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                LOST-WORKTIME INJURIES AND ILLNESSES: CHARACTERISTICS
                       AND RESULTING TIME AWAY FROM WORK, 1999


     A total of 1.7 million injuries and illnesses that required recuperation away from 
work beyond the day of the incident were reported in private industry workplaces during 
1999, according to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor.  
The total number of these cases was about the same as in 1998, following steady declines 
from the levels prevailing early in the decade.  The number of injuries and illnesses 
reported with only restricted work activity rather than days away recuperating remained 
at over 1,000,000 cases in 1999, after increasing by nearly 70 percent during the previous 
seven year period. (Table A presents the number of injuries and illnesses requiring 
recuperation away from work in the past 7 years for the 10 occupations that accounted for 
nearly one-third of such cases in 1999.)  Since 1993, truck drivers have experienced the 
largest number of injuries and illnesses with time away from work.

Table A.  Number of occupational injuries and illnesses (in 1,000s) involving time away from 
work for selected occupations, 1993-1999

                             1993      1994      1995      1996      1997      1998      1999 
Total cases                2,252.6   2,236.6   2,040.9   1,880.5   1,833.4   1,730.5   1,702.5

Truck drivers                154.7     163.8     151.3     152.8     145.5     131.8     141.1
Laborers, nonconstruction    146.3     147.3     115.5     108.5     106.9      97.2      89.1
Nursing aides, orderlies     103.9     101.8     100.6      93.6      91.3      84.1      75.7
Construction laborers         54.6      55.7      43.5      43.7      45.8      44.1      46.5
Janitors and cleaners         62.1      60.6      52.6      46.9      45.8      44.2      43.4
Assemblers                    46.8      53.0      55.5      44.0      44.3      43.3      40.0
Carpenters                    34.8      37.4      35.0      33.5      37.1      33.0      35.0
Cooks                         42.5      36.3      35.4      30.7      31.5      28.5      28.0
Stock handlers and baggers    39.5      37.2      34.7      31.9      29.2      26.3      27.3
Registered nurses             31.4      29.6      27.8      28.9      27.3      25.0      25.7

     As in the preceding six years, more than 4 out of 10 injuries and illnesses 
resulting in time away from work in 1999 were sprains or strains, most often involving 
the back.  The number of sprains or strains cases declined by nearly 23 percent from 1993 
to 1999, slightly less than the overall decline for all cases.  In contrast, the number of 
lost worktime cases due to bruises and contusions increased from 1998 by nearly 2 percent 
and cases of carpal tunnel syndrome increased 6 percent.

Table B.  Number of occupational injuries and illness (in 1,000s) involving time away from 
work by selected nature of injury and illness, 1993-1999

                             1993      1994      1995      1996      1997      1998      1999
Total cases                2,252.6   2,236.6   2,040.9   1,880.5   1,833.4   1,730.5   1,702.5

Sprains, strains, tears      959.2     963.5     876.8     819.7     799.0     760.0     739.7
Bruises, contusions          211.2     212.0     192.1     174.9     165.8     153.1     156.0
Cuts, lacerations            169.9     164.6     153.2     133.2     133.6     137.6     132.4
Fractures                    136.5     138.5     124.6     120.5     119.5     115.4     113.7
Heat burns, scalds            37.7      37.3      36.1      29.0      30.0      28.4      27.1
Carpal tunnel syndrome        41.0      38.3      31.5      29.9      29.2      26.3      27.9
Tendonitis                    25.0      25.2      22.1      17.4      18.0      16.9      16.6
Chemical burns                15.7      16.5      13.9      11.6      12.2      11.7      11.6
Amputations                   11.3      12.2      11.3      10.2      10.9      10.2      10.0

Worker and case characteristics

     Worker characteristics detail the demographics of the injured or ill worker by 
providing not only the occupation but also the gender and age of the worker, occupational 
group, length of service with the employer at the time of the incident, and race or ethnic 
origin (tables 1, 2, and 7).  Following are highlights of the 1999 findings for these worker 
traits:

     *  Men accounted for two out of three of the 1.7 million cases, a proportion 
        somewhat higher than their share (59 percent) of the hours worked by all 
        private wage and salary workers.

     *  Workers aged 24 and under accounted for 15 percent of the cases and 14 
        percent of the total hours worked by all private wage and salary workers.  
        Workers aged 25 to 44 accounted for 55 percent of the cases and 54 percent of 
        the hours worked.  Workers aged 45 and older accounted for 28 percent of the 
        cases and 31 percent of the hours worked.

     *  Operators, fabricators, and laborers led all other occupational groups, 
        accounting for 42 percent of the case total.  This group includes 5 of the 
        10 individual jobs from table A - truck drivers; laborers, nonconstruction; 
        construction laborers; assemblers; and stock handlers and baggers.  Together, 
        these five occupations accounted for 344,100 injuries and illnesses with time 
        away from work (table 3).


     *  Almost 6 out of 10 workers had at least a year of service with their employer 
        when they sustained their injury or illness.  Indeed, almost a fourth had over 5 
        years of service, suggesting that many experienced workers incur lost 
        worktime injuries.

     Case characteristics help identify the disabling condition leading to the lost 
worktime and how the event or exposure occurred.  The survey contains four 
characteristics to describe each disabling injury or illness (tables 4 through 6 and 9).  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 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 truck driver 
who sprains his back trying to lift a box.  Following are highlights of the 1999 findings 
for these characteristics:

     *  Sprain and strain was, by far, the leading nature of injury and illness in every 
        major industry division, ranging from 33 percent in agriculture, forestry, and 
        fishing to nearly 50 percent in services.

     *  The trunk, including the back, was the body part most affected by disabling 
        work incidents in every major industry division, except for agriculture, 
        forestry, and fishing.  Most other injuries and illnesses were to upper or lower 
        extremities.

     *  Overexertion while maneuvering objects and contact with objects and 
        equipment led all other disabling events or exposures, each cited in about 16 
        to 40 percent of the cases in every major industry division except finance, 
        insurance, and real estate.

     *  No one source of injury or illness stood out, although the following three had 
        roughly 14 to 16 percent each of the case total: floors and other surfaces, 
        worker motion or position, and containers.

     The U. S. Department of Labor defines a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) as an 
injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, and spinal discs.   
MSDs do not include disorders caused by slips, trips, falls, motor vehicle accidents, or 
similar accidents.  Table C presents the number of such disorders by major industry 
division, and table D presents the occupations with the most musculoskeletal disorders in 
1999.

     *  Over 582,000 musculoskeletal disorders were reported, accounting for more 
        than one out of three of the injuries and illnesses involving recuperation away 
        from work.  Although both total injuries and illnesses with days away from 
        work and MSDs have decreased since 1992, MSDs continue to account for 
        more than one in three of the total lost worktime cases (table E).

     *  Manufacturing and services industries each account for around 26 percent of 
        musculoskeletal disorders, followed by retail trade with nearly 16 percent.

     *  Three occupations -- nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; truck drivers; 
        and laborers, non-construction -- together account for one out of five 
        musculoskeletal disorders.

Injury and illness severity

     Besides identifying high risk situations, the survey also helps focus on those kinds 
of injuries and illnesses resulting in the longest absences from work (tables 7 through 10).  
Median days away from work - the key survey measure of severity - designates the point 
at which half the cases involved more days and half involved fewer days.  The median 
number of lost workdays for all cases was 6 days in 1999, with a fourth of the cases 
resulting in 21 days or more away from work.  The survey also found the following 
patterns:

     *  Among major disabling injuries and illnesses, median days away from work 
        were highest for carpal tunnel syndrome (27 days), fractures (20 days), and 
        amputations (18 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 17 days.

     *  Public transportation attendants and heating, air conditioning, and 
        refrigeration mechanics had the highest median days away from work (each 
        with 10 days), followed by truck drivers and industrial machinery repairers 
        (each with 8 days).

     *  Injuries to the wrist resulted in the longest absences from work - a median of 
        12 days.  Injuries to the knee and shoulder had the next longest absences from 
        work - a median of 10 days each.



Table C.  Number (in 1,000s) of work-related musculoskeletal disorders involving time
away from work and median days away from work by major industry division, 1999
                                              Number                    Median
                                                                  days away from work
Total musculoskeletal disorders                582.3                       7

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing               7.1                       7
Mining                                           3.3                      32
Construction                                    48.8                      10
Manufacturing                                  149.8                       8
Transportation and public utilities             66.6                      10
Wholesale trade                                 50.7                       7
Retail trade                                    90.9                       6
Finance, insurance, and real estate             12.4                       6
Services                                       152.8                       5



Table D.  Number (in 1,000s) of work-related musculoskeletal disorders involving time
away from work and median days away from work by occupation, 1999
                                              Number                     Median
                                                                  days away from work
Total musculoskeletal disorders                582.3                       7

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants        44.3                       5
Truck drivers                                   41.7                       8
Laborers, nonconstruction                       32.8                       7
Assemblers                                      17.9                       9
Janitors and cleaners                           14.1                       7
Registered nurses                               13.1                       4
Stock handlers and baggers                      12.4                       6
Construction laborers                           11.0                       7
Cashiers                                         9.7                       7
Supervisors and proprietors, sales               9.3                       7



Table E.  Number (in 1,000s) of total and work-related musculoskeletal disorders involving
time away from work and percentage of total cases that are MSD cases, 1992-1999

Year            Total            MSDs          Pct.
1992           2,331.1          784.1          33.6
1993           2,252.6          762.7          33.9
1994           2,236.6          755.6          33.8
1995           2,040.9          695.8          34.1
1996           1,880.5          647.4          34.4
1997           1,833.4          626.4          34.2
1998           1,730.5          592.5          34.2
1999           1,702.5          582.3          34.2

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 1999 national survey marks the eighth 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.

     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 number of hours worked used for industry and case characteristics incidence 
rates are collected in the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.  Because this 
survey does not collect hours worked for demographic characteristics, the hours used for 
these data come from the Current Population Survey, which is conducted by the Bureau 
of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

     The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses continues to measure the 
number of new work-related illness cases that are recognized, diagnosed, and reported 
each year.  In 1999, 81,600 of the 1.7 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 that are easier to directly relate to workplace activity (e.g., contact 
dermatitis or carpal tunnel syndrome).

     Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) include cases where the nature of 
injury or illness is sprains, strains, tears; back pain, hurt back; soreness, pain, hurt, 
except the back; carpal tunnel syndrome; hernia; or musculoskeletal system and connective 
tissue diseases and disorders and when the event or exposure leading to the injury or 
illness is bodily reaction/bending, climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting; overexertion; or 
repetition.  Cases of Raynaud's phenomenon, tarsal tunnel syndrome, and herniated 
spinal discs are not included.  Although these cases may be considered MSDs, the survey 
classifies these cases in categories that also include non-MSD cases.

     This is a Federal/State program (50/50 funded) in which employer reports are 
collected from about 174,000 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 are provided by the 
U. S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration and the U. S. 
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; 
workers on farms with fewer than 11 employees; private household workers; and 
employers 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 number 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.

     Because the data are based on a sample survey, the injury and illness estimates 
probably differ from the figures that would be obtained from all units covered by the 
survey.  To determine the precision of each estimate, a standard error is calculated.  The 
standard error defines a range (confidence interval) around the estimate.  The 
approximate 95-percent confidence interval is the estimate plus or minus twice the 
standard error.  The standard error also can be expressed as a percent of the estimate, or 
the relative standard error.  For example, the 95-percent confidence interval for an 
incidence rate of 6.5 per 100 full-time workers with a relative standard error of 
1.0 percent would be 6.5 plus or minus 2 percent (2 times 1.0 percent) or 6.37 to 6.63.  
One can be 95 percent confident that the "true" incidence rate falls within the confidence 
interval.  The 1999 incidence rate for all occupational injuries and illnesses of 6.3 per 
100 full-time workers in private industry has an estimated relative standard error of about 
0.6 percent.  A relative standard error was calculated for each estimate from the survey 
and will be published in a BLS bulletin that is scheduled to be available later in 2001.

     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 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.

     Establishments are classified in industry categories based on the 1987 Standard 
Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual, as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget.  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.

TABLE 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker
characteristics and industry division,1999

(In thousands)
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                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |          Goods producing          |              Service producing             
                                        ________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              | Private|Agricul-|        |        |        |Transpo-|        |        |        |        
        Characteristic        |industr-|  ture, |        |        |        | rtation|        |        |Finance,|        
                              |  y(2)  |forestr-|Mining(-|  Con-  |Manufac-|   and  | Whole- | Retail | insur- |        
                              |        |   y,   |   3)   | struc- | turing | public |  sale  |  trade |  ance, |Services
                              |        |   and  |        |  tion  |        |utiliti-|  trade |        |and real|        
                              |        |fishing-|        |        |        |  es(3) |        |        | estate |        
                              |        |   (2)  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________        
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total cases...................| 1,702.5|    34.9|    11.3|   193.8|   403.6|   196.7|   136.1|   291.6|    39.5|   394.9
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Sex:                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Male........................| 1,129.2|    28.6|    11.0|   188.6|   301.6|   149.8|   116.0|   161.1|    18.1|   154.3
  Female......................|   558.1|     6.2|      .3|     4.6|   100.4|    39.6|    19.3|   128.8|    21.3|   237.7
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Age:(4)                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  14 - 15.....................|      .9|    -   |    -   |    -   |   (5)  |    -   |    -   |      .3|    -   |      .5
  16 - 19.....................|    58.2|     1.3|      .2|     5.0|     8.0|     3.4|     2.8|    26.1|      .6|    10.9
  20 - 24.....................|   197.8|     5.4|      .8|    27.0|    42.0|    16.4|    15.5|    47.4|     3.5|    39.8
  25 - 34.....................|   457.6|    10.5|     2.5|    58.2|   109.1|    54.4|    39.4|    73.9|     8.9|   100.6
  35 - 44.....................|   483.5|     9.7|     3.4|    59.2|   118.4|    61.8|    41.7|    67.4|    10.8|   111.0
  45 - 54.....................|   310.5|     4.7|     3.3|    28.3|    81.9|    39.8|    23.1|    42.0|     8.7|    78.6
  55 - 64.....................|   138.4|     2.1|      .8|    10.6|    36.4|    15.2|     9.3|    21.6|     4.4|    38.1
  65 and over.................|    22.5|      .4|   (5)  |      .8|     3.2|     1.9|     1.3|     6.3|     1.0|     7.6
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Occupation:                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Managerial and professional |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   specialty..................|    94.7|      .5|      .3|     2.1|     5.6|     3.2|     4.9|    10.8|     5.5|    61.8
  Technical, sales, and       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   administrative support.....|   249.4|     1.5|      .1|     2.5|    22.8|    27.6|    20.6|    91.6|    16.0|    66.7
  Service.....................|   289.5|      .5|   (5)  |      .5|     7.2|    12.3|     1.4|    79.6|     7.5|   180.4
  Farming, forestry, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   fishing....................|    42.9|    27.4|    -   |      .4|     2.8|      .3|     1.7|     1.0|     2.9|     6.5
  Precision production, craft,|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   and repair.................|   298.0|     1.3|     5.3|   114.6|    72.3|    26.5|    16.3|    30.7|     5.0|    25.8
  Operators, fabricators, and |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   laborers...................|   719.7|     3.5|     5.2|    72.6|   290.9|   126.5|    90.2|    76.8|     2.1|    51.8
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Length of service with        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 employer:                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Less than 3 months..........|   230.0|     7.4|     1.5|    41.2|    45.5|    16.2|    17.1|    47.1|     3.7|    50.4
  3 - 11 months...............|   308.3|     8.0|     1.6|    43.2|    65.3|    23.7|    24.5|    62.9|     6.6|    72.5
  1 - 5 years.................|   549.7|    11.3|     3.8|    63.0|   126.0|    53.4|    50.5|    94.1|    15.0|   132.6
  More than 5 years...........|   413.8|     6.4|     3.8|    33.1|   130.6|    50.0|    35.0|    50.5|    10.1|    94.3
  Not reported................|   200.7|     1.9|      .6|    13.3|    36.2|    53.5|     9.0|    37.0|     4.1|    45.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Race or ethnic origin:        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  White, non-Hispanic.........|   859.6|    14.0|     2.2|   121.5|   219.3|    68.8|    78.0|   149.4|    19.2|   187.1
  Black, non-Hispanic.........|   155.1|     1.3|     0.1|     9.6|    35.4|    15.6|    11.6|    22.2|     3.9|    55.5
  Hispanic....................|   182.9|    14.6|     1.1|    28.8|    46.4|     8.9|    16.4|    26.9|     3.8|    36.0
  Asian or Pacific Islander...|    25.3|      .2|   (5)  |     1.3|     6.1|     1.6|     1.9|     6.0|     1.1|     7.2
  American Indian or Alaskan  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   Native.....................|     6.8|      .1|    -   |     1.1|     1.5|      .4|      .8|      .7|      .3|     1.8
  Not reported................|   472.7|     4.6|     7.8|    31.6|    94.9|   101.4|    27.4|    86.6|    11.2|   107.3
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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 for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
  5 Fewer than 50 cases.
  
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses, data may not
sum to the totals.      
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by
selected worker characteristics and industry division,1999
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                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |          Goods producing          |              Service producing             
                                        ________________________________________________________________________________                                
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              | Private|Agricul-|        |        |        |Transpo-|        |        |        |        
        Characteristic        |industry|  ture, |        |        |        | rtation|        |        |Finance,|        
                              |   (2)  |forestr-|Mining(-|  Con-  |  Manu- |   and  | Whole- | Retail | insur- |        
                              |        |   y,   |   3)   | struc- |  fac-  | public |  sale  |  trade |  ance, |Services
                              |        |   and  |        |  tion  | turing |utiliti-|  trade |        |and real|        
                              |        |fishing-|        |        |        |  es(3) |        |        | estate |        
                              |        |   (2)  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
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                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total [1,702,470 cases].......|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Sex:                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Male........................|   66.3 |   82.0 |   97.2 |   97.3 |   74.7 |   76.1 |   85.2 |   55.3 |   45.9 |   39.1 
  Female......................|   32.8 |   17.6 |    2.6 |    2.4 |   24.9 |   20.1 |   14.2 |   44.2 |   53.9 |   60.2 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Age:(4)                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  14 - 15.....................|     .1 |    -   |    -   |    -   |   (5)  |    -   |    -   |     .1 |    -   |     .1 
  16 - 19.....................|    3.4 |    3.8 |    1.6 |    2.6 |    2.0 |    1.7 |    2.1 |    9.0 |    1.4 |    2.8 
  20 - 24.....................|   11.6 |   15.5 |    6.9 |   13.9 |   10.4 |    8.3 |   11.4 |   16.3 |    9.0 |   10.1 
  25 - 34.....................|   26.9 |   30.0 |   22.4 |   30.0 |   27.0 |   27.7 |   28.9 |   25.3 |   22.7 |   25.5 
  35 - 44.....................|   28.4 |   27.7 |   30.3 |   30.6 |   29.3 |   31.4 |   30.7 |   23.1 |   27.4 |   28.1 
  45 - 54.....................|   18.2 |   13.6 |   29.2 |   14.6 |   20.3 |   20.2 |   17.0 |   14.4 |   22.2 |   19.9 
  55 - 64.....................|    8.1 |    5.9 |    7.4 |    5.4 |    9.0 |    7.7 |    6.8 |    7.4 |   11.1 |    9.7 
  65 and over.................|    1.3 |    1.3 |     .3 |     .4 |     .8 |     .9 |    1.0 |    2.1 |    2.4 |    1.9 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Occupation:                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Managerial and professional |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   specialty..................|    5.6 |    1.5 |    2.5 |    1.1 |    1.4 |    1.6 |    3.6 |    3.7 |   14.0 |   15.6 
  Technical, sales, and       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   administrative support.....|   14.7 |    4.2 |    1.1 |    1.3 |    5.7 |   14.0 |   15.1 |   31.4 |   40.5 |   16.9 
  Service.....................|   17.0 |    1.5 |     .3 |     .2 |    1.8 |    6.3 |    1.0 |   27.3 |   19.1 |   45.7 
  Farming, forestry, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   fishing....................|    2.5 |   78.4 |    -   |     .2 |     .7 |     .1 |    1.2 |     .3 |    7.4 |    1.7 
  Precision production, craft,|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   and repair.................|   17.5 |    3.8 |   47.2 |   59.2 |   17.9 |   13.5 |   12.0 |   10.5 |   12.7 |    6.5 
  Operators, fabricators, and |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   laborers...................|   42.3 |   10.0 |   46.2 |   37.5 |   72.1 |   64.3 |   66.3 |   26.3 |    5.3 |   13.1 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Length of service with        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 employer:                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Less than 3 months..........|   13.5 |   21.1 |   13.2 |   21.3 |   11.3 |    8.2 |   12.6 |   16.2 |    9.3 |   12.8 
  3 - 11 months...............|   18.1 |   23.0 |   13.8 |   22.3 |   16.2 |   12.0 |   18.0 |   21.6 |   16.8 |   18.4 
  1 - 5 years.................|   32.3 |   32.4 |   33.8 |   32.5 |   31.2 |   27.2 |   37.1 |   32.3 |   38.0 |   33.6 
  More than 5 years...........|   24.3 |   18.2 |   33.9 |   17.1 |   32.4 |   25.4 |   25.8 |   17.3 |   25.5 |   23.9 
  Not reported................|   11.8 |    5.4 |    5.3 |    6.9 |    9.0 |   27.2 |    6.6 |   12.7 |   10.3 |   11.4 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Race or ethnic origin:        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  White, non-Hispanic.........|   50.5 |   40.1 |   19.8 |   62.7 |   54.3 |   35.0 |   57.3 |   51.2 |   48.7 |   47.4 
  Black, non-Hispanic.........|    9.1 |    3.8 |    1.2 |    4.9 |    8.8 |    7.9 |    8.5 |    7.6 |    9.8 |   14.1 
  Hispanic....................|   10.7 |   41.9 |    9.6 |   14.8 |   11.5 |    4.5 |   12.1 |    9.2 |    9.7 |    9.1 
  Asian or Pacific Islander...|    1.5 |    0.6 |    0.2 |    0.6 |    1.5 |    0.8 |    1.4 |    2.0 |    2.7 |    1.8 
  American Indian or Alaskan  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   Native.....................|     .4 |     .3 |    -   |     .6 |     .4 |     .2 |     .6 |     .3 |     .9 |     .5 
  Not reported................|   27.8 |   13.2 |   69.2 |   16.3 |   23.5 |   51.5 |   20.1 |   29.7 |   28.3 |   27.2 
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
       

  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 for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
  5 Less than 0.1 percent.
  
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses, percentages
may not add to 100.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 3. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected occupation
and industry division,1999

(In thousands)
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                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |          Goods producing          |              Service producing             
                                        ________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              | Private|Agricul-|        |        |        |Transpo-|        |        |        |        
          Occupation          |industr-|  ture, |        |        |        | rtation|        |        |Finance,|        
                              |  y(2)  |forestr-|Mining(-|  Con-  |Manufac-|   and  | Whole- | Retail | insur- |        
                              |        |   y,   |   3)   | struc- | turing | public |  sale  |  trade |  ance, |Services
                              |        |   and  |        |  tion  |        |utiliti-|  trade |        |and real|        
                              |        |fishing-|        |        |        |  es(3) |        |        | estate |        
                              |        |   (2)  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total cases...................| 1,702.5|    34.9|    11.3|   193.8|   403.6|   196.7|   136.1|   291.6|    39.5|   394.9
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Truckdrivers..................|   141.1|     1.1|      .8|     7.3|    12.1|    61.9|    26.2|    14.6|      .5|    16.5
Laborers, nonconstruction.....|    89.1|      .5|     1.3|    -   |    29.0|     7.1|    25.7|    14.2|      .8|    10.5
Nursing aides, orderlies......|    75.7|    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |      .4|    75.3
Construction laborers.........|    46.5|    -   |    -   |    45.5|      .4|      .3|    -   |      .1|      .1|      .1
Janitors and cleaners.........|    43.4|      .4|   (4)  |      .3|     6.1|     1.2|     1.0|     5.3|     4.6|    24.4
Assemblers....................|    40.0|      .1|    -   |      .6|    34.9|      .7|     1.8|     1.1|    -   |      .8
Carpenters....................|    35.0|    -   |   (4)  |    27.3|     3.2|      .3|      .5|     1.8|      .4|     1.4
Cooks.........................|    28.0|    -   |    -   |    -   |      .3|      .2|      .1|    19.2|      .2|     8.0
Stock handlers and baggers....|    27.3|   (4)  |   (4)  |      .1|     1.6|      .3|     2.4|    22.7|    -   |      .2
Registered nurses.............|    25.7|    -   |    -   |    -   |   (4)  |      .1|    -   |    -   |      .2|    25.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Supervisors and proprietors...|    25.4|    -   |    -   |      .1|      .5|      .1|     3.2|    19.5|      .5|     1.6
Miscellaneous food preparation|    24.9|    -   |    -   |    -   |      .1|    -   |      .1|    18.6|      .1|     5.9
Welders and cutters...........|    24.7|   (4)  |      .2|     1.8|    18.9|      .7|     2.3|    -   |   (4)  |      .7
Cashiers......................|    22.8|      .1|    -   |    -   |   (4)  |      .1|      .4|    20.8|   (4)  |     1.4
Sales workers, other          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 commodities..................|    21.9|      .1|    -   |      .1|      .3|      .2|     2.0|    17.5|      .1|     1.6
Maids and housemen............|    21.4|    -   |   (4)  |    -   |      .1|   (4)  |    -   |    -   |      .7|    20.5
Groundskeepers and gardeners, |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 except farm..................|    18.9|     9.0|    -   |      .3|      .2|      .2|      .1|      .5|     2.8|     5.6
Electricians..................|    17.9|    -   |      .3|    13.6|     2.2|      .3|      .2|      .2|      .1|     1.1
Shipping and receiving clerks.|    16.6|    -   |    -   |      .1|     5.2|     3.9|     3.0|     3.8|   (4)  |      .6
Mechanics, automobile.........|    16.5|      .1|    -   |    -   |      .2|      .3|     1.1|    10.8|    -   |     4.1
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Driver-sales workers..........|    14.5|    -   |    -   |    -   |     3.6|      .7|     6.3|     2.7|    -   |     1.2
Kitchen workers...............|    14.1|    -   |    -   |    -   |      .1|    -   |    -   |    11.4|    -   |     2.6
Industrial truck operators....|    13.9|      .3|      .5|      .6|     6.1|     1.8|     3.3|      .9|    -   |      .3
Waiters and waitresses........|    13.2|    -   |    -   |    -   |   (4)  |   (4)  |    -   |     9.4|      .1|     3.6
Plumbers and pipefitters......|    12.4|    -   |    -   |     9.7|     1.1|      .4|      .3|    -   |   (4)  |      .8
Repairers, industrial         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 machinery....................|    11.9|    -   |     1.1|      .1|     8.9|      .5|      .6|      .2|    -   |      .5
Licensed practical nurses.....|    11.7|    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |   (4)  |    11.6
Mechanics, bus, truck,        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 stationary                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 engine.......................|    11.6|      .1|   (4)  |      .3|      .7|     4.8|     2.3|     1.3|    -   |     2.1
Farm workers..................|    11.5|    10.5|    -   |    -   |      .4|    -   |      .4|    -   |    -   |      .2
Packaging, filling machine    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 operators....................|    11.5|    -   |    -   |    -   |    10.3|    -   |     0.8|    -   |    -   |     0.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Stock and inventory clerks....|    11.4|   (4)  |    -   |     0.2|     2.2|     0.6|     1.2|     4.8|     0.1|     2.3
Supervisors, production       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 workers......................|    10.7|    -   |     0.1|    -   |     8.2|      .4|      .6|      .5|      .2|      .8
Health aides, except nursing..|    10.1|    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |      .1|    -   |    -   |    -   |     9.9
Hand packers and packagers....|     9.8|      .3|    -   |    -   |     4.7|      .4|     2.2|     1.6|    -   |      .5
Butchers and meat cutters.....|     9.8|      .1|    -   |    -   |     2.6|    -   |      .4|     6.5|    -   |   (4)  
Guards and police, except     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 public.......................|     9.1|    -   |   (4)  |    -   |      .3|      .5|      .1|      .8|      .4|     7.0
Attendants, public            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 transportation...............|     9.0|    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   |     9.0|    -   |    -   |    -   |    -   
Heating, air conditioning, and|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 refrigeration mechanics......|     8.9|    -   |    -   |     5.8|      .2|      .4|      .7|      .5|      .2|     1.1
Machinists....................|     8.7|    -   |   (4)  |      .1|     7.8|   (4)  |      .3|    -   |    -   |      .5
Helpers, construction trades..|     8.7|    -   |    -   |     8.3|      .1|    -   |      .1|      .1|    -   |    -   
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  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 Fewer than 50 cases.
  
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses, data may not
sum to the totals.      
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected injury or
illness characteristics and industry division,1999

(In thousands)
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                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |          Goods producing          |              Service producing             
                                        ________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              | Private|Agricul-|        |        |        |Transpo-|        |        |        |        
        Characteristic        |industr-|  ture, |        |        |        | rtation|        |        |Finance,|        
                              |  y(2)  |forestr-|Mining(-|  Con-  |Manufac-|   and  | Whole- | Retail | insur- |        
                              |        |   y,   |   3)   | struc- | turing | public |  sale  |  trade |  ance, |Services
                              |        |   and  |        |  tion  |        |utiliti-|  trade |        |and real|        
                              |        |fishing-|        |        |        |  es(3) |        |        | estate |        
                              |        |   (2)  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total cases...................| 1,702.5|    34.9|    11.3|   193.8|   403.6|   196.7|   136.1|   291.6|    39.5|   394.9
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Nature of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Sprains, strains............|   739.7|    11.6|     4.4|    72.4|   157.4|    95.7|    65.3|   122.3|    15.2|   195.6
  Bruises, contusions.........|   156.0|     3.2|     1.1|    13.9|    34.8|    20.4|    11.7|    29.2|     2.4|    39.2
  Cuts, lacerations...........|   132.4|     3.4|      .6|    19.7|    35.9|     8.5|     8.4|    34.7|     2.8|    18.5
  Fractures...................|   113.7|     3.7|     1.8|    19.1|    27.9|    11.6|     9.3|    17.4|     3.0|    20.0
  Heat burns..................|    27.1|      .3|      .1|     2.4|     6.7|      .9|      .8|     9.4|      .2|     6.3
  Carpal tunnel syndrome......|    27.9|      .2|      .1|     1.2|    12.1|     2.0|     1.3|     3.4|     2.2|     5.5
  Tendonitis..................|    16.6|      .2|    -   |      .8|     7.1|     1.0|      .8|     2.2|      .6|     3.9
  Chemical burns..............|    11.6|      .2|      .1|     1.9|     3.8|      .6|      .9|     1.6|      .1|     2.5
  Amputations.................|    10.0|      .3|      .1|     1.4|     5.3|      .6|      .5|      .9|      .2|      .8
  Multiple traumatic injuries.|    59.3|     1.2|      .7|     8.5|    12.3|     6.8|     4.9|    10.0|     1.6|    13.3
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Part of body affected by the  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Head........................|   107.7|     2.9|      .6|    15.9|    29.5|    12.0|     7.7|    15.5|     1.9|    21.6
   Eye........................|    53.1|     1.7|      .3|     9.9|    18.7|     3.7|     3.6|     6.5|      .6|     8.1
  Neck........................|    30.9|      .5|      .2|     2.5|     5.7|     4.6|     2.9|     4.6|      .6|     9.2
  Trunk.......................|   631.2|    10.6|     4.0|    62.6|   141.0|    79.6|    57.3|   104.0|    12.0|   160.2
   Shoulder...................|    93.8|     1.6|      .5|     8.4|    23.2|    14.4|     8.2|    15.1|     1.3|    21.1
   Back.......................|   424.3|     6.6|     2.6|    41.0|    89.3|    51.7|    37.8|    71.4|     8.3|   115.5
  Upper extremities...........|   397.1|     9.8|     2.4|    45.9|   125.1|    32.3|    24.2|    76.3|     8.9|    72.2
   Wrist......................|    84.4|     1.2|      .4|     6.9|    27.5|     7.2|     4.6|    13.8|     3.3|    19.5
   Hand, except finger........|    70.8|     2.3|      .5|     8.2|    20.6|     5.0|     4.4|    15.9|     1.2|    12.8
   Finger.....................|   149.5|     3.8|     1.0|    20.4|    51.7|     9.5|     9.2|    30.4|     2.6|    20.9
  Lower extremities...........|   350.2|     8.0|     2.7|    47.1|    70.8|    44.9|    29.7|    60.0|     8.1|    79.0
   Knee.......................|   128.0|     2.1|     1.0|    16.8|    25.6|    16.7|     9.8|    22.4|     2.4|    31.1
   Foot, except toe...........|    59.8|     1.4|      .5|     8.7|    13.5|     7.4|     5.7|    10.7|     1.3|    10.7
   Toe........................|    17.9|      .4|      .1|     2.2|     4.1|     2.3|     1.4|     3.9|      .3|     3.2
  Body systems................|    21.9|      .4|      .2|     1.6|     4.7|     2.9|     1.3|     2.8|     1.2|     6.8
  Multiple parts..............|   148.2|     2.1|     1.1|    16.2|    23.5|    19.4|    12.0|    25.2|     5.8|    43.0
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Source of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Chemicals and chemical      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   products...................|    28.8|     0.4|     0.9|     2.7|     9.5|     2.5|     1.7|     3.4|     0.5|     7.2
  Containers..................|   244.6|     2.7|      .7|     9.2|    54.1|    40.5|    32.3|    63.2|     4.3|    37.5
  Furniture and fixtures......|    58.5|      .3|      .1|     3.3|    10.6|     3.6|     3.2|    15.4|     2.4|    19.8
  Machinery...................|   114.2|     2.6|     1.5|    11.0|    47.0|     5.0|     9.1|    21.3|     2.4|    14.4
  Parts and materials.........|   192.0|     2.5|     1.9|    48.2|    71.7|    16.1|    15.2|    17.4|     1.2|    17.8
  Worker motion or position...|   267.1|     5.0|      .4|    26.0|    79.3|    30.7|    20.0|    38.2|     8.5|    59.0
  Floors, walkways, ground    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   surfaces...................|   272.0|     5.2|     2.1|    34.9|    42.1|    30.5|    19.8|    57.0|     8.8|    71.7
  Tools, instruments, and     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|   105.4|     3.0|      .7|    20.1|    26.4|     7.2|     4.8|    20.9|     2.4|    19.9
  Vehicles....................|   137.7|     2.6|      .6|     9.9|    19.0|    36.3|    17.4|    19.2|     3.1|    29.5
  Health care patient.........|    72.4|    -   |    -   |    -   |   (4)  |     1.8|    -   |    -   |      .3|    70.2
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Event or exposure leading to  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Contact with objects and    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|   459.6|    11.5|     4.6|    67.6|   134.9|    42.1|    35.3|    83.4|     7.5|    72.6
   Struck by object...........|   229.2|     5.1|     2.5|    34.8|    56.9|    21.5|    18.1|    47.1|     4.3|    38.8
   Struck against object......|   116.5|     2.8|      .9|    15.4|    31.3|    11.8|     8.7|    22.4|     2.1|    21.2
   Caught in equipment or     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    object....................|    76.4|     2.2|     1.1|     9.0|    34.6|     5.8|     6.3|     8.9|      .6|     7.9
  Fall to lower level.........|    93.9|     2.6|     1.1|    22.4|    13.2|    13.5|     8.5|    12.5|     2.6|    17.5
  Fall on same level..........|   190.7|     2.9|      .9|    13.8|    32.1|    18.5|    12.2|    47.3|     6.6|    56.4
  Slip, trip, loss of         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   balancewithout fall.......|    54.8|     1.0|      .1|     6.1|    10.3|     7.2|     4.3|    10.8|     1.1|    13.8
  Overexertion................|   459.4|     5.6|     3.2|    40.2|   102.0|    55.9|    42.0|    74.6|     7.8|   128.1
   Overexertion in lifting....|   264.8|     3.4|     1.2|    23.6|    55.5|    29.8|    26.0|    50.7|     4.9|    69.7
  Repetitive motion...........|    73.2|      .8|      .1|     3.5|    34.1|     5.6|     4.3|     7.4|     3.9|    13.5
  Exposure to harmful         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   substances.................|    76.2|     1.9|      .5|     7.2|    20.9|     6.8|     3.9|    14.3|     1.4|    19.3
  Transportation accidents....|    73.2|     1.5|      .2|     6.5|     8.4|    18.2|     9.0|     9.1|     2.5|    17.9
  Fires and explosions........|     3.5|    -   |   (4)  |      .8|      .8|      .3|      .2|      .8|   (4)  |      .5
  Assaults and violent acts by|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   person.....................|    16.6|   (4)  |    -   |      .3|      .5|      .7|      .1|     2.8|      .3|    11.9
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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 Fewer than 50 cases.
  
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses, data may not
sum to the totals.      
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
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,1999
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                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |          Goods producing          |              Service producing             
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                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              | Private|Agricul-|        |        |        |Transpo-|        |        |        |        
        Characteristic        |industry|  ture, |        |        |        | rtation|        |        |Finance,|        
                              |   (2)  |forestr-|Mining(-|  Con-  |  Manu- |   and  | Whole- | Retail | insur- |        
                              |        |   y,   |   3)   | struc- |  fac-  | public |  sale  |  trade |  ance, |Services
                              |        |   and  |        |  tion  | turing |utiliti-|  trade |        |and real|        
                              |        |fishing-|        |        |        |  es(3) |        |        | estate |        
                              |        |   (2)  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
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                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total [1,702,470 cases].......|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Nature of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Sprains, strains............|   43.5 |   33.1 |   38.9 |   37.3 |   39.0 |   48.6 |   48.0 |   41.9 |   38.6 |   49.5 
  Bruises, contusions.........|    9.2 |    9.3 |   10.1 |    7.2 |    8.6 |   10.4 |    8.6 |   10.0 |    6.2 |    9.9 
  Cuts, lacerations...........|    7.8 |    9.6 |    5.7 |   10.2 |    8.9 |    4.3 |    6.1 |   11.9 |    7.0 |    4.7 
  Fractures...................|    6.7 |   10.5 |   15.6 |    9.8 |    6.9 |    5.9 |    6.9 |    6.0 |    7.5 |    5.1 
  Heat burns..................|    1.6 |     .8 |    1.2 |    1.2 |    1.6 |     .4 |     .6 |    3.2 |     .6 |    1.6 
  Carpal tunnel syndrome......|    1.6 |     .6 |     .6 |     .6 |    3.0 |    1.0 |     .9 |    1.2 |    5.5 |    1.4 
  Tendonitis..................|    1.0 |     .7 |    -   |     .4 |    1.8 |     .5 |     .6 |     .7 |    1.5 |    1.0 
  Chemical burns..............|     .7 |     .6 |     .5 |    1.0 |     .9 |     .3 |     .7 |     .5 |     .3 |     .6 
  Amputations.................|     .6 |     .8 |     .8 |     .7 |    1.3 |     .3 |     .4 |     .3 |     .4 |     .2 
  Multiple traumatic injuries.|    3.5 |    3.3 |    6.2 |    4.4 |    3.0 |    3.5 |    3.6 |    3.4 |    4.2 |    3.4 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Part of body affected by the  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Head........................|    6.3 |    8.3 |    5.7 |    8.2 |    7.3 |    6.1 |    5.7 |    5.3 |    4.9 |    5.5 
   Eye........................|    3.1 |    4.9 |    2.4 |    5.1 |    4.6 |    1.9 |    2.6 |    2.2 |    1.5 |    2.1 
  Neck........................|    1.8 |    1.4 |    2.2 |    1.3 |    1.4 |    2.3 |    2.1 |    1.6 |    1.5 |    2.3 
  Trunk.......................|   37.1 |   30.3 |   35.3 |   32.3 |   34.9 |   40.5 |   42.1 |   35.7 |   30.4 |   40.6 
   Shoulder...................|    5.5 |    4.6 |    4.2 |    4.3 |    5.8 |    7.3 |    6.0 |    5.2 |    3.4 |    5.3 
   Back.......................|   24.9 |   18.9 |   22.8 |   21.2 |   22.1 |   26.3 |   27.8 |   24.5 |   21.1 |   29.3 
  Upper extremities...........|   23.3 |   28.1 |   21.5 |   23.7 |   31.0 |   16.4 |   17.8 |   26.2 |   22.5 |   18.3 
   Wrist......................|    5.0 |    3.5 |    3.5 |    3.6 |    6.8 |    3.6 |    3.4 |    4.7 |    8.4 |    4.9 
   Hand, except finger........|    4.2 |    6.6 |    4.2 |    4.3 |    5.1 |    2.5 |    3.2 |    5.4 |    3.0 |    3.2 
   Finger.....................|    8.8 |   10.9 |    9.2 |   10.5 |   12.8 |    4.8 |    6.8 |   10.4 |    6.5 |    5.3 
  Lower extremities...........|   20.6 |   22.8 |   23.9 |   24.3 |   17.5 |   22.8 |   21.8 |   20.6 |   20.4 |   20.0 
   Knee.......................|    7.5 |    5.9 |    9.0 |    8.7 |    6.4 |    8.5 |    7.2 |    7.7 |    6.0 |    7.9 
   Foot, except toe...........|    3.5 |    4.0 |    4.2 |    4.5 |    3.3 |    3.7 |    4.2 |    3.7 |    3.2 |    2.7 
   Toe........................|    1.0 |    1.0 |     .8 |    1.1 |    1.0 |    1.2 |    1.0 |    1.4 |     .7 |     .8 
  Body systems................|    1.3 |    1.1 |    1.5 |     .8 |    1.2 |    1.5 |    1.0 |    1.0 |    3.1 |    1.7 
  Multiple parts..............|    8.7 |    5.9 |    9.8 |    8.3 |    5.8 |    9.9 |    8.8 |    8.6 |   14.8 |   10.9 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Source of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Chemicals and chemical      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   products...................|    1.7 |    1.2 |    7.7 |    1.4 |    2.4 |    1.3 |    1.2 |    1.2 |    1.3 |    1.8 
  Containers..................|   14.4 |    7.8 |    6.2 |    4.8 |   13.4 |   20.6 |   23.7 |   21.7 |   10.9 |    9.5 
  Furniture and fixtures......|    3.4 |     .9 |     .5 |    1.7 |    2.6 |    1.8 |    2.3 |    5.3 |    6.1 |    5.0 
  Machinery...................|    6.7 |    7.5 |   13.0 |    5.7 |   11.6 |    2.5 |    6.7 |    7.3 |    6.1 |    3.6 
  Parts and materials.........|   11.3 |    7.0 |   16.9 |   24.9 |   17.8 |    8.2 |   11.2 |    6.0 |    3.1 |    4.5 
  Worker motion or position...|   15.7 |   14.2 |    3.8 |   13.4 |   19.6 |   15.6 |   14.7 |   13.1 |   21.5 |   14.9 
  Floors, walkways, ground    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   surfaces...................|   16.0 |   14.8 |   18.4 |   18.0 |   10.4 |   15.5 |   14.5 |   19.5 |   22.3 |   18.2 
  Tools, instruments, and     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|    6.2 |    8.6 |    5.9 |   10.4 |    6.5 |    3.7 |    3.5 |    7.2 |    6.1 |    5.1 
  Vehicles....................|    8.1 |    7.3 |    5.7 |    5.1 |    4.7 |   18.5 |   12.8 |    6.6 |    7.9 |    7.5 
  Health care patient.........|    4.3 |    -   |    -   |    -   |   (4)  |     .9 |    -   |    -   |     .7 |   17.8 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Event or exposure leading to  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Contact with objects and    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|   27.0 |   32.8 |   40.4 |   34.9 |   33.4 |   21.4 |   26.0 |   28.6 |   19.1 |   18.4 
   Struck by object...........|   13.5 |   14.6 |   22.3 |   18.0 |   14.1 |   10.9 |   13.3 |   16.1 |   10.8 |    9.8 
   Struck against object......|    6.8 |    7.9 |    8.4 |    7.9 |    7.8 |    6.0 |    6.4 |    7.7 |    5.4 |    5.4 
   Caught in equipment or     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    object....................|    4.5 |    6.3 |    9.4 |    4.6 |    8.6 |    3.0 |    4.6 |    3.0 |    1.6 |    2.0 
  Fall to lower level.........|    5.5 |    7.6 |    9.6 |   11.6 |    3.3 |    6.8 |    6.3 |    4.3 |    6.6 |    4.4 
  Fall on same level..........|   11.2 |    8.3 |    7.9 |    7.1 |    8.0 |    9.4 |    8.9 |   16.2 |   16.7 |   14.3 
  Slip, trip, loss of         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   balance-without fall.......|    3.2 |    2.9 |     .9 |    3.1 |    2.6 |    3.7 |    3.1 |    3.7 |    2.9 |    3.5 
  Overexertion................|   27.0 |   16.1 |   28.7 |   20.7 |   25.3 |   28.4 |   30.9 |   25.6 |   19.6 |   32.4 
   Overexertion in lifting....|   15.6 |    9.7 |   10.5 |   12.2 |   13.7 |   15.2 |   19.1 |   17.4 |   12.5 |   17.6 
  Repetitive motion...........|    4.3 |    2.3 |    1.3 |    1.8 |    8.4 |    2.8 |    3.2 |    2.5 |    9.9 |    3.4 
  Exposure to harmful         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   substances.................|    4.5 |    5.4 |    4.3 |    3.7 |    5.2 |    3.4 |    2.9 |    4.9 |    3.6 |    4.9 
  Transportation accidents....|    4.3 |    4.3 |    1.5 |    3.4 |    2.1 |    9.2 |    6.6 |    3.1 |    6.4 |    4.5 
  Fires and explosions........|     .2 |    -   |     .3 |     .4 |     .2 |     .1 |     .2 |     .3 |     .1 |     .1 
  Assaults and violent acts by|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   person.....................|    1.0 |     .1 |    -   |     .2 |     .1 |     .3 |     .1 |    1.0 |     .8 |    3.0 
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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
by the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  Independent mining contractors are excluded
from the coal, metal, and nonmetal industries.
  4 Less than 0.1 percent.
  
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses, percentages
may not add to 100.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 6. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000
full-time workers for selected characteristics and industry division,1999
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                              |        |                                   |                                            
                              |        |          Goods producing          |              Service producing             
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                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
                              | Private|Agricul-|        |        |        |Transpo-|        |        |        |        
        Characteristic        |industr-|  ture, |        |        |        | rtation|        |        |Finance,|        
                              |  y(3)  |forestr-|Mining(-|  Con-  |Manufac-|   and  | Whole- | Retail | insur- |        
                              |        |   y,   |   4)   | struc- | turing | public |  sale  |  trade |  ance, |Services
                              |        |   and  |        |  tion  |        |utiliti-|  trade |        |and real|        
                              |        |fishing-|        |        |        |  es(4) |        |        | estate |        
                              |        |   (3)  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
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                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total [1,702,470 cases].......|  188.3 |  243.6 |  201.8 |  331.3 |  217.7 |  306.5 |  204.5 |  170.3 |   58.6 |  145.8 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Nature of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Sprains, strains............|   81.8 |   80.6 |   78.6 |  123.8 |   84.9 |  149.0 |   98.1 |   71.4 |   22.6 |   72.2 
  Bruises, contusions.........|   17.3 |   22.6 |   20.4 |   23.7 |   18.8 |   31.8 |   17.6 |   17.1 |    3.6 |   14.5 
  Cuts, lacerations...........|   14.6 |   23.5 |   11.5 |   33.7 |   19.4 |   13.2 |   12.6 |   20.2 |    4.1 |    6.8 
  Fractures...................|   12.6 |   25.5 |   31.6 |   32.6 |   15.0 |   18.1 |   14.0 |   10.2 |    4.4 |    7.4 
  Heat burns..................|    3.0 |    2.0 |    2.5 |    4.1 |    3.6 |    1.4 |    1.2 |    5.5 |   (5)  |    2.3 
  Carpal tunnel syndrome......|    3.1 |    1.5 |    1.3 |    2.0 |    6.6 |    3.1 |    1.9 |    2.0 |    3.2 |    2.0 
  Tendonitis..................|    1.8 |    1.6 |    -   |    1.3 |    3.8 |    1.6 |    1.2 |    1.3 |   (5)  |    1.5 
  Chemical burns..............|    1.3 |    1.4 |    1.0 |    3.2 |    2.1 |   (5)  |    1.4 |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  
  Amputations.................|    1.1 |    1.8 |    1.6 |    2.3 |    2.9 |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  
  Multiple traumatic injuries.|    6.6 |    8.0 |   12.5 |   14.6 |    6.6 |   10.7 |    7.4 |    5.8 |    2.4 |    4.9 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Part of body affected by the  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Head........................|   11.9 |   20.1 |   11.4 |   27.2 |   15.9 |   18.7 |   11.6 |    9.1 |    2.9 |    8.0 
   Eye........................|    5.9 |   11.9 |    4.8 |   17.0 |   10.1 |    5.7 |    5.4 |    3.8 |   (5)  |    3.0 
  Neck........................|    3.4 |    3.5 |    4.4 |    4.4 |    3.1 |    7.2 |    4.4 |    2.7 |   (5)  |    3.4 
  Trunk.......................|   69.8 |   73.8 |   71.2 |  107.0 |   76.1 |  124.0 |   86.0 |   60.8 |   17.8 |   59.1 
   Shoulder...................|   10.4 |   11.3 |    8.5 |   14.4 |   12.5 |   22.4 |   12.3 |    8.8 |    2.0 |    7.8 
   Back.......................|   46.9 |   46.0 |   46.1 |   70.1 |   48.2 |   80.5 |   56.8 |   41.7 |   12.4 |   42.7 
  Upper extremities...........|   43.9 |   68.5 |   43.4 |   78.4 |   67.5 |   50.3 |   36.4 |   44.6 |   13.2 |   26.7 
   Wrist......................|    9.3 |    8.4 |    7.1 |   11.9 |   14.8 |   11.2 |    6.9 |    8.1 |    4.9 |    7.2 
   Hand, except finger........|    7.8 |   16.1 |    8.5 |   14.1 |   11.1 |    7.8 |    6.6 |    9.3 |    1.7 |    4.7 
   Finger.....................|   16.5 |   26.5 |   18.6 |   34.8 |   27.9 |   14.8 |   13.9 |   17.8 |    3.8 |    7.7 
  Lower extremities...........|   38.7 |   55.5 |   48.2 |   80.5 |   38.2 |   70.0 |   44.7 |   35.1 |   12.0 |   29.2 
   Knee.......................|   14.2 |   14.3 |   18.2 |   28.7 |   13.8 |   26.0 |   14.8 |   13.1 |    3.5 |   11.5 
   Foot, except toe...........|    6.6 |    9.7 |    8.4 |   15.0 |    7.3 |   11.5 |    8.5 |    6.3 |    1.9 |    3.9 
   Toe........................|    2.0 |    2.5 |    1.6 |    3.8 |    2.2 |    3.6 |    2.1 |    2.3 |   (5)  |    1.2 
  Body systems................|    2.4 |    2.7 |    3.1 |    2.8 |    2.5 |    4.6 |    2.0 |    1.6 |    1.8 |    2.5 
  Multiple parts..............|   16.4 |   14.3 |   19.8 |   27.6 |   12.7 |   30.2 |   18.1 |   14.7 |    8.7 |   15.9 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Source of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Chemicals and chemical      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   products...................|    3.2 |    2.9 |   15.6 |    4.6 |    5.2 |    4.0 |    2.5 |    2.0 |   (5)  |    2.6 
  Containers..................|   27.1 |   18.9 |   12.5 |   15.8 |   29.2 |   63.1 |   48.5 |   36.9 |    6.4 |   13.9 
  Furniture and fixtures......|    6.5 |    2.1 |    1.0 |    5.6 |    5.7 |    5.6 |    4.8 |    9.0 |    3.6 |    7.3 
  Machinery...................|   12.6 |   18.2 |   26.2 |   18.8 |   25.3 |    7.8 |   13.7 |   12.4 |    3.6 |    5.3 
  Parts and materials.........|   21.2 |   17.1 |   34.1 |   82.4 |   38.7 |   25.0 |   22.9 |   10.1 |    1.8 |    6.6 
  Worker motion or position...|   29.5 |   34.7 |    7.6 |   44.5 |   42.8 |   47.8 |   30.1 |   22.3 |   12.6 |   21.8 
  Floors, walkways, ground    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   surfaces...................|   30.1 |   36.1 |   37.2 |   59.6 |   22.7 |   47.5 |   29.7 |   33.3 |   13.1 |   26.5 
  Tools, instruments, and     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|   11.7 |   20.9 |   11.9 |   34.3 |   14.3 |   11.2 |    7.3 |   12.2 |    3.6 |    7.4 
  Vehicles....................|   15.2 |   17.9 |   11.6 |   16.9 |   10.3 |   56.6 |   26.2 |   11.2 |    4.6 |   10.9 
  Health care patient.........|    8.0 |    -   |    -   |    -   |   (5)  |    2.8 |    -   |    -   |   (5)  |   25.9 
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Event or exposure leading to  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Contact with objects and    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|   50.8 |   79.9 |   81.5 |  115.6 |   72.8 |   65.7 |   53.1 |   48.7 |   11.2 |   26.8 
   Struck by object...........|   25.4 |   35.6 |   44.9 |   59.6 |   30.7 |   33.4 |   27.2 |   27.5 |    6.3 |   14.3 
   Struck against object......|   12.9 |   19.3 |   16.9 |   26.3 |   16.9 |   18.3 |   13.0 |   13.1 |    3.1 |    7.8 
   Caught in equipment or     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    object....................|    8.5 |   15.4 |   19.0 |   15.4 |   18.7 |    9.0 |    9.5 |    5.2 |    1.0 |    2.9 
  Fall to lower level.........|   10.4 |   18.5 |   19.3 |   38.3 |    7.1 |   21.0 |   12.8 |    7.3 |    3.9 |    6.5 
  Fall on same level..........|   21.1 |   20.1 |   16.0 |   23.6 |   17.3 |   28.9 |   18.3 |   27.7 |    9.8 |   20.8 
  Slip, trip, loss of         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   balance-without fall.......|    6.1 |    7.0 |    1.8 |   10.4 |    5.6 |   11.3 |    6.4 |    6.3 |    1.7 |    5.1 
  Overexertion................|   50.8 |   39.2 |   57.9 |   68.7 |   55.0 |   87.1 |   63.1 |   43.6 |   11.5 |   47.3 
   Overexertion in lifting....|   29.3 |   23.6 |   21.3 |   40.3 |   29.9 |   46.5 |   39.1 |   29.6 |    7.3 |   25.7 
  Repetitive motion...........|    8.1 |    5.6 |    2.5 |    6.0 |   18.4 |    8.7 |    6.5 |    4.3 |    5.8 |    5.0 
  Exposure to harmful         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   substances.................|    8.4 |   13.1 |    8.7 |   12.4 |   11.3 |   10.6 |    5.9 |    8.3 |    2.1 |    7.1 
  Transportation accidents....|    8.1 |   10.5 |    3.0 |   11.1 |    4.5 |   28.3 |   13.5 |    5.3 |    3.7 |    6.6 
  Fires and explosions........|   (5)  |    -   |   (5)  |    1.4 |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  |   (5)  
  Assaults and violent acts by|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   person.....................|    1.8 |   (5)  |    -   |   (5)  |   (5)  |    1.1 |   (5)  |    1.6 |   (5)  |    4.4 
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  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.
  5 Less than 1.0 case per 10,000 full-time workers.
  
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.                                       
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 7. 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,1999
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                              |        |                                                              |        
                              |        |       Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving -       | Median 
                                        ______________________________________________________________         
                              |  Total |                                                              |  days  
        Characteristic        |  cases |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  away  
                              |        |  1 day | 2 days |  3 - 5 | 6 - 10 | 11 - 20| 21 - 30| 31 days|  from  
                              |        |        |        |  days  |  days  |  days  |  days  | or more|  work  
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total  [1,702,470 cases]......|  100.0 |   16.0 |   12.9 |   20.5 |   13.3 |   11.4 |    6.3 |   19.6 |     6  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Sex:                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Male........................|  100.0 |   16.1 |   12.6 |   20.2 |   13.5 |   11.5 |    6.5 |   19.6 |     6  
  Female......................|  100.0 |   16.0 |   13.4 |   21.2 |   12.9 |   11.0 |    6.0 |   19.6 |     5  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Age:(2)                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  14 - 15.....................|  100.0 |   51.4 |    4.6 |   14.8 |    6.8 |    6.6 |    1.3 |   14.5 |     1  
  16 - 19.....................|  100.0 |   23.5 |   16.7 |   23.2 |   14.5 |   10.3 |    4.5 |    7.2 |     3  
  20 - 24.....................|  100.0 |   21.2 |   15.2 |   24.8 |   13.3 |   10.4 |    4.8 |   10.3 |     4  
  25 - 34.....................|  100.0 |   17.4 |   14.3 |   21.9 |   13.3 |   11.0 |    5.7 |   16.5 |     5  
  35 - 44.....................|  100.0 |   15.2 |   12.1 |   19.8 |   13.6 |   11.5 |    6.6 |   21.3 |     6  
  45 - 54.....................|  100.0 |   13.1 |   10.9 |   18.6 |   13.3 |   11.9 |    7.1 |   25.0 |     8  
  55 - 64.....................|  100.0 |   11.7 |   10.0 |   16.4 |   12.6 |   12.9 |    7.5 |   28.9 |    10  
  65 and over.................|  100.0 |   11.1 |   10.5 |   15.6 |   11.8 |   14.8 |    9.2 |   26.9 |    11  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Occupation:                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Managerial and professional |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   specialty..................|  100.0 |   16.7 |   15.9 |   22.3 |   13.3 |   11.5 |    4.7 |   15.5 |     5  
  Technical, sales, and       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   administrative support.....|  100.0 |   16.4 |   13.4 |   21.6 |   12.1 |   11.4 |    6.2 |   18.8 |     5  
  Service.....................|  100.0 |   16.0 |   13.9 |   23.2 |   14.1 |   10.7 |    5.1 |   17.0 |     5  
  Farming, forestry, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   fishing....................|  100.0 |   13.5 |   12.9 |   21.1 |   13.5 |   10.3 |    7.9 |   20.8 |     6  
  Precision production, craft,|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   and repair.................|  100.0 |   15.9 |   11.7 |   18.7 |   13.2 |   11.4 |    6.9 |   22.2 |     7  
  Operators, fabricators, and |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   laborers...................|  100.0 |   16.0 |   12.4 |   19.5 |   13.4 |   11.6 |    6.7 |   20.4 |     6  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Length of service with        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 employer:                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Less than 3 months..........|  100.0 |   17.9 |   14.5 |   22.0 |   13.0 |   10.8 |    5.4 |   16.5 |     5  
  3 - 11 months...............|  100.0 |   17.0 |   14.0 |   22.5 |   13.7 |   10.5 |    5.2 |   17.0 |     5  
  1 - 5 years.................|  100.0 |   16.6 |   13.1 |   20.6 |   13.2 |   10.8 |    6.2 |   19.3 |     5  
  More than 5 years...........|  100.0 |   14.1 |   11.3 |   18.4 |   13.0 |   12.7 |    7.6 |   22.9 |     8  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Race or ethnic origin:        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  White, non-Hispanic.........|  100.0 |   16.7 |   13.3 |   20.5 |   13.2 |   11.2 |    6.2 |   18.8 |     5  
  Black, non-Hispanic.........|  100.0 |   15.4 |   12.7 |   21.5 |   13.5 |   11.1 |    6.0 |   19.8 |     6  
  Hispanic....................|  100.0 |   14.1 |   11.8 |   20.2 |   13.0 |   12.0 |    7.0 |   21.8 |     7  
  Asian or Pacific Islander...|  100.0 |   13.0 |   12.9 |   23.1 |   13.8 |   11.7 |    6.6 |   19.0 |     6  
  American Indian or Alaskan  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   Native.....................|  100.0 |   15.4 |   10.5 |   28.7 |   15.5 |   10.3 |    4.1 |   15.4 |     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 for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50
cases.
  NOTE:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses,
percentages may not add to 100.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1)
by selected occupation and number of days away from work,1999
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |                                                              |        
                              |        |       Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving -       | Median 
                                        ______________________________________________________________         
                              |  Total |                                                              |  days  
          Occupation          |  cases |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  away  
                              |        |  1 day | 2 days |  3 - 5 | 6 - 10 | 11 - 20| 21 - 30| 31 days|  from  
                              |        |        |        |  days  |  days  |  days  |  days  | or more|  work  
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total [1,702,470 cases].......|  100.0 |   16.0 |   12.9 |   20.5 |   13.3 |   11.4 |    6.3 |   19.6 |     6  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Truckdrivers..................|  100.0 |   11.0 |   11.1 |   18.9 |   14.1 |   13.4 |    6.8 |   24.7 |     8  
Laborers, nonconstruction.....|  100.0 |   17.7 |   12.4 |   20.2 |   14.7 |   11.2 |    6.1 |   17.6 |     5  
Nursing aides, orderlies......|  100.0 |   16.5 |   14.6 |   24.2 |   13.4 |   10.4 |    4.3 |   16.6 |     5  
Construction laborers.........|  100.0 |   15.5 |   12.5 |   20.2 |   13.7 |    9.4 |    7.2 |   21.6 |     6  
Janitors and cleaners.........|  100.0 |   16.8 |   12.2 |   21.6 |   15.4 |   11.0 |    5.7 |   17.3 |     5  
Assemblers....................|  100.0 |   17.0 |   11.9 |   16.9 |   14.0 |   11.0 |    7.1 |   22.1 |     7  
Carpenters....................|  100.0 |   14.3 |   13.2 |   17.9 |   12.8 |   10.1 |    7.2 |   24.5 |     7  
Cooks.........................|  100.0 |   16.2 |   15.5 |   26.4 |   14.8 |    8.0 |    5.7 |   13.4 |     4  
Stock handlers and baggers....|  100.0 |   14.2 |   16.3 |   25.3 |   14.5 |   10.5 |    5.7 |   13.5 |     5  
Registered nurses.............|  100.0 |   17.5 |   15.5 |   23.2 |   14.8 |    9.8 |    4.6 |   14.7 |     4  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Supervisors and proprietors...|  100.0 |   13.5 |   13.8 |   22.5 |   11.2 |   11.2 |    7.9 |   20.0 |     6  
Miscellaneous food preparation|  100.0 |   19.2 |   14.7 |   21.9 |   14.2 |   13.0 |    3.1 |   13.8 |     4  
Welders and cutters...........|  100.0 |   23.7 |   12.7 |   17.5 |   12.2 |   10.2 |    6.8 |   16.9 |     5  
Cashiers......................|  100.0 |   15.0 |   14.2 |   23.2 |   12.9 |   11.5 |    6.1 |   17.0 |     5  
Sales workers, other          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 commodities..................|  100.0 |   16.6 |   12.3 |   23.8 |    9.8 |   13.0 |    5.9 |   18.6 |     5  
Maids and housemen............|  100.0 |   14.7 |   13.9 |   22.5 |   15.6 |    9.3 |    4.7 |   19.3 |     5  
Groundskeepers and gardeners, |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 except farm..................|  100.0 |   14.4 |   13.6 |   19.9 |   12.8 |   11.3 |    6.1 |   21.9 |     6  
Electricians..................|  100.0 |   17.5 |   10.3 |   19.2 |   12.5 |   14.2 |    5.3 |   21.0 |     7  
Shipping and receiving clerks.|  100.0 |   19.7 |   13.2 |   20.2 |   12.4 |   10.2 |    7.7 |   16.5 |     5  
Mechanics, automobile.........|  100.0 |   18.3 |   11.9 |   23.8 |   11.9 |    9.2 |    6.6 |   18.3 |     5  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Driver-sales workers..........|  100.0 |   11.2 |   12.4 |   23.1 |   14.1 |   11.0 |    7.3 |   20.9 |     6  
Kitchen workers...............|  100.0 |   17.6 |   15.5 |   25.5 |   13.1 |    9.5 |    5.2 |   13.6 |     4  
Industrial truck operators....|  100.0 |   18.4 |   11.6 |   18.5 |   10.8 |   12.9 |    6.6 |   21.1 |     6  
Waiters and waitresses........|  100.0 |   15.3 |   16.0 |   21.9 |   13.7 |   11.2 |    5.0 |   16.8 |     5  
Plumbers and pipefitters......|  100.0 |   13.7 |   13.1 |   19.5 |   14.4 |   10.7 |    7.0 |   21.6 |     6  
Repairers, industrial         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 machinery....................|  100.0 |   16.6 |   11.5 |   16.4 |   11.5 |   13.4 |    8.3 |   22.3 |     8  
Licensed practical nurses.....|  100.0 |   15.3 |   12.3 |   24.5 |   15.5 |    7.4 |    4.9 |   19.9 |     5  
Mechanics, bus, truck,        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 stationary                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 engine.......................|  100.0 |   17.7 |   11.9 |   17.2 |   11.8 |    8.6 |    8.5 |   24.3 |     7  
Farm workers..................|  100.0 |   10.9 |   13.0 |   22.1 |   14.8 |   11.6 |    6.3 |   21.3 |     6  
Packaging, filling machine    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 operators....................|  100.0 |   16.1 |   14.7 |   18.6 |   13.8 |    9.9 |    6.8 |   20.1 |     6  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Stock and inventory clerks....|  100.0 |   14.7 |   16.7 |   20.2 |   10.4 |   11.9 |    7.1 |   19.0 |     5  
Supervisors, production       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 workers......................|  100.0 |   18.0 |   16.1 |   18.3 |   12.5 |   12.3 |    5.8 |   17.1 |     5  
Health aides, except nursing..|  100.0 |   15.8 |   15.9 |   28.5 |   11.7 |    9.0 |    6.0 |   13.1 |     5  
Hand packers and packagers....|  100.0 |   21.2 |   12.7 |   20.4 |   11.3 |   11.6 |    4.8 |   18.0 |     5  
Butchers and meat cutters.....|  100.0 |   19.4 |   14.7 |   18.6 |   16.0 |   10.8 |    4.6 |   15.9 |     5  
Guards and police, except     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 public.......................|  100.0 |   14.1 |   12.5 |   19.1 |   10.6 |   12.3 |    5.5 |   26.0 |     7  
Attendants, public            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 transportation...............|  100.0 |    4.9 |    9.7 |   20.5 |   16.1 |   15.9 |    7.8 |   25.1 |    10  
Heating, air conditioning, and|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 refrigeration mechanics......|  100.0 |   15.9 |   10.4 |   17.8 |   11.4 |   10.5 |   10.4 |   23.5 |    10  
Machinists....................|  100.0 |   20.1 |   10.8 |   18.4 |   12.7 |   10.8 |    7.2 |   20.0 |     6  
Helpers, construction trades..|  100.0 |   22.6 |   11.2 |   21.0 |   10.6 |   13.4 |    5.4 |   15.7 |     5  
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  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 and nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 100.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 9. 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,1999
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |                                                              |        
                              |        |       Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving -       | Median 
                                        ______________________________________________________________         
                              |  Total |                                                              |  days  
        Characteristic        |  cases |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  away  
                              |        |  1 day | 2 days |  3 - 5 | 6 - 10 | 11 - 20| 21 - 30| 31 days|  from  
                              |        |        |        |  days  |  days  |  days  |  days  | or more|  work  
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Total [1,702,470 cases].......|  100.0 |   16.0 |   12.9 |   20.5 |   13.3 |   11.4 |    6.3 |   19.6 |     6  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Nature of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Sprains, strains............|  100.0 |   13.6 |   13.0 |   22.4 |   14.1 |   11.7 |    6.0 |   19.1 |     6  
  Bruises, contusions.........|  100.0 |   23.3 |   16.8 |   23.6 |   12.6 |    9.6 |    4.1 |   10.0 |     3  
  Cuts, lacerations...........|  100.0 |   25.1 |   16.1 |   22.1 |   13.7 |   10.3 |    3.8 |    8.9 |     3  
  Fractures...................|  100.0 |    7.4 |    7.1 |   12.3 |   10.7 |   13.0 |   11.0 |   38.5 |    20  
  Heat burns..................|  100.0 |   17.5 |   18.8 |   21.3 |   16.5 |   14.3 |    5.0 |    6.7 |     4  
  Carpal tunnel syndrome......|  100.0 |    4.0 |    4.0 |    8.4 |   10.7 |   15.5 |   11.7 |   45.6 |    27  
  Tendonitis..................|  100.0 |    9.6 |   10.1 |   19.8 |   15.7 |   12.3 |    7.6 |   24.8 |     9  
  Chemical burns..............|  100.0 |   31.1 |   17.9 |   25.2 |   11.9 |    6.9 |    2.6 |    4.5 |     3  
  Amputations.................|  100.0 |    5.4 |    4.6 |   10.5 |   13.6 |   19.7 |   12.2 |   34.0 |    18  
  Multiple traumatic injuries.|  100.0 |   15.4 |   10.8 |   18.5 |   13.9 |   11.1 |    7.3 |   23.0 |     7  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Part of body affected by the  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Head........................|  100.0 |   37.8 |   19.6 |   20.4 |    9.4 |    4.8 |    1.9 |    6.1 |     2  
   Eye........................|  100.0 |   48.1 |   21.2 |   18.8 |    5.5 |    2.9 |    1.3 |    2.1 |     2  
  Neck........................|  100.0 |   14.4 |   13.5 |   21.1 |   11.2 |   10.4 |    4.5 |   25.0 |     6  
  Trunk.......................|  100.0 |   13.1 |   12.0 |   21.4 |   14.1 |   11.9 |    6.6 |   20.9 |     7  
   Shoulder...................|  100.0 |   11.9 |   10.1 |   17.3 |   12.2 |   12.5 |    7.7 |   28.3 |    10  
   Back.......................|  100.0 |   13.4 |   13.1 |   23.3 |   14.9 |   10.9 |    5.3 |   19.1 |     6  
  Upper extremities...........|  100.0 |   17.3 |   12.6 |   19.3 |   13.9 |   11.5 |    6.6 |   18.7 |     6  
   Wrist......................|  100.0 |   11.0 |    8.9 |   15.3 |   12.8 |   12.6 |    8.7 |   30.7 |    12  
   Hand, except finger........|  100.0 |   19.5 |   15.6 |   21.1 |   14.1 |    9.7 |    4.6 |   15.3 |     5  
   Finger.....................|  100.0 |   21.6 |   13.9 |   20.6 |   14.1 |   11.2 |    6.3 |   12.3 |     4  
  Lower extremities...........|  100.0 |   13.8 |   12.6 |   20.5 |   13.3 |   11.9 |    7.1 |   20.7 |     7  
   Knee.......................|  100.0 |   10.7 |   10.6 |   18.5 |   12.5 |   12.3 |    8.4 |   27.1 |    10  
   Foot, except toe...........|  100.0 |   17.4 |   13.1 |   20.6 |   14.8 |   10.4 |    6.1 |   17.5 |     5  
   Toe........................|  100.0 |   17.9 |   16.3 |   23.3 |   12.7 |   13.0 |    7.3 |    9.6 |     5  
  Body systems................|  100.0 |   23.5 |   14.7 |   23.2 |    9.9 |    6.6 |    4.9 |   17.2 |     3  
  Multiple parts..............|  100.0 |   13.5 |   12.3 |   19.0 |   12.3 |   12.8 |    6.3 |   23.7 |     8  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Source of injury or illness:  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Chemicals and chemical      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   products...................|  100.0 |   29.0 |   17.8 |   24.6 |   12.3 |    5.7 |    3.4 |    7.1 |     3  
  Containers..................|  100.0 |   14.4 |   13.2 |   22.2 |   14.1 |   11.5 |    6.4 |   18.2 |     6  
  Furniture and fixtures......|  100.0 |   17.8 |   13.8 |   21.8 |   14.0 |   10.6 |    5.9 |   16.1 |     5  
  Machinery...................|  100.0 |   16.9 |   12.4 |   19.2 |   13.8 |   12.8 |    7.1 |   17.7 |     6  
  Parts and materials.........|  100.0 |   16.6 |   12.4 |   20.2 |   14.8 |   11.9 |    6.4 |   17.6 |     6  
  Worker motion or position...|  100.0 |   11.1 |   10.7 |   19.2 |   13.4 |   13.2 |    7.6 |   24.9 |     9  
  Floors, walkways, ground    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   surfaces...................|  100.0 |   13.0 |   11.4 |   19.9 |   12.3 |   11.5 |    6.7 |   25.3 |     7  
  Tools, instruments, and     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|  100.0 |   23.3 |   15.1 |   21.2 |   11.8 |   10.5 |    5.5 |   12.7 |     4  
  Vehicles....................|  100.0 |   13.5 |   11.7 |   18.7 |   14.3 |   12.2 |    6.1 |   23.4 |     7  
  Health care patient.........|  100.0 |   17.5 |   14.7 |   24.3 |   13.4 |   10.5 |    4.1 |   15.5 |     5  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Event or exposure leading to  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 injury or illness:           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  Contact with objects and    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   equipment..................|  100.0 |   22.6 |   15.2 |   20.8 |   12.7 |   10.2 |    5.3 |   13.3 |     4  
   Struck by object...........|  100.0 |   22.4 |   15.5 |   21.8 |   12.2 |    9.7 |    5.2 |   13.2 |     4  
   Struck against object......|  100.0 |   21.5 |   15.0 |   21.8 |   13.6 |   10.6 |    4.9 |   12.5 |     4  
   Caught in equipment or     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
    object....................|  100.0 |   16.3 |   12.1 |   18.2 |   14.9 |   13.3 |    7.0 |   18.2 |     6  
  Fall to lower level.........|  100.0 |   10.9 |   10.5 |   17.0 |   11.9 |   11.5 |    7.8 |   30.2 |    10  
  Fall on same level..........|  100.0 |   14.3 |   11.5 |   21.1 |   12.5 |   11.3 |    6.2 |   23.2 |     6  
  Slip, trip, loss of         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   balance-without fall.......|  100.0 |   13.1 |   13.5 |   20.8 |   13.1 |   13.2 |    6.5 |   19.8 |     6  
  Overexertion................|  100.0 |   12.9 |   12.3 |   21.5 |   14.5 |   12.2 |    6.8 |   19.9 |     6  
   Overexertion in lifting....|  100.0 |   12.7 |   12.8 |   22.3 |   14.2 |   12.0 |    7.0 |   19.1 |     6  
  Repetitive motion...........|  100.0 |    8.1 |    6.3 |   12.4 |   13.1 |   14.6 |    9.4 |   36.0 |    17  
  Exposure to harmful         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   substances.................|  100.0 |   26.4 |   18.1 |   23.2 |   12.9 |    8.6 |    3.7 |    7.1 |     3  
  Transportation accidents....|  100.0 |   11.2 |   10.9 |   17.3 |   14.2 |   12.6 |    6.5 |   27.3 |     9  
  Fires and explosions........|  100.0 |   14.1 |   10.9 |   20.6 |   18.8 |   11.2 |    8.3 |   16.2 |     7  
  Assaults and violent acts by|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
   person.....................|  100.0 |   21.9 |   12.8 |   20.1 |   14.9 |    7.9 |    4.5 |   17.9 |     4  
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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 and nonclassifiable responses, percentages may not add to 100.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor              
TABLE 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1)
by industry division and number of days away from work,1999
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                              |        |                                                              |        
                              |        |       Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving -       | Median 
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                              |  Total |                                                              |  days  
           Industry           |  cases |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  away  
                              |        |  1 day | 2 days |  3 - 5 | 6 - 10 | 11 - 20| 21 - 30| 31 days|  from  
                              |        |        |        |  days  |  days  |  days  |  days  | or more|  work  
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                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Private industry(2) [1,702,470|        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 cases].......................|  100.0 |   16.0 |   12.9 |   20.5 |   13.3 |   11.4 |    6.3 |   19.6 |     6  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Goods producing:              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 Agriculture, forestry, and   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  fishing(2)..................|  100.0 |   12.8 |   12.6 |   21.9 |   14.4 |   10.2 |    8.2 |   19.9 |     6  
 Mining(3)....................|  100.0 |    7.8 |    7.1 |   12.2 |    9.6 |   10.1 |    6.9 |   46.3 |    25  
 Construction.................|  100.0 |   14.8 |   11.4 |   19.0 |   13.7 |   11.3 |    6.9 |   22.8 |     7  
 Manufacturing................|  100.0 |   18.6 |   12.7 |   18.3 |   12.7 |   11.7 |    6.7 |   19.3 |     6  
  Durable goods...............|  100.0 |   18.9 |   12.5 |   18.0 |   12.6 |   11.9 |    6.9 |   19.2 |     6  
  Nondurable goods............|  100.0 |   18.0 |   13.0 |   19.1 |   12.8 |   11.4 |    6.3 |   19.4 |     5  
                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
Service producing:            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
 Transportation and public    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  utilities(3)................|  100.0 |   12.1 |   10.6 |   19.3 |   13.9 |   12.4 |    7.5 |   24.2 |     8  
 Wholesale trade..............|  100.0 |   16.0 |   13.3 |   20.5 |   12.9 |   12.1 |    6.6 |   18.6 |     6  
 Retail trade.................|  100.0 |   16.3 |   14.0 |   22.9 |   13.1 |   10.7 |    5.7 |   17.4 |     5  
 Finance, insurance, and real |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        
  estate......................|  100.0 |   19.0 |   14.5 |   17.9 |   11.7 |   12.1 |    4.7 |   20.0 |     5  
 Services.....................|  100.0 |   15.9 |   14.0 |   22.6 |   13.9 |   10.8 |    5.4 |   17.4 |     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:  Dashes indicate data that are not available.  Because of rounding and nonclassifiable responses,
percentages may not add to 100.
  SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor