............  100%        Percent.........   100%
 
   Repetitive motion                        Worker
 
Typing or key entry.....  12          Men.................34
Repetitive use of tools.  18          Women...............65
Placing/grasping/moving
 objects, except tools..  31          Under 25 years......11
Other motions...........  14          25 to 54 years......80
Motion not reported.....  25          55 years and over... 7
 
    Workdays lost
                                      Under 1 year of
1 to 10 days............  37           employer service...18
11 to 20 days...........  14          1 to 5 years........35
21 to 30 days...........  10          5 years or more.....36
31 days or more.........  39          Data not reported...11
 
  Disabling condition                Part of body affected
 
Carpal tunnel syndrome..  36          Wrist(s)............51
Sprain, strain..........  18          Hand(s),excl finger. 6
All other conditions....  46          Shoulder(s)......... 6
                                      All other parts.....37
 
    Major industry                       Major occupation
 
Manufacturing...........  56          Technical/sales/and
  Food products.........   8           administrative
  Apparel...............   6            support...........21
  Transportation equip-                Key entry jobs1.... 5
   ment.................   8          Precision production
  Electronic equipment..   5           craft, and repair..15
  Other manufacturing...  29          Operator, fabrica-
Wholesale/retail trade..  15           tor, and laborer...51
  Food stores...........   5           Machine operator...24
Services................  15            Sewing machine.... 5
  Health services.......   5           Assembler.......... 8
All other industries....  14           Laborer,nonconst... 5
                                      All other jobs......13
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1Includes secretaries, typists, and data-entry keyers.
NOTE: Because of rounding and because of nonclassifiable
responses, data may not sum to totals.
 
Background of the Survey
 
    Since 1972, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported
annually on the number of workplace injuries and illnesses in
private industry and the frequency of those incidents. With the
1992 survey, BLS began providing additional detailed information
on the more seriously injured or ill workers in the form of
worker and case characteristic data summarized in this release.
"More seriously" is defined in this survey as involving days away
from work, beyond the day of injury or onset of illness.
 
    The survey continues to measure the number of new work-
related illness cases which are recognized, diagnosed, and
reported each year. In 1992, 105,000 of the 2.3 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 work-related
fatalities and also excludes nonfatal occupational injuries and
illnesses to the self employed; to farmers 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 many
also represented other establishments of like industry and
workforce size that were not selected. Then, sampled
establishments projected to have large numbers of days away from
work cases were instructed 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 1992.
 
 
    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 example, the estimated
90,000 repetitive motion cases has an estimated relative standard
error of about 0.8 percent, or less than 1,000 cases. A relative
standard error was calculated for each estimate from the survey
and will be published in a BLS bulletin that will be available in
the fall of 1994.
 
    The data also are 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 examples of nonsampling error in the survey.
Nonsampling errors are not measured. However, BLS has implemented
quality assurance procedures, including a rigorous training
program for State coders, to reduce nonsampling error in the
survey.
 
Survey Uses
 
    Better safety and health data can be transformed by the
safety and health community into information more useful in
saving lives, preventing serious injuries and illnesses, and
lessening the severity of those that do occur. Following are some
major users and uses of the worker and case characteristic data
from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses:
 
   Employers and employees now will have credible statistics
   on what kinds of serious injuries and illnesses occur to
   workers whose work and size of workforce are similar
   to theirs. Thus, they could compare the frequency
   of specific cases where they work to survey averages,
   focusing their prevention efforts accordingly.
 
   Policy makers can better judge the magnitude of specific
   safety and health problems to assess and improve work-
   place safety standards or to justify the setup/expansion
   of accident prevention programs.
 
   Researchers can isolate the circumstances surrounding
   a specific injury or illness, such as carpal tunnel
   syndrome, in different work settings to formulate
   solutions that best fit the work and the worker.
 
Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
away from work 1/ by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 1992
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic        |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                       |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands) |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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 Total.................. 2,331.1   47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Sex:
 Men.................... 1,527.4   38.9    22.3   203.6  453.2  176.3   147.9  229.3   31.5   224.2
 Women..................   764.2    7.8     0.5     4.6  163.8   33.3    23.2  180.4   28.5   322.0
 
Age:
 Under 16 years.........     1.3    0.1       -       -    0.1    0.1     0.2    0.5      -     0.3
 16 to 19 years.........    96.0    2.3     0.2     5.5   16.5    3.4     4.8   42.9    1.7    18.7
 20 to 24 years.........   346.3    9.1     1.9    31.5   80.8   23.5    27.2   88.3    6.3    77.7
 25 to 34 years.........   762.0   17.1     6.7    82.6  204.4   73.5    63.0  124.6   17.6   172.4
 35 to 44 years.........   569.3   10.1     7.7    49.8  164.4   61.8    42.6   76.2   16.2   140.6
 45 to 54 years.........   318.5    4.6     4.2    21.8   96.0   36.3    20.1   45.1   11.0    79.5
 55 to 64 years.........   147.7    2.2     1.5    10.5   45.0   15.2     9.0   20.9    4.9    38.4
 65 years & over........    21.0    0.4     0.1     0.6    3.6    0.9     1.2    4.8    0.9     8.4
 
Occupation:
 Managerial,professional.  126.6    0.7     0.6     2.5   10.1    4.4     5.7   19.2    6.9    76.5
 Technical,sales, and
  administrative support.  350.0    1.4     0.4     3.0   40.5   36.9    27.5  127.9   24.1    88.3
 Service.................  405.1    0.5     0.1     0.6   10.3   10.7     2.3  112.9   11.7   256.1
 Farming,forestry,fishing   61.8   38.2       -     0.5    5.5    0.5     1.7    3.7    3.3     8.4
 Precision, production
  craft, and repair......  396.3    1.7    11.3   119.7  114.9   31.7    22.2   44.9   10.1    39.8
 Operators,fabricators,
  and laborers...........  949.9    4.2    10.2    80.9  432.1  133.1   110.5  102.1    3.0    73.9
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See footnotes at end of table
Table 1.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
away from work 1/ by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 1992(continued)
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic        |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                       |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands) |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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 Total.................. 2,331.1   47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Length of service
 with employer:
 Less than 3 months.....   273.0   10.1     3.8    44.5   58.5   16.2    17.6   54.0    4.3    63.8
 3 months to 11 months..   408.3    9.5     2.8    43.7   87.6   26.7    30.3   88.1   10.7   108.7
 1 year to 4 years......   811.5   16.4     6.7    68.3  200.3   66.8    66.2  151.4   22.8   212.7
 5 years or more........   586.5    7.8     9.2    39.1  218.4   63.4    45.2   73.5   18.6   111.2
 Not reported...........   251.7    3.3     0.4    13.8   58.8   51.5    13.3   50.4    4.0    56.2
 
Race or ethnic origin
 White, non-Hispanic.... 1,252.5   17.3     5.7   143.6  362.1   95.6   103.2  214.1   32.5   278.5
 Black, non-Hispanic....   190.6    2.7     0.2    10.2   53.6   15.4    15.0   24.7    5.0    63.7
 Hispanic...............   198.0   18.5     1.6    17.7   54.8   10.6    17.2   27.4    6.8    43.4
 Asian or Pacif.Islander    30.6    0.5      -      2.0    7.6    1.9     2.3    5.4    0.9     9.8
 Amer. Indian or Alaskan
  Native................     8.3    0.2     0.1     1.4    2.2    0.5     0.4    0.7    0.2     2.6
 Not reported...........   651.1    7.8    15.4    34.7  143.2  100.6    34.6  145.1   15.0   154.7
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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.
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
the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent  mining contractors are excluded
from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
NOTE: Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data
may not sum to the totals.  Dashes indicate fewer than 50 cases.
 
Table 2.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 1992
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
                       |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
 Characteristic        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
                       |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]   100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0
 
Sex:
 Men....................   65.5     82.6    97.2   97.2   72.7   78.5    85.6   54.9    52.2   40.6
 Women..................   32.8     16.6     2.4    2.2   26.3   14.8    13.4   43.2    47.2   58.3
 
Age:
 Under 16 years.........    0.1      0.2       -      -      -      -     0.1    0.1       -      -
 16 to 19 years.........    4.1      4.9     1.0    2.6    2.6    1.5     2.8   10.3     2.8    3.4
 20 to 24 years.........   14.9     19.3     8.5   15.0   13.0   10.5    15.7   21.2    10.4   14.1
 25 to 34 years.........   32.7     36.4    29.1   39.4   32.8   32.7    36.5   29.9    29.2   31.2
 35 to 44 years.........   24.4     21.3    33.6   23.8   26.4   27.5    24.7   18.2    26.8   25.4
 45 to 54 years.........   13.7      9.7    18.2   10.4   15.4   16.2    11.7   10.8    18.1   14.4
 55 to 64 years.........    6.3      4.8     6.5    5.0    7.2    6.8     5.2    5.0     8.1    7.0
 65 years & over........    0.9      0.8     0.3    0.3    0.6    0.4     0.7    1.1     1.6    1.5
 
Occupation:
 Managerial, professional   5.4      1.5     2.4    1.2    1.6    2.0     3.3    4.6    11.5   13.8
 Technical, sales and
  administrative support.  15.0      2.9     1.9    1.4    6.5   16.4    15.9   30.7    39.9   16.0
 Service.................  17.4      1.0     0.5    0.3    1.6    4.7     1.3   27.0    19.4   46.3
 Farming,forestry,fishing   2.7     81.2       -    0.3    0.9    0.2     1.0    0.9     5.4    1.5
 Precision,production,
   craft, and repair.....  17.0      3.5    49.2   57.1   18.4   14.1    12.9   10.8    16.8    7.2
 Operators, fabricators,
   and laborers..........  40.8      8.8    44.3   38.6   69.3   59.2    64.0   24.5     5.0   13.4
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See footnotes at end of table
Table 2.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected worker characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
                       |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
 Characteristic        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
                       |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]   100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0
 
Length of service
with employer:
 Less than 3 months.....   11.7     21.4    16.6   21.3    9.4    7.2    10.2   12.9     7.1   11.6
 3 months to 11 months..   17.5     20.2    12.4   20.9   14.0   11.9    17.6   21.1    17.7   19.7
 1 year to 4 years......   34.8     34.8    29.3   32.6   32.1   29.7    38.3   36.3    37.7   38.5
 5 years or more........   25.2     16.6    39.8   18.7   35.0   28.2    26.2   17.6    30.8   20.1
 Not reported...........   10.8      6.9     1.9    6.6    9.4   22.9     7.7   12.1     6.6   10.2
 
Race or ethnic origin:
 White, non-Hispanic....   53.7     36.8    24.7   68.5   58.1   42.6    59.8   51.3    53.8   50.4
 Black, non-Hispanic....    8.2      5.8     1.0    4.9    8.6    6.9     8.7    5.9     8.3   11.5
 Hispanic...............    8.5     39.4     6.9    8.5    8.8    4.7    10.0    6.6    11.3    7.8
 Asian or Pacif.Islander    1.3      1.1       -    1.0    1.2    0.9     1.3    1.3     1.5    1.8
 Amer. Indian or Alaskan
  Native................    0.4      0.5     0.2    0.7    0.4    0.2     0.2    0.2     0.3    0.5
 Not reported...........   27.9     16.6    67.1   16.6   23.0   44.8    20.0   34.8    24.8   28.0
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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
the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded
from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
NOTE: Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 100.  Dashes
indicate less than .05 percent.
 
 
Table 3.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
away from work 1/ by selected occupations and industry division, 1992
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                        |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic         |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                        |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands)  |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                        |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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 Total.................. 2,331.1    47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Laborers, nonconstruct..   152.1     0.2     2.3       -   57.1   10.2    40.5   19.8    1.4    20.5
Truck drivers...........   145.9     1.3     1.0     5.8   15.1   65.8    27.3   17.8    0.2    11.6
Nursing aides,orderlies.   111.1       -       -       -      -      -       -      -    0.3   110.7
Janitors,cleaners.......    59.6     0.3     0.1     0.3    8.6    1.8     1.7    5.2    7.8    33.8
Construction laborers...    57.1     0.1     0.2    54.0    0.6    0.8     0.1    0.1    0.4     0.8
Assemblers..............    47.7       -       -     0.5   42.3    0.1     1.9    0.8      -     2.1
Stock handlers,baggers..    44.4     0.1     0.1     0.1    1.9    0.4     3.5   38.1      -     0.3
Cashiers................    41.7       -       -       -    0.2    0.1     1.0   37.3    0.2     2.8
Misc.food preparation...    38.5       -       -       -    0.3    0.2     0.1   28.0    0.5     9.4
Cooks...................    36.1       -       -       -    0.1    0.1     0.1   24.9    0.2    10.7
Carpenters..............    34.3     0.1     0.1    27.1    2.4    0.3     0.2    1.1    0.7     2.4
Registered nurses.......    31.4       -       -       -    0.1      -       -      -    0.1    31.3
Maids and housemen......    29.4       -       -       -      -      -       -    0.2    0.6    28.5
Welders and cutters.....    29.4     0.1     0.5     2.5   20.9    1.0     2.3    0.2    0.1     1.8
Supervisors and
 proprietors,sales......    28.4       -       -     0.1    1.2    0.1     3.7   22.0    0.6     0.8
Shipping,receivg.clerks.    26.4     0.1       -     0.1    8.5    6.2     3.9    6.0    0.1     1.5
Automobile mechanics....    25.7       -       -     0.9    1.0    0.9     1.8   15.3    0.1     5.7
Groundskeepers,gardeners    21.3     9.5       -     0.3    0.2    0.1     0.1    1.1    3.1     6.9
Farm workers............    20.8    18.5       -       -    0.9    0.2     0.5    0.4      -     0.1
Kitchen workers.........    19.5       -       -       -    0.1      -       -   17.3      -     2.1
Waiters, waitresses.....    19.5       -       -       -      -    0.1       -   14.0    0.2     5.2
Driver-sales workers....    19.2       -       -       -    6.6    1.3     8.2    1.7      -     1.4
Electricians............    19.2       -     0.6    12.6    3.7    0.7     0.3    0.2      -     1.1
Sewing machine operators    17.4       -       -       -   17.0      -     0.1    0.1      -     0.2
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See footnotes at end of table
 
Table 3.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days
away from work 1/ by selected occupations and industry division, 1992 (continued)
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                        |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic         |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                        |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands)  |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                        |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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 Total.................. 2,331.1    47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Supervisors, production.    16.3     0.1     0.1       -   12.1    0.6     0.9    0.9    0.1     1.5
Packaging machine
 operators..............    15.6     0.1       -       -   14.6      -     0.5    0.2      -     0.2
Butchers, meat cutters..    15.5     0.1       -       -    7.0      -     0.6    7.6      -       -
Licensd.practical nurses    14.9       -       -       -      -      -       -      -      -    14.8
Guards,police exc public    14.4       -       -     0.1    0.7    0.6     0.1    1.8    1.0    10.0
Plumbers, pipefitters...    13.9       -       -    10.2    2.0    0.4     0.3    0.1    0.1     0.8
All other occupations... 1,164.4    16.4    17.8    95.0  398.2  132.5    72.9  155.1   42.5   233.8
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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 the
Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent
mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
industries.
NOTE: Because of rounding, data may not sum to the totals.  Dashes indicate
fewer than 50 cases.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992
 
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                        |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic         |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                        |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands)  |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                        |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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  Total................. 2,331.1    47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Nature of injury,illness
 
 Sprains, strains....... 1,022.7    18.3     9.5    79.0  247.9  113.6    80.7  172.5   24.2   277.0
 Bruises, contusions....   222.7     3.8     2.5    16.3   58.5   23.5    17.5   43.7    5.0    51.9
 Cuts, lacerations......   173.6     4.5     1.4    19.2   50.4    9.7    11.9   46.3    4.1    26.1
 Fractures..............   143.6     3.3     2.5    21.1   38.1   14.6    11.2   20.9    4.5    27.5
 Heat burns.............    41.0     0.3     0.3     2.5    9.5    1.2     1.6   16.5    0.4     8.6
 Carpal tunnel syndrome.    33.0     0.2     0.1     1.1   17.2    1.7     1.3    3.9    2.0     5.5
 Chemical burns.........    15.7     0.4     0.2     1.2    5.8    1.0     1.0    2.6    0.3     3.2
 Amputations............    12.4     0.7     0.2     1.1    6.1    0.5     0.9    1.3    0.2     1.4
 Multiple injuries......    67.5     1.5     1.5     7.0   17.4    6.9     5.3   11.1    1.7    15.1
 All other..............   598.8    14.3     4.9    61.0  172.7   51.9    41.1   98.6   18.0   136.5
 
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See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
 
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic        |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                       |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands) |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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  Total................ 2,331.1    47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
 
Part of body affected
 Head..................   158.4     4.5     1.7    19.3   46.5   14.9    12.6   25.4    3.1    30.3
   Eye.................    91.1     3.0     0.9    13.0   32.6    6.5     7.3   11.2    1.4    15.2
 Neck..................    40.1     0.6     0.6     3.1    9.3    5.2     3.1    6.0    1.2    10.9
 Trunk.................   910.9    16.5     8.9    74.8  226.7   92.6    72.6  155.4   21.6   242.0
   Shoulder............   105.4     1.7     0.8     7.7   30.6   11.7     8.1   16.2    1.9    26.8
   Back................   653.4    11.6     6.2    53.5  155.0   64.9    52.1  115.4   15.2   179.5
 Upper extremities.....   532.0    11.1     4.6    43.7  187.3   35.0    32.0  106.8   11.3   100.2
   Wrist...............   112.5     1.5     0.5     6.7   42.6    7.8     6.0   19.5    3.6    24.3
   Hand, except finger.    95.8     2.6     0.9     8.8   30.8    6.0     5.7   21.0    1.6    18.4
   Finger..............   197.4     4.7     2.2    17.5   71.8   11.3    12.5   42.6    3.4    31.4
 Lower extremities.....   448.1     9.8     5.0    48.3  103.8   50.8    36.0   80.8   12.0   101.5
   Knee................   148.1     3.1     1.8    14.9   33.3   17.1    11.0   26.7    3.7    36.5
   Foot, except toe....    89.0     2.0     1.0    10.8   22.7    8.4     7.6   16.3    2.1    18.1
   Toe.................    33.0     0.5     0.2     3.3    8.5    3.4     3.3    6.7    0.8     6.1
 Body systems..........    26.2     0.6     0.2     1.9    6.3    2.1     1.6    3.7    2.0     7.8
 Multiple..............   180.6     3.3     1.9    15.5   36.9   19.9    12.4   31.5    8.1    51.3
 All other.............    34.7     0.8     0.1     3.1    6.8    4.1     2.4    7.8    1.1     8.6
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See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
 
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
 
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                         |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic          |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                         |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                         |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands)   |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                         |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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  Total.................. 2,331.1    47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Event or exposure
 Contact with object,
  equipment..............   638.6    15.4     9.4    72.4  202.5   51.6    48.7  119.8   11.3   107.3
   Struck by object......   301.1     7.6     4.9    37.3   83.2   23.4    22.7   63.8    5.3    52.8
   Struck against object.   169.9     3.4     2.0    17.1   48.3   14.5    12.1   36.1    3.4    33.1
   Caught in object,equip   102.9     2.7     2.2     7.7   48.7    7.2     8.6   11.8    1.4    12.7
 Fall to lower level.....   116.5     3.4     1.9    24.9   20.6   14.3     9.5   15.3    4.3    22.3
 Fall to same level......   240.1     4.1     1.6    13.6   45.0   19.7    14.0   61.6    9.2    71.1
 Slips, trips............    80.8     1.8     0.2     6.5   18.2   10.4     5.2   14.9    3.0    20.5
 Overexertion............   659.1     9.7     6.6    48.1  167.2   65.5    54.3  109.8   13.4   184.4
   Overexertion:lifting..   398.4     5.7     2.7    28.1   94.8   37.8    35.9   76.0    8.1   109.3
 Repetitive motion.......    89.9     1.1     0.2     3.1   50.0    4.3     3.6   10.2    4.2    13.2
 Exposed to
   harmful substance.....   112.5     2.5     1.1     8.8   32.0    7.0     5.5   25.3    2.5    27.9
 Transportation accidents    68.3     1.8     0.3     5.1    9.0   17.6     9.0    8.2    1.9    15.4
 Fires, explosions.......     4.9     0.1     0.1     0.8    1.4    0.4     0.5    0.7    0.3     0.7
 Assault, violent act
  by person(s)...........    22.4     0.1       -     0.1    0.6    1.0     0.5    4.7    0.9    14.4
 All other...............   298.1     7.1     1.5    26.1   76.9   33.0    21.9   46.9    9.3    75.5
 
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See footnotes at end of table
 
 
 
Table 4.  Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1/ by
selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
 
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                        |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
 Characteristic         |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
                        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                        |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
(Numbers in thousands)  |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                        |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  Total                  2,331.1    47.1    23.0   209.6  623.6  224.7   172.7  417.4   60.4   552.7
 
Source of injury,illness
 Chemicals, chem. product   45.8     1.0     1.3     3.2   15.9    2.7     3.2    6.6    1.4    10.5
 Containers..............  351.8     5.6     1.3    11.9   94.3   45.9    41.2   92.9    7.4    51.2
 Furniture, fixtures.....   96.9     0.3     0.1     3.7   18.7    5.1     5.0   27.1    4.0    32.8
 Machinery...............  161.0     3.8     2.8    13.8   69.0    6.5    10.9   27.2    3.0    23.9
 Parts and materials.....  258.0     3.5     4.0    52.4  103.2   20.9    21.6   25.7    3.6    23.1
 Worker motion, position.  312.3     5.9     1.1    21.5  108.0   29.0    18.8   47.6    9.7    70.8
 Floor, ground surface...  345.9     7.0     3.2    36.1   62.8   33.9    23.4   73.5   14.7    91.3
 Tools, instruments,
  equipment..............  146.4     4.3     1.9    22.5   41.7    8.7     7.1   29.1    3.1    27.9
 Vehicles................  156.5     3.1     1.4     9.0   26.8   37.4    19.6   22.4    3.0    33.8
 Health care patient.....  105.6       -       -       -      -    1.7       -     -     0.2   103.6
 All other...............  351.1    12.6     5.6    35.4   83.2   32.9    21.9   65.4   10.4    83.6
 
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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 the
Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent
mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
industries.
NOTE: Because of rounding, data may not sum to the totals.  Dashes indicate fewer than 50 cases.
 
Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
                       |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
 Characteristic        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
                       |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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Total [2,331,100 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.......   43.9     38.8    41.4   37.7   39.8   50.5    46.7   41.3    40.1   50.1
 Bruises, contusions....    9.6      8.0    10.7    7.8    9.4   10.5    10.2   10.5     8.2    9.4
 Cuts, lacerations......    7.4      9.5     5.9    9.2    8.1    4.3     6.9   11.1     6.8    4.7
 Fractures..............    6.2      6.9    11.1   10.0    6.1    6.5     6.5    5.0     7.4    5.0
 Heat burns.............    1.8      0.6     1.3    1.2    1.5    0.6     1.0    3.9     0.7    1.6
 Carpal tunnel syndrome.    1.4      0.5     0.3    0.5    2.8    0.7     0.8    0.9     3.2    1.0
 Chemical burns.........    0.7      0.7     0.9    0.6    0.9    0.5     0.6    0.6     0.5    0.6
 Amputations............    0.5      1.4     0.8    0.5    1.0    0.2     0.5    0.3     0.4    0.2
 Multiple injuries......    2.9      3.1     6.4    3.4    2.8    3.1     3.1    2.7     2.9    2.7
 All other..............   25.7     30.3    21.2   29.1   27.7   23.1    23.8   23.6    29.7   24.7
 
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Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
                       |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
 Characteristic        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
                       |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]   100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0
 
Part of body affected
 Head..................     6.8      9.5     7.4    9.2    7.5    6.6     7.3    6.1     5.2    5.5
   Eye.................     3.9      6.3     3.9    6.2    5.2    2.9     4.2    2.7     2.3    2.7
 Neck..................     1.7      1.3     2.5    1.5    1.5    2.3     1.8    1.4     2.0    2.0
 Trunk.................    39.1     35.0    38.6   35.7   36.4   41.2    42.0   37.2    35.7   43.8
   Shoulder............     4.5      3.6     3.6    3.7    4.9    5.2     4.7    3.9     3.1    4.8
   Back................    28.0     24.6    26.9   25.5   24.9   28.9    30.2   27.7    25.2   32.5
 Upper extremities.....    22.8     23.5    20.2   20.8   30.0   15.6    18.5   25.6    18.7   18.1
   Wrist...............     4.8      3.2     2.2    3.2    6.8    3.5     3.5    4.7     5.9    4.4
   Hand, excpt finger..     4.1      5.4     4.0    4.2    4.9    2.7     3.3    5.0     2.7    3.3
   Finger..............     8.5      9.9     9.6    8.4   11.5    5.0     7.2   10.2     5.6    5.7
 Lower extremities.....    19.2     20.9    21.8   23.0   16.7   22.6    20.9   19.4    19.9   18.4
   Knee................     6.4      6.5     7.9    7.1    5.3    7.6     6.4    6.4     6.2    6.6
   Foot, excpt toe.....     3.8      4.3     4.5    5.2    3.6    3.7     4.4    3.9     3.5    3.3
   Toe.................     1.4      1.0     0.9    1.6    1.4    1.5     1.9    1.6     1.4    1.1
 Body systems..........     1.1      1.3     0.8    0.9    1.0    1.0     1.0    0.9     3.2    1.4
 Multiple..............     7.7      6.9     8.4    7.4    5.9    8.8     7.2    7.5    13.4    9.3
 All other.............     1.5      1.6     0.3    1.5    1.1    1.8     1.4    1.9     1.8    1.6
 
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Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
                       |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
 Characteristic        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
                       |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]   100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0
 
Event or exposure
 Contact with object,
  equipment..............  27.4     32.6    41.0   34.6   32.5   23.0    28.2   28.7    18.7   19.4
   Struck by object......  12.9     16.1    21.4   17.8   13.3   10.4    13.2   15.3     8.8    9.6
   Struck against object.   7.3      7.1     8.5    8.1    7.8    6.5     7.0    8.6     5.6    6.0
   Caught in object,equip   4.4      5.8     9.4    3.7    7.8    3.2     5.0    2.8     2.4    2.3
 Fall to lower level.....   5.0      7.1     8.2   11.9    3.3    6.3     5.5    3.7     7.2    4.0
 Fall to same level......  10.3      8.8     7.1    6.5    7.2    8.8     8.1   14.8    15.2   12.9
 Slips, trips............   3.5      3.9     1.1    3.1    2.9    4.6     3.0    3.6     5.0    3.7
 Overexertion............  28.3     20.6    28.7   23.0   26.8   29.1    31.4   26.3    22.2   33.4
   Overexertion:lifting..  17.1     12.1    11.8   13.4   15.2   16.8    20.8   18.2    13.3   19.8
 Repetitive motion.......   3.9      2.3     0.7    1.5    8.0    1.9     2.1    2.4     7.0    2.4
 Exposed to
  harmful substance......   4.8      5.4     4.6    4.2    5.1    3.1     3.2    6.0     4.2    5.0
 Transportation accidents   2.9      3.8     1.5    2.4    1.4    7.8     5.2    2.0     3.2    2.8
 Fires, explosions.......   0.2      0.1     0.5    0.4    0.2    0.2     0.3    0.2     0.5    0.1
 Assault, violent act
  by person(s)...........   1.0      0.3       -    0.1    0.1    0.4     0.3    1.1     1.4    2.6
 All other...............  12.8     15.1     6.6   12.5   12.3   14.7    12.7   11.2    15.4   13.7
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Table 5.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and industry division, 1992 (continued)
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                       |        |Agricul-|      |      |      |Trans- |      |      |Finance|
                       |Private | ture,  |Mining|Con-  |Manu- |porta- |Whole-|Retail|insur- |Serv-
 Characteristic        |industry|forestry|   3/ |struc-|fac-  |tion & |sale  |trade |ance & |ices
                       |   2/   | and    |      |tion  |turing|public |trade |      |real   |
                       |        |fishing |      |      |      |utili- |      |      |estate |
                       |        |   2/   |      |      |      |ties 3/|      |      |       |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]   100.0    100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0   100.0  100.0
 
Source of injury,illness
 Chemicals, chem. product   2.0      2.1     5.8    1.5    2.5    1.2     1.9    1.6     2.3    1.9
 Containers..............  15.1     11.9     5.8    5.7   15.1   20.4    23.9   22.2    12.2    9.3
 Furniture, fixtures.....   4.2      0.7     0.6    1.7    3.0    2.3     2.9    6.5     6.6    5.9
 Machinery...............   6.9      8.2    12.2    6.6   11.1    2.9     6.3    6.5     5.0    4.3
 Parts and materials.....  11.1      7.4    17.6   25.0   16.5    9.3    12.5    6.2     5.9    4.2
 Worker motion, position.  13.4     12.4     4.9   10.3   17.3   12.9    10.9   11.4    16.1   12.8
 Floor, ground surface...  14.8     14.8    13.9   17.2   10.1   15.1    13.6   17.6    24.3   16.5
 Tools, instruments,
  equipment..............   6.3      9.1     8.5   10.8    6.7    3.9     4.1    7.0     5.2    5.1
 Vehicles................   6.7      6.7     6.1    4.3    4.3   16.6    11.3    5.4     5.0    6.1
 Health care patient.....   4.5        -       -      -      -    0.8       -      -     0.3   18.8
 All other...............  15.1     26.8    24.5   16.9   13.3   14.6    12.7   15.7    17.2   15.1
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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 the
Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent
mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
industries.
NOTE: Because of rounding, percentages may not add to 100.  Dashes indicate less
than .05 percent.
 
Table 6.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 1992
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                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
Sex:
 Men.....................  100.0    16.2    13.0    20.4    13.4     11.3     6.4     19.3    6
 Women...................  100.0    14.8    12.9    20.6    14.0     11.4     6.4     20.0    6
 
Age:
 Under 16 years..........  100.0    20.2     8.2    28.0    26.0      5.8     4.2      7.6    4
 16 to 19 years..........  100.0    20.2    16.1    24.0    15.3     10.0     4.8      9.6    4
 20 to 24 years..........  100.0    19.3    15.6    23.5    14.4     10.0     4.8     12.6    4
 25 to 34 years..........  100.0    16.8    13.7    20.7    13.6     11.1     6.0     18.1    5
 35 to 44 years..........  100.0    14.5    11.8    19.3    13.4     11.7     6.9     22.4    7
 45 to 54 years..........  100.0    12.7    10.9    18.2    12.6     12.6     7.8     25.3    9
 55 to 64 years..........  100.0    10.6     9.9    17.9    12.8     13.7     8.0     27.1   10
 65 years and over.......  100.0     9.8    10.1    17.8    16.3     11.5     7.3     27.3   10
 
Occupation:
 Managerial, professional  100.0    17.2    14.8    20.8    14.3     11.8     5.3     15.7    5
 Technical, sales and
  administrative support.  100.0    16.5    13.3    21.4    13.3     10.7     6.4     18.5    5
 Service.................  100.0    13.5    14.1    22.9    15.4     11.2     5.8     17.1    5
 Farming,forestry,fishing  100.0    12.9    13.7    22.1    14.7     11.1     7.1     18.5    6
 Precision,production,
  craft, and repair......  100.0    17.1    12.6    19.0    12.3     11.3     6.6     21.1    6
 Operators, fabricators,
  and laborers...........  100.0    15.7    12.1    19.4    13.3     11.7     6.6     21.1    6
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See footnotes at end of table
Table 6.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, 1992 (continued)
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                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
 
Length of service
 with employer:
 Less than 3 months......  100.0    17.2    14.4    21.3    14.2      9.7     5.5     17.8    5
 3 months to 11 months...  100.0    17.0    13.9    21.7    13.7     10.6     5.9     17.2    5
 1 year to 4 years.......  100.0    16.3    13.2    21.0    13.7     11.3     6.1     18.5    5
 5 years or more.........  100.0    13.9    11.4    18.4    13.0     12.6     7.6     23.1    8
 
Race or ethnic
origin:
 White, non-Hispanic.....  100.0    16.5    13.2    20.2    13.2     11.2     6.4     19.4    6
 Black, non-Hispanic.....  100.0    14.5    12.8    21.2    13.8     11.6     6.3     19.9    6
 Hispanic................  100.0    14.0    13.2    19.5    14.0     11.7     6.6     21.0    6
 Asian or Pacif.Islander.  100.0    15.8    13.7    24.5    14.3     11.2     5.6     14.8    5
 Amer. Indian or Alaskan
  Native.................  100.0    15.3    11.6    21.2    14.5     12.4     6.9     18.2    6
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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 7.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected occupations and number of days away from work, 1992
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                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
Laborers, nonconstruct.... 100.0    17.1    13.3    20.7    13.6     11.1     6.0     18.2    5
Truck drivers............. 100.0    10.9     9.9    20.5    13.9     13.0     7.6     24.1    9
Nursing aides,orderlies... 100.0    12.3    13.7    23.0    16.8     10.6     7.0     16.7    6
Janitors, cleaners........ 100.0    13.9    12.2    21.0    12.5     11.7     5.6     23.1    6
Construction laborers..... 100.0    14.9    11.9    20.1    13.7     10.1     6.4     22.9    7
Assemblers................ 100.0    17.1    12.1    18.0    12.9     11.1     6.9     22.0    6
Stock handlers,baggers.... 100.0    14.2    15.5    21.8    14.3     11.1     6.0     17.2    5
Cashiers.................. 100.0    13.0    12.2    20.1    13.8     11.0     6.5     23.3    7
Misc. food preperation.... 100.0    14.7    16.5    23.7    16.5      9.7     5.2     13.7    5
Cooks..................... 100.0    13.5    17.4    23.7    14.0     11.0     5.2     15.4    5
Carpenters................ 100.0    16.4    11.8    19.1    11.5     12.8     6.1     22.3    7
Registered nurses......... 100.0    16.4    14.3    24.9    14.6     10.7     5.9     13.2    5
Maids and housemen........ 100.0    12.4    13.7    21.6    14.8     12.7     6.4     18.6    6
Welders and cutters....... 100.0    24.2    14.6    16.9    11.0      9.7     6.0     17.5    4
Supervisors and
 proprietors, sales....... 100.0    14.4    12.6    23.5    11.3     11.9     7.5     18.9    5
Shipping,receiving clerks. 100.0    18.7    12.9    21.0    13.9     10.8     6.5     16.2    5
Automobile mechanics...... 100.0    20.1    12.8    20.3    11.7     12.8     6.5     15.8    5
Groundskeepers, gardeners. 100.0    13.8    14.0    22.7    14.8     11.4     6.9     16.4    5
Farm workers.............. 100.0    13.2    11.4    20.5    16.2     12.0     8.3     18.5    7
Kitchen workers........... 100.0    13.8    14.1    24.6    15.4     11.8     4.7     15.6    5
Waiters and waitresses.... 100.0    14.2    15.2    23.1    20.8      7.2     4.7     14.8    5
Driver-sales workers...... 100.0    12.1    10.7    19.6    14.3     13.4     7.0     22.9    8
Electricians.............. 100.0    17.9    11.7    18.8    12.5      9.9     6.3     22.9    6
Sewing machine operators.. 100.0    16.4    10.6    16.8    12.7     12.7     6.6     24.4    8
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See footnotes at end of table
Table 7.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected occupations and number of days away from work, 1992 (continued)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
Supervisors, production... 100.0    20.2    15.5    19.7    12.4     10.8     5.7     15.7    5
Packaging machine
 operators................ 100.0    15.6    10.8    17.6    12.8     12.1     6.4     24.9    7
Butchers, meat cutters.... 100.0    13.9    13.0    17.6    14.3     12.1     8.3     20.9    7
Licensed practical nurses. 100.0    13.5    14.2    22.3    14.8     10.7     6.1     18.6    6
Guards,police exc public.. 100.0    14.6    10.1    22.6    13.4     13.8     5.9     19.6    7
Plumbers, pipefitters..... 100.0    17.5    11.4    18.0    13.0     11.9     7.5     20.6    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 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away
from work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 1992
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
Nature of injury,illness
 Sprains, strains......... 100.0    12.4    12.3    22.8    15.2     12.0     6.0     19.3    6
 Bruises, contusions...... 100.0    22.1    17.1    23.5    12.9      9.4     4.3     10.7    4
 Cuts, lacerations........ 100.0    24.2    16.3    20.9    14.6      9.7     4.9      9.3    4
 Fractures................ 100.0     7.7     6.6    12.5    11.9     13.6    10.7     37.0   19
 Heat burns............... 100.0    18.6    14.6    26.4    15.4     11.7     5.2      8.2    4
 Carpal tunnel syndrome... 100.0     3.4     4.1     6.5     7.1     14.1    13.2     51.7   32
 Chemical burns........... 100.0    35.7    22.2    19.4     8.8      6.6     3.6      3.7    2
 Amputations.............. 100.0     4.4     5.2    11.2    12.9     16.2    11.8     38.2   21
 Multiple injuries........ 100.0    14.1    13.6    18.6    12.8     11.5     6.3     23.1    7
 
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Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 1992 (continued)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
Part of body affected
 Head..................... 100.0    39.8    20.8    18.7     8.8      4.9     2.0      5.1    2
   Eye.................... 100.0    47.9    23.4    17.8     5.2      2.7     1.0      2.0    2
 Neck..................... 100.0    15.9    11.9    22.6    13.2     10.5     5.9     20.1    5
 Trunk.................... 100.0    11.4    11.6    21.6    14.8     12.3     6.8     21.7    7
   Shoulder............... 100.0    12.4    10.9    19.8    13.3     12.0     6.3     25.3    8
   Back................... 100.0    11.1    11.9    22.5    15.3     12.1     6.1     21.0    7
 Upper extremities........ 100.0    17.0    13.3    19.2    13.2     11.7     6.7     18.9    6
   Wrist.................. 100.0    10.1     9.5    15.2    11.2     13.2     9.2     31.6   13
   Hand, except finger.... 100.0    20.1    15.1    22.1    14.2      9.9     5.4     13.2    4
   Finger................. 100.0    20.7    14.9    19.9    13.9     11.8     6.1     12.7    5
 Lower extremities........ 100.0    14.9    13.0    20.8    13.6     11.5     6.8     19.2    6
   Knee................... 100.0    11.6     9.9    17.7    13.2     12.5     8.1     27.1   10
   Foot, except toe....... 100.0    18.8    15.1    21.7    12.5     11.0     6.3     14.6    5
   Toe.................... 100.0    20.3    16.0    22.1    15.9     10.7     6.7      8.4    4
 Body systems............. 100.0    21.4    15.0    18.5    11.9      8.4     5.4     19.3    5
 Multiple................. 100.0    13.1    11.6    19.3    12.7     12.0     6.2     25.2    7
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Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 1992 (continued)
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                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
Event or exposure
 Contact with object,
  equipment............... 100.0    23.0    15.7    20.4    12.4      9.9     5.2     13.4    4
   Struck by object....... 100.0    22.2    15.9    21.1    12.6     10.0     5.2     13.1    4
   Struck against object.. 100.0    22.1    15.9    20.2    13.9      9.8     5.1     12.9    4
   Caught in object,equip. 100.0    16.5    12.5    19.3    12.9     12.5     7.1     19.3    6
 Fall to lower level...... 100.0    10.7    10.7    17.1    12.2     11.6     7.0     30.6   10
 Fall to same level....... 100.0    13.5    12.2    19.5    13.4     11.1     7.0     23.5    7
 Slips, trips............. 100.0    12.6    13.7    20.7    13.5     12.4     6.5     20.7    6
 Overexertion............. 100.0    11.4    11.7    21.9    15.2     12.4     6.8     20.6    7
   Overexertion:lifting... 100.0    11.4    11.5    22.2    15.4     12.5     6.6     20.5    7
 Repetitive motion........ 100.0     6.9     6.4    12.3    11.5     13.6    10.3     38.9   20
 Exposed to
  harmful substance....... 100.0    28.1    17.9    22.3    12.3      8.6     3.7      7.0    3
 Transportation accidents. 100.0    12.6    10.3    18.5    11.6     12.8     6.9     27.3    9
 Fires, explosions........ 100.0    15.2    13.2    18.1    13.5     16.3     7.0     16.8    7
 Assault,
  by person(s)............ 100.0    15.4    14.5    21.1    14.3     10.7     6.3     17.7    5
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Table 8.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work 1/ by selected injury or illness characteristics and number of days away from work, 1992 (continued)
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                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Total [2,331,100 cases]    100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
 
 
Source of
injury, illness:
 Chemicals, chem. product. 100.0    32.4    20.0    20.0    10.1      7.2     3.4      6.8    2
 Containers............... 100.0    13.4    12.4    21.6    14.7     12.6     6.4     18.8    6
 Furniture, fixtures...... 100.0    16.7    14.3    22.1    12.7     10.6     6.4     17.2    5
 Machinery................ 100.0    16.2    12.8    19.7    13.7     11.8     7.0     18.9    6
 Parts and materials...... 100.0    17.3    13.2    20.4    13.4     11.2     6.3     18.2    5
 Worker motion, position.. 100.0    10.8    10.4    19.2    13.9     13.0     7.9     24.8    9
 Floor, ground surface.... 100.0    12.4    11.5    18.7    13.2     11.2     7.0     25.9    8
 Tools, instruments
  equipment............... 100.0    21.1    15.4    21.3    13.6     10.2     5.1     13.3    4
 Vehicles................. 100.0    14.1    11.7    20.4    13.1     12.2     6.4     22.1    7
 Health care patient...... 100.0    12.0    14.0    24.2    15.8     11.5     6.0     16.5    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 9.  Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from
work 1/ by industry division and number of days away from work, 1992
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                          |     |                Percent of cases involving               |Median
                          |     |---------------------------------------------------------| days
 Characteristic           |Total|        |       |   3   |    6   |   11   |  21  |   31  | away
                          |cases|    1   |   2   |  to   |   to   |   to   |  to  |  days | from
                          |     |   day  |  days |   5   |   10   |   20   |  30  |   or  | work
                          |     |        |       |  days |  days  |  days  | days |  more |
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Private industry 2/        100.0    15.7    12.9    20.4    13.6     11.4     6.4     19.7    6
   [2,331,100 cases]
 
Goods-producing:
 Agriculture 2/........... 100.0    13.7    12.6    21.8    14.9     11.9     6.1     18.9    6
 Mining 3/................ 100.0     8.9     7.7    15.2    10.8     10.9     6.8     39.7   17
 Construction............. 100.0    15.3    12.2    19.3    12.7     10.6     6.7     23.2    7
 Manufacturing............ 100.0    17.8    12.4    18.1    12.9     11.7     6.6     20.5    6
   Durable................ 100.0    18.7    12.2    17.6    12.7     11.5     6.6     20.8    6
   Nondurable............. 100.0    16.4    12.7    18.9    13.3     12.0     6.6     20.1    6
 
Service-producing:
 Transportation,
  public utilities 3/..... 100.0    12.3     9.8    20.0    13.8     13.1     7.2     23.9    8
 Wholesale trade.......... 100.0    17.4    13.6    20.3    13.7     10.3     6.2     18.5    5
 Retail trade............. 100.0    14.8    14.0    21.8    14.1     11.6     5.9     17.8    5
 Finance, insurance
  real estate............. 100.0    15.8    13.9    20.1    11.6      9.3     7.2     22.0    6
 Services................. 100.0    15.4    14.2    22.8    14.2     11.0     5.9     16.5    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
the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded
from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
NOTE: Because of rounding, percentages may not add to 100.
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